Chapter 12
Pat's POV
"Did he say anything?" I ask the old lady who was sitting next to Mikey.
"No, he just saw that bus and got on." She says impatiently.
"Are you sure?" I say.
"Yes! Now leave me be!" she snaps.
I groan and run over to the payphone. I reach into my pocket and put 50 cents in.
"Come on, pick up!" I say.
"Curtis Contractors, how may I help you?"
"Darrell Curtis please." I say franticly.
"I'm sorry, to who is this?" the woman on the phone asks.
"His nephew, Patrick." I say tapping my foot
"And to what is this regarding?" she asks. Could you ask more questions?
"Family emergency."
"Alright, I'll connect you." She says sweetly.
"Finally." I mutter. I wait another minute and finally he answers.
"Darrell Curtis."
"Uncle Darry! I need some help." I nearly yell.
"Patrick? What are you talking about? Where are you?" he asks.
"I'm at Rose St., at the bus stop. Mikey's gone and the bus he got on wasn't ours. I don't know where he went." I say.
"Did you see what bus number it was?" he asks.
"No, I didn't look. God, I'm so stupid." I say running my hand through my hair.
"Stay right there, I'll be there in a minute." He says and hangs up.
"Mike where are you?" I say quietly.
J.D's POV
Not even 10 seconds after I got inside the house, the phone rang. I sighed and put the groceries on the table and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?"
"J.D? It's Darry; you need to meet me at the bus stop on the corner of Rose. Mikey's gone." He Uncle Darry rushes in the phone.
"Wait, what, what's going on? Mikey's gone! He was with Patrick, what happened?" I put my head in my hands. Now I knew what Dad felt like when me and Eric went out on motorcycle rides and forgot to tell him.
"Mike got on the wrong bus when Pat wasn't looking. You need to get down here, I'm calling Eric and Soda to help look for him." He says.
"Alright, I'll be there soon." I say quietly. "Damn it Mikey."
"He'll be fine baby doll." He assures me.
"I know, I'll be there soon." I say hanging up the phone. I grabbed my keys, and raced outside to the car.
Eric's POV
Darry called me and told me that Mikey was missing. I knew that kids were adventurous, but Mikey wasn't like normal kids. He knows better to run off. Something must have happened. Someone must have taken him, or….. I didn't want to think what else could have happened. I slammed the car door shut and ran out to Darry.
"Have you heard anything?" I ask him. Just then J.D pulls up.
"Darry!" she runs over to him. He pulls her into a tight hug and sooths her.
"Has anything turned up?" she asks.
"No, it's almost been an hour. We need to call Two-Bit." He says. I nod and look at J.D. She looked scared and vulnerable. Patrick appeared from the bench he was on, hitched his thumbs in his pockets, and walked over to us.
"J.D, I only took my eyes off him for a minute. When I looked back he was gone." He says. J.D hugs him.
"I'm not mad. You're not in trouble, just tell me, is there anything that he said, or….."
"Nothing, he just vanished." He says quietly.
"We'll find him." I say to them. They look up at me. Patrick looks down and sighs. J.D comes over to me, looking right into my eyes.
"Eric, I'm…"
"Me too" I say.
"I've been dumb." She says.
"I've been dumber." I say.
Two-Bit pulls up in his cruiser with his partner. He comes over to us, holding a thing of papers in his hand.
"I put out a missing persons report. Local residents will be alerted to report him to officers. We'll find him Johnny, I promise." He says.
"It's been an hour, Two-Bit. If someone took him…"
"We'll find him." He says. She nods and wipes her eyes.
"Come on J.D, we'll go around town and see if we can find him." I tell J.D she nods.
"Let's go."
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This is will be the only chapter for a while. I'll be in Texas and without my laptop.