Chapter 3: Hope
So it's me again! I stayed up really late and woke up even earlier so I hope that is was worth 5.5 hours of sleep… haha? Ok…
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Kim's POV
Today was the twenty-ninth. He disappeared on the twelfth. It. Has. Been. Seventeen. Long. Days. Seventeen days and here's what the police have: NOTHING! Zip! Zero! Zilch! At least that's what I think. They don't tell me if they find anything and I'm starting to doubt them. Or at least I was... until today.
I went to the dojo just like every Saturday at one PM. We went to Phil's and then I went home. I decided to go to Jack's house when I got to the intersection. I went to his house and rang the doorbell.
"Hi, Kim." Amanda greeted me warmly and welcomed me in.
"Have you heard about anything yet?" I asked hopeful, sitting down on her couch. A sad expression crossed over her face.
"No," she paused, "I haven't." I nodded, I felt like there wasn't any hope left at all. We sat in a kind of awkward but kinda comfortable silence for a few seconds before I broke it.
"Hey, can I look through his room?"
"Yeah," she gave me a small smile "I think you know where it is, after all the times you've been here." I laughed quietly and made my way up the stairs turning at the right. I now faced his door. I haven't been in Jack's room since before he left. I looked at his door. He had a sign that read "Danger! Jack's room. Enter at your own risk." I gave a small chuckle and opened his door.
Maybe, I thought. Maybe there was a clue somewhere in here.
I spent a few minutes just looking around his room. I missed when we would do our homework in here. I remembered when we said we were studying and didn't get anything done. We just talked and fooled around. I breathed in deeply and started looking for something, anything.
I walked over to his desk, which he somehow kept neat. Mine always had random papers and stuff all over it. I sorted through his books and homework but nothing seemed weird or out of line. I noticed a small cardboard box tucked away. I pulled it out and sat down on his bed. Carefully, I opened the box. Inside were letters and newspaper clippings. I opened one and read it. The letter was from Jack's dad. I realized that he never talked about him and I had never seen any pictures of his dad which was weird. This is what it read:
June 17, 2006
Jack,
I know I told you I would write everyday but things have been pretty crazy. We are trying to find who is behind a bunch of shootings. We have a few suspects, but right now our culprit seems to be Sawyer Deveny. He has dark brown hair. He is about 5'7 and he has gray eyes. There hasn't been much physical action which I guess is good.
How are you? I miss you a lot, Buddy. Hopefully it won't be too long before I'm allowed to come back home. Maybe I'll make it home in time for yours and Cole's birthday.
See you soon.
Love,
Dad
I reread the letter. Jack was almost 9 then and his dad must have been in the army. But who was Cole? I looked at everything else in the box. There were 2 other letters. I scanned the letters but found nothing of importance. The last thing in the box was an article. It was a clipping. It was from a newspaper in... Westport, New York.
Huh, he must've lived in NY, I thought. He had only ever said that his grandfather had taught him everything he knew about karate. He never mentioned anything else from his past or his family (besides his grandfather). I read the article and what it said scared me half to death.
Shooting at Military Camp July 16, 2006
There was a tragedy recently at a local military camp, where family and friends could visit their loved ones that served. On July 13, there was a shooting, killing many. Some of the people include:
Michael Brewer (40)
Evan Campbell (39)
Blair Meyer (38)
Jasmine Stewart (31)
Cory Hunt (23)
Jamie Cooper (21)
Drew Brewer (16)
Katie Brewer (15)
Cole Brewer (9)
There were a bunch of other names before "Cody Hunt" but four of them scared me. A lot. Four of them ended with Brewer. Jack's last name. That meant that Jack used to have an older brother and sister, a dad in the military, and a twin brother. That explains why his dad mentioned Cole in the letter. I was starting to get a headache from all of this sudden information but I kept reading.
The people behind this attack is from a troop that we have been at war with for the past several years. Their leader, Sawyer Deveny was said to have been there during the attack. Right now all troops are working to find their enemy's camp and end this war.
I finished reading the article and heard a knock. I looked up to see Amanda standing in his doorway.
"Did you find anything?" I took a deep breath and looked down at the article and letters.
"Yeah, these..." my voice dying out slightly. I didn't know how she would react to knowing that I had found out what happened five years ago. She entered his room and looked at the papers that I had just given her. "You don't think that what happened to Jack has something to do with this?" I asked her, gesturing to the article.
"Maybe, I can give them to the police. See what they can do. Maybe they can get more information."
For once I felt something I hadn't felt in a long time. Hope.
So sorry about the kinda long wait. This chapter is not much longer but just wait for the next chappie ;) There was some dialogue that I found hard to write but I think it turned out pretty well… anyways that's enough of me blabbing! I want to know what you guys think so please don't forget to R&R!
~LoL AnA