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Chapter 41: The Search

"Why don't you even try anymore, Danny!?" Genni's mom yelled.

"I am doing more than you know," he told his wife.

"You're a pig, and I would still have my daughter if you had done more." She slammed her empty whiskey glass on the dining room table.

"Shut up," Danny, Genni's dad, jumped up from the table. "You get out of my house!"

"No!" She threw the whiskey glass on the floor, letting it shatter like their relationship after Genni's body was found. "You get out of my house!" she yelled back him.

Danny threw his hands up. He stood up from the table and grabbed his heavy jacket from the back of the chair. He didn't say a word as he passed the fireplace on the way to the door. He looked back at Genni's photo above the fireplace. The wooden frame surrounded her smiling face. The burning candle bounced light off the photo. He stared one last time...

"For you, Genni... For you, Steven."

He turned and left it all behind... his wife, his house, everything. But he had somewhere to go... he would make the one-room cabin home.

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Derrick sat at home in his room with his laptop shining onto his face. His eyes bounced a beautiful color back, and his eyebrows were squished closer together as he typed into the search bar. He wanted more information. Who was that guy in the cemetery?

The results shot onto the screen. A few suggested searches sat at the top of the website. He leaned in closer to the bright screen, and one word stuck out. Something seemed... too familiar.

Steven Fisher

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"How can we help you?" the carhop at the drive-in restaurant asked from the speaker. The smell of fresh fries and burgers moved from the gray building to the cars in the stalls.

"I want a double cheeseburger and a medium order of fries," Sheriff Mullins said.

"And a milkshake for me," Deputy Evans whispered from the passenger seat.

He turned to the speaker, "Add a chocolate milkshake to that for me," he added.

"Thanks," Deputy Evans whispered.

He leaned over and grabbed her hand, "No problem." He smiled.

Deputy Evans wasn't taking the smile... something else was on her mind. It hadn't stopped racing. "We have to dig deeper... we need help, Jimmy."

"I know we do..." he paused, knowing exactly what she meant.

"These kids are going too soon. Something has to be done," she rubbed her forehead.

"The curfew was a joke... it didn't stop anything," he shrugged his shoulders. "I knew it wouldn't... but I had to do something."

"Something weird is going on with those kids... that friend group..."

"Who?" he asked.

"Jasper and Genni's friends... they're so involved in this. I don't think it's all innocent..."

"Here you go!" the carhop handed the food through the window after trading the receipt for the money.

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Knock, knock.

"Hey, Mr. Fisher..." Kathrine said, not knowing how to respond.

"Hey," Danny, Genni's dad, turned toward Zach, "Zach," he nodded.

"How are you?" Kathrine asked.

Beep. The hospital machines beeped in the background... he didn't answer her question.

"How is Evelyn?" he asked.

Zach shot his awkward eyes at Kathrine.

"She's okay," she said with a smile. "She's going to make it."

"Well, isn't she lucky..."

***Author Questions: Danny is starting to let his situation take control over him. He killed the Thompson boy for wearing a red hoodie... who's next? Derrick is digging; will he use it to help the group? Zach and Kathrine were there for Evelyn... but was Danny really there for Evelyn...? Most importantly, who is RED and when will they strike again?

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