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Into Thin Air
Chapter 8
My father had a certain presence about him, as if a small bubble of class followed him wherever he went. Dressed in his button down, he made the apartment look more like a cozy forest cabin then a run down one bedroom. It was something I had never noticed when we lived together in our fully furnished mansion.
He sat at the kitchen table, sipping a glass of ice water. Kristina sat at the head of the table, hugging her legs t her chest. I sat at the other end, slumped down with my arms crossed. The two of us had just given a frantic, emotion filled explanation of what had happened, complete with the replaying of the voice message. Hearing it for the second time was a knife in my stomach. I shut my eyes tightly as I listened to Darcy call out for me.
"May I see your phone, Kristina?" My father asked calmly, setting his water down. She handed it to him wordlessly and he pressed a few buttons. He kept a steady poker face.
"I know it sounds crazy." I mumbled. He looked up from what he was doing.
"Excuse me?"
"It's crazy." I repeated myself louder. "Crazy to jump to such a rash conclusion after such a short time. And I know the message isn't clear, I know we can't hear everything she's saying but I know that this isn't like Darcy. I know she wouldn't leave me, or us. That message is her way of asking for help." My father listened quietly until I was finished.
"I believe you." He said simply, handing Kristina her phone back and picking up his own. "I'm sending the message into a friend of mine, I'll see if he can get it a little clearer for us." My heart started beating faster.
"A friend? What kind of friend?" I asked.
"An old client of mine, former CIA. I believe he can help us." He stood. "If you'd excuse me, I'd like to call him now." I watched him leave the kitchen. Kristina and I sat in silence for a few moments.
"Do you think he can help?" I asked her. She didn't reply.
"Maybe I'm wasting my time. Maybe if we go back to the police, they can help, if we just explain-"
"I think that your father is going to be our best bet." She said timidly, and I could tell that was not all. "But I also think that we shouldn't get our hopes too high."
He sat at the kitchen table, sipping a glass of ice water. Kristina sat at the head of the table, hugging her legs t her chest. I sat at the other end, slumped down with my arms crossed. The two of us had just given a frantic, emotion filled explanation of what had happened, complete with the replaying of the voice message. Hearing it for the second time was a knife in my stomach. I shut my eyes tightly as I listened to Darcy call out for me.
"May I see your phone, Kristina?" My father asked calmly, setting his water down. She handed it to him wordlessly and he pressed a few buttons. He kept a steady poker face.
"I know it sounds crazy." I mumbled. He looked up from what he was doing.
"Excuse me?"
"It's crazy." I repeated myself louder. "Crazy to jump to such a rash conclusion after such a short time. And I know the message isn't clear, I know we can't hear everything she's saying but I know that this isn't like Darcy. I know she wouldn't leave me, or us. That message is her way of asking for help." My father listened quietly until I was finished.
"I believe you." He said simply, handing Kristina her phone back and picking up his own. "I'm sending the message into a friend of mine, I'll see if he can get it a little clearer for us." My heart started beating faster.
"A friend? What kind of friend?" I asked.
"An old client of mine, former CIA. I believe he can help us." He stood. "If you'd excuse me, I'd like to call him now." I watched him leave the kitchen. Kristina and I sat in silence for a few moments.
"Do you think he can help?" I asked her. She didn't reply.
"Maybe I'm wasting my time. Maybe if we go back to the police, they can help, if we just explain-"
"I think that your father is going to be our best bet." She said timidly, and I could tell that was not all. "But I also think that we shouldn't get our hopes too high."
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I actually stopped writing until you guys wanted to read more.It was nice to see a message and a comment after so long :)
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