Unspoken

Chapter 26

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Chapter 26

“Stop! This song is great,” Declan exclaims as I flip through the radio stations.

Declan reaches over to turn up the volume even more and What makes you beautiful by One Direction blasts from the speakers. I raise my eyebrows at Declan as his head bobs along to the beat.

“Baby you light up my world like nobody else!” Declan sings and I burst into laughter.

“What? I thought every girl was in love with One Direction?” he waggles his eyebrows at me, which causes me to start laughing again.

I shake my head no because I am definitely not in love with One Direction. I mean, it’s one thing to like a band, but people are seriously obsessed with them. I can’t say that I really get why, but apparently Declan does.

“Whatever, it’s still a good song,” he says and continues to sing along.

I roll my eyes at him dramatically, but I can’t help the smile that lingers on my face.

“What did your mom say when you asked her to come on the trip?” Declan asks me once the song is over.

Well, obviously she said yes since we are driving to the camp site right now. This is what I want to say, but instead I just smirk at him.

“Dumb question, huh? I guess I just thought that she would have made a big deal about it,” he explains and I nod my head in agreement.

I thought so, too, but now that she has someone else to keep her company I don’t think she really cares about what I do. I shudder when I think about who that person she is keeping company with is.

Last night, after I answered the door to find Richard Sims standing there, I was really surprised. Out of all the guys my mom could have chosen to date, she chose the one that had attempted to murder at least one of her children.

When Richard saw me on the other side of the door, he just smiled like nothing had happened. He probably thinks that I didn’t remember what his truck looked like, but I am certain that it was him that hit us. I stood there like an idiot with my mouth hanging open, until my mom finally came to where we stood by the door. I was able to compose myself enough that she didn’t expect anything.

My first thought was that no way was I letting my mom go on a date with this murderous lunatic. I was ready to blurt out everything I suspected him of, but I couldn’t do it. I was terrified to leave my mom alone with him, but I know if I accused him of something it wouldn’t have made a difference. My mom would never have listened to me. When I stopped talking I lost my say in things and the only way I could change that would be to talk again. I wanted to so badly, but once again I just couldn’t. I actually tried, but no sound came out. Then my opportunity to speak up was gone and they were walking out of the door.

If I honestly thought that my mother’s life was in danger being with him than I would have found some way to make her stay home, but I really didn’t think that he would harm her. Not when I knew that she was with him. I couldn’t think of any reason for him to hurt her anyway. He tried to hurt me because my father had most likely hired him to because I was looking into things about Caleb. I still don’t even know for certain if Richard had anything to do with Caleb’s death, besides the fact that I may or may not have seen his car drive by. In the end, there really isn’t any reason for him to hurt my mom and so I let them go. I can only hope that this is just some stupid crush of hers that she will be over by the time I get back from this trip.