Aaaaaand an update!
But first; my deep condolences to everyone involved in the Sandy Hook Elementary School incidebnt; children, parents and teachers. I can't believe how disgusting this is; how can someone hold a gun to a defenseless kid's head and manage to pull the trigger? Time to act, Mr. President. Should look into the laws of guns possession, now. Too late though. 30 people died, 20 of which are children. I can hardly believe it...
Anyway, sorry for the late update.
Enjoy
Present Time.
"Let's say I own a company." Wayne started; "And my business partner sells cocaine, why am I convicted of selling his cocaine?"
"Because we found the cocaine in your company." Carlos replied; "In the camp." Wayne sighed and Carlos continued; "You and James fought because of Lucy on the night of the accident, am I correct?" Way ne nodded; "And you told him to get revenge on her father from her because of what Stone did to Jeffery Diamond."
"It was a drunken moment from me, nothing more."
"Alcohol brings out the truth inside."
"He told you he was drunk."
"Shut up, Logan!" Carlos screamed and turned to Wayne; "Tell me about it, Wayne . "
"James didn't even know Edward was the businessman behind Jeffery losing the land until recently." Wayne told him; "And when he knew, Lucy was already a part of the group's dynamic, like every one else, and he didn't see a reason to hate her for something her father did. The day he found out, he was in the camp and so was Lucy. He was pissed, I won't lie. He took her back to her home because he couldn't stand to look at her. But in a few days, his anger ceased and it was like it never happened. If he really wanted to hurt her, would he do that? Would he take her home? The camp was out of Miami, he could've killed her and buried her and no one would've known."
"You're wrong." Carlos said; "Back then, James probably went to the dealer first. He probably got Lucy addicted so she'd cover for him and shut up about it."
"James would never deal."
Carlos turned to Logan; "If you don't shut up, you'll spend the night behind bars."
"You can't do that, it's illegal." Logan challenged.
Carlos looked as if he was about to blow. He then sighed and pinched his nose bridge and turned to Wayne; "Beau said that you and James were close; that neither of you would do anything unless the other knew about it."
"No." Wayne answered; "We were close, but the whole neither of us would do anything, that's just regarding the camp. Like, I never met James's parents and I've known him for years. I was surprised by the whole cocaine thing; just like every one else. And the last thing I could ever imagine is James dealing, it can't be. You'll ask me to prove it; I'll say I can't." He looked up at Carlos; "You'll ask if I'm sure; I'll also tell you I can't be."
Carlos nodded in frustration. He got off from behind his desk and reached for a file. He circled the desk and stood beside Wayne; "We found those pictures on James's and Lucy's laptops. Of the two o f you with Lucy." He sat back in his chair; "Now, I want to hear the complete story of Lucy Stone from the two of you. "
"There no story." Logan started; "I introduced Wayne into the group and about a year later, Steve introduced Lucy. He said his father knew her father and they were close friends..."
Seven Years Ago; June 2005.
"I'm not a teacher's pet!"
"Yes, you are, Logan." Wayne argued; "Lucas Evans, one of the greatest lawyers in Miami asked you to go and train in his firm! And you're not even done with college, yet!"
James shrugged; "I'm not surprised."
"Yeah." Kendall agreed; "I mean; Logan has been smart all his life. He excelled all through high school and two years in law school. It's only natural."
Logan sighed and banged his head on the coffee shop table, earning the laughs of his friends, weird looks from other cus tomers and the fond looks of the cafe workers, who knew the lawyer since he was in high school.
He was spared the humiliation when Steve walked in towards them, a woman about their age trailing behind him.
"Hey, guys!" Steve greeted; "This is Lucy Stone; he father is a good friend of my own old man." He turned to Lucy; "Those are my best buds; that's Wayne Dooley." Lucy and Wayne shook hands, both of them keeping their hands intertwined longer than necessary. Steve grabbed her arm and moved it towards Kendall; "Kendall Knight, James Diamond and finally; Logan Mitchell." Again, Steve raise his eye brows at the lingering handshake. Logan and Lucy seemed oblivious as she dropped to the chair next to his own.
