Unwilling to CrossPaths

Finding the Source 2

Hey ya, this chapter is pretty short, but I hope ya still enjoy. It's probably two or three more chapters left of this book. I want to get it done before heading back to school. Please excuse the errors!!

Keith

I had to go pick up my best friend from the airport. As soon as we found these pictures floating around, I reached out and checked on her to make sure she was okay. I also talked to Stefanie to make sure she wasn't putting on a front. I was told that she seem fine, but was still bothered by the situation. I was seating waiting for to appear when I decided to scroll through my phone. My eyes got wide as I looked at the picture that was on my insta timeline. The person released another picture stating just because. This was getting out of hand and on top of that I don't want to see my sister kissing on no dude. I guess I was so in gross in the pictures that I didn't notice someone standing in front of me. "You see the new pictures." I looked up quickly to see Em standing there with a baseball cap on hiding her face. I stood up grabbing her bags. "How you do?" "The way a girl that has her secret pictures plastered everywhere." "Come on." We walked out to my car as I put her stuff in the truck. She climbed in the car looking like she just lost her best friend. We started our drive when I decided to take her phone away from her, "Hey." "Are you texting August or reading comments." She just sighed, "Em, you can't be worried about what people say. As long as, you know who you are. You will be fine. Next, week it's going be another girl." "You say that cause it's not your business out on the pictures." "Ain't none of your business out on the streets." "Yeah, worse there pictures." "You say it like you not in a happy relationship or being with August is not right." "They sure enough make me feel like." I pulled up to a stop light and looked at her confused, "Emerald, what are you talking about?" "Nothing, Keith. Just take me to my dorm so I can deal with this mess." "You know who did it?" "Yea, Shawn just texted me saying it wasn't Shannon and how I got to apologize to him for making his life worse. So, the only nosey other person I know is Amelia." "That wanna be Maya girl." "Yeah, her and she about to get her life handed to her." "Em, you can't go put your hands on that girl." "Why can't I?" She said looking at me with her face scrunched up. "Because you clearly don't see that she planned this out. You think she decided to release pictures with you out of town by just waking up in the morning. Clearly, this girl got motives and I don't need my sister getting put out when she's almost done." Emerald sighed, "Exactly, don't go in there fighting the girl. Just ask her why she did it." "Keith, so you really except me to go in there and just talk to this girl that went through my stuff and released my private pictures." She looked at him waiting for his answer. He knew that Emerald was not about to take this laying down. She was out to get blood. "Emerald, we need to go talk to Mr.L before dropping you off." "I'm not even about to go disrupt him early in the morning." "He already know we going." "Well aren't you just a snitch." "Emerald that's not snitching when he called me to see whats going g on with you. He said you wouldn't answer your phone e or return his calls." She just looked out the window without responding.

Outsider's Eyes

They pulled in the parking lot as Emerald held her hand out asking g for her phone back. Keith placed it in her hand. She looked to see Shannon sent her a long message. She didn't even bother to open it. They walked to the building where Mr. L office was at. As soon as they got to his floor, he was standing right there walking with his coffee in his hand. Everyone gave each other a nod as they followed him into his office. Mr. L waited until Keith and Emerald were in the room before he closed the door. Emerald sighed she knew his father was mode was turned on to the highest level. Keith sat there in the chair behind Emerald, he knew the raft that was about come her way and didn't want to caught by the firestorm. "How you doing?" "I'm fine, you?" Emerald asked like nothing happened. "How was the trip to Cali?" "Everything I could have dreamed of. I got to do charity work by raising money and by the end of it I'm the talk of the town." She said smiling. Mr. L shook his head, "I take that as its not everything you dreamed of. Have you talk to the young fella?" "Yeah, he said he would handle it. The only problem is that you can't solve nothing when the cause isn't on your end." "Emerald he can still try and help. Do you know who it is?" "Yup, I'm going go handle her when I leave this office." "Handle her how?" Mr. L Asked with raised eyebrows. "Mr. L if I may inject. Can you talk to Emerald please because she over here thinking that going in there and putting her hands on her is going solve the problem. I told her that she planned this out and has other motives." Mr. L looked at Emerald, "So, you was going go fight her?" "More like beat her." Mr. L started to laugh, "Who is the girl?" "Amelia." "Your roommate.." "Yup." "Okay, I will call security and talk to the business school dean to see if we can do anything to get her removed from your living quarters. Until then, Emerald you are staying in this office. I don't trust you enough right now." Emerald lost all cool she thought she was holding on to. "Why can't I go get her. Everyone always coming for me and I didn't even do nothing. She don't even know what a August is but you run to all media outlets. On top of that, the public is making out to someone I'm not. She has the potential to ruin whatever career I was trying to have by putting those very personal pictures out like that." At this Emerald was yelling and moving her hands out everywhere walking back and forth. "I haven't even talk to August since the other night. He seems to starting to believe the story media has made up about me being the one to release the pictures and that's just not true. I just don't understand why I just can't be happy and with everyone minding their business." Keith knew his sister was about to collapsed as soon as her face got red. He grabbed her pulling her in a hug. She finally broke down and as always her brother is there to clean up the pieces. Mr. L and him made eye contact. Mr. L hated to see Emerald cry because he knows when she cries it's because she's been holding it in for too long. He walked over and rub her back. "Emerald, I'm going to make some calls."