"Well, are you going to reply to her?" Freedom asked Jade.
"I really don't know. Lucy and I have to go home the day after tomorrow. And I honestly don't feel like we are remotely close to the truth. I started this because I wanted to know what happened, but it turned into a drama with more questions than answers. If I had known this before, I wouldn't have done it. We all just waisted time" Jade said defeated.
"That's not entirely true" Stephen spoke up.
"Okay, you're absolutely right about the more questions than answers thing. But, you forgot the most important thing. Maybe you didn't found what you were looking for yet, but you gained new friends. Me and my brother and Freedom. So it wasn't a complete waste of time" he said.
"And we finally had the chance to meet our moms" Freedom added.
"They're right. We already came to know so much more. I'm not going to give up now because some bumps in the road. So, what do you say Jade, are we going to finish this?" Andy said.
Hearing her friends words, she realized they were right. She wasn't someone who easily gave up on things. They started a journey together and they were going to finish it, no matter what.
"Okay you guys, you convinced me. We're going to finish this. I'm in!", she said with renewed energy.
"So are we going to answer this Rachel girl and get some answers?" Lucy asked.
"Hell yes!"
Together, the five of them drafted an email. They introduced themselves and explained how Lucy started the search for the truth after finding that first article. How they came in contact with each other and what they had found out until now. When they were satisfied, they sent the reply to Rachel.
"I hope she replies soon" Jade said.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I never was a patient woman. After sending that email to Jade Conrad, I hoped to get an immediate response. Of course, that didn't happen. I needed something to distract myself before I would loose it.
I turned off my computer and decided I would go for a run. Running always had helped me to get my head clear. I was halfway on my way to the park, when I realized I left my phone at home. Since it was no use to go back, I kept running.
When I got home, I took a shower and got dressed. I looked at the clock and realized I needed to go to school to pick up Henry.
After I picked up Henry and he was playing outside, I checked my phone for missing calls. Then I saw I had an email notification. To my surprise it was an answer from Jade Conrad.
Dear Miss Feinberger,
First of all, I wanted to thank you for your email. We are indeed looking for some answers regarding the Barden Bellas.
With we I meant myself Jade Conrad, Lucy Johnson, Andrew and Stephen Applebaum and Freedom Martin. And we'll try to explain how we started a search for the truth about the Bellas.
It all started when Jade found an old picture with her grandmother Beca Mitchell on it. She showed it to me and I found out my own grandmother, Anna Conrad was in the same picture. We tried to google the Barden Bellas but couldn't find much about them. A conversation with my grandmother didn't help us. So we went to Barden University to speak with the current Bellas. A conversation with them only confused us more. At the same time we found our that Andrew was looking for his mother Emily Junk. So Lucy and I contacted him. We met him and his brother Stephen. With the little information they had, we found Freedom Martin. Her mother Patricia Hobart aka Fat Amy, had been a Bella too. After some pressure, her father Bumper Allen, told us a little more about what happened. And that Andrew and Stephen's mother was still alive. With the help of Freedom's husband we got the address information of all the still living Bellas.
The five of us decided to go find out what happened all those years ago because something didn't feel good. All our lives had so much similarities that it was downright scary. We first went to Jessica Smith one of the Bellas, and from that moment everything went out of control. Short story short, all the remaining Bellas showed up, and Lucy's grandfather showed up. This caused a lot of misery and Jessica ended up in the hospital.
We're currently at the hospital now, but there are so many questions we still want the answers to. The only thing is that Lucy and I have to go back home the day after tomorrow.
Sorry for this extremely long and confusing email. We hope we can somehow make an appointment with you so the five of us can talk to you about it. If you're still interested, we really love to hear from you.
Sincerely, Jade, Lucy, Stephen, Andrew and Freedom
After reading their email, my heart started to beat faster. I really wanted to meet them and get to the bottom of this.