They both were so immersed in their conversation that they didn't notice the others talking about them, while Wayne shifted uncomfortably as the flames of jealousy danced in his eyes.
Present Time.
"You two liked her?" Carlos smirked; "You both thought that it would actually pass easily?"
"Nobody thought anything." Logan shook his head; "Lucy turned out to have a boy friend and neither of us acted on our feelings until much later. Two years later, around the time Lucy introduced Stephanie."
"True." Wayne confirmed; "And the Lucy who was introduced that night no longer existed. We watched her change in front of our eyes until she was no longer the same person. She became a spoiled brat who slept around. And Stephanie and her have been in a bad place for over a year, they never talked or met and when they actually did; it was bizarre."
"And what happened when you acted on you feelings, Logan?"
Logan shifted uneasily in his seat; "Well, four years ago, there was a party. Steve organized it at Begley's and we wer e drunk." He sighed; "Lucy and I... Well , we slept together. I thought this might be my chance to ask her out, maybe get her to go on a date. At that point, I was way past the 'crush' stage and I was sure I loved her. I never stopped, really. Ummm, anyway, we were back at Begley's and she was riding a horse..."
Four Years Ago; August 2008.
Logan leaned against a small palm tree. Hey was standing in the stable's section at Begley's, watching as Lucy rode a horse around. He watched as she maneuvered the horse towards him and moved to get down off the leathers.
"Do you need help?"
"With what?" She smirked as she swung her leg over the horse, landing gracefully right in front of Logan. She patted the horse fondly; "You're into it?"
"In to what?"
"Riding." She handed the bridle's reins to one of the men who worked at the stables; "You have been staring at the horse for a while." She smiled smugly; "Or have you been staring at something, or rather someone other than the horse?"
"I-I wasn't staring."
"Mhmm." She crossed her arms; "I never would have picked you for the 'beating around the bushes' type of guy"
Logan watched as she passed him to leave so he turned around; "So what if I came right out and said that I love you?" He saw her halt and lower her head; "What if I was to tell you that I felt drawn to you since we've met? And that my feellings have, against my own will and better judgment, escalated to loving you?"
"Then you're an idiot." Lucy shook her head and turned around to face him; "What happened between us was...amazing. I was sober enough to tell you I loved it; I have been waiting for it. But we?" She gestured between the two of them; "We will never work, Logan. I can't deny my feelings for you, but I can't act on them. It's for your own good. We're opposites ."
"Opposites attract."
"Not in our case." Lucy shook her head again as she approached him; "Trust me, I'll make your life a living hell. I'll hurt you and screw you over and over again. And you're going to hate it. Then you 're going to despise me. And despite what you might think, I'd rather die than have your life ruined."
"Maybe I can fix yours?"
Lucy smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck; "You're just too optimistic for your own good." She pressed her lips against his own briefly before she pulled away, walking to where their friends were all staying.
The newly-wedded Stephanie and Steve were talking on one side. On the other, Kendall was on the phone; probably with his father. Wayne and James kept messing with him and talking in loud voices purposely to piss him off, while he kept hushing them, agitated.
Steve was the first one to notice her back; "Luce, did you like the horse?"
"No." She smirked; "Too emotional."
The group of friends was startled at the very familiar yell of pain. They turned their heads in union to find Logan on the ground, groaning in pain, while other stable workers tried to regain control over a horse.
Kendall's cell phone was discarded as he bolted into the stables, running towards Logan, all the others following him.
"I'm fine." Logan said as he tried to stand up. His left foot didn't support his weight up and he almost collapsed, if it wasn't for Kendall and James, who each took a hand and helped him limp towards their table.
"Fine, my ass." James teased; "You would 've been in a better shape if you fell fucking rhino."
"See, Steve?" Lucy chuckled as she leaned into Wayne's embrace; "That's why I didn't like my horse."
James and Kendall halted momentarily as they glared at Lucy and Logan's lop-side d smile disappeared as he urged them to move. He heard Steve scolding Lucy and Stephanie's smack against her head.
