Hidden Obsession

Chapter 5

"Hey" Nate said as I opened the door

"Hey...." I said a little unsure why he was at my house. But I just kind of went with it.

"I'm Nate, I just moved in next door."

"Im Lucy, you are in my social studies class too" I said with a slight smile

After about a 30 seconded awkward silence Nate said

"Ummm..I was just wondering if u could help me with my social studies homework? I'm not really sure what we are doing in class since I'm new, and to be honest I'm a little too scared to ask the teacher.."

Im almost 100% sure he just came up with that considering he looked a little shocked when I mentioned I was in his social studies class. I laugh at that last part. And just reply with

"Yeah sure come on in"

He brings in his stuff and I just go over what we have been doing recently in class.

About an hour later he gets a text from his mom saying its time to come home for dinner.

"See ya in social studies, Lucy"

"Okay Bye!"

I didn't find it too awkward. I mean all he did was nod and say okay I mean and he smiled sometimes. ahhh the hot, adorable smile! okay fine it was really awkward. I was so glad his mother texted him when she did otherwise I would have freaked.

It was almost 6:00 after I finished my homework and my mom should have been home 15 minutes ago. I don't really think anything of it and I went on my laptop and scrolled through Facebook. Another 15 minutes had gone by and my mom is still not home. So I call her. No answer. I call her again. No answer. Crap. I'm a little worried now. So I think to call her work. I call and a lady picks up, I ask her if my mother is still at work and the lady says

"Oh no Kim is not here she left about 45 minutes ago."

"Did she say anything to about going somewhere after work?" I ask curiously.

"I don't believe so." she said slowly.

"Well okay thanks for your help" I say

"No problem." Then I hang up and text Erin to come over ASAP.

ERIN: I will be there in 5.

ME: okay thanks.

10 minutes has gone by no Erin. So I call her.

"Hey where are you?" I ask a little harsher than I meant.

"I'm stuck in traffic. there is a huge car accident! from what I can see its two 18 wheel trucks and it looks like they smushed a car." She says sounding agitated.

Oh fuck.

"Is the car by any chance white?" I ask nervously.

"Yeah I think so, its holdin-" I don't let her finish

"I will be there in 10 minutes." and I hang up. I run out the door and down the street. There is only one place this could be and running there would be the fastest way right now.

When I come up to the scene there are police cars everywhere with two fire trucks and an ambulance where they seem to be helping 2 people.

2 people. 3 cars.

The police will not let me near the scene. So I run down the line of cars until I find Erin's car.

"My mom should have been home at 6 and she wasn't I called her work they said she had left 45 minutes ago. My mom drives a white car." I say as fast as I can with tears rushing to my eyes. I get in Erin's car and when she gets the chance she turns around and pulls in a parking spot across the street.

We both get out and rush to the line of cars and that's when I hear a medic say to a police officer that the lady in the white car had been burned to death. And they others are in guarded condition. This brings me to my knees. Erin tries to calm be by saying we don't even know if it was my mother. I know she is trying to help but there is no point. I know it's my mother when I see the license plate on the white car.

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That is my moms license plate number.