A Cry Unheard

Chapter 4: Brother or Witness?

Its the start of the day and im already called to the office.

I walk into the office and surprisingly see my brother here.

My brother looks at me and says "whats up bro you ready to go?"

I look at him confused and anxious, with two questions in my head. Why is he here? and what does he mean by am i ready to go?

My brother shakes me, waking me back into reality and says come let's go the car is outside.

I follow my brother to the car, which is a very clean camero which i never knew he had.

We get into the car and drive off. My brother drives pretty fast which already makes me nervous to begin with.

I look down on the floor and see a red stain! Now normally anyone would assume that this is ketchup right but the way it looks was alot darker than ketchup naturally.

Out of nowhere my brother breaks my consentraion and says "So bro, tell me what you saw this morning."

I freeze in my head wondering what to tell him. I mean all i saw was him and his ex arguing this morning so why was he so pressed about it?

I tell him i just saw a glimpse of you two arguing that's it bro.

He looks at me almost with intent to say i feel like you're lying. Yet, he just looks at me and says ok bro.

Something about my brother just isn't right i think in my head. His posture, energy, and even mood are just off.

His phone rings and he answers, but it's not the way he answered to phone that made me feel weak in my gut. It's the fact that he turned up the music and whispered over the phone, which he never does.

He hangs up and i ask him where we are going. He looks at me and say a quick trip.

We drive two hours to a beach that is almost hidden if you dont know your way around the area.

We stand by the water and my brother out of nowhere says something bone chilling!

"Can you imagine drowning or having your body dumped in a lake?" The feeling of not being able to be in control of your breathing or being at the bottom of the ocean with your skin rotting and being eaten slowly by fish".

I look at him and say no i really cant imagine but that's a terrible way to go out.

The feeling of fear and anxiousness grows stronger as i feel like this isn't my brother.

The drive back home was a long one. We had been at the beach for four hours just talking and sitting our feet in the water. After we went to dinner at dennys and we headed back home.

Later that night around midnight i get a phone call from Taylor. Which is weird because she is not a night bird, but im at a loss for words when i hear what she calls for.

It's 2 am and im laying here confused after along day of hell. Not only was i stuck with my brother all day but Taylor calls me and says her neighbors daughter was found murdered and left in the park on the playground slide.

I close my eyes for a moment and just breathe in silence while im at a major loss of words and my peace of mind. After a few long moments and fall asleep hoping tomorrow will be easier.