Ch. 7

" I swear I tried but that girl just keeps catching up" Jaden responded .

" what do you mean catching up. do you ... love her " .

" No ofcourse not ... well so I hope " he answers unsure " would you be mad ? " he asks after a moment of silence " how is this about me ?"

" I know you hate her , and I'm not blind enough to not see that she hates as well "

" I DON'T like her for sure but this is about you if she makes you happy, then who I'm I to steal that from you " I state matter of fact.

he just smiles " although I know you deserve better " his smile grows .

we pull up in my drive and I see a pair of police officers interrogating drew .

" what is going on ? " Jay asks " Baba's missing " I answer , and he stares at me as though trying to figure out if I'm lying or not

" you for real ?" . by the time he's done I'm out and I approach the little group .

" so... anything ?". I ask drew " no nothing " he says worried " miss we would like to ask you a few questions if you please " " yeah ofcourse would you like to come in ? " I ask out of politeness even though I don't really mean it

" yes , please " .

" when was the last time you saw him "

" this morning "

"was that the last time you talked to him too?".

"yes , officer we both know that these questions ain't gonna give you no lead , you have had other cases like this today , so is there anything we would like to know ?" .

" it's just the protocol we never know what we are missing if we don't follow it and no nothing you would like to know "

" then tell us what we wouldn't like to know "

" please " I add . they take a moment debating on it and I for sure wasn't expecting them to answer but one can only hope . " we don't really know much a