Part 28

Justen's POV

I was in my room for about half an hour before I heard the front door open. Figuring it was just my dad, I stayed in my room. When I hear my dad talking to another man, I assumed it was his drug dealer. However, when I heard Josh's name come up into the conversation, I got scared. I slowly got out of my bed, making sure to not make any noise, and walked to my closed bedroom door to get a better listen in on their conversation.

"Are you aware of what your son is doing with my son?" I heard a male asked.

"The blonde one? Oh yeah, I know exactly what they're doing," I heard my dad say.

"May I talk to your son about this?" I heard the male ask.

"Why?" I heard my dad ask. "You can ask me about everything, you don't need to bring my son into this."

That's when I heard my phone vibrate. I walked over to it, took it off the charger, and unlocked my phone to see that Josh had texted me.

J- Justen

j- Josh

j: Justen, do you have a backdoor to your house

I looked at the text confused for a moment before I finally replied.

J: Yeah

Why?

j: I need you to meet me there

J: What's going on?

Why is your dad talking to my dad?

j: My dad's already there?

J: Yeah?

j: Shit

I need you to meet me at the back of your house

J: Please tell me what's going on

j: I'll tell you once I pick you up

But make sure to not go where my dad is

Promise me that until I can get to you

J: I promise

j: I'll be at your house shortly, please stay in your room until I get there

J: Okay

I put my phone down, more confused than ever until I heard a scream. I threw my door to my room because I knew that scream. Reaching the living room, I saw my dad and a man who I assumed was Josh's dad. I looked at my dad to see a knife in his leg.

"Holy shit! Are you okay?!" I asked.

"I'm fine, but you have to go," my dad said.

"Go where?" I asked. "What is going on?"

"Just go," my dad said, shoving me out the back door.

I turned to face the house, ready to run back inside but instead saw Josh's truck and ran towards that.

"Josh," I said, knocking on his window.

Josh rolled the window down.

"What the hell is going on in there?" I asked, scared for my dad.

"He wants to kill you," Josh said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because he is crazy. Ryan was telling him that you and I were spending a lot of time together and I don't know what went through my dad's head but whatever did told him to kill you," Josh said.

"Kill me?" I asked. "Is he going to kill my dad if I don't go back?"

"No, he just wants you," Josh said.

"What do I do?" I asked.

"Come with me," Josh said. "We'll go to our special spot and eventually go back to your house."

"So, as soon as your dad leaves, we're coming back to my house?" I asked.

"Yes, I promise," Josh said.

I looked back at my house one last time, scared for my dad. "Okay," I said, walking around the truck and getting into the passenger side.

Josh watched as I did so.

"Are you scared for your dad?" Josh asked.

"I should say no because he isn't the nicest sometimes, but yeah, I am scared for him," I said.

"I think it's normal to worry about parents, I'm kinda worried about my dad, but I know our dads can figure things out themselves," Josh said.

"Yeah, I hope they can," I said as Josh continued driving down the road.