Notes: Chapter 17 may take a little longer. That was never finished.
Get Out of Here
"What the hell is going on?" D-Lo asked from behind me. I guess it was too loudly because they turned in our direction but they couldn't see us. I was so shocked I didn't know what to do. Athena was crying.
I started to go forward but Chavo grabbed my arm. "Just a second."
They went back into the cabin. "I need to know!" I said loudly.
"I know you do. We all do. Let's talk about this for a second."
"We came this far and I want to know what's going on!" I said struggling out of his grasp.
"Kid you've got your father's temper and your mother's stubbornness." He said shaking his head.
I gave up on trying to talk about this. Damn it I need to know! I'd come this far and this was what I had set out to find out. It may be more then I ever thought it would be but no one was stopping me.
"Danny come back here!" Chavo yelled but I was already by the cabin. Shut up Chavo. I silently thought as I walked up to the door. As I was about to knock, I felt someone's hand on my arm. I turned to see Athena standing there. She nodded.
"Come on Danny don't." Chavo said making me wonder if perhaps he had known. But I looked at him and realized he didn't.
I knocked the door opened and almost slammed in my face. But I had stuck my foot in the door.
"Daniel get out of here." Eddy said so quietly I almost didn't hear him but it was in a harsh voice.
"But Eddy..."
"Get the hell out of here now!" He said in the same volume and tone.
"Eddy whose at the door?"
"No one." He called. Then said to me, "Please go. You can't be here."
Athena surprised me by pushing the door open hard. It must have surprised Eddy because he landed on the floor. Everyone in the cabin came to see what was going on.
A guy I didn't recognize had a scowl on his face. My father and Owen just stared blankly at us. I think Shane did recognize me but I'm not sure. His face didn't really show anything.
"I'll handle this." Eddy said to them. "It's about business matters." He said giving us a look.
Chavo nodded and pulled Athena and me out the door before I could say anything.
Eddy came out and signaled us to go away from the cabin. "What the fuck do you think you are doing?" He demanded.
"I received a video the other day."
"A video? What kind of video?"
"One that shows a medic telling my father to play dead."
All the color left Eddy's face. "That's not possible...there couldn't be one...it was gone." He was muttering to himself. Then he said in a much louder voice. "Damn it I've worked too hard to let it go up in smoke like this!"
"You lied to me." I said to him starting to lose my temper.
"No shit! What was I going to tell you Danny? That your father was alive and living in Kentucky with her father!" He asked pointing at Athena. "Just get out of here and pretend you saw nothing."
"But Eddy..." I started to say. Then Eddy did something that shocked us all.
He punched me. I sat on the ground staring at him in shock. He took off. Chavo helped me to my feet.
"You okay?" I nodded but I wasn't.
I was going to find out what happened if it was the last thing I ever did.
Get Out of Here
"What the hell is going on?" D-Lo asked from behind me. I guess it was too loudly because they turned in our direction but they couldn't see us. I was so shocked I didn't know what to do. Athena was crying.
I started to go forward but Chavo grabbed my arm. "Just a second."
They went back into the cabin. "I need to know!" I said loudly.
"I know you do. We all do. Let's talk about this for a second."
"We came this far and I want to know what's going on!" I said struggling out of his grasp.
"Kid you've got your father's temper and your mother's stubbornness." He said shaking his head.
I gave up on trying to talk about this. Damn it I need to know! I'd come this far and this was what I had set out to find out. It may be more then I ever thought it would be but no one was stopping me.
"Danny come back here!" Chavo yelled but I was already by the cabin. Shut up Chavo. I silently thought as I walked up to the door. As I was about to knock, I felt someone's hand on my arm. I turned to see Athena standing there. She nodded.
"Come on Danny don't." Chavo said making me wonder if perhaps he had known. But I looked at him and realized he didn't.
I knocked the door opened and almost slammed in my face. But I had stuck my foot in the door.
"Daniel get out of here." Eddy said so quietly I almost didn't hear him but it was in a harsh voice.
"But Eddy..."
"Get the hell out of here now!" He said in the same volume and tone.
"Eddy whose at the door?"
"No one." He called. Then said to me, "Please go. You can't be here."
Athena surprised me by pushing the door open hard. It must have surprised Eddy because he landed on the floor. Everyone in the cabin came to see what was going on.
A guy I didn't recognize had a scowl on his face. My father and Owen just stared blankly at us. I think Shane did recognize me but I'm not sure. His face didn't really show anything.
"I'll handle this." Eddy said to them. "It's about business matters." He said giving us a look.
Chavo nodded and pulled Athena and me out the door before I could say anything.
Eddy came out and signaled us to go away from the cabin. "What the fuck do you think you are doing?" He demanded.
"I received a video the other day."
"A video? What kind of video?"
"One that shows a medic telling my father to play dead."
All the color left Eddy's face. "That's not possible...there couldn't be one...it was gone." He was muttering to himself. Then he said in a much louder voice. "Damn it I've worked too hard to let it go up in smoke like this!"
"You lied to me." I said to him starting to lose my temper.
"No shit! What was I going to tell you Danny? That your father was alive and living in Kentucky with her father!" He asked pointing at Athena. "Just get out of here and pretend you saw nothing."
"But Eddy..." I started to say. Then Eddy did something that shocked us all.
He punched me. I sat on the ground staring at him in shock. He took off. Chavo helped me to my feet.
"You okay?" I nodded but I wasn't.
I was going to find out what happened if it was the last thing I ever did.