I knocked on the door but realized it was half open. I pushed it and went inside. Suddenly a large sweaty hand yanked at my wrist and I was flung into a chair in the kitchen. I had just gone round to the Deville house, I was told Lil needed some comforting but no I was face to face with Phil's mum who wasn't looking to happy.
"Whatever it is you know, Angelica, spill it," she said. My eyes wondered to the kitchen doorway where I could see Suzie standing in front of the rest of the gang, she'd obviously said something about lunch.
"I…I don't get what you mean," I said.
"Don't play dumb with me," Betty replied, putting his hands on the table that was behind me, blocking any exits I had.
"Why…what's going on?" I asked.
"Suzie tells me you told her you knew something about my boy disappearing," Betty said.
"How, how could I know anything?" I said trying my best at acting.
"I don't know, I honestly don't know, but Angelica anything you know, you have to tell me," Betty whimpered, her strong appearance seemed to be cracking. It made me feel really guilty, but I'd made a promise that I had to keep.
"I'm sorry, I know nothing," I answered.
"Oh god, Angelica! Whatever it is you know, come on!" Suzie said, stepping out of the doorway.
"Have you tried calling their mobiles? Texting them?" I said, remembering back to the message I was sent.
"Oh course we have! We're not stupid. They wouldn't answer or reply to the texts," Lil said in tears again.
"Well, that must mean they're all right," I said. Everyone just looked at me as if I was nuts though.
"I wish I could just see him, check he's okay, why won't he answer me?" Betty said stepping away from the chair.
"I guarantee they're fine," I persuaded, "you just need to trust me."
"This is what I mean, you do know something. You wouldn't keep this calm," Suzie said, "And how are you so sure."
"She doesn't care about Phil, let alone her own cousin," Kimi said, I couldn't believe she said it though. Suzie immediately made eye contact with me and I felt my heart sink a little. I cared a lot more than they thought; only I couldn't say a word of it.
"Look, if I said I had a way of seeing them, checking on them, and I came back and said they were fine, would you guys calm down then," I said, ignoring Kimi's last words and also kind of regretting changing the topic to this.
"You tell me right now where they are," Betty said.
"I don't know! Please, please just let me go, you'll find them soon, surely you will, there are police put there and everything," I said. Betty backed of again and began to cry into her hands.
"I don't know where he is. If he's safe, whether he's been beaten up, mugged, murdered, kidnapped," Betty cried and Lil cried with her.
I just stood; my mouth slightly open thinking about the pair. Cold on the city's streets. I didn't know if they were fine either, not since that last message. I needed to see them too, but I knew exactly where to look.
"Well, I better get off now, still got homework," I said. I was ignored so I just left the house. Moving from the warmth of their house to the bitter cold of the street I felt a tear in the corner of my eye. Their emotion must have been contagious. Or maybe it was a sudden feeling of what Phil was experiencing, he wasn't coming home. Not as far as I knew. If he isn't coming here, I guess I'll have to go there.