He risked a glance back to see Wayne looking right back at him smugly.
Present Time.
"She slept with Wayne that night." Logan said. His gaze was fixed on the floor; his hands were buried in the blazer he had borrowed from Kendall before he came in to accompany Wayne.
Wayne's eyes were blown wide. His gaze kept darting towards everything in the room except Logan's still form.
Sensing the awkwardness in the room, Carlos decided to give them both a moment in silence.
"Hmm?" Stephanie urged.
"He's not picking up." Kendall informed her as he discarded his phone on the table in the cafe; "Probably still with Garcia and Wayne in the interrogation." He turned to Stephanie; "What's wrong?"
"That Agent; Garcia, came to my business today." She said as she leaned back in her chair; "He was so convinced that I knew Wayne's whereabouts. I almost blurted it out!" She chuckled as Kendall laughed; "And now I feel bad that he turned himself in. The guilt."
"Guilt over whom?" Kendall smirked; "You should feel guilty for knowing a whore like Wayne in the first place. Seriously, just looking at him makes you want to report him for anything." Stephanie laughed and he continued; "Do you even know how he and James met?"
"How?"
"He was running from the football team; they were after him for knocking the captain's girlfriend up."
"Wow."
"I know." He chuckled and turned his head towards the women's restrooms, where Jo had disappeared yet again.
"Did you talk to her?"
"Yes, this morning actually." Kendall returned his gaze to Stephanie; "She's still refusing, I just don't understand."
"Or maybe you're the one in a rush?"
"In a rush?" He repeated in disbelieve; "We've been married for over a year! Some people have kids after a couple of months. "
"Baby; those are covering up their drunken sex." Stephanie joked.
"Hypothetically." He paused; "Why didn't you and Steve have kids?"
"You won't tease me about it?"
"I'll try."
"Honestly, I felt something would go wrong." She started; "Nothing had ever went so smoothly for me before."
Kendall nodded; "Would you believe me when I say that despite everything Steve has done; he really loved you? I've never seen him love or care for anyone as he did you."
"Who said he did?" Stephanie chuckled; "Steve wanted everything to go his way and his way only, me, our house, our friends and his work. Exactly the way he wanted." She sighed; "You can't hold the stick from the middle in everything, Kendall; it doesn't work that way in life. And look where that got him." She shook her head; "His work took over everything else. Money blinded him and made him resort to drugs; which in turn made him get into one trouble after another. Until he got into the accident and wanted to blame it on James because people died and he had to leave." She paused as she fiddled with her napkin; "Steve only knows how to love in his own way, for himself. He doesn't know how to think of other people's feelings; their needs. Do you get it?"
"I do." Kendall nodded and turned towards the restroom again; "But what I don't get is why Jo is taking so long."
"Women have to do their thing." She smirked; "Or maybe you managed to convince her to have a baby and she's mentally preparing herself for you to get lucky."
"Haha." Kendall fake laughed and stood up; "Wait a second; I'll go see what's taking so long."
"Wait." She stood up and gathered her belongings; "I got to go anyway. Call me when Logan gets back to you, or if anything new happens. I'll do the same." Kendall nodded and started for the bathroom when she stopped him; "And hey, don't over think it; you'll get a bad headache."
"No promises."
Stephanie watched Kendall make his way towards one of the female waitresses in the cafe, to send her to look for Jo. She smiled and made her way outside the cafe; towards her car. She fished for her car keys from her purse, finally finding them and unlocking the car. She slipped in and was about to turn the key in the ignition when a stranger approached her car and bent down by the door.
"You dropped this, young lady." The fifty-something year old man handed her a small piece of paper with an easy smile.
She thanked him politely as she stared at the paper that held Dak Diamond's number.
Jo ran a hand through her hair, letting a sigh escape her lips. She reached into her purse, getting out the pills she's been looking for. She got a small water bottle and swallowed a pill, then put the small container in one of the small pockets in the purse, away from any prying eye.
