5 A tragedy befall

Doc took Sara back to her room and made her lie on her bed. She was dizzy and hence was not walking properly so Doc holds her hand.

"My head hurts" Sara complained.

"It's okay darling you will feel better when you will have some rest" Doc ensured.

"I don't want to go there again" Sara requested.

"Don't you want to improve your health?" asked Doc.

"I don't want to go there. It hurts" Sara pleaded again.

"It hurts because you don't listen to me carefully. If you will do exactly the same as I say you will not get hurt" Doc told Sara politely in a convincing manner.

"But I don't want to go" Sara had tears in her eyes now and Doc was not okay about that. He was not completely sure of his connection with Sara being okay for his life time experiment as it was the only thing which kept him busy and going in his meaningless life. This experiment holds more meaning to him than his own life. Using a kid is not heroic and he was well aware of the fact that he for real started to like this kid. So when he saw tears in her eyes, he winced a bit.

"Okay!!! Then we will have a deal" Doc said.

"What deal?" Sara asked.

"You go there for the last time tomorrow and then you don't have to go back there ever again" Doc suggested in a hope that Sara would say yes to it.

Sara looked at the Doctor and said yes as she didn't want to disappoint him.

"Deal?" Doc asked.

"Deal" Sara said in response.

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"The whole night has passed but there Jared has not yet came back"

"Mrs. Robinson has started getting panicking"

"She thinks he is the attacker"

"She doesn't think that. She thinks we think that her son is the attacker. There is a difference"

"Whatever!!! May be he is the attacker"

"He is a kid for god sake"

"What's the update on that photo?"

"It will take few hours. Don't worry. He will mail us once it's done"

"Where would a kid go if he is hiding? Where can he felt the safest? Who can he confide in?"

"Friends!!!" Samuel suggested. "When nobody knows anything, friends are the mirror of your life. They know all your secrets even the one you won't tell"

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Samuel visited Jared school to question some of his friends and Harry decided to check the area around Jared home. Harry talked to the neighbors and the labors working on the constructing building near the area. No one has seen anything. He decided to visit Mrs. Robinson again Jared had tried to make any contact with her. When he reached there, Mrs. Robinson was leaving.

"Going somewhere?" Harry asked.

"Oh... Detective!!! Yes, I was going to the dispensary. Have you found him, something?" Mrs. Robinson asked with hopeful stance.

"No ma'am. Not yet but we are trying. I came to ask you the same thing. Has he tries to make some contact. Do you have something to share?" Harry thought that his questions were absurd. If anything would have known to her she would have told them. She looked so exhausted and worried. Any fool can tell that she knows nothing.

"No" Mrs. Robinsons eyes was swelling with water and Harry felt sad watching it. He thought of being nice to her.

"Should I drop you there?" proposed Harry.

"No. I can manage. Thank you. It's not far. I will be back in five minutes" said Mrs. Robinson. "Thank you for your gesture"

Harry thought of calling Samuel for the update but found his cell phone dead.

"Mrs. Robinson can I use your phone? My battery is dead" requested Harry.

"Sure. You can use landline from the living room. You go inside and take your time. I will be back before you know it" Mrs. Robinson said.

"Are you sure?" Harry asked again. He found it weird to be in someone else's house for using phone. It's not like he had not been inside any stranger's home before; in fact, it's the part of his job but somehow he became uneasy of Mrs. Robinson's idea.

"Yes. Absolutely, Please!!!" ensured Mrs. Robinson.

"Okay. Thank you"

Harry went inside to use the landline. He picked the receiver and started dialing the number when he heard a voice from the kitchen. It sounds like clattering by plate. There was no one inside than him and Mrs. Robinson also does not own a pet. He thought may be some cat has gotten inside through the window. He checked inside and found Jared with a slice of bread inside his mouth and he was searching for food inside the refrigerator. Jared astonishingly stared at Harry with the bread slice still in his mouth and Harry too was astonished that the person he was searching in the whole town was standing in front of it and moreover, he was right here under their noses all along. He felt foolish and discontented at the same time. He moved forward to grad him but he yanked himself away from him and ran towards the front door. Harry followed him outside and shouted his name but all was in vain. Suddenly Harry noticed a car coming with the full speed towards Jared. He ran faster and grabbed the boy. He yelled to the car driver but the driver didn't stop but Harry registered the vehicle number in his mind.

"Oh my God!!! My baby!!! Jared!!!" Mrs. Robinson cried out to Jared. She checked for any signs of injury and then hugged him tight. Then, she looked up to Harry and started accusing him.

"Do you want to kill my child?" Mrs. Robinson barked toward Harry.

This came as a shock to Harry. He opened his mouth in defense but Mrs. Robinson didn't give him any chance. "You stay away from him. You understand. My son did nothing. Do you get it?" threatened Mrs. Robinson.

Samuel watched the whole incident and witnesses Mrs. Robinson outburst on Harry. He scoffed on the situation and found it funny. They were the one who were busy all night searching for the boy and Harry even saved him from near death. All that lady did was crying inside her home and now her audacity of accusing Harry and impudence was amazing Samuel.

"Cut the crap, Lady!!!" Samuel said in annoyance. "You should be thanking him. He saved your son and the question of your son being a culprit or not, that's not your job. Understand?"

Mrs. Robinson was astonished with the Officer sudden occurrence and his upsurge. She gave no response to the Officer statement and only stared back at him.

"Do you understand?" Samuel asked once again in a high pitch.

Mrs. Robinson motioned her head in directing yes. Harry was impressed by Samuel but he cannot deny that this man is a belligerent sometimes. Even Jared seemed scared from Samuel and he hides behind her mother.

"Your kid had the knife covered with blood and he ran away after seeing us. When we tried to stop him again, he ran again as a culprit and after all this you have the audacity to chide my friend over some accident for which your son is again needed to be accused" declared Harry as if he was giving a verdict towards Jared.

"Accused!!!" Mrs. Robinson found that word offensive.

"What else do you expect me to say?" This time Samuel was polite in his manners.

Mrs. Robinson understood that she might have exaggerated the situation and she was in no place of arguing or fighting with them right now. Everything was against them, against her son. He was in a big trouble. Harry noticed an injury on Jared's leg. He was bleeding.

"What happened to you? How did you hurt yourself?" Harry's statement diverted the affray between Samuel and Mrs. Robinson if one decides to call it that.

"I fell" Jared answered.

"You need first aid. Why did you run?" Harry asked.

"Where did you find that knife?" Samuel asked this time.

Samuel phone rang and everybody attention went straight to him.

"Hello. Officer Samuel speaking" Samuel answered his phone.

"Yes" He sounded confused.

"What? When?" Samuel shocking expression made Harry wary of the situation.

"Did you inform the family?" Samuel asked the person on the other side of line.

"Alright. We are on our way" Samuel disconnected the phone call.

"What" Harry asked?

"It was the call from the hospital" Samuel answered.

"Then" Harry was not sure of knowing the answer of the question he asked just asked. He was not having very promising feeling from the Samuel looks.

"It was about that Parker's boy, Jackson" replied Samuel.

"And" Harry asked again. He didn't get the point of answering the question in pieces.

Samuel took a deep breath and finally broke the news "Man, he is dead!!!"