Don't get involved...

Chapter 3

I took a look at the screen and saw the letter that they were talking about.

"V?" I said. "I wonder what that is..."

"Yeah, same. But it does look like an important hint..." mumbled Dad.

He repeated the footage one more time and said

"Alright, leave it to me"

"But what should we do in this kind of situation?" asked Mike.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. Just give me time to think about a plan for all of us, ok?"

"Ok," we both said.

As my older brother opened the door so that we could all leave the room, we found the little boy standing next to the door.

"Chris? What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Uhh...I was normally walking past by until you guys opened the door"

Yeah, no, he was definitely listening to us talking. We all looked at him as if we were saying 'Are you kidding me?'. The little kid then sighed.

"Fine. Yes, I was listening," conceded my little brother.

As we all know our brother, it was exactly what we thought. The man who gave birth to me then sighed, bent down on his height, put his hand on Chris's shoulder, and told him

"Look, just pretend you didn't hear anything, ok? This is serious, we don't know what he's really planning to do. If you tell this to anyone, it may cause danger, and we don't want that, do we?"

"No Dad"

"Alright, just try to be silent on this situation as long as you can. And if you notice anything suspicious, warn me immediately"

He then looked at me and my older sibling and continued

"Same thing goes for you two"

The detective then looked back at his younger child and added

"If you're able to keep it a secret, I'll reward you, ok?"

"Ok!" said Chris, full of happiness.

"Good," said Dad.

The problem is that Chris isn't mature enough to understand how serious this is, nor how dangerous the consequences might be. There are chances he'll tell our mother about that. And if he does understand the situation, who knows? He might say it by accident. And as you know, he sucks at lying. So if he does try to hide it, they'll find out anyway.

Me, my dad, and Mike, we all looked at each other, worried, knowing that Chris will surely mess up while trying to keep it a secret. Our father then put his hand down from Chris's shoulder, got up from bending down, and said to all of us

"Alright guys, how about we all stop talking about it and go to sleep? It's past our bedtime"

He then walked closer to me and Mike and whispered to us

"We'll talk about the situation tomorrow"

We both nodded. Our father looked at Chris to make sure that he didn't hear anything that he just whispered to us. When he made sure of that, we all went to sleep.

18th April, 8:30 AM, Sunday

I got up early from bed. After I made my bed and left the room, I noticed the door of my dad's room, which is next to mine, open. Curiously, I entered his room and found him sitting at his desk, working on his computer. He obviously noticed me since he turned around to face me as soon as I stepped inside.