Evie woke me up in the morning. She jumped on my bed at 9:30.
"Ugh I slept in," I said rubbing my eyes. I looked at my fists, realizing I'd forgotten to take my makeup off last night.
"You look funny!" Evie said laughing. I smiled and walked into my bathroom. I had mascara smeared under my eyes.
I washed my face and went downstairs. I took Cookie Crisp out for Evie and Special K out for me. I gave Evie her bowl.
"Where's dad?" I asked, pouring my milk.
"I don't know. He never came home last night," Evie said, still focused on her cereal.
I stopped eating. Was his car in the driveway? How had I not noticed?
"Not at all?" I repeated.
"Nope." She wasn't thinking anything of it.
She didn't care about him. He hated us.
I hurried over to my phone and called him. It went straight to voicemail. I called again. And again. Each time there was no answer. My stomach sunk.
"Evie, when was the last time you saw him?" I asked nervously.
"Thursday, why?" She said, looking up from her bowl.
"And you haven't-"
I was interrupted by the house phone ringing. Nobody ever calls the house phone. Not unless something's happened.
My heart was beating out of my chest.
"H-hello?"
My heart nearly stopped when I heard the words come out of the lady's mouth.
"W-what?"
"I'm very sorry we couldn't let you know sooner..." the lady spoke.
"I-its o-ok..." I hung up.
"Evie, go get changed," I said.
"But what about the rest of my cereal?" She asked.
"You're gonna have to skip that today."
She ran up the stairs.
I looked down at my hands. I was shaking.
How did I not realize?
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The Janitor's Closet || Leondre Devries
FanfictionI stood by the door and waited for her footsteps to fade away. But, when I tried to open the door again, I couldn't. It was locked. "What the hell?" I whispered to myself. There was no lock on the inside. I was locked in. I was startled when I h...
