Chapter 2

Kasey attempted to keep up with Glenn's explanations, but every few words, he got faster. "Glenn…Glenn… GLENN! Slow down, I can't keep up with your Speedy Gonzalez act," she said almost as quickly as Glenn.

"It all happened so fast… wait a minute, I know why your doing this," he replied sneakily. She didn't dare admit it.

"Ok, fine, you caught me but that wasn't necessary to be brought up. Part of this is that you're my best friend, Glenn," she said.

"Oh please, don't try to cover it up by speaking up for me. You know your doing it because you want to prove how good of an imitation of your parents you can be," he said with a hint of laughter.

Kasey blushed. "Oh fine! You know how badly I want to be a spitting image of my mom. Can we continue?" she completed stubbornly.

"Fine. Mom was getting the movie ready and I was in the kitchen cleaning the dishes while the popcorn was popping. Dad was still at the office," continued Glenn. "Where was your mom at that time?" Asked Kasey, knowing plenty of places in the house storing a DVD player.

"She was in the living room. If anything happened from any other room, nobody would hear it there," replied Glenn.

"So the robber could have gone into any other part of the house that either you or your mom were in, obviously. The question is, when did you find out somebody broke into the house?" Asked Kasey.

"We found out exactly when we heard the crashing of the glass window. That's when I looked all over the house for any signs. Then I walked into my parent's room and saw the window shattered," said Glenn.

"Was anything missing in the room when you looked to see for the broken glass?"

"We haven't looked to see if anything was missing. Maybe we should take a look," suggested Glenn. Kasey nodded and followed him down the hall.

They stepped into the room simultaneously. Kasey looked around curiously. She'd never been in this room in the 16 years of knowing him. They both kept at least one secret that each other finally knew about. Glenn began to look around the room. Kasey joined in the search.

They looked very carefully and slowly behind, under and around every thing in every nook and cranny.

As Glenn bent over, his sandy brown bangs covered his freckled face. He looked under the queen-sized bed. " Glenn… why are you looking under there?" Kasey asked puzzled.

"My parents put valuable things under the bed knowing—hoping—that no decent person would look there; I'm checking to make sure everything is here," said Glenn.

Kasey hinted a smile, stood up and dusted herself off and was face-to-face with Glenn. They both blushed and turned away. "See anything, Kasey?" Asked Glenn. Kasey stopped dead in her tracks. Inside the bathroom, everything was on the floor, shattered.

"C'mon, look over here. One question, where did your mom sleep if the two of you haven't come in here?" Asked Kasey once again, still staring at the floor.

"Why? What's wrong…" his voice trailed off as ha looked down on the floor with its contents soiled all over. He looked at the shower, shattered on the marble floor.

"Should we tell your mom, Glenn?" Asked Kasey, but by the time she had turned to face him, he was gone. She began to think he ran out the door to alert his mother. Kasey looked out side of the door. Nothing. She ran to where his bike lay- used to lie.

She panicked. Where could he have gone? She needed to call Glenn's mother, maybe she would know. If not, she needed to know. She punched in the number nervously. "954-627-4439, c'mon!" She yelled, even more scared than before.

The phone began to ring, which made her smile. Then she joyfully ran into the house to hear a ringing. She got closer and closer until she discovered his mother's cell phone. It was the phone she heard ringing inside the house.

Kasey sat on the couch, realizing she was alone. She started the think, was it all a practical joke? Or a plot for her not to find out whom the robber was. Maybe he or she wasn't a robber anymore. More like a kidnapper now. What was she to do?