CODE RED (Book 1)

Strange Things

Not much occurred to me from when I had woken up in the nurses office but Alex filled me in on everything that had happened before I had fallen unconscious from the drug they had given me to sleep.

"After you were called to the guidance office Me, D.C and Nai decided to all wait on you outside until who ever that man was was done talking to you, Alex explained as he sat down in the red recliner chair in the studio, but then it came to the point where I heard you yelling at him, something about why was he here for you?"

"And then moments latter, I heard you screaming. . .and you wouldn't stop, that was when we all came into the room. luckily some security guards came and calmed you down but as for Yogi he stayed around for a bit until you were taken away and then. . . just left." Alex shrugged with a some what confused and disapproving look on his face.

"I thought he had done something to you but when I asked him he just said you were under pressure and you had been that way all threw out the conversation, Alex brought his eyes to me. To be honest Gareki something feels off about that guy, when I was near him, and not just that but also looking at him in the eyes, he had some odd intensity about him- if that makes any sense."

I nodded slowly, my eyes never leaving his face, " Trust me, it does. The way he was talking to me made me feel. . .vulnerable, I guess you could say, he was so intense and assertive when he talked, he seems like one of those men that are really important and that you can't seem to miss. No doubt it was the first time I felt uncomfortable around someone, and it's been awhile." I replied quietly, with my arms folded over my chest as I sat back in my own recliner chair.

D.C blew out a sigh." Don't you guys think you're over reacting? This guy is just a regular detective/policemen what could be so bad about him?"

I eyed her for a second before shacking my head. I still hadn't told both Nai or D.C that my dad had broken out of jail, which this was the perfect time to get it off my chest.

I leaned my chin on the back of my hand and crossed my legs. " There's nothing wrong with him, but the things that he told me and the way he had said it, is what's bothering me."

"What did he say?" Nai asked leaning over my chair a bit to close for comfort, I scooted slightly away from him before answering.

"My dad broke lose from jail, last week I'm guessing or maybe it was the week before last, all I know is that Yogi did say my dad had left a few nights ago and that he was last seen in the city, the policemen are after him now."

Both Nai and D.C were surprised by this, much like how Alex's reaction was when I had told him earlier that day.

D.C frowned," What are you going to do, have you told your mom about this?"

"I'm scared shit less and I don't know what to do but only pray that he's not anywhere close to me or my mom, and no, I haven't told her and it would be best to keep it that way, she's already under the influence of alcohol who knows how she'll act when she finds out my dad is out of jail, she might do something as crazy as to take her own life out of devastation, or something like that. After all she's still hurt pretty bad about what he had threatened to do to both her and myself."

"Oh Gareki, I'm sorry." She said sincerely.

I dropped my hand away from my face before looking down at my hands." It's not your fault, so don't apologize."

"How are you taking things with her?" Nai asked.

I tried not to think of the way her breath had smelled of alcohol when she hugged me but it was to late, that memory had already resurfaced from the back of my mind. Just from that I instantly felt anger take over me. Why would she disappoint me like that when I had been finally happy about something that wasn't stressful in my own house?