CHAPTER 6

More than half an hour later, Shane woke up to decide to see what his sister was up to. Yes, he was mad at her, but he still did care. Afterall, she was his sister. And as much as he tried to not care for her anymore, that seemed impossible.

Sitting back up, he looked around the place. No Stephanie. So he decided to come out of the car to further check and to do some thorough checking. He looked behind the trees, in front of the plants, beside the cars, still no Stephanie. Where could she be?

Thinking that maybe their mom or dad already decided to let them go back inside the house, and seeing Stephanie alone outside, they already allowed her to enter. And maybe she told them about him sleeping and maybe they didn't want to wake him up anymore, so they left him there.

This prompted him to ring the doorbell to see if Stephanie was already inside. If not, then there was gonna be a big trouble.

A few seconds after, Linda opened the door surprised to see Shane there. Oh, he did have the nerve to ring the bell after the look their father had while announcing that they would be staying outside for the night. "Shane."

"Yeah…" Shane acknowledged, expecting to be allowed to enter but was surprised to see Linda just standing there right in front of the door.

"Is something wrong?"

"Huh? What?"

"Why did you ring the bell? You know full well your dad's still mad right? This must be really important."

"Huh? Isn't Steph inside?"

"Why would she be here? She's out here with you!"

"So we aren't allowed to enter yet?"

Before Linda could answer, Vince came wondering who in the hell was at the door. He was surprised to see Shane there.

"What do you want?"

Then in a soft, shaky voice, Shane announced, "I think Stephanie is missing."