KND series book 3: Family Issues

Family issues

Shawn: what do you mean you were there?

Jordan: Taylor had taken me to that restaurant to teach me how to eat with proper cutlery because our moment was having visitors.

At about 8 pm, both men in question walked in and sat diagonal to us,they weren't talking very loud but I was able to hear them thanks to my heightened hearing.

They were arguing about a business partner that Mr Manchester had signed a contract with, apparently he was Mrs Scott's exboyfriend whom she left for Mr Scott. He felt that he was trying to settle the scores with him about that.

But Mr Manchester wouldn't agree because it happened when they were in college over 20 years ago and thought he had surely gotten over a mere breakup.

Shawn: fine, you'll follow me back so you can identify some things in the footage for me. KND let's move.

Samuel's house

Since none of them really knew much about what happened, they decided to question someone who did: Samuel's mother.

Samuel took his mom to another room to question her.

Samuel: mother, please if you know anything about what has happened now would be the best time to speak up. I know you're sad, I am too, but we have to stay strong if we're gonna find father.

Miranda: I'm so sorry Samuel. The man who was dealing with Martin was my ex from college. His name was Lucas Borrelli.

I was working in a nearby restaurant where most college students went to eat. At the time, my feelings for Lucas had already began to fade because, he wasn't quite normal, and it had begun to get worse. He would treat me like I was some maid of his or like I was his property.

Amidst all the drama I ran into your father while I was doing some shopping for the restaurant. He was majoring in business and was in a hurry to get back to campus to meet up with his course's many demanding task when he bumped into me,he quickly apologized and left, I later found out from some my friends there that he went to that college,with time we became very good friends, he didn't even mind the difference in our statuses.

But when Lucas found out, he was furious. The next day he came to my apartment like a madman and began to yell at me for spending time with your father. When I tried to make him understand that we were friends, he bitch slapped me-

Samuel: he did what? How dare he?!

Miranda: please calm down, it was a long time ago. Anyway, before he could any serious damage, your father came to my rescue and kicked him out, I broke up with him over the phone that very night and began to date your father, he did all he could from hiring thugs to beat up Fredrick to trying to burn him alive-

Samantha: burn him alive?!

Miranda: I told he wasn't normal. He eventually got expelled from the college and disappeared from our lives, until now.

Samuel: so that's why father didn't want Mr Manchester close to him, but it seems they didn't see the same way. But why did he come here that night? What did he say?

Miranda: he came here in panicked state, apparently he had a message for you and that it was urgent, he begged to see you but I was so heartbroken that I refused to let him on, blaming him for my husband's disappearance.
But I did see him follow a dark alley to leave, and a saw something that looked like a silhouette follow, but it was raining and dark so I brushed it off.

Samuel: what alley did he follow?

Miranda: the one across the street.

At the alley