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Chapter 83: Slammed Doors

"This doesn't make any sense..." I sit there staring at the pictures.

"This is a trick right? These are all fake somehow?" I question, still eyeing every picture closely.

I look up at Bernie, he's now sitting across from me. He looks serious, and I get the feeling these aren't at all fake,

"I wish this was all a hoax, but unfortunately we're trying to get to the bottom of this. And you're right in the middle of it." He says and he grabs all the pictures and puts them in a file.

"Okay, say this were all true, why aren't there any pictures of his brother?" I question, ha I think I got them.

"You mean this man?" He asks and he pulls out another file and scatters more pictures of Evan on the table. Evan has more pictures taken of him more than Sawyer, which makes sense since he's the oldest.

But nothing is adding up....

"How do I know these aren't fake?" I question, I know they're real, but I just need the reassurance.

Bernie gets up and walks out of the room and I sit there,

Okay, so maybe I've stumped them with my brilliant questions, but I'm getting nowhere.

A few minuets pass by and Bernie finally comes in, old news papers in his hand.

He places them flat in front of me and sits down. He's breathing hard so finding these news papers must have been a mission for him.

I sit there, not wanting to grab the news papers and just stare at Bernie.

"What are you waiting for? Take a look." He gestures for me to read them and I'm stumped.

I don't want to look at them, this will only confirm what I now know was right the whole time.

I slowly grab one news paper and the first thing I look at is the date,

It reads eighteen-eighty. The news paper would be torn to pieces if it weren't in a plastic protective wrap. The news paper is worn out and yellow and wrinkly.

That's not the shocking part though, it's Sawyer and his brother, at least I think it's them. The picture is old fashion and in black in white. And they're dressed completely different, well Evan still kind of dresses the same.

They're both in a picture with a group of men and women, and they're smiling.  They're both wearing a sack coat, high button front and a curved front of the jacket. Their trousers are also tailored to a more slim style. They both have their coats buttoned only at the top and are both proudly displaying their vests and watch chain.

The watch Sawyer is holding looks very familiar....

It could have been a bright sunny day, since everyone in the picture is slightly squinting.

"That was taken one hundred and thirty eight years ago." Bernie says, after watching the shock on my face.

My mind can't process this, how can I prove that they're actually really old men.

I look at the other news papers, there's a recent one maybe from the nineteen-eighties and Sawyer looks completely different.

Wild long hair styled into a Mohawk with strands of green and he's wearing denim jeans with black combat boots and a jacket.

This can't be Sawyer.... he looks oddly attractive but the hair has to go.

I snort and stare at the picture, he hasn't aged a bit but he does look ridiculous.