Hidden Pain That Will Always Remain Unseen (A Creek angst story)

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It's been a few weeks since the incident. Mom is still in the hospital and Dad is in jail. And I'm working at 'Tweak Bros's' so I can pay bills. The job pays well, and I can get some time off to make sure my sister hadn't set anything on fire, but luckily Kyle's mom said she'd watch Trisha.

I was taking someone's order when I got a phone call from a number that I didn't know, so I ignored it and turned back to the person who I was taking the order from. "So sorry ma'am," I said apologetically. "Don't worry about it." the woman said. I finished taking the order and gave Tweek the order. "M-Make sure to t- Agh! turn your p-phone off du-during hours.." Tweek scolded, taking the note from my hand. "Sorry, it won't happen again," I said.

All day it was normal; people complaining about their coffee, taking orders, making coffee, and that's about it. Then I got the same call this time I answered because I was at home paying bills. "Hello?" I said, putting the phone on speaker. "This is your mom." the caller said. Of course, it wasn't and if it was it wouldn't be an unknown number. "Really, then why is your name set as unknown?" I questioned. "I don't know, maybe some problems." the caller replied. "But the nurses said you were in a coma, and they'd call once you were awake." I pointed out. "And not Dad either because I blocked him. So who the fuck are you?"
"Hmm, you're a smart one aren't you?" the caller teased. "Not the brightest of my friends but alright. But you didn't answer my question." I said. "My name is Sam. At least that's what I'm called." Sam said. "What would you want from me though?" I questioned, quickly filling out the bill I was on. "A little birdy told me you're looking for a job," Sam said, sounding like he was on drugs or some crap. "Well, your non-existent birdy is misinformed," I informed Sam. "I already have a job."
Sam went silent and then heard the phone hang up. "Hmm. Interesting." I thought aloud.

I finished up the last of my bills and sent them back to the bank. I called Tweek about this but he said it was probably a scam, but be careful just in case. I stood up from my desk and quietly went to Tish's room just to make sure she was okay. "Tish?" I asked knocking on the door. "You okay?" No reply. "Tish?" I asked again, but still no answer. Maybe she was asleep, but she'd mumble and tell me to go away, but it was dead silent. "Trisha? If you don't answer I'm coming in!" I tried. Still no answer. I opened the door and saw Tish's bed empty, the window was open, but no Trisha. I panicked and looked all over the house, I even called Mrs. Broflovski but she said Tish wasn't there. I called the cops (I finally got the cops' number) and they said they'd start looking in the morning, but I wanted Tish back home now, but I didn't dare say anything back.

Tomorrow morning...

I was already awake when my alarm went off, I couldn't sleep at all last night because Tish went missing and I was just stressing out. I was looking at the texts that I sent, asking her where the hell she was but she didn't respond, although it kept saying 'responding..' but nothing showed up. I didn't want to call Tweek because he'd say, "W-Wait for the c- Agh! cops to s-say something." although I wasn't sure if he'd say that, I couldn't just sit around and do nothing. After all, I'm a depressed piece of crap at the moment, I had to go to work. I jumped out of bed, took a quick shower, brushed my teeth, combed my hair, put my blue Dutch hat over my head, and put on my work outfit. I didn't have time to eat breakfast so I just ran down the stairs and got in my car as fast as I could.

The light was still red and I was gonna be late!

(Me)– Just to let you know I'm going to be a
bit late because of traffic, I'll be there
as soon as possible!

T– Okay, thanks for letting me know!

I put my phone away and saw the light had finally changed, to yellow. I groaned and rubbed my temple's with my thumb still looking at the light waiting for it to turn green.
As soon as the light turned green I went as fast as I could without trying to get myself arrested.

As I entered the café I saw Tweek looking at me and then gave me a tight hug. "Whoa!" I exclaimed. Tweek looked at me, tears forming in his eyes. "What's wrong?" I asked, hugging him back. "I-I'm s-so so- Agh! sorry C-Craig.." Tweek murmured. "Why are you sorry?" I asked him. Tweek took a deep breath and said, "You r-remember when you said t-that T-Tish we- Agh! went missing?"
"Yes?" I said confused. "What about it." Tweek looked down at the floor. "Th-The cops ca-came h- Agh! here, thinking that you w-were here b-but you we-weren't so they told u-us to t-tell y- Agh! you.." Tweek said. "B-But they found T-Tish de-dead behind the el-elementary s- Agh! school.."