Heart of Stone [SLOW UPDATES]

Chapter 3

What we found out over the next few days really confused me. The day after we met the Parkers we sorted out what we had on them.

Billy and Skye hadn't found much.

We had all arrived at school early so we could talk. Sitting in a small circle, Billy and Skye bring us up to date with what they had found. On the surface, the Parkers seemed like a normal Aussie family. However, there were holes in their story that didn't make any sense. It was also strange that Talia had been sent to a school so far away when there was another school exactly like the one she was attending not 20 minutes from here. The fact that the girls had found many fake documents concerning the Parkers confirmed my suspicions that they were anything but normal.

I spent the rest of the day trying to make sense of it all. Whenever I could I talked to the others to see if they'd figured it out yet but we all drew a blank. By the end of the day I was really pissed off!

That's why when Mandy came to talk to me, she found me taking out my frustration on some poor kid who chose the wrong day to be a prick. Now that I think about it, that's probably why people say I have anger issues. Hm.

"Um...Bailey?" Mandy says timidly. I turned around and saw her staring wide-eyed at the boy on the ground. Looking back at the boy I realised I probably beat him up a bit too much. Oh well he'll live.

"Yeah?" I say slightly winded. Ok maybe more than slightly winded. "What did you hear?"

"Well..um...it was a bit weird actually. Didn't make much sense. After you left the older brother-"

"Colton."

"Yeah. Well he started talking to the other one-"

"Jackson."

"Right. Anyway they were talking about some fight."

At the my ears perked up. "Fight?"

"Yeah. Colton said to Jackson something about their dad needing them to fight tonight 'cause he was short a few guys and they had been causing trouble. He didn't say who they were, but Jackson understood right away. They were both really serious too. He also mentioned a shipment of something. What does it all mean?"

Now completely confused I started to turn away from the girl. "I have no idea. But I sure as hell am gonna find out!"

I sent a text to the gang and passed on Mandy's information. Hopefully one of them will figure it out soon because once again, I am well and truly stumped.

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A few days passed and I was getting more and more frustrated. The only explanations we could come up with were:

1. The Parkers were part of an underground fight club.

2. They were a gang.

Either way, if we were right, they were dangerous. Unfortunately these things are hard to find out for sure. That's why we decided to try something new. We decided to operate, not just in school, but everywhere. To be like a real gang.

So, to find out what the Parkers were up to, we set up a watch system. We got one student from each of the boys' classes to watch them, listen to what they said, and then tell us. We then set up a schedule for us. Whenever we got something interesting on one of the boys, one of us would follow them after school to find out where they went.

We did this for two weeks before we got anything.

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