Sadie's POV
"We need to figure out what lead him to wanting to kill you," Horus says. "Maybe we should call Carter." Horus grabs his phone and starts dialing the number. "Hello, Carter… It's Horus…. I was wondering if you'd like to come over and answer a couple more questions for us… Yeah sounds great… thanks…See you later."
"Carters coming here?" I say.
"Yeah," Horus says.
"I haven't seen him in years," I say.
The last time I seen Carter was when he sat in my room before he left. I head up to my room. I look at the picture of me and Carter. I was sitting on a swing hanging on the tree in the backyard and he was standing behind it. I remember that day. I told Carter I wanted to go to London with my grandparents. He talked me out of it. I wonder what would've happened if he didn't talk me out of it. I hear talking downstairs. I appear next to Anubis who jumped when he saw me. I see Horus open the door and let's Carter in. Carter was wearing jeans and a sweater vest with a button up shirt underneath. I watch as he follows Horus into the living room. Anubis hangs back.
"Are you alright Sadie?" He asks.
"I missed him so much," I say. "It's been a long time. I thought I'd never see him again."
"Were going to figure out why your father did this to you," Anubis says. "I promise."
I smile at him and put my hand on his. He shivers because of the cold. I pull my hand back and follow him to the living room where Horus and Carter were. I sit next to Carter.
"Thanks for stopping by," Horus says. "We have a couple of questions about your father if that's alright?"
"Sure," Carter says.
"Your father and Sadie didn't really have a good relationship?" Horus asks.
"No," Carter says. "My father always blamed her for our mom's death. He always hated her when she did something wrong. Sometimes…" Carter stops. "He would hit her and threaten her."
"Threaten her?" Anubis asks.
"There were a couple times before she died that he threatened to kill her," Carter says. "I always talked to him after and got him to calm down. I don't think he'd go through with it. You don't think he killed her."
"I believe that it was either him or Walt. We talked to Walt earlier and he seemed rather upset that we were accusing him. He seemed to really love her and was really torn up about her death." Horus explains. "I don't think it was Walt that did it."
"My father left some things he didn't want to bring with us in the shed in the back. Maybe that can help you find something." Carter says.
"You're not mad that I'm accusing your father?" Horus asks.
"No," Carter says. "If he's the one that did it I want to know. My father died in a car accident. Before he left that night, he said he was sorry for everything he did to Sadie. He seemed like he regretted something. It had to be more than all the hits she took from him. I really want to know who killed my little sister."
I put my hand on Carters shoulder. He didn't move. I wish I could hug him and tell him I'm here. Horus gets up. "Let's go look at this shed." We all get up.
I follow them to the shed. I followed them. I walked behind Anubis. I watched as he looked around. I liked Anubis. He was nice. Horus didn't seem to care as much as Anubis did. Anubis, I could tell felt sad when I told him the stories. He was concerned and caring for someone who isn't even alive. I wonder what it would've been like if we had been the same age. I could see us being friends. Carter unlocks the shed. He opens it and I see the desk that my dad had in his upstairs office. I stop. Carter puts his hand on the desk and looks around at the rest of the stuff.
"If he left any clues it would be in this desk. He always locked the top drawer in the center. He said he kept things that were none of our concern in there. He probably hid any evidence in here." Carter explains.
Anubis moves around to the front of the desk. He attempts to open it. I cross my arms. "Where's the key?" Horus asks.
"I don't know," Carter says. "I don't think I've ever seen it since we left. It's probably gone."
"Anubis," Horus says. "Help me carry this inside. We can try to break into the drawer."
Anubis moves to one end and Horus to the other. I head back towards the house. Carter opens the door to help them. They set it down in the living room. Carter's phone goes off. "I better get back," Carter says. "Zia needs me."
"Thanks for helping Carter," Anubis says. "If we find anything out about your sister we will let you know."
"See you guys later," Carter says.
He leaves. I stand next to Anubis while Horus goes outside. "I wonder what's in the drawer." He says.
"How do we get it open?" I ask.
"I don't know," Anubis says. "Were probably going to have to break into it."
"That's going to take forever," I say.
"I might be able to break in to it," Anubis says. "I'll see what I can do."
I sit on the chair and stare at the desk. I remember the last argument I had with my dad before I went to Walt's party.
**Flashback**
I walk into the office and see my dad who was sitting at his desk reading a book. "You needed to talk to me." I say. I cross my arms.
"Yes," He says. "I just got a call from your school. If you fail the tests on Monday you won't be able to pass your classes."
"So," I say. "I'll study over the weekend."
"You will," He says. "Because you're grounded."
"Your grounding me because I might fail my classes." I say. "Walt's party is tonight."
"You should have thought about that before you decided to slack on your classes," He says.
"Why do you care?" I ask. "You never cared before about anything in my life."
"I'm not going to let my children fail their classes," He says.
"I'm surprised you still think off me as your child," I roll my eyes.
"Don't roll your eyes at me," He says. He stands up. "You are staying here and that's final!"
"I'm not!" I yell back. "I'm tired of you treating me like it was my fault mom's dead!"
"Sadie Kane," He says. "You will not yell back at me."
"I just did," I say. I turn to leave. He grabs my arm and stops me.
"You are a stupid child," He says. "You should have died in that car accident!"
I kicked him and got out of his grip he managed to reach the door before I could. He grabs my arm and hits me in the face. "Carter!" I shout. "Help!"
"I should kill you!" He shouts.
"Leave her alone dad!" Carter shouts. He stands between me and my dad. "She was only 6 years old when mom died. You can't blame her for that."
"You're going to defend her," He says. "You know that's the only reason your mom got distracted and ran that light."
He leaves the room. Carter turns toward me. "Sadie," He says. "Are you alright?"
I hold my hand to my face. Carter helps me up. I hug him. "Go get ready for Walt's party," Carter says. "I'll drive you."
I head to my room and start getting ready for Walt's party.
**End Flashback**
"Sadie," Anubis says.
"Yes," I say.
"You were just staring off," Anubis says. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah," I say. "I'm fine."
Anubis looks back at the desk. "I think I know how to break into this desk. My dad had one like it. I used to break into his desk sometimes."
"Great," I say. "Maybe there will be something in there that we can use."
Anubis starts working on it. After a half hour I was laying on the couch. Horus was stting on the chair and Anubis was still working on the desk.
"I got it!" He says. He opens the drawer. I look over his shoulder. There was a bottle in the drawer. It had a skull and cross bones on it.
"That must be the poison," Horus says. "We have the answer. Your father poisoned you."
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