Shane sat on the middle of Shayleen's bed and sighed. He didn't want
to say he lost all hope on finding Shayleen but he lost a lot of hope.
Thousands of kids go missing everyday and are never found, just what made
Shayleen different?
Ok so they had one suspect, Angel. Come to find out Modesty's released a few days before Shayleen was taken. So now there are two suspects. Two is a big number when one of them may have taken your baby girl and neither is admitting to it. Or they both could have done it. Then there was the worst possibility of all, neither of them could have done it.
Shane looked up as Nidia walked in the room. She handed him a plate with a few slices of take out pizza on it. Shane took it but placed it on the bed next to him and soon forgot about it.
"I called Vince." Nidia said as she ate her pizza. Shane looked at her with disgust. How could she eat at a time like this?
"Mmm." Shane said. Nidia sighed and put her pizza down. "Shane, baby, I know it's hard. I was freaking out yesterday but things will get better. I promise. Shayleen will come back; we haven't done anything bad to deserve this." Nidia said innocently. Shane started laughing so hard he was crying.
"What's funny?" Nidia asked. Shane thought of every bad thing he'd ever done, they all mostly involved Modesty in some way.
"Nothing." Shane answered as he realized Nidia was still looking at him. There was a loud bang outside. Shane jumped.
"What the fuck was that?" He asked.
"The fuckheads are still looking for clues. They're outside now. I swear if they hurt something in my backyard." She trailed off as she ran down the stairs. Shane sat there thinking for a second. Today he would go see Modesty.
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Shane walked up Modesty's walkway and noticed her leaning over a flowerbed.
She had on worn out black jeans and an old blue tank top. Her long blonde hair was back in a high pony tail.
Shane walked up behind her and leaned next to her. Modesty jumped then looked shocked when she seen him.
"Go away." She whispered with wide eyes.
"You don't mean that." Shane said. Modesty nodded and jumped up.
"I do." She said quickly before running away into her backyard. Shane ran after her.
Shane ran up the porch steps after her. He caught her halfway across the deck. He gently put his hand on her elbow. She stopped.
"Yes?" She asked with her back towards him.
"I wanted to talk. We didn't really get a chance yesterday."
"I know. Shane, I'm not supposed to see you."
"How come?"
"Because I," She paused. "I could snap again and I don't want to. I hated it there Shane. I never want to go back."
"Can we talk like this?" Shane asked. Modesty snatched her arm away from him getting annoyed with his stupidness.
"Looking, talking, seeing, whatever Shane! It's all the same!"
"Modesty, really quick. I won't hurt you." Shane pleaded. Modesty sighed.
"I guess." She said lowly and opened her glass doors. Shane stepped into a black and white kitchen. They both sat at a high white table with black chairs.
"What do you have to say?" Modesty asked and put her folded hands on her table. Shane did the same.
"I'm concerned about you." Shane said sincerely. Modesty rolled her eyes.
"Shane I don't want to go back to the institute." Modesty said and shook her head with her eyes filling up.
"You won't. Don't think about it. If you think about it you'll drive yourself insane." Shane said. Modesty nodded. "Now answer my question. How are you doing?"
"Shane, can I still tell you anything?" Modesty asked, still ignoring his question.
"Of course."
"I'm not over you." She said and locked eyes with him. Shane didn't say anything. "And by the way you've been acting and talking I know you're not over me either." Modesty said slowly, letting everything sink into his head.
"I'm over you."
"Oh really?"
"Yes."
"Then why are you here?"
"I'm ccconcerned." He stuttered.
"Shouldn't you hate me?"
"What? No!"
"Remember what I did to you Shane?" She asked, her eyes getting larger and larger by the second.
"Stop it." Shane hissed. Modesty stood up and walked over to him.
"Remember the hotel?"
"I mean it Modesty. Stop."
"Remember Shane? How helpless you were? I was always one step ahead of you and if it wasn't for Angel tipping Nidia off where would you be? Dead. I gave you life Shane. Before I turned you into Sugar you were a geek. I really made you live. Since I gave you life, do you know what I can do?" She whispered. Shane never stopped looking into her eyes. Modesty leaned inches away from his face. "I can TAKE IT AWAY!" She screamed and slapped her hand off the table. Shane jumped.
"I'm trying to be a good friend."
"Shane I have a fucking dry erase board in my attic. I'll go get it if you need it. You don't seem to understand that everything I've done you've somehow fucked up. Would you like me to draw it for you?" She asked seriously. Shane smiled.
"You think you're so tough." He said and stood up, causing Modesty to back away.
"You may be tough but you're dumb as hell!" He screamed and pushed her against a cabinet. They never unlocked eyes although they were both breathing heavy from fear.
"I'm dumb?" Modesty paused to laugh. "I'm dumb? Excuse me who got shoved in a trunk and handcuffed to a bed by the supposedly weaker sex?"
"That was one time you got over me. ONE time."
"And it was a damn good time! Shane I could have killed you."
"But you didn't."
"No I didn't."
"Do you know why that is?"
"Nidia stopped it."
"No. You were so stupid your info leaked out. I would never let my info leak out."
"Things don't go according to plan all the time Gregory." She said. She smiled when Shane's eyes widened.
"Don't call me that."
"Why? That was your name pre-Modesty. Before I made you who you are today."
"Ok say you made me. Well now you hate me which means you messed up and made defects. Once again proving how DUMB you are!"
"Everyone makes mistakes Shane. My latest one was letting you in here. Get the hell out."
"I know where I'm not wanted." Shane said and walked out. As he was walking down the porch stairs Modesty leaned against the doorframe.
