Father, Where are you? (Completed)

Chapter 22

Bella: “So…..my father is actually alive…..”

The thing is that I have to make myself strong and composed. I can’t let all of my emotions get in the way. I need to take all of this information and stop them somehow. It’s just not as easy as it looks, but I have to do this.

Iris: “He was the one who told me to follow you guys because you guys went out the most and the people I think uncle and dad are planning to get you guys.”

Bella: “Alright…..which means I have to be extra careful around them. I mean to me, it was suspicious, why there was a person following us, and that too for me it looked like a man.”

Iris: “Yes exactly. There has to be some reason that they have kept your father alive after the crash. I looked like a man because I had to wear layers to not expose myself. With the way you’re so quick-witted, I had to do that.”

Bella: “I mean I didn’t expect my family to betray me like this and that too, my uncles.”

Iris: “To me, it was a huge shock as well because they hurt you and our family so much for what? I mean for goodness sake, one of them is my father.”

Bella: “I understand, Iris. I’m sure it’s difficult for you as well.”

Susan: “So how was he able to contact her father? I mean if that was the case, why didn’t he talk directly to Bella?”

Iris: “First of all, for the daughter to believe something like that is absurd. I mean, just imagine that. Second, he was able to get my number by luck. When I messaged my father, he was able to crack the phone code and see my number to be able to contact me.”

Bella: “They allowed him to do that?”

Iris: “Of course not. He has to be very sneaky about all of this. The only thing they have allowed him is a laptop. Which he mentioned was tracked by them so they can see everything so….that’s why. But not for the messages he sends me. I’m sure he does all of that some other way. A safer method so he isn’t caught.”

Bella: “So there has to be a way to be able to expose them. Not only that, to get my father back as well somehow.”

Iris: “We will have to come up with a plan somehow, I know this much. My father and uncle went too far with Stacy so I can’t handle any more of this and I’m sure they will target another one of you next.”

Stacy: “I’m sorry to ask this, but I want to know why hadn’t you told Bella all this before?”

Iris: “For one, her father told me not to do so for her safety and health. Number 2, because now the time has come for her to see her father. Plus I need help with the plan.”

Stacy: “Well there has got to be something we can come up with.”

Iris: “We could follow my dad and Uncle Flynn as well. Whatever calls, they make and whoever and whatever they text. I will be able to hack into their phone but I need time to do that. Is it possible for you to distract them?”

Bella: “Yes it will be possible for me don’t worry. By the way, Iris how are you sure they aren’t on to you yet? Or if your phone is hacked or not?”

Iris: “I check that from time to time and since I know how to hack phones and stuff, I’m able to know if mine is or not.”

Bella: “Well then, that’s good to hear. For now, let’s go back and get the phone first.”

We headed back home on another taxi and I couldn’t keep my mind off it. Going back home, how was I supposed to face my uncles? Those who tortured my family and made me miserable. If anything, those would be the last people I would want to see. But we have to come up with something to get him back.

I knew this much, I couldn’t let my rage get in the way of this. For this whole thing to work, I have to be very composed and act like I know nothing. My family, whom I thought loved me and adored me wants me gone? And have my father which I still didn’t know why? I knew this much I wouldn’t ever forgive them for what they did.

When we got home, luckily no one was outside. We all decided if anyone would ask where we had been, we’d say that we went out for a bit.

Uncle Flynn: “Hello kids where were you guys??”

Bella: “Oh we just went out for a bit don’t worry.  Iris had a game she wanted to show you. We could download that and play it all together.”

Uncle Flynn: “Yeah sure. What’s the game called? I’ll download it.”

Iris: “I don’t exactly remember the name. Let me see it while I’m writing it in the search box.”

Uncle Flynn: “Ok sure, here you go.”

We tried to distract him by talking about random things. While Iris was doing her thing, I saw her taking the phone to the next room so she could connect it to her laptop and all.

After she was done, she slowly handed her phone to uncle and it all seemed so chill. I had hoped no one suspected anything.

Uncle Flynn: “Ok then we will play this game later on.”

Bella: “Of course uncle.”

The next target was my uncle David. I assumed he would be upstairs in the attic cleaning a little more. But to my surprise, he was in Isla’s room helping her homework. At that point, I just wanted to take Isla from him but had to remain calm.

Uncle David: “Oh hello girls what are you up to?”

Bella: “Nothing much uncle. We wanted to download a game on your phone, could we do it?”

Uncle David: “Oh, sure.”

Bella: “Iris, you do that. I have something to show uncle.”

Uncle David: “Is everything alright Bella?”

Bella: “Yeah uncle. I was just wondering you went to Mrs. Johnson’s place right? Are they doing alright?”

Uncle David: “Yeah….they will be fine very soon. I mean surely it’s not easy losing their daughter and coping with it.”

Bella: “True…..True…..”

Iris: “Here you go, dad. I downloaded the game and all of us will play it together later on.”

Uncle David: “Yeah sure okay.”

We left and went to my room and thought of looking at the data Iris managed to get from their phones to see if we could find anything. Luckily, they didn’t use a separate phone to do things. The only thing was that they had passwords and a lot of security on there. But the good thing was, Iris was able to crack the code.

Iris: “Okay so we have all the messages here and it seems like they are talking about your Dad. And it says here that they are planning to go meet him and do something with him.”

Bella: “What do you mean ‘do something with him’?”

Iris: “I don’t know exactly.”

Susan: “But why are they not hiding any of this stuff? I mean as in, why keep it in the main phone instead of another one?”

Iris: “The app has security and plus, most of the conversations are maybe done face to face. So they won’t store much over here. Also to them, no one would think we would ever find out. I mean no one did for 10 years up until now.”

Stacy: “True she has a point.”

Iris: “So they are going out and that’s when we will be able to hopefully find him. We’ll follow them and gather as much as evidence as possible.”

To me, I couldn’t believe that all of this was happening and I was finally getting answers about all of this. But I was just wondering why they would put their guard down so much. They could have done this is another phone but why didn’t they?

Iris: “Um Bella……there is one more thing…..I found out that you’re not going to like it at all.”