One of Two // JJ Maybank

the phantom: one

i slept downstairs of roses real estate house to keep watch, making sure my sister and best friend were safe. sarah shook me awake and told me to come with her. without hesitation i followed as we walked to where somehow the fbi got involved. i followed sarah where she started frantically looking for someone and i started doing the same.

sarah started getting into an argument with one of the cops. "hi, we're sarah and spencer cameron!" she shouted. "we were on the tarmac with sheriff peterkin, we know what happened!"

i went over as the lead fbi agent came over and started to talk to us as we heard a familiar voice. "oh, girls! there you are! i've been looking for you guys everywhere!"

i look over my shoulder and saw our dad. his face was smiling as he ran over quickly to me and sarah. dad grabbed us both as we started crying. "no." i sobbed. "no!"

dad hugged us tightly. "we've gotta let these people do their jobs." he whispered slightly.

i tried to get out of my dads grasp. "john b didn't shoot sheriff peterkin!" i shouted as everyone went silent. sarah whimpered slightly and smiled at me.

dad turned me around as tears fell down my face. sarah did the same, grabbing onto my hand. "who did it then, spencer? who killed sheriff peterkin?" he asked.

i gulped and sobbed. "rafe." me and sarah said at the same time. twin intuition. dad scoffed as i turned towards the fbi guy. "our brother... rafe... shot sheriff peterkin." i said trembling. "we saw, he had the gun."

dad shook his head and grabbed us again. "no. no. that's wrong. they weren't there." he laughed awkwardly, keeping us both close to him.

me and sarah pushed him off, sobbing even more. "what is wrong with you!" sarah screeched.

i felt the salty tears hit my lips as i hiccupped. "how long have you been lying to us?" i cried out, holding my arms against my chest. "who are you?"

dad said something to the agent and he turned to us. "my officer is gonna take good care of you two." he said. our faces dropped as we kept yelling no.

dad and the agent walked away as the officer grabbed onto us gently and led us away. we screamed and sobbed as he took us around the corner. sarah got out of his grasp and kneed him, and i scrambled away, following sarah back towards the house where john b was.

we arrived quickly as opened the door quietly, hearing the shuffling of john b upstairs. we walked up the stairs to see him sigh a breath of relief. "where were you two?" he asked as him and sarah hugged.

me and sarah were in a state of shock. im pretty sure john b noticed and he reassured us that everything was okay until we heard a knock on the door. "shit." i mumble. "we need to leave."

we searched around the house and we climbed out of a window, running as fast as we could towards the marsh. we grabbed a couple of paddle boards and started paddling in the water. john b started going a completely different direction. "john b where are you going?" sarah asked. "the boat ramps this way."

john b sighed and turned his board towards us. "sarah, i've gotta go home." he replied. sarah's face dropped. "the gold from the crain house, it's at the chateau. my dads been looking for it for years. it's the only thing i have left. i have to go get it."

i shook my head and scoffed, sitting up on my board. "there's cops crawling around and you'll get caught." i argued to help sarah.

john b sat up also and shrugged. "okay, than i'll get caught." sarah scoffed and shook her head. "listen to me. meet me at the boat dock in an hour."

sarah shook her head again. "no, we're coming with you." sarah argued. john b looked at me and i nodded in agreement.

"no you guys aren't. boat dock. one hour." was all john b said before paddling away in another direction.