Chapter 36: Chapter 36
BRUCE
When we arrived at Simoune's house, Tito and I immediately entered
"I'll just call them daddy so they don't worry that I'm here" Lucy said
"I'll do the same so they know Mommy that I'm here" I said
I immediately took out my phone and called them Mommy
"Mommy?" I said to the phone
"Oh son, why?" Mommy asked
"Maybe I won't be able to go home tonight, Simoune needs me and maybe I'll sleep here" I said
"Why? What's happening?" Mommy asked
“It’s because Simoune's is missing, so I want uncle to help them in finding Simoune" I said
"HA!? Is Simoune missing? When?" Mommy asked at me, She also shocked about Simoune’s missing
"After lunch mom, I'll explain it another day, okay, I'll end this call" I said
"Hmmm.... Alright son, be careful! Update me on where and if Simoune is okay'' Mommy said
"Yes mom, I will" I said
I ended the call and then looked for our classmate's number
"I'll leave you here for now and I'll call some of my acquaintances, the Police, who can help us" Uncle said to us
"Alright, uncle, I'll take care of it" I said
Uncle left while Lucy and I chatted with our classmates and asked where Vince lived
"It's late, do you want me to cook for both of you first?" Nanny Lily asked
"Go ahead, Nanny Lily" Lucy said
We have talked to almost half of our classmates but no one knows anything yet, so Lucy and I are especially worried about how we can find out where and what is happening to Simoune
"We ask half of our classmates, but no one knows where Vince lives" Lucy said
"Don't lose hope, because this is not the time to give up" I said to Lucy, cheering her up.
"It's my fault! If I tell you to go in the mall as early as we can, she not be gone" Lucy said
"Don't blame yourself, nobody likes want happened" I said
I noticed that Lucy was crying maybe because she was tired and nervous so I hugged her
"Don't worry we will find Simoune. Okay?" I said
"Hmmmm… I hope so, and wherever she is I hope she's safe" Lucy said
"Don't cry, you're still ugly when you cry!" I said teasing her to her to smile
"Shut up Bruce! I don’t know what will I do" Lucy said
I tried to calm Lucy down so she wouldn't panic about Simoune, so I tried to make fun of her. There are only ten of our classmates who are not asked and the time is now 9pm. I don't know if anyone knows where Vince lives but I don't want to lose hope
"BRUCEEE!" Lucy scream at me
"Why!????" I said
"They say Patrick Peterson knows where Vince lives!!!" Lucy said happily. I can see her eyes having hope of finding Simoune.
"Is he sure!?" I asked
"Yes, because Vince's house is said to be close to their house!!" Lucy said
"Shall we go now!?" I asked
"It's okay with me, you know he's there and we can talk to him" Lucy said
"Alright, let's go see him now" I said
"Nanny Lily, we're leaving the crib now" Lucy said to Nanny Lile
"It's getting late!? Why are you leaving yet!? I'm already serving food,you eat here first" Nanny Lily said to the both of us.
"When we get back we'll eat Nanny Lily, we'll go to Vince's house first" I said
"Be careful! Call immediately if you find out anything. Okay? Come back here immediately" Nanny Lily said
"Sure, Nanny Lily” I said
Lucy and I got out and got into the car
"What if Vince was there?" Lucy said
"It's good that he's there and I'll never get tired of punching him!" I said
"What if there's nothing!?" Lucy said
"HMMM… Then we will find another way, tomorrow when the mall opens we will go there and get a copy of their cctv" I said
"Yes! The cctv! It might see who took her or maybe the plate number!" Lucy said
"But it's still tomorrow, the only thing we can do now is go to Vince's house" I said
When we got close, Patrick immediately walked to us.
