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I felt like everything was falling apart, bombs were going off around town, banks were getting robbed and yet no one saw anything. It was all a giant mess and I had no idea where to even start. It was not like I could ask my dad he was busy with Khloe and Kayden and I didn't want to bug him, sure they were 6 but still. Klea and I were in a pickle as we had no idea where the bomb came from and we had it tested and their was no way to trace it back to anyone. It was as if no one built it, I felt like it was a trap and it was sucking me in and it was drawing me to Zachary and his crew. Of course I had no proof and I couldn't just barge in there and accuse them. We were at the bank and Adam was working on the cameras but whoever robbed it knew exactly what they were doing. "FUCK!" I swore loudly, and Klea laughed, "man you take this so seriously we will figure it out" she said, "how? hmm tell me how? we have like absolutely nothing!" I said. "MAX breathe! We are going to figure this out we always do we are MALEA! or something like that ha-ha" she said, I get she was trying to make me feel better but it wasn't helping. I did want to go talk to Ryder, I felt like if he was here he would tell me wouldn't he? I wanted to think he could trust me. Then again he was apparently friends with Zachary so I felt like he wouldn't tell me shit, why he was friends with this bone head I didn't know.
I left Klea at the bank she was going to keep looking for clues with Adam and Titan and I headed over to my Aunt Cassie's I was going to get some information. It was going to probably be slow going because I mean I knew at 13 I wouldn't tell anyone anything and I did a lot of stupid things. I knocked and her girlfriend Miley opened the door, "hey he is in his room" she said, and I nodded as I headed there, but his room was empty and I had a feeling that Miley had no clue. Titan barked at the window and I knew that was where he escaped from, most likely where he has been for a while, I sighed as I left. "You need to do a better job" I said shaking my head and she looked at me like I was crazy but went back to her show, I felt like my aunt deserved better. I really hoped she did find that epic love one day she deserved it but for now I knew exactly where to go find Ryder, and I headed over to Tanner and Timothy's. This place looked like a mess and I understand that teenagers gathered here to party and we as cops needed to be more on top of all of this. I knocked on the door and Tanner opened it, "oh for fuck sakes" he said, "relax I am not here for you today, unless I need to be" I said. "Go screw yourself" he said, "Tanner chill" Zachary said looking right at me, "to what do we owe the pleasure Detective" he said, "I am here for Ryder" I said. "Of course come in" he said as if he owned the place and Ryder looked at me, "I am fine" he said, "clearly get up let's go" I said. "You are not my father!" he shouted, "no but I am your cousin and this is not going to happen get up before I find a reason to arrest you" I said and I literally had to drag him out of there.
"I hate you!" he shouted at me, "that is fine I don't care but you are going to tell me, did you rob that bank?" I asked, "no" he said, "really because I feel like you did" I said, "you have nothing! You are ruining my life! I am going to lose my friends because of you" he said, "Good they are not your friends, they are using you to do bad things!" I said a bit more aggressive than I intended. "SCREW YOU! I hate you stay the hell away from me!" Ryder said and he ran off. Now I knew for sure that his friends at least had something to do with this but like he said I had no proof, and I couldn't go arresting anyone. I was beyond frustrated and Klea came up short we had nothing, I was going to go undercover though watching Ryder was my priority right now, his so called friends were planning something and I needed to figure it out. I had to make it my life's mission to figure this out, because I needed to save my cousin from himself. He needed to do better and right now he was not doing better he was falling hard on his ass and I felt like I needed to pick up the pieces. I was going to glue this kid back together he had enough damn shit going on, first step get him away from these friends he thinks are helping him. Second step figure out a way to catch them in the act of doing something wrong, and third arrest them so I can live my life with Aria and finally be free from my obsession. I needed to catch him I felt like it was my life's mission, Rachel wants me to help her sister but her sister was in the same boat as Ryder. She felt like these idiots were her friends. Zachary is 16 and she was old enough now where I could at least put him in juvie but I needed to get him doing something big, I am sure them robbing the bank was only part of the plan. There had to be something I was missing, for right now at least I knew Ryder was alright, I needed to go lay my theory on Klea. She was the problem solver and with her I felt like we could figure this out, we had to figure this out.
I made it back to her and she was telling me that she had nothing, "right but I might have something, it is not concrete proof but I feel like Ryder and his friends did this" I said. "Max" she said, "no hear me out, this was the first step, I have a feeling there is more" I said, "of course you do, I will help you Max you know I will but we need to do this strategically" she said. "I know because I can't let Ryder get hurt, I might have already but I am doing this for him!" I said. "I know and we will figure this out. We just need to come up with a plan" she said. I was with her in that one we needed a good plan, because I couldn't let my Aunt Cassie lose the only thing she had that she cared about.