Life or Death

Chapter 2 ~Henry~

Gracie has been gone for years now she would be 18 today. I know everything about her from her favorite word to her least favorite cousin. Sounds stalkerish, I know but it's not that weird if you are one of her favorite people!

         3 years ago Gracie was 15, she was a naïve girl to the wonders of the world. She was a special girl, Gracie was. She was... curious, unlike other people her age. She said that she believed the world had been different once. Everyone doubted her, everyone but me.

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                I need to save Gracie but where did they take her? They came to her and Nathan in the woods three days after her house burnt down. Nathan had asked if they could stay in my childhood treehouse, I had told them that they could.

              Gracie had run into the woods with her brother after the mystery fire started, after a couple of minutes running she passed out, Nathan had been telling me because I had wondered why she was asleep. Then two days after they were settled in some people came in the middle of the night. They grabbed Gracie and for some reason, Nathan was following them.

                I knew they had noticed him, but they didn't stop him. They let him into their truck, and before they got away I saw their license plate: SAVIOR I have been wondering what it meant for 3 years now, and I have finally figured it out. Gracie is the-

"Henry Miles! Get your butt downstairs this minute!" Moms, they ruin everything for you.

           "Coming mother!" I get off my laptop that is open to a website for tracking license plate numbers and who they belong to. I walk downstairs to the kitchen where my mom is working. She is a culinary chef! That means me and my sisters have to taste her foods.

            Brooke is super picky, so if you can make her eat it anyone will eat it. Laura will eat anything as long as her younger twin sister eats it.

       "Henry I have been waiting for you to try this new dish! Haven't you heard me calling your name for the past hour?"

          "Sorry, mom I was busy looking for Gracie. I think I can still find her." My mom has been doubting my motives for 2 years! The first year she was all in trying to help me find her and her brother, but afterward, she gave up. I kept going knowing I could find her one day, even if it's on my last dying breath, I will find her!

           "Henry, I've told you before and I will tell you again, she isn't coming back. Now try some of this lasagna." I sit down to the plate she sets out. It smells great, I pick up the fork and dig in. It's so good!

           "You going to save anything for us, Henry?" Brooke was talking to me and I noticed that I was reaching for more. Laura comes up with Brooke and they both whisper in my ears,

           "There is a match."

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There is a match?! But how can there be one just today? I have been looking for 3 whole years! How can a random match just now show up?!

"How is there a match now?" I ask the girls.

"Well for starters your laptop is like screaming, 'MATCH! MATCH!' So yeah, there is that..."

Ugh. Why does Laura always say stuff in metaphors? I run upstairs, leaving my plate for my mom to deal with. I throw open my door, run over to my desk and sure enough the website WAS practically screaming,

"MATCH!!!!!" I look at it until I find a name and address. Name: Alice Leery Age: 27 Gender: Female Job: N/A listed Address: ...

Alice, you took my girlfriend and for that, I will find you.