Highland Tangle

FAITH #3

  I'm not feeling great about having to talking with Foster but I'm also not sure if something is truly going on or not and so I'm gonna have to turn on my charm and talk to Pastor Foster. By my charm I don't mean flirting or seduction. If you think that, Ew! Gross! He's older, a pastor and probably married and even if he's not still older and a pastor. I just mean being nice and see my kindness with make him comfortable enough to tell me the truth or give us a lead to something. But none of us know what this is so I don't know what would be a good lead.

  I ride my bike over and then walk onto the church grounds. I know I see Pastor Foster's car in the parking lot when I arrive so I know he's here. So I walk to his office and then when I get there I knock on the door and he lets me in. "Hey there, Faith." He says with a smile and I can see that he is stressed underneath that smile. "Hey Foster. Are you stressed at all?" I ask sweetly as him being stressed could keep him on guard and on edge.

  "Yea, I mean...No. I mean." He sighs and sits down at his desk. "It's been a week. A very heck of a week. Have you been to your house yet?" He ask clearly shifting the attention to me and off him so I can't ask questions. "No, I haven't. I'm still staying with Pastor Marcus til get things figured out." He nods, "I see, and how has it been for you there?" I look at him with a smile. "it's been great, Marcus has been great and his son Derrick and I have gotten closer since staying there but I know I'm gonna have to figure out things with my dad but I'm not ready."

"As long as it's okay with Pastor Marcus, then you should be okay, I know it's hard but God will be there. He will never abandon you or forsake you." He says to me and I wonder if that's just what pastors say during a hard time or if he means it, I've read those words in the Bible and I guess this is the time to put them to the test. Not meaning test God but try if those words have weight to them.

"So Foster, being on staff here must be exhausting, you must have to do a lot of tasks here around and for the church.." I say in a sweet voice hoping to get his guard down. "I guess it has been kinda rolling lately but I wouldn't wanna bore you with this stuff. What was it you needed, Faith?" Shoot he's deflecting again shifting the attention to me. "I asked so clearly I'm interested, you won't bore me." I smile and look at him showing my intrigue as I encourage him to talk.

  "Fine if you must know, things are stressful but it's grown up business, also shouldn't you be in school?" I slightly roll my eyes as he mentions school but he must not know his days and he's deflecting...AGAIN! He really doesn't wanna talk about why he's stressed, this is gonna need to be a multiple day thing I'm not gonna get anything from him today. "Well thanks for talking with me Foster. We should continue talking and get together more." I say with a smile. "I'd like that, you're a compassionate and sweet girl, Faith. I can tell."

  He said and I get up and leave his office but I walk in the direction of the door to leave the offices but I look into the window to his office slightly and then duck down crawling on all fours towards the others and I go into Kirby's office who isn't in the room so I go to his desk and his computer needs a password. "Shit..Sorry.." Great now I'm cussing inside a church. I start searching around the room cautiously since I don't have a lookout and I don't wanna get the idea I was here.

  I look in books then put them back and everything and I try a few. 12345, 54321, 123456Seven. But all didn't work. So I kept searching and thinking but I came across nothing. This isn't gonna be easy. I sigh and then look around making sure nothing is out of place then go to exit but then I hear Foster and Kirby talking and I start to get nervous and hiding isn't an option. So I can hear him getting closer and closer and I try to undo every window till I find one get it open but these a screen.

  Then Foster and Pastor Kirby start talking in the hall as I undo this screen on the window, I listen to the conversation. "So Faith was back, did she get you to say anything? Did you tell her anything?" I hear Kirby ask and then slightly muffled I hear Foster's reply. All I could get out was "No...doesn't know...won't know...know my job...trust me..." but I don't know what he said in between those words as I get the window screen off and then I just run and run fast. Thank you very much volleyball cardio workouts.

  I can imagine that both will be bewildered by the window screen being off but if I tried to put it back I would have been caught. I gotta know what they are hiding, hopefully Carter and Derrick have better luck since it's their parental figures but that might be harder cause they are gonna wanna protect them and make sure nothing slips through the cracks. This is big, really big I can feel it. But the biggest questions truly are...Just how deep and far does this rabbit hole go? Also, How big is this iceberg underneath the surface?

  WELCOME TO THE END OF FAITH'S THIRD SOLO CHAPTER!!

  Will Faith be caught?
  Will Carter and Derrick have better luck?
  Are Carter, Derrick, and Faith ready for what they find?

  FIND OUT IN THE UPCOMING CHAPTERS OF HIGHLAND TANGLE!!