"I love you!" She called. Shane paused on the stairs.
"I love you too." He mouthed then walked to the front of her house and began walking home.
Ok so they had one suspect, Angel. Come to find out Modesty's released a few days before Shayleen was taken. So now there are two suspects. Two is a big number when one of them may have taken your baby girl and neither is admitting to it. Or they both could have done it. Then there was the worst possibility of all, neither of them could have done it.
Shane looked up as Nidia walked in the room. She handed him a plate with a few slices of take out pizza on it. Shane took it but placed it on the bed next to him and soon forgot about it.
"I called Vince." Nidia said as she ate her pizza. Shane looked at her with disgust. How could she eat at a time like this?
"Mmm." Shane said. Nidia sighed and put her pizza down. "Shane, baby, I know it's hard. I was freaking out yesterday but things will get better. I promise. Shayleen will come back; we haven't done anything bad to deserve this." Nidia said innocently. Shane started laughing so hard he was crying.
"What's funny?" Nidia asked. Shane thought of every bad thing he'd ever done, they all mostly involved Modesty in some way.
"Nothing." Shane answered as he realized Nidia was still looking at him. There was a loud bang outside. Shane jumped.
"What the fuck was that?" He asked.
"The fuckheads are still looking for clues. They're outside now. I swear if they hurt something in my backyard." She trailed off as she ran down the stairs. Shane sat there thinking for a second. Today he would go see Modesty.
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Shane walked up Modesty's walkway and noticed her leaning over a flowerbed.
She had on worn out black jeans and an old blue tank top. Her long blonde hair was back in a high pony tail.
Shane walked up behind her and leaned next to her. Modesty jumped then looked shocked when she seen him.
"Go away." She whispered with wide eyes.
"You don't mean that." Shane said. Modesty nodded and jumped up.
"I do." She said quickly before running away into her backyard. Shane ran after her.
Shane ran up the porch steps after her. He caught her halfway across the deck. He gently put his hand on her elbow. She stopped.
"Yes?" She asked with her back towards him.
"I wanted to talk. We didn't really get a chance yesterday."
"I know. Shane, I'm not supposed to see you."
"How come?"
"Because I," She paused. "I could snap again and I don't want to. I hated it there Shane. I never want to go back."
"Can we talk like this?" Shane asked. Modesty snatched her arm away from him getting annoyed with his stupidness.
"Looking, talking, seeing, whatever Shane! It's all the same!"
"Modesty, really quick. I won't hurt you." Shane pleaded. Modesty sighed.
"I guess." She said lowly and opened her glass doors. Shane stepped into a black and white kitchen. They both sat at a high white table with black chairs.
"What do you have to say?" Modesty asked and put her folded hands on her table. Shane did the same.
"I'm concerned about you." Shane said sincerely. Modesty rolled her eyes.
"Shane I don't want to go back to the institute." Modesty said and shook her head with her eyes filling up.
"You won't. Don't think about it. If you think about it you'll drive yourself insane." Shane said. Modesty nodded. "Now answer my question. How are you doing?"
"Shane, can I still tell you anything?" Modesty asked, still ignoring his question.
"Of course."
"I'm not over you." She said and locked eyes with him. Shane didn't say anything. "And by the way you've been acting and talking I know you're not over me either." Modesty said slowly, letting everything sink into his head.
"I'm over you."
"Oh really?"
"Yes."
"Then why are you here?"
"I'm ccconcerned." He stuttered.
"Shouldn't you hate me?"
"What? No!"
"Remember what I did to you Shane?" She asked, her eyes getting larger and larger by the second.
"Stop it." Shane hissed. Modesty stood up and walked over to him.
"Remember the hotel?"
"I mean it Modesty. Stop."
"Remember Shane? How helpless you were? I was always one step ahead of you and if it wasn't for Angel tipping Nidia off where would you be? Dead. I gave you life Shane. Before I turned you into Sugar you were a geek. I really made you live. Since I gave you life, do you know what I can do?" She whispered. Shane never stopped looking into her eyes. Modesty leaned inches away from his face. "I can TAKE IT AWAY!" She screamed and slapped her hand off the table. Shane jumped.
"I'm trying to be a good friend."
"Shane I have a fucking dry erase board in my attic. I'll go get it if you need it. You don't seem to understand that everything I've done you've somehow fucked up. Would you like me to draw it for you?" She asked seriously. Shane smiled.
"You think you're so tough." He said and stood up, causing Modesty to back away.
"You may be tough but you're dumb as hell!" He screamed and pushed her against a cabinet. They never unlocked eyes although they were both breathing heavy from fear.
"I'm dumb?" Modesty paused to laugh. "I'm dumb? Excuse me who got shoved in a trunk and handcuffed to a bed by the supposedly weaker sex?"
"That was one time you got over me. ONE time."
"And it was a damn good time! Shane I could have killed you."
"But you didn't."
"No I didn't."
"Do you know why that is?"
"Nidia stopped it."
"No. You were so stupid your info leaked out. I would never let my info leak out."
"Things don't go according to plan all the time Gregory." She said. She smiled when Shane's eyes widened.
"Don't call me that."
"Why? That was your name pre-Modesty. Before I made you who you are today."
"Ok say you made me. Well now you hate me which means you messed up and made defects. Once again proving how DUMB you are!"
"Everyone makes mistakes Shane. My latest one was letting you in here. Get the hell out."
"I know where I'm not wanted." Shane said and walked out. As he was walking down the porch stairs Modesty leaned against the doorframe.
"I love you!" She called. Shane paused on the stairs.
"I love you too." He mouthed then walked to the front of her house and began walking home.