She looked at herself closely in the mirror, noticing the few tears that refused to leave her eyes. She sniffed, picking up her purse and left the vacant restroom.
The first thing she noticed was Kendall awkwardly talking to one of the waitresses. She smiled as he excused himself as soon as he saw her.
"Hey, baby. What took you so long?"
"You really shouldn't ask a woman about what she does in the bathroom. Big mistake."
Kendall chuckled; "I was worried."
"You shouldn't be." She answered, plastering a fake smile on her face.
"Are you really okay?" He pressed.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Carlos reached for his abandoned water bottle, unscrewing the cap; "Why did you choose James to partner with in the camp? Why not anybody else? Steve, Kendall," He pointed to Logan; "Or even Logan."
"Business isn't really Kendall's thing." Wayne replied; "After the cafe we all opened together, he kept to himself, comfortable with the money he makes from his office job. Steve had issues of his own, he was already on the run after the accident and it was hard to get to him. As for Logan, it's also wasn't his thing. That and he was short of money; it was barely a year after his father's death and..." He stopped as he looked towards Logan, who shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
"And since my mother disowned me and forbade me from seeing my only brother." Logan supplied; "She also cut me from all the money I once had, including my inheritance in my father's fortune."
"And James Diamond had the money?"
"Of course." Wayne confirmed; "From the cafe we all had. And from his motorcycles business with Steph. I also had some savings and burrowed some money from Chad Andrews; my biological father."
"And Edward Stone?"
"Not again." Wayne shook his head and rolled his eyes; "He had nothing to do with it."
Carlos looked between the two friends then leaned back in his chair; "Who brought Lucy back to the party? James?"
"Not exactly." Wayne replied; "It was the opening day. It was Kendall, Logan, Stephanie and Jo..."
Almost One Year Ago; September 2011.
Music blared from the stereo, everybody were dancing. Logan, Kendall, Jo and Stephanie were sitting around the small camp fire they made earlier in front of the cabin they all rented together.
"Dude, why does Wayne keep moving around?"
"I don't know." Logan replied; "And James still haven't shown up."
"Hey, Wayne!" Kendall bellowed; "Isn't this your party or what?"
"Oh, what can I do?" Wayne asked as he approached, grinning; "James was supposed to be here to help boss the workers around."
"And there he comes." Jo said as she pointed to the small parking lot, where James was coming, a very excited Lucy trailing behind him.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Stephanie snapped as Logan turned to look behind him.
"Why are you asking me?" Wayne replied defensively; "She came with your buddy."
"What's up, little fuckers!" James greeted cheerfully. He gave Kendall a one -armed hug followed by Wayne. A nice hello was thrown towards Jo then he extended his hand towards Stephanie for a handshake.
Stephanie ignored the extended hand and turned her head the other way. Logan jumped in and took James's hand, whose smile had faltered, to avoid the awkwardness that was sure to follow and he pulled Logan into a hug himself.
"Aren't you going to say hi, Kendall or are we all going to be a bunch of scoundrels?" Lucy smirked pointedly at Logan, Stephanie and Wayne.
"Scoundrels?" Kendall repeated; "Of course not."
Lucy shook his hand, the smirk never leaving her face as she eyed Jo; "And there I thought getting married has changed you."
"It did." Kendall confirmed as he pulled Jo towards him; "For the better, no doubt."
Lucy turned towards Logan and smiled softly; "Hi, Logan."
Logan simply nodded and looked the other way, much like Stephanie just did a few moments ago.
"Hey, since we're all in the same place for the first time in a while." James smiled as he reached into his backpack and retrieved his camera; "Let's take a picture so Jo can out us all on Facebook as she pleases." He said, earning a laugh from Jo and easy smile from all of them.
"Hey." Stephanie said as she grabbed the camera from him and turned to Lucy; "Does your father know you're here or did you tell him you're sleeping over at a friend's?"
"I'm not a teenager anymore." Lucy crossed her arms; "He doesn't get a say in this."
"You live under his roof, he should know."