"Just go straight and then the Brown gate is Vince's house, I always see him enter with Simoune so I know that's where he lives" Patrick said confidently
"Thank you Patrick!" Lucy said
"That’s nothing" Patrick said
Patrick left and we went to the house that Patrick pointed out. It looked like there was no one because it was so dark. Vince didn't seem to be here, but Lucy and I went out to see
"There’s no one, Bruce" Lucy said
"Maybe it's not forbidden to enter, right?" I said
"I don't know, isn't that trespassing?" Lucy said
"There's no one, maybe that's okay" I said
We entered the gate and noticed that the door was locked
"It's locked Bruce, how are we going to get in!?" Lucy asked
"Don't make a noise, I'll just get something from the car" I said to Lucy
I immediately went to the car to get the one that can be inserted into the door knob and then I saw Lucy's hair pin so I immediately took it
"Here's our key" I said
"Hair pin? What?" Lucy said
"Just watch" I said
I played with the hair pin on the door knob and after a few minutes I opened it
"You used to go up to the house, didn't you?" Lucy teases me
"Daddy taught me to do it! He does it when Mommy closes the door on him" I said
We went inside and turned on the light, we didn't see anything unusual. Lucy opened cabinets and even took chocolate from Vince's refrigerator
"Hey, Why are you eating chocolate?!" I said
"I'm hungry HAHAHAA" Lucy said
"Be patient while we return to Simoune’s house, then we'll eat" I said
We even rummaged through Vince's cabinets and room and found a picture of him and Simoune in the photo booth on Valentine's day
"Look at this! Their relationship here looks beautiful, then you will find out that Vince is stupid, stupid, cheater and a user!" Lucy said angrily
"My hunch was right because Simoune didn't choose me" I said
"If only she had gone to you, right!?" Lucy said
"Oh my! I can't force Simoune if she doesn't want me" I said
"Indeed! If you are for each other, the Lord will make a way for you to meet" Lucy said confidently while pointing at the air
I hope we can meet, because that seems vague. When Lucy and I were scratching, she found a phone under the pillow. She saw a phone.
"There's a phone!" Lucy yelled at me
We opened it and looked at the texts or messages and then we saw a message that he was talking to Mila
—-- CONVERSATION STARTED —--
"Let’s talk Charles, even for if it’s only for Lopie, I miss you and Lopie miss you already" Mila texted
"Mila not now I'm busy at school" Vince replied
"Busy at school or busy with your girl? Did you think I didn't know Charles that you have a girl? I thought we talked about that Charles?" Mila texted
"Who told you that? Are you believing in rumors!?" Vince replied
"Don't wait for me to get tired of chasing you, and don't wait for me to do something wrong just for you to notice me" Mila texted
"Are you scaring me?" Vince replied
"No, I'm just telling you about it" Mila texted
"I don't have a girl, you're my only girl" Vince replied
"I hope what you say is true" Mila texted
—-- ENDED CONVERSATION —--
Does this mean that Simoune felt sorry for what Mila was saying!?
"What does Mila mean?" Lucy asked
"I don't know either, maybe we should take the phone and leave, maybe Nanny Lily is looking for us" I said
We put away the things we moved and turned off the lights. We went out and got into the car
"Wait! I don't have any clothes for tomorrow, do you have any?" Lucy asked
"Neither, do you want to take us to the house first and then let's go back to Simoune’s house?" I said to Lucy
"It's also possible that I won't be coming home tomorrow" Lucy said
"Let's go to your house first" I said
We went straight to Lucy's house, when we got to their house, Lucy immediately went outside the car and entered their house
While I was waiting for Lucy, I couldn't get out of my mind what Mila said to Vince, couldn't Mila be the one to do something about Simoune's disappearance!? I don't know what really happened, all I want now is to find Simoune.
A few minutes later, Lucy came out and immediately entered the car
"Oh let's go to your house" Lucy said
I immediately started the car and drove towards the house, when we arrived, I immediately said wait to Lucy.
