The Creek

One Step Closer

"We'll just..talk about this tomorrow" I sighed grabbing a blanket and sitting on my bed "Do you really think he did it?" Leo said sitting next to me, I had no answer for him, we sat on the bed in silence and eventually fell asleep. The next morning Leo took me and Z to his house, we knocked on his door and saw Mr.Cameron. "Hey Adrian! Zoe, how are you girls?" He asked us with open arms, Zoe looked at me and put the missing person poster in his face "Did you kill her!?" She asked quite loudly,
Mr.Cameron looked around and pulled us inside "Way to sugar coat it Z" I said with a tone on my voice, "So you found her? And no Z, I didn't kill her I was on a business trip when she went missing" He said closing the door behind us and giving us a phone number "Call this number, it's her husband James, we're friends, he'll know more than me", he led us upstairs and unlocked a door, I looked at the sharp knives and weapons covering the walls "You guys are going in serious life or death business, so you'll need protection, I assume you would like this?" He said handing me a sharp pocket knife,
I put it in my bag and asked "Do you know we're he lives?James, I mean." "Ah yes, 1228 Anderson, he's an explorer so look for an old boat". The same day we knocked on James door, as it opened Leo asked"Do you know my father, Arias Cameron?", James led us sit on his couch "Ah yes Arias, I indeed do know him we've been friends for 17years, since you were born actually" he said handing us some hot tea, "We're actually here to ask about your wife Amelia, Arias told us you may know about who she was in debt to" I fiddled with my fingers and took a sip of tea, he cleared his throat and said "She was indeed in debt but nor for the reason you think, me and Amelia met in college, her father was quite wealthy and she got in the college for free, for a price" he sat in a lounge chair Infront of us "The headmaster asked for her hand in marriage in order for her to continue her 1st year." "Sounds like white privilege" Leo said to himself, I kicked him and said "What the hell?! Shut up and listen!", James chuckled before saying "But after she came to our college we started to date and she felt bad about having to marry someone she didn't want to, she only stayed for one year and her father had died so she couldn't even get in with the money you needed to get in, after I graduated we talked more and eventually got married," he fiddled with his ring "Well, until she was reported missing.
"Could you write down the headmaster?" Zoe asked handing James a notebook, he wrote the headmasters name, address and phone number "Be careful now, he wouldn't just tell some teens about his secrets. Not to mention he doesn't like black people very much" I finished my tea and put it on the coaster in the table Infront of us and sat up "Don't worry, we'll figure out who killed her" Leo and Zoe got up behind me and began walking to the door "I don't doubt it," he said opening the door, as the door closed behind us I said "Tomorrow we go to, " I look at the name on the notebook"George N. White's house", "Tomorrow, I'm beat as hell" Leo said stretching and me and Zoe laughed walking off the boat

We were one step closer,

Or were we?..