The Case of Jaxon Parker

5: Conclusion

"Get your filthy hands off of me!" Paul yelled, squirming.

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you." The officer calmly replied.

"All I wanted to know is who ratted."

"Too bad."

"Then what happened, huh? You guys think you're so smart."

Theo sighed and turned toward Paul the best he can. "Paul, just stop. You're going to make things worse."

"No," Detective Charles held up a hand. "No, we should tell him what I was told happened. Tell me if I get anything wrong."

*

Jaxon glanced down at his phone for the hundredth time. It shouldn't take this long for Paul to reply, but nothing. Right as he looked up to get some dinner, his phone dinged. 'Come over tonight. 10 p.m. Bring the board.', the message read. Jaxon grinned now knowing that he's finally hanging out with Paul. He darted up to his room to grab the board and threw it in his car.

Jaxon walked back in. "Mom," he called out. "I'm headed over to Paul's. No clue when I'll be back." Then he was gone, not waiting for a reply.

As Jaxon approached Paul's house, he noticed that there were already two cars there. Paul had said only one other person was coming, not half their town. Shrugging, he went in, knowing he was always welcome.

"Welcome." Paul greeted, a strange grin etched into his face. "Do you have the board?"

Jaxon held it up. "Yeah. Why are there so many cars in front of your place? I thought it was just going to be us and Theo."

"I invited some other people, the other cars are the neighbours. Is that okay with you or do I need to kick them out?"

"No, no, it's cool. I just wasn't expecting it."

"Okay.." Paul raised an eyebrow. "Let's head upstairs. Everyone's waiting."

As they head up, they hear a crash. Jaxon jumped, almost falling down the stairs. "What was that?!" He exclaimed.

"It was probably the cat," Paul replied. "Come on. I want to do this. Wait, no. We need to do this."

"Jaxon, my man," Theo said, walking over to him and slapping him on the back. "Took you long enough to get here. I was about to head out."

Jaxon rolled his eyes. "Very funny, Theo."

"I try."

"That's enough." Markus pushed Jaxon and Theo away from each other. "All of us want to start. You made us wait a lot longer than we wanted to."

"Well excuse me for having to tear my room apart to find the board." Jaxon sassed. "Besides, I thought we swore to never use it again."

"Come on, we were kids the last time we used it. We didn't do anything the right way. We obviously moved the planchette ourselves." Paul said, then took the board from Jaxon's grasp and set it up on the floor. "Now, everyone sit and make sure we form a circle. If you don't want to participate, just get out and never come back. I can't stand wimps." He sat down.

Everyone looked around and locked eyes with each other. No one moved an inch, so Jaxon decided to start by slowly crouching to sit across from Paul. Everyone followed his lead so that they were in a circle.

"Great. Now to start we put two fingers on the planchette, turn it in a circular motion, and greet the board." Paul instructed. "After we do that we can take turns asking questions."

They finished setting up then Jaxon volunteered to ask the first question. "Is there a spirit with us now?" Nothing. "Is this house haunted?" Again, nothing. "I don't think this works."