"He does."
"Oh, yeah?" Stephanie taunted; "And did you tell him who you're here with or are you keeping it a surprise?"
"What the hell?!" Lucy turned to James; "James?"
"What's going on, Steph?" James said as he pulled Stephanie aside, away from the group. Once they were out of earshot, he continued; "What's wrong? You haven't been okay since we came in, but this is too much!"
"What's wrong with me?" She repeated in astonishment; "What's wrong with you?!"
"Nobody even talked to you!" James said as he saw Wayne approaching; "You're the one coming here all charged against all of us!"
"Did you forget who Lucy is?!"
"You're the one who forgot she's your friend."
"So you obviously forgot what she did to me!" She handed him the camera she had snatched earlier; "There, burn in hell for all I care! Both of you!"
James watched Stephanie storm off towards the parking lot, then Logan excusing himself and following as they had car-pooled in Logan's car. He turned to Wayne; "What?"
"You brought her, you talk."
"Nothing." James replied; "I was at the Mayor's place then she and Edward Stone came while I was leaving and she asked to come with! How can I say no?"
Present Time.
The phone rang and Carlos reached for it .
"Garcia."
"Of course, sir."
"Right away."
Carlos stood up, excusing himself for a minute. As the door shut behind him, Logan turned to Wayne.
"Why did you turn yourself in?" He asked .
"Because it's the right thing to do." Wayne replied simply.
"And Edward?"
"No one can prove anything." Wayne said; "Unless he talked, him or Evans."
"Tell me anything that would help me get you out of here." Logan said; "Help me so I can help you."
"Don't." Wayne shook his head; "For me, please don't get involved in this."
"What do you mean?" Logan ran a hand through his hair; "This easy talk with Carlos is nothing compared to the official i nterrogation, and you want me to just up and leave you here?"
"I just don't want you to get involved in something that you have nothing to do with." Wayne answered; "Stop with the whole 'an eye for an eye' against Evans, it'll get you killed."
"I'm not here because he's involved!" Logan exclaimed; "I'm here for you! Because you're my best friend! Did you forge t that? We are friends."
"I didn't forget it, and because of us being friends I'm telling you don't." He sighed; "Don't get involved. I'll pull through, okay? They have nothing against me and I'll be out before you know it. "
Carlos knocked and walked in again, followed by a couple of other agents. He addressed Wayne as he walked to his desk, the two agents stopping on either sides o f Wayne.
"Wayne, you'll be taken to the actual interrogation now." He motioned for the two agents who were going to accompany Wayne out.
"Take care, alright?"
Wayne nodded and smiled at Logan then followed the two agents out. When the door closed behind them, Carlos turned his attention to Logan.
"You worked for Lucas Evans? In his firm?"
"Yes."
"For the money?"
"Not exactly." Logan answered; "I won't lie, my problem was that I classified my friends rich and poor; even though we all can go rich and go poor, life is full of ups and downs like that. But James, he was the best out of all of us, I can give you that."
"And when the case happened and you won it for Evans, weren't you happy?"
"Of course not." Logan objected; "I didn't even know I was working on that case. Evans had a lot of cases of the same nature, and I didn't know the details about the case I was working on, and the Diamonds didn't know who the lawyer they were opposing was. I didn't know until a few weeks before the final trial, it was already scheduled and everything was over. I tried to warn him that they'll lose it no matter what, but it was too late..."
Three And Half Years Ago; April 2009.
Logan was pacing the perimeter of the Diamond's backyard. He'd called James and asked him to meet him outside, he didn't feel like seeing Jeffery or he'd have broken down; asking for forgiveness.
"What's going on, Loges?" James said as he appeared from the back door; "Why don't you come in? Mum wants to see you."
"Sorry, man." Logan said with an apologic smile; "It's late already and I don't want to disturb you all."
"Don't be stupid, you're my brother." James said as he moved to drag Logan inside; "Come on in."
"Just listen, okay?" The shorter brunette stopped him; "It's important."
"Okay?" James's smile faltered; "You're worrying me here."
