Chapter Four

"Hey, Daniel, Indie, and Ashlyn, come check this website out." Lori Howard called to her family. Indie was in the living room watching an old Barney video, and Daniel and Ashlyn were arguing again. Ashlyn screamed her last sentence and stalked to her mother.

"Mom, you realized you married Satan in disguise, right?" She asked, her hate oozing out from every inch of her voice. Her chapped lips curled around the word 'mom'.

"Ashlyn, Daniel is not Satan." Ashlyn shot her mother a look.

"Are you sure?" Ashlyn retorted. Daniel walked up to her and slapped Ashlyn across the face.

"DANIEL!" Lori screamed; hating him for what he did to Ashlyn. "DANIEL HOWARD, WHAT THE HECK DID YOU JUST DO?" Lori is obviously extremely angry, because she only watches her language when she is really upset. Daniel shrugged.

"I didn't to anything to the spawn over there that she hasn't done to me."

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Lori screamed, steering Daniel to the door. She yanked open the cherry wood door and almost yanked the brass handle off. Lori shoved Daniel onto the sidewalk of 32 Applewood Road. She walked back in to talk to Indie and Ashlyn.

"Ashlyn, did he hurt you badly?" Ashlyn shook her head.

"Nope; in fact it didn't really hurt that much." Lori sighed and kissed her daughter's cheek. Ashlyn wormed out of that immediately.

"Ew, mom; get off!" She yelled. Lori recoiled and went to her pink Mac laptop, still speaking to her two daughters.

"Okay, so the FBI has figured out that this, as they call it, 'Flash Forward' was caused by humans or science, and that everyone saw a glimpse of their future on April 26th, 2010. The Los Angeles department made a website which they title 'Mosaic'. Over 1,000,000 people have posted what they saw." Lori's green eyes flashed to Ashlyn. "I want you each to write what you saw and upload a picture. Ashlyn, take a picture of Indie." Lori handed Ashlyn the Nokia camera she had pulled out of the oak drawer next to her.

Ashlyn took the camera and Indie was already posing. Ashlyn was trying to contain a smile. Indie's body was so contorted; she might have been a good Lady Gaga impersonator, if she had platinum blonde hair and bangs.

"Okay, India Caylie Howard, smile for Ash!" Lori said, as Ashlyn rolled her almost black eyes. Lori hated them because it reminded her of Simon.

Simon, the father of Ashlyn, Ashlyn, the sister of India, India the friend of Dylan, Dylan, the son of Lloyd, Lloyd, Simon's partner in crime. It all came back to Simon, no matter how hard Lori tried to keep it from going back to Simon.

"I'll get it!" Indie called. Lori was so wrapped up in her own thoughts, she didn't even bother to hear what Indie and Ashlyn was saying. Ashlyn was staring at her mother, her black eyes filled with confusion. Ashlyn had posted what had really happened to her on Mosaic, not the cover story.

"I'm right behind you, Indie." Ashlyn's eyes only left her mother when she left the room.

"Come on in Simon." Indie's cute voice said. Lori's lunch almost came back up. SIMON???

"'Ello, Lori, long time no see, huh?" Simon said, entering the room.

"Yes, Simon." Lori said coolly.

"Oh, you don't even introduce me to your daughters?" Simon said with a playful smile on his face.

"I'm India Caylie Howard, but most people call me Indie." Indie said, holding out her skinny little hand.

"Nice to meet you, Indie." He looked over to where Ashlyn stood. "This must be Miss Ashlyn Janie Blue." Ashlyn rolled her eyes.

"That's moi, Simon. And, if you don't mind me asking, but how do I know you?" She asked with a bit of an attitude. Simon smiled playfully.

"Miss Lori Blue over there hasn't told you yet? I'm your father Ashlyn." Ashlyn Janie Blue fainted.

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"Cassie? Can you hear me? It's your mother, Cheyenne, and your father George. Annabel and Bailey are here too. Annabel is you sister, and Bailey is your brother. And Alexis Meyers, remember Lexi?" Cassie Lyons's eyes fluttered open, her blue eyes confused.

"Why is the cold hearted snake here?" She asked, sounding dazed.

"Oh, wow thanks, you're so nice Cassie!" Alexis said.

"No offense, gosh." Cassie retorted.

"Hey, Cassie, we are so thankful you are alive because over 20,000,000 people died today." Cheyenne Lyons said.

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"Hey, Mark, come look at this upload." Janis Hawk said, calling to her co-partner Mark. "A girl from;" Janis squinted at the screen "Lawrence, Utah, posts this: 'My name is Ashlyn Janie Blue. When everyone in the world blacked out, I didn't. I stayed totally conscious during the blackout. I don't know why, but if I could be a help to this case, I would love to. Just, please don't tell my mother.'" Janis looked up to Mark.

"This Ashlyn Blue girl should help us get a break in the case, along with what I saw. I have a feeling that Dimitri and you are going to Lawrence, Utah to see Ashlyn." Mark stated.