Redwood Diary: Book One

Chapter Eleven: Remember, Jason

Miley, Aiden, Brian, Dominic, and Chloe hung around the hospital until later in the night.

They were scattered out at different areas. Paige's parents left but insisted on coming back later in the night. Paige however stayed with the others. She was with Dominic waiting by the door.

"How long have you been here?" Dominic asked her.

"Since they brought Jason in this morning." She replied. She looked extremely tired.

"I think you need to get some rest." He stated, walking over to her. She was on the other side of the hallway.

She sighed. "I'll go home when my parents return."

He nodded. He then sat beside her.

"Do you know what's going on?" He asked her.

"What do you mean?"

"This whole thing with Jason? I feel like the others know something--"

She looked at him puzzled.

"Something like what--"

"I don't know--but today at school--"

She nodded.

"--Aiden said some--things to Lana, and he made it seem like she had something to do with Jason's accident last night."

"Are you sure?" Paige asked, folding her arms.

He nodded. "Yeah. I asked them about it--but they won't tell me anything. Said it's--better if I don't know."

"Well--" She started. "--we need to find out what they're hiding."

He nodded. "Yeah."

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The others were around the main area on the couches that were provided. It was 6:32pm and they were having some tea while conversing.

"This is getting weirder and weirder everyday." Brian stated, taking a sip of his tea.

"So let me get this straight--" Chloe interjected. "--you guys followed Lana to some weird place--Jason was there--"

"Yeah Jason was following her too." Aiden interrupted.

"Right." Chloe continued. "And he was attacked by some maniac dressed in black wearing a white mask?"

They all nodded at her.

"Was it Lana?" She asked; confused.

Miley sighed. "We--we don't know. The guy--"

"Or girl." Brian interjected, pointing at her. "It could be a girl."

"Whatever it was, he or she wasn't as tall as Lana. But--we were at a distance away from him--"

"Or her--" Brian interrupted again.

They all looked at him in silence.

"What? I just don't want us to limit the chances of the maniac being a girl--probably even Lana. I mean, this masked "person" didn't even kill Jason. Why?"

Aiden thought about it. "He's right. It would make sense that she didn't kill him because, he's Jason; her boyfriend."

"So--maybe she wasn't expecting him to be there last night?" Chloe questioned.

"Maybe--or maybe they weren't expecting anyone to be there last night." Aiden answered. "All we know is that Lana is connected to all of this."

Miley sighed. "I guess this is way bigger than just my brother being missing."