The Way We Once Were

Chapter 10: Past and Present

Yasmine's POV
It was around 9 o'clock right now and me, Slim, Sasha and Layla were determined to find answers or at least look for clues. All of us sat in the living room, where we can discuss all of this. "So where do we even start?," I question everyone. "Someone is helping Harris and we just need to figure out who," Adam says making the statement sound true. "Ok so what do we know?," Slim says. "We know Harris was sent into Radley cause his father forced him to", I said. "Well that's at least what he said," I continued. "Someone had been visiting him with my information and might be helping him with whatever he's planning", I went on. Everyone nodded their heads and seemed to be thinking deep about this whole thing. "Wait," Adam said. "I took pictures of all of the papers in Harris' files to make sure we didn't miss a thing," he said. "Nice thinking man," Slim said proudly. As Adam went over the screenshots, he seemed to stop on one of them and had a confused look on his face. "Its also says here that this person that kept visiting with your name had been visiting Harris really often and I think they had really easy access," he said thinking really deeply. "Wouldn't only family have easy access?," I ask everyone. "Then let's go see the fam," Slim says excitedly. "Well we can't all go," Layla says. "We can don't all know Harris like that to march in his house and ask questions," Layla ended off her thought. "Well your right, me and Sasha knew and know Harris, so I don't think they'd suspect a thing", I say. Everybody all agreed that me and Sasha would go see Harris's dad and younger brother Jamal. Sasha got ready more quicker than me and was waiting for me in the car. As I was about to head out I felt a tap on my shoulder, it was Adam. "Oh uh, I just wanted to tell you to be safe and uh if you need me you got my number on speed dial", he said with what looked like a nervous smile. "Yeah," I say. "Your number on speed dial if anything goes wrong," I repeat after him with my thumbs up showing him I understood. We ended up giving each other a hug and Adam wished me luck. Now I was more ready than ever but a bit nervous to go back to and see Harris' family.

Adam's POV
I couldn't lie and say I wasn't on board with this idea. All I wanna do is keep Yasmine safe but she's more worried about this whole thing than she is her safety, which is why I need to protect her. It was all my friends that reminded me of how dangerous Harris could be but seem to do anything that could put them in danger as well. Now that Yasmine and Sasha were gone, it was up to me, Layla and Slim to put together all the information we had and make something out of it. "You guys ready to be smart?," Slim asked me and Layla. "Maybe you should ask yourself that," Layla says as she walks away. I started dying laughing for couple minutes and then was I was finally ready to be smart like Slim had mentioned....

Yasmine's POV
We arrived at Harris's dad house and man was I nervous than ever. I haven't seen his family in a while and going back to his and asking about Harris was the last thing I wanted to do. "You ready?", Sasha asks me. "No, but that doesn't matter right now," I say with a chuckle. We both were now in the front of Harris's house and now reached the front of door. 'Ding, dong', the doorbell rang after Sasha had pressed it. As I heard footsteps coming up to the door my heart started to beat really fast. "Um, Yasmine?," Harris's brother Jamal said in confusion. "Yeah it's me," I say with a smile. "And Sasha?", he said as he looked pretty shocked to see us. "What are you guys doing here?", he asked us. "Never mind the questions come on in", he said as he opened the door for both of us to come in. As we entered the house, everything still seemed to look the same from the last time I was here. I guess the only difference was the fact that I wasn't here with Harris..."Come on guys take a seat", Harris's dad said interrupting my thoughts. Me and Sasha both sat on their black leather couch in the living room. "So what brings you guys here?", Harris's dad asks. "Um, were actually here cause I've just been curious of where Harris has been?", I say coming up with a lie from the top of my head. "Oh...," Jamal says like he was expecting us to say something else. "Well uh, uh Harris...," his dad said. It almost felt like he was trying to come up with a lie. "He's been at Radley", Jamal says continuing his sentence. I pull a concerned look on my face making it seem like I shocked. "Why?," I say but this time I was actually curious. "To be completely honest Yasmine.." his dad started off. "I just started to be afraid of my own son", he said. "Harris was just not the same as he was when he was with you", Jamal added. "And we noticed how different he started to act right away," Jamal said in a concerned voice. "My own brother turned into a...a monster", Jamal said 'honestly'. "We thought he'd get better if we were distance", his dad said. "We thought he'd get better if we were distant..give him time to really think about...about himself and not the world around him," he added on. 'Zzzz,Zzz', my phone went. It was a text from Adam saying; We found info come asap! "Oh that was um my sister telling me I have to come over and help with dinner.. like right now," I say to them, making it sound urgent. "But thanks for keeping me updated about him, I've been...worried", I add. "Yeah, anytime," Jamal says with a kind smile. After we said our goodbyes, I took a deep breathe and let it out. "At least that's over with," Sasha said as we both walked to the car. "Why?," I said with a chuckle. "I did most of the talking," I added. "I don't know, I just got a vibe that something seemed well...off," she said as we entered the car. "Huh", I say thinking deeply about the conversation I just had with Harris's dad and brother. Sasha stepped in the car while I still was thinking. 'Zzz,zzz', my phone went. This time it was a text from Harris saying; "Dad's all die like in every story😴 -H". I look at the text more confused than ever. Was he planning on kil- No I think, he can't that's his dad. "Are you gonna come in?," Sasha says interrupting my thoughts. "Um yeah," I say with the fakest smile...

Jamal's POV
"Dad? Dad?", I say curiously. "Did you really mean those things you said? I've never seen you so down when your talking about Harris," I say. "Jamal...at the end of the day Harris is always gonna be my son", he said quietly. "And your brother...", he ended off. My mind was kind of all over the place. My dad never opened up about Harris to anyone...anyone...
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