"Did you know that Lucas Evans was the lawyer behind the land's case?"
"No, I had no idea."
"Oh, this is bad." Logan sighed; "Lucas says Uncle Jeff won't take any money to drop the case."
"Money from who?"
"I-I don't know." Logan answered; "I don't know what's going on in Evans's head or what he wants to do. All I know is that your father is offered around two million dollars." He hesitated; "I think he should take them up on the offer. It's for your own good, so you won't be losing every thing."
"I know my father well enough to tell you that he won't stop until he has his land again." James replied; "It's his right an-"
"I'm the lawyer on the case!" Logan blurted out; "I didn't know, but now that I do... It doesn't look good, JD, not at all."
James stared at Logan in a mix of disgust and disbelief; "And instead of saying that we should take the money while you' re on our side; you're here to do it from Evans's side?" He shook his head; " Come on, Logan, I just said you're my brother. I'll pretend we didn't even have this talk."
Logan looked down in guilt as James walked back into his house. He shook his head to clear his head then started the walk back across the street to his own house, already feeling that his friendship with James would always be strained from now on.
Present Time.
"We never talked about it again." Logan continued; "But when James started being sure that they were losing the case, no matter what, he kept asking Jeff to take the money. Everything started going south for the family after that. I still live with the guilt of that until now."
"And at last, the land went to Edward?"
"Precisely." Logan nodded; "I don't know if Evans was behind that too, but I do know it went to him."
"And how did it go between you and the Diamonds?"
"Smooth enough." Logan answered; "Better than it went with my own parents, at least. Brooke and Jeffery were very forgiving; they accepted my apology instantly. My dad..." He shook his head; "My dad was pissed. He had a heart attack a couple of days later and my mother blamed it on me. She forbade me from seeing her and my younger brother; she also refused to give me any money. Thank God I already had my apartment by then or I would've been homeless, too. I quit my job with Evans and started my own thing; it took me a while to get on my feet again."
"And how do you think James got the money to go into business in the motorcycles' business with Stephanie?"
"The same way I did."
Carlos chuckled; "And how exactly did you?"
"Street racing."
"Street racing?"
"Street racing." Logan confirmed. "At this point, Wayne's father; Chad Andrews, had already accepted him. Wayne introduced me and I went to him behind Wayne's back with James so he could work on my car. We both raced only when we were short of money, not always. Then he got into the motorcycles' business, bought his own. And so did I. Chad altered them both, a s well."
"Interesting."
"My car and the motorcycle are both in my garage, where I also keep my safe with all the money. If you'd like to take a look anytime."
Carlos nodded, mouthing a faint 'wow' under his breath.
Kendall tightened his showering robe around his body and threw a towel over his drenched hair. He opened the bathroom door and stepped into his room, drying his hair.
Jo was typing away on her laptop when a cell phone rung. She picked it off the bedside table.
"Baby, it's yours." Jo called for Kendall who had stepped into the walk-in closet; "It's Travis."
Travis Cross was a producer that had his way with the control board; he also played loads of musical instruments. He was with Jo when she and Kendall first met, later; they struck up a friendship that soon evolved into business. Travis had his own studio, local artists went there to record all the time and Kendall used the studio to record the commercials, whether they had a monologue, dialogue or even a song.
Kendall rested the towel around his head and connected the call as he sat on the bed, by Jo's feet.
"What's up, T?"
"How can the sound not work?"
"That one should be handed over in two days, man."
"Okay, fine. Fine, I'll be there."
"I'll come over, okay?"
"Bye."
Kendall hung up the phone and sighed.
"You're going out?"
He nodded; "The sound recorded doesn't match the scenes filmed, Travis and I will try to fix it because dad will be asking for it soon."
"You'll sleep over in the studio?"
"I'll try not to be late." Kendall stood up and dropped a kiss on her forehead; "What can I do? They can't work without your amazing husband's input."
Jo nodded and hid her uneasy smile behind a laugh.
