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SILENCE

Chapter 5: Alone, Awkward, Hurt

Previously:
Casey hears the words again 'You can call it Lucky Star. As long as you and the people of Lucky Star have loved each other before. They will then live inside here forever.'

The moment continues with them not taking their eyes off each other. Derek slowly lifts his hand toward her face, but suddenly stops when a car passes by honking. They both look over. "So you can hear." Derek says looking at her. She looks at him jogging over after the car that just passed and stops when it doesn't stop. Derek walks up behind her. "Looks like our pact failed." He says. He sighs. "The light breeze of a summer day." He looks around. :and a beautiful view." He turns toward her again but her back is toward him. "Walking down the mountain seems like a nice option." He smirks. Casey exhales and stomps off. As she walks down the mountain, Derek drives by her. "Get in the car." He offers. She stops. Then walks off again. Derek drives up to her again. "Are you really planning to walk the whole way by yourself?" he asks her. Casey slows down but instantly picks up her pace and continues to walk. Derek continues to drive next to her for a moment. "Alright then, I hope you have fun walking." Derek waves and drives off. Casey stops, then runs after him waving for him to stop. Derek looks at his rear view mirror but doesn't see her running. Casey stops and looks around her and exhales in frustration. Derek pulls out his cell phone and dials a numer.

"Hello, this is Toronto Taxi." The person on the other line says.
"In 30 minutes, I want a car waiting in Ontario Mountain, Bamboo Lake." Says Derek to the person.

Back at the restaurant, Kendra sits sipping at her cup of coffee. She flips her cell around in her hand. Derek runs up to the door of the restaurant and goes in. "I'm sorry." He states flatly. "Didn't you say you'll be back right away?" Kendra asked disappointed. He looks at her for a minute and sits down across from her. "I'm starving to death." She throws at him. "You still haven't eaten?" Derek asks in disbelief. "It's awkward to eat alone." She states. Derek states and gets up. "Let's go." Kendra gets up. "Where to?" she asks in anticipation. He looks over and says "Mama Venturi's Kitchen." Kendra smiles. On the mountain, Casey slowly descends the mountain. She's tired and her muscles ache all over. She stops for a second. She looks at the sky and sees that it will soon be getting dark. Her stomach grumbles and she sighs putting arms around it. She sees the whistle around her neck and takes it in her hands and hears a voice. 'I don't know how long you are going to live, but no matter what happens, use that to call me, and I will come for sure. For sure.' Casey brought the whistle to her mouth an blew with all her might. On the road, Sam is still driving frantically, looking for her.

Sam runs into the house as his father is sitting by the window on his rocking chair, reading newspaper. "Casey!" Sam runs around the house calling. Uncle John looks at him. "What's wrong?" "Did Casey come home yet?" Sam asks his dad. "Where did she go?" asks Uncle John. "If I knew that, why would I ask you?" Sam snaps at him and runs out the house again. Uncle John gets up and yells through the window. "Tell me what's wrong!" Sam looks from side to side down the street and then starts running to look for her. On the mountain, Casey continues to walk slowly and whistle weakly. Casey gets frustrated and stops walking and whistling, standing in the middle of the road. Just then a taxi drives by and stops by her, Casey smiles.

Back at Derek's luxurious house, he and Kendra sit at the dining table. "Mama Venturi, you can stop now." Kendra calls to the kitchen. "All the dishes are enough to last me a week." "Let her cook, she likes being busy." Derek told her. "Come Kendra, hurry up and eat." Mrs. Venturi says as she brings in another pot of food. "You must be starving. No need to be courteous." She says sitting down across from Derek. "I'll start then." Kendra said piling the food on her plate. "Mama Venturi, your skill, is really good." Kendra states in excitement as she tried the first bite of meat. "It's so yummy." Abby (Mama Venturi or Mrs. Venturi) smiles in delight. Then the door slams and Abby says. "Ah, George is here." She smiles and gets up to greet him. "You're back." Abby says to George. "George." Says Kendra standing up to face him. "Why did you come home for dinner? Why didn't you tell me?" he asks her. Kendra smiles shyly. "Sorry it was unplanned.". Abby smiles and looks at her husband in anticipation. "Have you eaten yet? At least eat a little. I'll cook you another dish." She turned toward the kitchen but George stopped her. "Abby, I only came home to get something. I need to leave straight away." He stated flatly. Abby looked at him disappointed. She looked and Kendra and Kendra looked down. "At least eat a little bit." Abby begged. "I made your favorite dish." Derek interrupted. He's been sitting silently the whole time. "Mom, dad said he needs to leave straight away." There was an awkward silence in the room. Kendra looked up and smiled. "George, We haven't had a drink together for a long time." She skipping to his side and grabbing his arm. "Let's go and have a drink ok?" George smiled. "If you're accompanying me, then I'll stay." Abby skipped to pull out his chair. Kendra sat back and Abby called. "Emily! Housekeeper Emily! Take out the best wine. And prepare 4 glasses." George sat down at the table as Abby cleaned up around him.

