Randolph drove a blue worn Kia. His car was square shaped and small. I sat on the back seat and Brian sat himself on the passenger's seat next to Randolph. I put my seatbelt on and noticed Randolph's eyes on me, but his expression seemed fearful.
"Happy birthday," he said.
"Thanks," I mumbled back. There was an awkward moment of silence between us and then after he turned the ignition on he spoke to me again.
"For what it's worth Anabella, I'm sorry..." Randolph murmured at me. I frowned confused, but Brian interrupted us before we could exchange any more phrases between us.
"Oh, that's enough Ralph. Just take us to where dad is so that we can finish with this charade already. He said he was going to cook some lunch and I'm hungry," Brian said annoyed. I shook my head. Oh, Brian, I thought to myself, but I decided to keep quiet. Again as we drove down the street we found ourselves with that huge crack again.
"This is what happened after the alien ship crashed. Their ship hit so hard on us that it left a crack after the earthquake," Ralph said as he drove the car through the grass and sidewalk to avoid the enormous hole.
"There was an earthquake?" I asked.
"Yep. It must have been right after it crashed. Look at the smoke, it's over there, although it's not that visible anymore," Randolph said pointing with his chubby finger at the sky. He was right, the smoke was dissipating. When we had arrived, we could see it more clearly, but it now seemed to disappear with every white cloud that passed it by.
"Amazing," I said.
"Oh, you're not buying this, are you?" Brian said. I shook my head.
"No. Of course not. I know it's silly. I'm just surprised with the smoke, it's turning white and thin like mist," I said.
"We could have been mistaken," Brian suggested.
"Brian, you have to admit that it is strange. When we arrived we saw smoke coming from the forest," I said.
"We could have been mistaken," Brian said.
"I know what I saw," I responded. My brother turned around as much as his seatbelt could allow him and Randolph continued to drive on.
"Are you seriously believing this alien story?" Brian asked. I laughed.
"Of course not Brian. Don't be ridiculous. I'm just saying that the smoke is strange," I replied. Brian turned around. I could glimpse his eyes through the rearview mirror, he glared at Randolph. Randolph drove on and looked at me nervously. Then he stopped the car in a corner.
"This is it," Randolph said. My brother opened the door and I took off my seatbelt. Randolph was still looking at me with his nervous blue eyes, but there was nothing else that we could say to each other. I knew that he wasn't well, but I didn't want to be rude so I opened the door and walked next to my brother. Randolph got up and joined us.
"Maybe after you see this, you'll believe me which is a good thing. The more witnesses to this, the easier it's going to be. If you don't mind I'm going to take a picture of this thing. I didn't do it last time because after the alien robot appeared I freaked out. I shouldn't have left your father alone..."
"Shut up Ralph, it's enough. Now take us to dad and stop it. You're freaking Anabella out," Brian said. Randolph looked at me with sorrow and then he turned around. We followed my father's friend. I felt cold and crossed my arms, but Brian thought that I was nervous and he placed his arm around my shoulder.
"Don't worry Ana, he's just trying to freak you out," he said. I looked at Randolph, but he didn't turn. He headed on into the deep forest and so did we.
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