Lucas Evans relaxed in his seat by his desk. It was late at night and most of the lawyers were already gone, he was almost leaving himself.
He picked his phone up; dialing the number he'd grown to know by heart. He couldn't help his signature smirk from adorning his face when he heard the faint 'Hello' from the other side.
"Good morning, Boss. Sorry to wake you up so early in the morning."
"I just wanted to update you."
"Edward Stone was here and we talked everything through."
"There is other awesome news as well."
"Wayne turned himself in; I didn't need to report him."
"Edward? He's freaking out of his fucking mind, of course. He wants me to accompany Wayne through the interrogation."
"I'll be there tomorrow morning."
"I'll keep you updated, boss."
Evans hung up and smiled. And why wouldn't he?
Everything was going according to the plan.
Kendall blew a deep breath as he entered the studio. He saw Travis inside the soundproof sound booth and walked inside.
"I took a shower and was planning to have hot, dirty sex with my wife and you just had to ruin the night with the damn commercial?" Kendall joked; "What's wrong with it?"
"I didn't call you for the commercial." Travis said as he adjusted the microphone's stand; "It's perfectly fine."
"Then why am I here?"
Travis reached into his pocket and unholstered his phone; "This video was sent to me two days ago."
"What video?" Kendall asked as Travis handed him the phone. He saw a few policemen standing around while the one with the higher rank was bent over two figures on the road. The video was taken by a camera inside the police car. He watched as the officer snatched a helmet from the male's hand and delivered a well aimed punch; "What the hell?" He whispered. He glanced up at Travis; "Why would the poli-" His sentence was cut suddenly as he took a closer look at the helmet, which the officer had picked up and smacked the male on the floor with. "Is that... Oh God!" He exclaimed as he slumped down on one of the chairs in the sound booth; the officer had started hitting the familiar figure on the floor with the helmet repeatedly. Then he alternated between smacking with the helmet and kicking the fallen's side harshly; paying no attention to the other petite figure. "J-Jam es! They-He killed him!" He wiped away the tears that were streaming freely down his face, his eyes red with sadness and anger. He lowered the phone and laid his elbows on his knees, resting his head on the palm of his hands; "They killed him...they killed my best friend."
The next day, Jo walked between the kids quickly, wanting to get to Jenna's desk as soon as possible; to check how the young girl was doing after she talked to her father.
She sat down by Jenna; "How are you doing, Jen?" She asked with a smile.
"Great!"
She smiled at the enthusiasm from the younger girl; "What are you drawing this time? Papi, mummy and Jenna?"
"This is daddy, and this is me. But this is not mummy." She grinned as she turned to Jo; "This is Mrs. Knight!"
"You love Mrs. Knight that much?"
"Of course!"
"I also love you so much." Jo nodded; "But when you try to draw me... We're friends; you draw me with all your friends here in class. And I have my own mummy and daddy, when I draw them; I never replace them with anybody, okay?" The blonde smiled as the student nodded with a grin .
The grin soon disappeared and was replaced with conflict and confusion, both looked cute on Jenna; "But what do I do with this?"
Jo grinned; "I'll just take this one, okay?"
Jo cut the page off and folded it, shoving it into her pocket.
A few minutes later, the kids were sent to the playground for their break, Jo stayed in class, writing. Like she always did when she had time. There was a knock on the door, she turned around to see Kendall by the door, in the same clothes he had on when he left for Travis's studio the day before.
"You pulled an all nighter?"
"I couldn't sleep." Kendall replied as he sat by her.
"Why not?"
"Something happened and I couldn't sleep ." He said as he stared into space; "I was going to Logan's but I opted to drop by first."
Jo furrowed her eyebrows; "What happened ?"
Kendall stared at her for a few seconds and sighed. He reached for his phone and opened the video, handing it to Jo. He watched as her eyes widened in realization, much like his own did. Then he saw the realization merge into fear and panic. Tears cascaded down her face as she started hyperventilating. He snatched the phone from her, ignoring her pleas to let her see it again, he gathered her up in his arms, proceeding to calm his hysterical wife down.
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