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four hours, but she knew in her heart her dad was in trouble. The dream about the graveyard didn’t feel like a dream anymore and she had no trouble believing what the old woman…well her grandmother, had told her. “ Blood had been spilt” was the phrase that she tried to focus on. Nicole was hoping she wasn’t the “ last one” just yet. Maybe she still had time.
Kat had arrived the next morning soon after Nicole called her. Kat was a blubbering mess and not much help but it felt good to have a friend there to lean on if she needed it. Kat kept trying to reassure her everything was going to be okay but Nicole felt like she was wasting time waiting for James to just come home. Luke had not left her side since the phone call but she couldn’t deal with the thoughts of the intimate night they had shared crushing down on her so she kept a safe, platonic distance from him. It didn’t seem to matter to him. He wasn’t saying much and kept staring off into space, lost in his own thoughts.
Nicole stood in the living room, gazing out the window and down the long gravel drive. To the people in the room, she was sure it looked like she was waiting for her dad’s old truck to drive up but in reality, she was working out a strategy. I’m fed up with this fucking waiting! It’s time for action. She walked out the front door. Luke and Kat gave each other a knowing look, then followed.
“Nicole wait! What if he comes home while you’re gone?” Kat said in a panicked voice as she gently grabbed Nicole by the arm stopping her mid stride. Tears were filling Kat’s eyes again. “I think you should stay here and wait a little while longer, honey.”
“Wait?! Kat that’s all I’ve been doing for about six hours now!” She threw her hands up in the air as she paced back and forth in the dirt driveway. “These could be his last hours and if I wait any longer he could be dead! Do you hear me Kat? D- E- A- D.” She paused, taking in a deep breath as she rubbed her temples with her index fingers. She faced Luke who was still standing on the porch, watching intently. “Tell her Luke, tell her how important the first forty eight hours are and that we have already wasted six hours!” She pleaded with her eyes for him to take her side.
“I’m sorry, but I think Kat’s right. What if you’re gone when he comes back? He will be worried to death about you, especially after someone tried to kill you only a few weeks ago.” He shifted uncomfortably under her glare, stuffing his hands into his jeans pockets then leaning up against the porch railing.
“You are talking like he’s coming back on his own! If he was, he would already be home!” To Nicole this conversation was pointless to continue, so she turned away from them and started walking. They don’t know what I know so they will just have to get the hell over it. I’m doing this right now and I’ll be damned if anyone is going to stop me!
“I’m going to drive the route he would have taken to the lake, there has to be a trail.” She spoke to herself as she walked around her dad’s house to the small garage he had built years ago. Nicole opened the rickety roll-up door causing a small swirl of dust to roll around her feet. “He couldn’t have just disappeared into thin air and I’m going to find him.” With determination fueling her, she stepped inside the dark garage leaving Luke and Kat standing outside in the bright morning light. In a few seconds, a loud roaring shook the ground all around them. Head lights shone brightly in the dark building like a panther waiting to pounce from its cave. With a chest-rumbling growl, a shiny, black 1968 Chevelle SS pulled to a stop in front of them. Every part of the car was gleaming in the sun, the chrome, polished to a mirror finish, the interior, black leather and the car screamed to be turned loose with each lope of the
Kat had arrived the next morning soon after Nicole called her. Kat was a blubbering mess and not much help but it felt good to have a friend there to lean on if she needed it. Kat kept trying to reassure her everything was going to be okay but Nicole felt like she was wasting time waiting for James to just come home. Luke had not left her side since the phone call but she couldn’t deal with the thoughts of the intimate night they had shared crushing down on her so she kept a safe, platonic distance from him. It didn’t seem to matter to him. He wasn’t saying much and kept staring off into space, lost in his own thoughts.
Nicole stood in the living room, gazing out the window and down the long gravel drive. To the people in the room, she was sure it looked like she was waiting for her dad’s old truck to drive up but in reality, she was working out a strategy. I’m fed up with this fucking waiting! It’s time for action. She walked out the front door. Luke and Kat gave each other a knowing look, then followed.
“Nicole wait! What if he comes home while you’re gone?” Kat said in a panicked voice as she gently grabbed Nicole by the arm stopping her mid stride. Tears were filling Kat’s eyes again. “I think you should stay here and wait a little while longer, honey.”
“Wait?! Kat that’s all I’ve been doing for about six hours now!” She threw her hands up in the air as she paced back and forth in the dirt driveway. “These could be his last hours and if I wait any longer he could be dead! Do you hear me Kat? D- E- A- D.” She paused, taking in a deep breath as she rubbed her temples with her index fingers. She faced Luke who was still standing on the porch, watching intently. “Tell her Luke, tell her how important the first forty eight hours are and that we have already wasted six hours!” She pleaded with her eyes for him to take her side.
“I’m sorry, but I think Kat’s right. What if you’re gone when he comes back? He will be worried to death about you, especially after someone tried to kill you only a few weeks ago.” He shifted uncomfortably under her glare, stuffing his hands into his jeans pockets then leaning up against the porch railing.
“You are talking like he’s coming back on his own! If he was, he would already be home!” To Nicole this conversation was pointless to continue, so she turned away from them and started walking. They don’t know what I know so they will just have to get the hell over it. I’m doing this right now and I’ll be damned if anyone is going to stop me!
“I’m going to drive the route he would have taken to the lake, there has to be a trail.” She spoke to herself as she walked around her dad’s house to the small garage he had built years ago. Nicole opened the rickety roll-up door causing a small swirl of dust to roll around her feet. “He couldn’t have just disappeared into thin air and I’m going to find him.” With determination fueling her, she stepped inside the dark garage leaving Luke and Kat standing outside in the bright morning light. In a few seconds, a loud roaring shook the ground all around them. Head lights shone brightly in the dark building like a panther waiting to pounce from its cave. With a chest-rumbling growl, a shiny, black 1968 Chevelle SS pulled to a stop in front of them. Every part of the car was gleaming in the sun, the chrome, polished to a mirror finish, the interior, black leather and the car screamed to be turned loose with each lope of the
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