Siting in the polices office I question why. Knowing my brother, Zechariah who has been missing for two days I assume he was caught with His weed again.
"Well Mrs.Smith as you know your son has gotten into trouble with the law, but...."
"But what?" Mom says with worry in her voice.
"Well..." the officer says "I'm sorry I don't know how to tell you this, but Zechariah Orion Smith was pronounced dead after drowning in the Sweetwater River."
Mom starts bawling her eyes out, yet with me silent I can't speak or even phantom that my twin brother is dead.
"I'm sorry but it isn't possible that he drowned because he was at a party with my friends and I."
With tears in my eyes I raise my voice to say "TELL ME THAT ISN'T THE TRUTH!"
With my mom gaining her composer again she pulls me into her chest and I cry.
With the rest of the police station staring at me I whisper to my mom "Let's go."
As we get into the car I just slope down in my and hug my knees in the front seat.
THE NEXT MORNING
I don't go to school not wanting to wake up.
I hear my phone ring on the dresser.I grab it and I answer my best friends call. "Zharah, I'm sorry for your loss." she starts off with that then say turn to Channel 8.
To be continued
YOU ARE READING
Deadly Night
Teen Fiction"Will he ever come back, Mom." I asked and she replied "I don't know, but hopefully you know, your brother Zechariah was doing all he could for this fucked up family of ours." "Mom, he was our family and my best friend so how could you say...
