Wow thank you so much for your wonderful reviews after me just posting this I am just over whelmed with your reviews that I will do this chapter for you all.
I do apologise for the grammar mistakes which I will try my best to correct when I can and I know I always write that but the reason is I just get so carried away writing lol.
Jeff, Dixie and Brooke arrived home and checked every room in the house to make sure Hattie wasn't just really in doors. Once they checked all the rooms they went outside where they caught the attention of their neighbours and asked them if they had seen Hattie.
Most of them were already at the festival so they never saw Hattie leave which made Dixie panic. The other neighbours said they saw Hattie leave on her bike and they told Dixie the route Hattie took. Jeff decided to head to route Hattie took to the festival. 10 minutes later Jeff came back with Hattie's famous bike that she loved and rode everywhere she could but so sign of Hattie's floral crown she wore that day which she hung on the handle of the bike.
Dixie screamed seeing Hattie's red bike with the basket in the front and at that moment she Dixie just lost it. She screamed and hit Jeff as she walked with the bike that he jumped in the front garden.
"Dixie, just stop hitting me please. It wasn't me who took Hattie or made her want to ride to the festival alone, she told us she would be alright" Jeff held Dixie's arms so she couldn't hit him again.
Brooke walked out the front door and watched her mother crying on her father's shoulder.
"Don't you know where your sister is" Dixie demanded letting go of Jeff to grab hold of Brooke and held Brookes arms by her side and shook her.
"I don't know mum, please you're hurting me"
"TELL ME WHERE SHE IS" Dixie screamed shaking Brooke who now began to sob pleading for her mother to let go of her.
"Dixie, let go you're hurting Brooke" Jeff walked over to Dixie and pulled her away from Brooke only to hear Brooke scream as Dixie's hand struck the side of her face as she slapped her hard. Brooke grabbed hold of her cheek which was now on fire and ran off to her place she like to go when she found things hard or when she just wanted to be alone. Brooke sobbed as she climbed on the roof and sat down bringing her knees under her and just cried.
Jeff couldn't believe that Dixie just hit Brooke because she never believed Brooke when she told her she didn't know where Hattie was.
"Dix, Brooke doesn't know where Hattie is and if she did then she would have told us"
Hattie had now been missing for 6 hours ad there was no sign of her returning. Jeff called the police to have Hattie down as officially missing person. Jeff told them about the bike and where he found it and the officer who spoke to Jeff informed him that there would be an official investigation and that there will be police outside their door day and night watching everyone who entered the house.
It seemed as soon as Jeff hung up after the call with the police they arrived at their door as promise with guards at the door.
Dixie was in shock and she just couldn't stop crying at the mention of Hattie and every time she thought about the last time she saw Hattie and if only she had stayed behind to walk with Hattie rather than to leave her to make her own way because this happened. Dixie just kept beating herself up over leaving Hattie.
Brooke watched as the police arrived and guarded her house and all the neighbours spreading rumours about Hattie's disappearance as they stood over their fences gossiping they would every once in a while glance over at the her house with sad looks on their faces.
"I'm sorry Hattie, I didn't answer your call" Brooke said weakly as she looked up at the sky which was now getting dark and the stars making their appearance lighting up the dark sky. Brooke had a feeling that Hattie was alive and where ever she was she was scared. Brooke heard a noise down below the garages to see a hand grip the roof to help them climb up.
"Sorry did I scare you?" said Jack
"No, it's alright. I just needed to get away" Brooke said wiping her eyes black covered with mascara tears.
"I saw mum hit you, I'm sorry she did that" jack her older brother placed his arm round her shoulders as she shivered.
"Mum thinks' I know where Hattie is but I don't" Brooke lowered her head as she looked at her feet.
"She's just thinks that you and Hattie being twins that you knew everything about Hattie when really no one knows anything about her. Most people thought she was just a sweet quiet girl but it's always the quiet ones you have to look out for"
"What do you mean?" Brooke frowned
"I'm just saying that mum and dad think Hattie was just perfect but she wasn't as perfect as they thought she was that's all" Brooke moved closer to jack who held his younger sister as they sat quietly.
Half an hour later jack and Brooke decided to come home where they were met with Police asking who they were and what they wanted to with this house in particular. The police let them in their own house where they were say their parents talking to a detective who raised his head seeing Brooke and Jack walk into the house. Jeff and Dixie turned and introduced them to the detective who was handling Hattie's case.
Once the detective left it was round 9pm which meant that Hattie was now missing for 8 hours. May Day was meant to be a day of celebration but for the Colliers it was the worst May Day of their lives. There was a knock at the door around half 9 and so jack answered the door to see Norman and Big Mac from work.
"Hi came we come in?" Big Mac asked seeing Jeff in Jack as smiled at the young man who stood in front of them.
"Mum, dad, Big Mac and Norman are here" Jack called out.
Jeff walked to the front door and opened it to let them both in only to see Zoe, Nick, Noël, Louise, Charlie, Tess, Linda, fletch, Sam and Tom making their way to the front door only to be stopped by the police guarding the house.
"It's alright, we know them" Jeff said smiling
"What are you all doing here?" Jeff said sounding puzzled.
"We are here to start a search for Hattie" Nick said
"Come on, let's start looking" Tom said eagerly
"I'll come with you but I better let Dixie rest, she is just exhausted" Jeff told jack to keep an eye out for Dixie is she needed anything and that he would be out looking for Hattie with his friends. Jeff felt like people cared at last about Hattie's disappearance. The police have been very helpful but help wasn't really going to bring Hattie back home was it?
I hope that was alright for you :-).
