Midwest Meets the South

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Chapter 16

"Sorry, I won't go there cause I don't want to die." Two-Bit said.

"Good answer." Dally responded. Then there was a knock on the door.

"Well can't be anyone we know cause they wouldn't have knocked." Two-Bit announced.

"I got it." Darry announced as he went to answer the door. It was a cop.

"I understand that a young lady named Evelin is staying with you this summer." He explained.

"Yes she is. May I help you?" Darry asked.

"May I speak to her in private?" he asked.

"Ugh, sure." He had no other choice did he? On my way out Candy just had to say,

"She didn't steal drugs!"

"Shut!" Once we were alone outside, he began to say the words that I would never forget.

"As you know, your mother is on a business trip in Japan correct?"

"Yeah…" I said. Just get to the point!

"Well, it seems that she had to fly from Japan to China…" he paused, " and there seems to have been…an accident."

"What kind of accident? Is she okay? Did the plane crash?"

"Well, we're having trouble locating the plane…and her body…"

"WHAT? Her BODY? Is she…?"

"Well, see, we don't know…but we'll notify you as soon as we have any information. Thank you for your time." He said then left. He turned around, " I'm sorry." I didn't respond. I just stood there dazed. Numb. I sunk down on the step. I couldn't cry know, but I knew the tears would come…soon enough. Then the gang came out to see what had happened.

"Plane. China. Crash. Lost." I was all I could get out. Darry, Soda, and Pony looked like they were gonna cry too.

"Oh, Ev, I'm-"

"DON'T SAY IT! I DON'T WANT TO HERE IT!" I screamed. Then I began to run. I heard shouts from behind me, but I didn't care. I could also here barks. Oreo. I ran past the park and to the lot where I sank down on the car seat where the last I was happy to be here. No thoughts entered my head. I lay on my stomach with my head buried in my arms. Then I heard a soft voice behind me.

"Evelin." It was Johnny. He came around and lifted me up so he could sit beside me where he gathered me up in his arms. Then the tears came. I began sobbing.

"Shh. It's okay. Everything will be okay." He said gently.

"No sob it wont! What if they can't find her! What if sob she's…" The sobs came harder than ever. Johnny held me closer.

"No, she's not. Everything will be okay."

"No sob it won't. She was my everything! I can't even imagine a life with sob without her!" It seemed impossible at that stage, but I cried even harder.

"You won't have to, because everything will turn out all right." I wish I could believe him.

"How sob can you not know this stuff!" I asked thinking back to the policemen. "How could he have been so vague!"

"I know."

"If she's gone…I'll have nothing." I said still crying.

"Not true. You'll have me."

"Not if I have to go live with my other relatives!"

"No matter where you go, you'll always have me." I lifted my head up and looked into his eyes. He wiped a tear away. I wanted to say it, but now wouldn't be a good time.