The Nerd's Secret Life [MAJOR EDITING!]

Day 9.

Hailey's Dad's Pov.

  

 "Honey, have you spoken with Hailey since you handed her the letter?" My beautiful wife walk's into my office.

 For some reason my daughter Hailey and I have fallen into some awkward-ness for say. And I honestly don't know how this happened.

 "No." I tell my wife putting my head on my office desk and let out a loud sigh.

 "Well, why don't you go see if she's awake, and maybe talk to her." She say's as I hear her feet make their way over to my desk where I'm sitting. I feel her hand resting on my back as she leans down and hugs me from behind and whispers in my ear, "You know she can't find out."

 My wife tell's me this every night, I know she can't find out the secret, nobody can.

 "Fine, I'll go see if she's awake and talk to her." I tell my wife in defeat, I knew nothing I said or did would make her change her mind on me seeing if I could talk to Hailey.

 Ever since my wife made that one mistake, years ago, changed our life's forever, how long do I have to cover for her?

 Getting up from my chair without saying goodbye to my wife I walk out of my office and up to Hailey's room.

 Once I reach her room I knock a couple times on her door, I don't hear anything so I assume she's sleeping, but just to make sure she's not just listening to her music a little bit to loud to were she can't hear my knocking I open the door and walk inside her room.

 "Hailey, you awake?" I call out to the darkness in her room, finding the light switch right next to the door I flick it on and I turn towards Hailey's bed and find it empty.

 "Hailey? You in here?!" I shout out a little more loudly then the first time. Walking around her room I check in her closet, bathroom even under her bed.

 She's no where to be found.

 "Honey! Hailey's not up here!" I call down to my wife who's some where down stairs.

 Within 30 seconds my wife is up the stairs and standing next to me, "You don't think she's in the room do you?" My wife ask's me.

 I shrug my shoulders, "I don't know, I hope not. We should go check to make sure tho." I tell my wife kissing her gently on the forehead. In all honesty, I hope Hailey is in that room, that way I wouldn't have to hide the secret anymore.

 "Let's go!" My wife shouts and the next thing I know my wife is pulling my down the stairs and outside in our backyard.

 Walking over to the shed she open's it and then lifts the rug up and unlocks the door. Opening it up she turns and looks at me, "I'll go by myself, you check with the neighbors to see if they've seen her, chances of her being down here are slim." My wife tell's me and walks down into the darkness of the room in which I vowed never to go back down in.

 About 3 years before Hailey was even born my wife had made a mistake, and the only time I've been down in the room was when Hailey was 5 and accidentally found it.

 Ever since then my wife has been more and more paranoid that Hailey will one day remember what she saw, or find out what's down there.

 Backing out of the shed I go out to the front of the yard to see if I can't find out where Hailey went.

 Walking up to Mr. and Mrs. Russo's door I knock on it, a few minutes of knocking Mr. Russo answers the door wearing a robe.

 "Mr. White, what can I do for you at 12:13 in the morning?" He ask's me rubbing his eyes.