Him

"He wasn't kidnapped right?"

"I begged him to sleep with me today and he said yes and then I asked him about his feelings for a girl of our class and then he ran away." I explain.

Well I lied about the girl in our class. "Okay, first of all take a deep breath and calm down a little. He'll propably return soon." She sais huggs me tight.

"You should sleep now. Tomorrow is school." She adds. "What if he is lost. Or if he fell and is hurt now." I ask and pull away from the hug.

"If he isn't back tomorrow morning we'll call the police and search for him okay?" She asks. I nodd and lay down in his bed. Mom kisses my cheek and leaves the room.

I can't sleep. Is it possible that my brother has feelings for me which are far away from brother things? And why did he apologize before he left? With all these questions in my head I fall asleep.

I wake up by myself and pick my phone to check in the time. 10:30 a.m.? Why would they let me sleep that long. There could be only one reason for this. Martinus isn't back yet. I get up and change into more confy clothes. A oversized off white hoddie and basketball shorts.

I walk downstairs and into the livingroom. There is my Mom sitting crying and 4 policeman around her.

"Mom?" I ask shocked and walk over to her. "Hi, you must be Marcus. My name is officer Callahan we are here to find your brother." The biggest of the offiecer explaines.

"Can I talk to you quickly?" He asks. I nodd and we walk upstairs.

"Can you descripe your brother? Like how he looks like?" The officer asks and gets ready to write it down.

"Well, he looks similar to me but his hair is shorter. He has a birthmark over his lip. He also is a bit smaller than me but only two or three centimeters." I have to smile when I think of him. "Oh and he has a broken arm." I add.

"Good thank you. And do you know why he could have done this?" He asks. "Well we've been talking about a girl from our class and his feelings for her and then he suddenly ran away." I explain but have to swallow hard because I'm lying to a police officer.

"And could there be any other reason why he did it? Is he getting bullied? Your Mom told me your Dad often comes home late when she already left. Has he hurt you or him?" The officer asks.

You think now for sure I should tell him about our abusive Dad but I can't. Mom once called the police when he hit Martinus so hard that he fell down the stairs and broke his leg.

That's already a few years ago. Well the officers didn't believe her. They believed Dad and he said Martinus stumbled. After they left he beat us up even worse. He said if we ever call the police again he'll do it again.

"No. Everyone likes him and Dad love us both. I don't know why he did it?" I say and act desperate. "Well than thanks for your time." He sais and leaves. I walk downstairs after him and find Justice in the livingroom next to Mom.

"Justice?" I ask and she turns towards me. "Marcus." She sais and huggs me tight.

"Well we'll go and join our groups again. If anything gets into your mind again or we have more questions we'll come back." Officer Callahan sais and they leave.

"I have a question." Justice sais and officer Callahan turns back towards us. "Yeah?" He asks. "He wasn't kidnapped right?" Justice asks. "No he defently ran away by himself." He calmes her down then they leave.

"Let's go." Justice sais and pulls me to the door. I know she wants to look for him herself. And I want that too. Who will find him firts?

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Who will find Martinus first?