Chapter 1: The siblings

"Derek, Get up ....",I feel a hand on my chest ... nudging me . It's  Oliver .

I don't  bother responding as I just came back after solving a case. I'm  tired  and I'm definitely not interested in going  out to party.

"Come on bruh get up. I Know you are not asleep yet. "  Oliver keeps on with  his efforts to make  me listen to him.

Oliver, My little  brother ... He's  19 and all he does is have fun and party. Kid's  almost done with his teen  so I'm  just going  to let him loose for a while.

And me , I'm  a  24 year old cop raising this little family  of ours. Only me and my brother of course. Our  Dad died in a car accident while  he was in a hot pursuit of a bank robber.

Mom? Not so soon after his death she died too. How you ask? Heart attack.

So it was me , Oliver and Grandpa John. He helped me and little Oliver as much as he could. After some  years of education I became a cop as dad would have wanted. We cant always rely on Granpda. Not so soon  he passed away in his sleep .

"Derek, I am taking your car"

I get up. "You are not driving the car. "

The last time I allowed him to drive my car....he drove it straight into a barn; tearing all the fences on the way . Insurance saved us that time. It's  not going to help us for a while now.

I get up take the keys out of my pocket.

"Besides you don't  even have a god damn license", I say.

I take a good look at him. He is dressed rather  neatly than he usually would. Black pants and a white shirt with polka dots. On top of the shirt he wore black coat . Pretty neat if u ask me.

"What  party are u going to again?"

"Not exactly  a party, It's  like a  gathering of club members and We are supposed  to behave and not go wild. You know the old people."

"Club?  I never knew you joined a club. I didn't  think there is any club that will interest you."

"Yeah, This  club  does not interest me either ."

Oliver takes  out  something  and hangs it on his  upper coat pocket. It reads Oliver Nett.

"I just want to impress Claire's  Dad."

We walk down the stairs. He talks about this girl named Claire. "Claire is hot bruh.. " He continues. I don't really heed towards him because just some weeks ago it was Jessica. A month before that it was Thalia.

We both get in the car and I start the car. " Keep on talking shit and I'm  driving u to the  police station instead." He stops speaking and I turn on the radio. 

Country song  starts playing. I keep my eyes on the road, not bothering  What Oliver is doing.

Claire's Dad is some kind of community influencer ...who is very bad at that job. Anyone with the right mind would  understand that his words has no logic. Every Friday, He and his so-called board  members gather up on town hall for preaching. Only the old ones show up there.

  We reach the town hall. As Oliver opens  the door  I ask, "Is this really worth it?"

"Just hope he does  not have some weird  theory today. The last time he talked about how humans were all cast out by the universal chicken from its A hole. "

"Have  a crazy night ."

He simply closes the door and walks into the town hall. I look my watch. It's  quarter to 7. I  start up the engine  and drive  home. The road is dark except for few street lamps. I look  up at the sky. Full moon.  And clouds seem to have gathered.  I look back at the road and slide the quarter  glass down. As i drive the breeze outside hits me.  

  I turn on the radio. Some country songs are being played. I change the channel.

Some advertisement channel  I think.

The streets are silent. I see our house in a distant. I turn off the radio; park the car; turn off the engine and look up as a cold drop of water  hits my cheek. The full moon is no longer to be seen. Sky is concealed by the clouds as it pours droplets  of water down the earth. I take out my keys and get in the house. I put the  revolver and badge  in the drawer and lock it. Then i change into home clothes and shut my eyes to rest. I  lose myself to the warmth of my bed.

   I do not know how much time passed by as i fell asleep but i wake up. I open my eyes as i get a cold tingly feeling disturbing the warmth that put me to sleep.