"Just wait here, I'll just wait a minute" I said
"Okay!" Lucy said
I got out of the car and entered the house, mommy and daddy seemed to be sleeping because the lights were off. Good thing I have a key to the door of the house with me. I got my clothes, underwear, shorts and of course the essentials for my body, I also got my charger so I have a charger
When I finished taking everything, I immediately went downstairs and left the house, I immediately got into the car and started it
"Maybe uncle is already at their house" I said
"Maybe so, I'm really hungry!" Lucy said holding her tummy
"Wait, you can eat right away!" I said
When we arrived at Simoune's house, uncle came to us
"How are you? Where are you from?" uncle asked
"Uncle, we went to Vince's house, but he wasn't there. What we did was we went to Vince's house and dug up things and we found this phone" I said
"Did you get any information on that phone?" uncle said
"We saw a conversation between Mila and Vince and we thought that maybe Mila was responsible for Simoune’s disappearance" I said
"What conversation are you talking about?" uncle asked
I immediately reached for the phone and read the conversation that Lucy and I had read earlier.
—-- CONVERSATION STARTED —--
"Let’s talk Charles, even for if it’s only for Lopie, I miss you and Lopie miss you already" Mila texted
"Mila not now I'm busy at school" Vince replied
"Busy at school or busy with your girl? Did you think I didn't know Charles that you have a girl? I thought we talked about that Charles?" Mila texted
"Who told you that? Are you believing in rumors!?" Vince replied
"Don't wait for me to get tired of chasing you, and don't wait for me to do something wrong just for you to notice me" Mila texted
"Are you scaring me?" Vince replied
"No, I'm just telling you about it" Mila texted
"I don't have a girl, you're my only girl" Vince replied
"I hope what you say is true" Mila texted
—-- ENDED CONVERSATION —--
"Do you think this Mila is an accomplice!?" uncle asked
"That's our hunch" I said
"The day after tomorrow we will go to the mall to see the CCTV of their mall, but for now eat and rest because I know you are both tired" uncle said
"Okay uncle" I said
We went to the table where Nanny Lily's food was served
"That's right, I'm really hungry" Lucy said
"I'm sorry if you too feel sorry for the search for Simoune" uncle said
"It's okay uncle, Simoune is our friend and we will never tired looking for her" I said
"Thank you very much, I thought Vince was really nice so I was very supportive of their relationship but I was wrong" Nanny Lily said
"That's right, I thought Vince was sane before" Lucy said
"I was the first to know that Simoune was not for Vince" uncle said
"For whom?" Lucy asked
"I don't know either, as long as I don't know why I feel so bad for Vince it's the first time I talk to him" uncle said
We ate ate until we finished
"I will prepare pillows for you in the living room" Nanny Lily said
"Thank you Nanny Lily" Lucy said
"Do you want to stay in the room with Simoune?" uncle said to the both of us
"No! Don't worry, the two of us are better here in the living room so we can wake up earlier" Lucy said to uncle
"Is that so? Go ahead and rest because we're early tomorrow" uncle said
Nanny Lily handed us pillows and blankets and we immediately pushed the sofas together to make it bigger. Uncle went to his room to go to sleep and Lucy brushed her teeth and washed to go to sleep.
"I'll leave you guys, good night" Nanny Lily said
"Goodnight too, Nanny Lily" I said
After Lucy finished brushing her teeth and washing, she lay down and fell asleep
"Sleep too, we'll be early tomorrow! Don't think about it!" Lucy said
"Yes, that's good." I said
I went to the restroom and washed and brushed my teeth, After I finished I lay down and forced myself to sleep but no matter how hard I try, I really can't sleep, so I looked at Lucy but she seemed to be fast asleep
I can't sleep thinking about Simoune even though Simoune was very upset because she didn't listen to me when I said that Vince wasn't for her, I still couldn't forget that I like her.
I got up again and looked in Simoune's fridge to see if they had any beer and I found something. I took a bottle to help me sleep, after drinking a bottle of beer I went to bed, even though I've been drinking, I still can't get the worry out of my mind
I hope you are okay Simoune, I hope you are safe.