Twenty
Questions
Chapter
10
part
one
(italicized words means Brielle is remembering what Carter told
her)
At that point in the story we were
arriving at the coffe shop and Carter had to sum it all up by
telling me that the man jumped after him because he thought
Carter had the gem or whatever it was he took from him. But the
man wasn't fast enough and lost Carter in the crowd
below.
After that eventful day Carter stayed in touch with my father and
Rikki. He said they became like a second family to him.
Carter said that the reason he was on the bus was because my
father had called him up the night before. Carter said he sounded
troubled and he made him promise he would take care of his
family, me in particular.
Aparently he had other friends that I didnt know about who were
watching over the rest of my family that day.
He didn't have the chance to tell me why my family was being
protected on the day of the accident or where they were because
we were running late as we showed up at the-
I was brought back to reality by a crash from the back room.
"No way in hell, Andrew. Forget it!" Carter was yelling
as he came through the doorway.
I jumped up from the chair.
"What was that about?" I asked him.
"Come on, we're leaving." He said, ignoring my
question.
The way he said it was the only thing that kept me from pressing
on. I figured he'd have plenty of time to fill me in on the
walk back. We started walking towards the door when a boy who I
supposed was Andrew, came out of the backroom.
"Hey there Brielle, leaving so quickly?"
"Yea. We are leaving. Now." Carter answered.
"I was talking to Brielle. Not you." He said to Carter,
then turned to me, "I heard you were having some trouble
remembering a few things." He said.
"Uh...yea...a little more than a few." I said uncertain
of where this was going.
"Do you remember anything?" he asked walking
over to the counter.
I was hesitant to answer because Carter seemed so tense.
"Well...Some stuff but only because of certain things that
triggered it."
"Things like what? Places? People? Because we could go into
the office back there... That might bring back some memories for
you." He suggested and I could tell there was some
underlying thought to that sentence but I, of course had no idea
what he meant by it.
"The only thing that's triggered anything was when
Carter and I kissed so... yea." I replied, ignoring the
comment about the office.
He still hadn't taken his eyes off me since he came into the
room and it was freaking me out.
He walked toward me with a smirk on his face.
"Well then, maybe I can help too." Andrew said.
He was only a few feet away and I was frozen...Not sure if I
should move or not. But then Carter stepped in between the two of
us.
"Andrew. I said forget it." Carter warned.
I was thankful to have his eyes off of me for a minute. But it
didnt last long. He went to step around Carter but before he
could come any closer, Carter grabbed him and shoved him
backwards.
Some chairs clattered off the table he fell onto. But Andrew got
up and dusted himself off.
"Whatever you say Carter." he said as he turned to go
back.
Carter looked relieved and started to turn back towards me just
as Andrew caught him off gaurd and punched him in the face.
I gasped and stepped back towards the wall, afraid he'd come
after me next.
Carter got back up and the two started to fight, I didnt know
what to do.
But before I knew it Carter was down. I expected him to get back
up but he didn't. He was laying helpless on the ground.
Andrew kicked him in the stomach one last time before turning to
me.
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okay
i'm sorry for not writing forever! literally didnt write the
whole summer and i was going to stop with the story but i reread
it from the begining today and so i had to at least write this
chapter.
and for anyone who's still reading this...
thanks for reading!!!!
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