"Ryan, someone is at the door for you!" Kirsten called to the dining room as she gestured for the stranger to step inside. The girl did, and she gazed in awe at the vault ceilings and the size of the house. Her house could fit in their living room.
Ryan stumbled out of the kitchen as he was tripped by Seth, still obviously upset about his PS2 loss. He had his head down as he walked towards the front door, but when he looked up he was amazed. "Jamie?"
"So you remember. Thought after these two years with no contact you had forgotten about me," the girl, Kirsten now observed to be Jamie, said.
"How could I forget you?"
"Well, you haven't called, written, or even tried to get a hold of me in any way the past two years, what was I suppoed to think?" Jamie questioned, a stone cold look on her face, obviously upset with Ryan. By this time, Seth and Sandy had moved into the living room and were puzzled by this stranger in their living room.
Kirsten, seeing that this wasn't going very far, interrupted the two, "May I ask how you two know each other?"
"This is my sister," Ryan blurted.
"You have a sister?" Seth questioned.
"So you kept me a secret! Didn't tell anyone I even existed! That's sure one way to forget about a person, pretend they never were," Jamie said, the now stone cold look turned into one of pain.
"No Jamie, it's not like that – "
"What's it like then Ryan? You just up and left, I had no one – "
"You ran away two weeks before I was arrested, you're the one who just up and left! When I cam back to the house was gone, nothing left, I had no idea where they were or you. You never told me where you were going, never tried to contact me."
"What? Dawn said you left and never wanted to talk to them again, so they moved when you moved in with these people," Jaime said. She never addressed her mother as 'Mom', as she felt like she never deserved the title. "And when I ran away I left a note on your bed, telling you everything, where I was and how to contact me."
"I never got that note." They both suddenly realized their mother had taken and hidden the note from Ryan.
"I'm getting a headache," Seth said, voicing both Kirsten's and Sandy's opinions. All three were very confused.
Ryan noticing this began to explain. "This is Jamie, she's my younger sister, 16 years-old. I never told you bout her because I didn't want to put a burden on you to try and find her for me. I've been trying to find her myself the past two years but haven't been able to. Which brings me to ask you, Jamie, why didn't you come to me when you found out I left?"
"Dawn wouldn't tell me where you were. She refused to even tell me if you were still in the California. She never like how close we were because she said you provoked my childish fantasies, which were anything but fantasies, they were nightmares." Jamie looked away and stuggled to fight tears back, she hated crying in front of people.
"So why come now? Howe did you find out where I was?"
"Dawn told me about Trey's death in Newport, and when she was drunk told me, and I quote, 'That damn girlfriend of your brother Ryan is a murderer, and she isn't being charged with it!' So I knew you had to be somewhere in Newport. I looked up articles about the shooting, and found out her name, and that you were there. They mentioned that you lived with the family that owned the Newport group, and it was all just looking up names and addresses from there."
"That's pretty interesting, you should look into being a private detective," Sandy said.
"I hate cops!" Jamie blurted. "They ruin everything, and they hate me in return. Never been arrested, just warned a lot I guess."
"Why don't we get you cleaned up and we can all sit down at the diner table and discuss this more," Kirsten suggested. "On the menu tonight is Chinese."
"Oh, I love Chinese," Jamie said, bringing down the wall she had put up, but only slightly, she was always on guard, always waiting for someone to hurt her again.
Kirsten then directed her to the bathroom, and told her just to wash up and meet them in the dining room. The Cohens and Ryan proceeded to go into the dining room and sat in their seats, Ryan making room next to him for his sister.
This is also a wierd chapter. I'm just trying to set up the story, let you guys know a bit more about Jamie and why Ryan has never mentioned her so it seems somewhat realistic. R&R