In the night, Sam was still running around looking for Casey. He was out of breath. He decided to go home and wait. He sat by the gate waiting for her. After a while Casey came in and shut the gate. Sam jumped up looking at her. Casey looked at him and stared. "where were you?" Sam asked. "Did you forget about everything when you went with that pretty boy?" Casey looked at him furious. "I was left alone on Ontario Mountain." She motioned. "I was scared to death and you're yelling at me." Sam looked in shock. Casey started to stomp away, but Sam grabbed her. "Ontario Mountain? Did that bastard do anything to you?" Sam asked anxiously. Casey pulled out the whistle and quoted with her gestures. "As long as you whistle, I'll come no matter how far you are. I made my throat sore blowing it. Where were you?" Casey was frustrated. "I'm sorry." Sam looked apologetic. "That's only a whistle. You could have called my cell." He said pointing at his cell phone. "Why didn't you call me?" Casey stared at the cell phone and remembered that Derek turned it off and threw it in the back seat of his car. "This is pissing me off." She gestured. "Forget it, don't be angry." Sam coaxed. "I'll buy you a new one tomorrow. Okay?" He put his arm around her shoulder but she shrugged it off. "No. Tomorrow I will definitely get it back." With that she stomped off inside the house with Sam staring after in amazement.

"You said it, don't take it back." Said Kendra sitting on the couch talking to George. "George doesn't kid around." He answered. Abby came in with a plate of cut fruit in her hands and set it on the coffee table in front of them "Here, eat fruit, eat some fruit." "Thank you" Kendra said politely. "What were you talking about before?" asked Abby sitting by Kendra. "Who's playing around?" "George agreed to take a photo for our front page." Said Kendra. "Front page? When?" "This Wednesday." Abby looked a little shocked. "Wednesday? So fast. I won't be able to get ready in time. Kendra, can it be later?" Abby turned to Kendra. George finally spoke. "I'll be the one who is going to be on the front page. What are you getting ready for?" Abby looked hurt. Kendra felt awkward. "Wh..What I m..meant is..I need to help you prepare your clothing." Abby corrected. "And you should maybe go fix up your hair a little." She said with a faint smile. "Enough." George interrupted. "Kendra, I still have some business to attend to. You guys can talk." He got up and left. "George take care." Kendra said standing up. Abby got up and stepped toward him two steps looking extremely hurt. Sam went to pour the hot water for the tea and almost burnt himself, while Casey was explaining to Uncle John what had happened. "In the end, there was no point in going to the police. There was no evidence." She gestured excitedly. John nodded and patted her hand. "Casey. I am not angry anymore, so you have to listen to me. From tomorrow onwards, don't go make trouble for them." Casey was furious. "But he left me alone on the mountain." "Exactly. Who knows what else he might do." Casey stood. "I'm not scared." John stood up too. "I'm scared. Did you know that you are Uncle John's precious Casey? You have to listen to me." He said putting his hand on her shoulder. In the back, Sam peeked from behind the door of the kitchen. "Or else I might have a heart attack." He cringed and held his heart dramatically. Casey smiled and hugged him. "Right? You don't want to see that. So you have to listen to me." In the process, Sam was preparing noodles for dinner. He covered the bowl with a National Geographic magazine and noticed a sheet of paper sticking out. He pulled it out and saw a phone number in it. It said, Derek Venturi 561-5446. Isn't this the phone number of that boy from the hospital? Sam thought.

I hope you liked it. I also hope it wasn't confusing. I kept going back and forth between scenes. Give me any suggestions to make it better if you'd like. Please give me a review. Also check out my other stories I have. Chapter 6 coming soon!! Look forward to something new coming out soon.