New Kid On The Block

Chapter 4

"Why would he tell me not to call him if he is doing something away from home? That's backwards!" I wanted to go outside but if something goes wrong I won't be able to call him. Should I do it anyway? No I'll just save it for if something really  goes wrong. Besides, it's not like someone would just break in the day that Uncle J isn't home. 

I called my mom 3 times. First time, no answer. Second time, No answer. After I called the third time, I got a creepy message saying "4th times the charm" from someone in California.

Despite the message being really weird I decided to call my mom again. She answered almost immediately. "Hello? Mom? Is that you? Why haven't you been answering my calls lately? Hello? Mom is everything okay? I have so much I need to tell you. Uncle J hasn't been home for 3 hours now and he left a note saying that I can't call him.  What if there is a emergency? Hello? Can you hear me?" I kept asking her this but all I heard was a quiet weep and occasional breathing. I could tell she was trying to tell me something but everytime she formed a letter she would just breathe really hard. "Can I talk to Dad?" I kept asking her but she just cried and cried. We did this for almost 10 minutes. It was as if she was trying to keep me from being worried about her which she probably was, she wasn't doing a very good job. After a few more minutes of us exchanging weird sounds and short words I started to hear her talk. "H- He is g- gone Emma." She finally said something but it was the last thing I wanted to hear. I wanted to know if she meant gone to the store or something but I'm sure she wouldn't be crying that much if he just went to Walmart or something. I had so many questions about what is going on. Could it be tied to Uncle J being gone? How did he die? Why hasn't anyone been answering my calls? Why am I always the one that everyone brushes off and just thinks that I don't need answers to things like this? Shouldn't I be one of the first people to know if my own father has died?

But as always, I have to keep these questions to myself for the sake of other people and how they feel. Its weird how people close to never consider how you feel but you have to show respect for your elders or peers otherwise it's gonna be labeled as "talking back" or "having a smart mouth". Obviously I want to ask all of these questions without having to worry about someone pushing themselves just to talk or having to worry about being disrespectful while doing it. It's so dumb how adults always brush kids off just because they are older and they are perfect and we have to respect them. Whatever happened to respecting kids just by answering a few questions? Adults are perfect and never wrong.

 It wasn't going to stop me from asking the big question though. "W- what happened to him Mom?" I said through tears.I heard a loud sound and some voices and then she hung up. This left me to ask, who was that Unknown Caller from California?

 A/N has this turned into a venting story or something? XD 

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