Chapter 21

My brain shut down for a split second and it was completely silent. As quickly as that happened, it started up again and began working on overdrive. I knew that bike anywhere. It was Darius’ bike. His was different from his friends because it was completely black with no designs and it always looked like it had been freshly polished. What was Darius doing in my house? Who did he want to see? How long had he been here? Was this what Ian meant when he spoke in the store? A million questions were plaguing my mind and I did not have answers to any of them. I did not want to alert them to my presence so I turned off the car and decided to discreetly make my way into the house. I stopped at the door and tried to listen in the hopes I would overhear their conversation but the house seemed completely silent. It was either they were not talking or they were talking in hushed tones. I pushed the door open and saw Darius and Grandma sitting on the couch facing each other. It was obvious that w