The Envelope

Chapter 4

As the door opens I open my eyes and see who it is. It is my dad! I hug him with all my might. Then, something that I never thought would happen, Ella walks into the room and says "Hello, what is your name?" I stare at Dad wondering what he was going to say to Ella."Umm, well, I am your father." She looked at dad like she knew everything! "I know, Ana told me earlier." Dad gave me the evil glare, he took a deep breath and said "Ella well come sit down with me in your room and we will talk about it." As they walk off into Ella's room I go outside and get on my bike. I had been wondering why Aunt Jenny had been gone so long. This morning she had said that she was going to the grocery store but she never came back. It was 9:30 and I thought I had time to ride my bike down to the grocery store and see if she was there. It is only a few blocks away from my house. I went outside and hooped on my bike. I started to pedal and pedal. Finally I got there. I put my bike on the bike rack and ran inside. I asked the cashier lady if I could do a shout aloud. Where I live, Alabama, we make shout aloud's a lot. A shout aloud is when someone is lost in a store or can't be found we have a speaker that goes throughout the hole store. You ask an employee and they will let you. "Of course here is the speaker, microphone thing." I could tell the cashier was not to happy about his job. [JENNY WINGSWORTH, YOU NEED TO REPORT TO AILE 8 PLEASE, JENNY WINGSWOTRH] I sit down on a stool next to AILE 8 and wait there for about 10 minutes. She hasn't came yet and I was getting worried. I got out my phone and started to create a new message. I typed in Aunt Jenny and it popped up with a pic. Of me and her from when I was like 5. "I need to change that pic." I mumble under my breath. [Auntie, where are you I thought you said you were at the grocery store, where are you?] I press send as I am headed out the door. The automatic door would not open so I read the sign. PLEASE PUSH INCASE OF EMERGENCY. Well, this sorta was an emergency so I back up like I am a bull or something and run thought the door. As I push the door open I hope that no one sees me so I will not get in any trouble. Thankfully no one saw me. I got on my bike and strapped on my helmet. I toke out my phone one last time and checked to see if Aunt Jenny had responded yet. Nope, she hasn't. I back my bike up and pedal my way down to my house. When I get to my house I put my bike down and run in the door as I did at the grocery store. I scream at the top of my lungs, "DAD,ELLA, HAVE EITHER OF YOU SEEN AUNT JENNY SHE----" I stop, she was standing right there in front of me. I feel like a total fool. Dad steps into the room and asks, " what is the meaning of all this yelling business!?!?!" I try to come up with an answer fast. It does not work. So I just spit out random words. "Umm,I, Sorry." I walk to my room and don't come out till morning.

In the morning I just sit there in my bead waiting for something great to pop into my head. Maybe an idea, word, something. Nothing does come to mind. I get up and then sit back down. I am so lazy. I didn't no what I was going to do with all this envelope business. I though and thought but nothing came to mind. Wait, I got it! I will ask my dad if he knows anything about this envelope thing. I run into his room and find him asleep, snoring. Why would he be sleeping, I usually wake up late. I look at the clock and it is 2:00! In the morning! I start to feel sleepy, I go back to my bed and fall asleep. When the real morning came I woke up thinking it was a new day. I looked at my calendar, it said Thursday not Friday. So I *sigh*, I really wish it was a Friday. 💡 A lightbulb goes off into my head. I have to ask dad if he knows about the envelope. I run into his room, he is not there. I go into e kitchen and check if he is there. As I get closer and closer to the kitchen I can smell fresh coffee being made. I have not smelled that smell, in 7 years! Me,my sister, and anyone I knew never liked coffee except for my dad. So ever since he left I had not remembered that smell. As I go into the kitchen I see Aunt Jenny sitting there with my dad. "May I ask you a question, Dad?" I ask. "Of course, honey, what would you like to know?" "Well, I am sure Aunt Jenny has told you about it already but do you know anything about the envelope that I found in your room?"Dad and Aunt Jenny looks t each other. "We'll yes......"