He's got to be Alive

"Wait. so dad might still be alive?" Jason asks Jade. "I don't know im not sure, but I do know that he did not die in that fire and that we're going to find out." Jade says more determination anything in her life.

They arrive to Leo's house and his mom invites them in with a bright smile with snacks out on the table. "Pick from anything you'd like" Katie says. The kids look across the table to find; rice Krispie treats, gummy bears, gummy worms, skittles, sour patch kids, Cheeze itz, all sorts of chips, twizzlers, a bucket of cheese ballz, and so much more. The twins grin from chin to chin then stop to look at Katie, "Are you sure?" they ask insync and politely. "Of course, I got it all because Leo said we were having company..... Soo.... with my research I've found the mans name and identity that stayed there but in everything I find they say they never found any human remains but James Alexander Johnson was also never found after the fire. They say he was going crazy about some things that were happening with the twins and then his wife passing on top of it, but this seems like it was a planned fire. I know that for sure. I just wish I could find James to find out more for my article and the history of the property." "James," the twins look at eachother, "he's, well were almost positive...."Jason starts but Jade cuts him off, "we are positive that he's our father and were almost positive he's still alive as well. Its just so many years later we'd never know where to look or how to find out for sure, this fire happened 16 and a half years ago." Katie just sits there in shock not saying a word. Leo cuts in "Its ok mom, it gives us even more reason to solve this mystery." "Yes it does, let's get to work." They do research the whole time they're there awake.

Everyone dozes off around 8pm, except Jade. She has an uneasy feeling about everything she's found from earlier til now. The fire was intentional, either dad couldn't handle the house and society anymore and did it himself or someone set the fire trying to get to him. If all the reports say there was no human remains then that means if someone set the fire, then that means they must still be looking for him. She looks up local cabins that were for sale around the time the fire happened. Cabins everywhere not just by her house or in her area and she finds a ton, but none of them seemed like they could add up, unless he built his own. It'd have to be somewhere close. There's like 3 or 4 forests in their area. Her thoughts are running haywire, its going on 12am and she gets an uneasy feeling, like someone's watching her. She looks around at every window and theirs nothing, no one is there. She steps out the front door, "Hello, is someone there?" Nothing but crickets and birds chirping. She turns to walk back inside when she hears a twig snap in the distance. She runs towards the area and sees a man running. "Wait, what who are you?" He ignores her and disappears in the distance. At least Jade knows she's not going crazy she runs back to the house. Gets in closes and locks the door. She goes back to her research, but can't get that guy of her mind, what a fucking creep. Who the hell does that?

Its going on 3am and Jades eyes start getting droopy but she has that uneasy feeling again, but this time its a bad one. She's frozen, she can't move. She lays down and pretends to be sleeping. Finally about 10 minutes go by and the feeling disappears. She sits up and tears start falling from her eyes. Then she realizes its not a coincidence that this happened twice in one night and they were definitely two different people. What if he's still out there watching over us and running from something or someone.

Jade grabs her notepad and starts writing about everything that just happened and the direction the man ran so she wouldn't forget in the morning. She can't wrap her head around the eery feelings she had when the second man came around. Up with her mind racing she get up for a glass of water and the feeling comes back. *Did he come back?* she thinking to herself her eyes wondering around, but her body still frozen in place. Suddenly a loud screech crys from outside and then the sound of something or someone running away again. Finally she moves back to her spot on the couch and starts dozing off.