The Search For Dakota Thompson

Chapter 7:

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Draft Entry Thirteenth-
03/11/20
Calissa Thompson
Williamson Co' Publishers
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Lets get this straight, that first shot was the first of many, thousands maybe. It took time, as did everything. It'll all be explained, everything was.

But there are still things I don't know now, 6 years have passed and I'm still in the dark. I still have questions left unanswered. Part off that was my fault. I shut my mind off for so long, it took a lot to pull me back.

I was a closed book, until my eyes were opened.

God.

Another story, another time.

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"You gonna tell me where you're taking me? For all I know you could be in an attempt of kidnap and I wouldn't know!" I exasperated.

"Wouldn't that be the point? Keeping you in the dark?" Lee smirked, throwing his cigarette butt out the window.

"For god's sake Lykan. Stop being so childish, and tell me where you're taking me that is so important!" I groaned, turning my gaze to his chiseled jawline and subconsciously cold glare on the hot tarmac in front of us.

23 minutes from waking up and looking like a mess, I was being driven to an unknown location, by a guy a barely know, in a car as hot as a sauna. As you could guess, I wasn't in the greatest of moods.

As the car slowed to a stop at a crossing, Lykan relaxed, turning to look towards me. "All in good time." He smirked, knowing my reaction to that one line.

Sighing as a finality to my defeat I slumped in my seat, watching the world of Miami at it's best, rush by in a blur.

The entire situation hadn't hit me yet. I don't think it would for a while, because I was still coming to terms with the fact that I'd been a car crash a few weeks ago, never mind I was now, accidentally, apart of a gang.

That's just peachy.

After slight silence and the unendurable heat in the metal casket, Lykan gave up, evident by his deep defeated growl,

"April wanted to see you, Jake planned for you, April, himself and Mark to meet. Harris told April and Williams you were with your fathers assistant to talk about his new pitch about you. All fake of course. It's today you're gonna have to lie to them, just don't approach the subject."

I looked towards Lykan, half thankful I can see my friends again, yet upset I have to lie to them. But I guess somethings are best left in the shadows. "Thanks."

Pulling into a small parking lot a few minutes later, Lee cut the engine, "You holding up alright? I know it can be hard being dragged into this type'a stuff."

"I'll manage. Please just don't bring it up when it doesn't need to be brought up. I'll do damage control on my own. He's my brother, it's my problem." I cut short before swinging open the car door, the sweltering heat of Miami's dusty air hitting me straight away.

Summer. Myself and the heat. It was a love hate relationship.

Looking up, I was faced with 'Vivs' the dingy little milkshake shack on the beach I spent nearly all my 'high school Friday evenings' and 'last minute Monday mornings' in.

This milkshake place, had watched both me and April grow from little girls coming here with Ri's mom, to taking Kody and Chloe here. From our freshman morning to our High School Graduation picture in this very parking lot. This 'milk shack', was my entire adolescence in Miami.