ILLUSIONS II

CHAPTER TWELVE

Kimberly sighed and walked to catch up with Nicholas

Kim: Nick! Wait up!
Nick: what? Are you done entertaining my replacement?
Kim: what do you mean by replacement? Yale is just a friend and I know what you saw must have screamed otherwise but I promise you that there is nothing between Yale and I. I was in that corner because I saw something, someone.
Nick: yeah, right!
Kim: Nicholas!
Nick: I have to pick up my sister. I would see you later
Kim: Are you really doing this?
Nick: What? You were kissing him! What am I supposed to think?
Kim: why can't you trust me? I wasn't kissing him. We were just close to each other and nothing happened. We were in that corner because I saw something and headed to check what it was and he followed me because he was looking out for me!
Nick: I can't even believe what I am hearing right now. You know what, it is not about trusting you! It is about you doing this over and over again, hanging out with the wrong crowd!
Kim: Yale isn't the wrong crowd. You are over reacting. When you are calmer, you know the way to the movie theater and if you still don't want to talk to me then, you know the way to my house

She said as she walked out and headed for her last duty for the day. After the movie, she headed home immediately. When she got home, she saw a package on the front door. She looked around and didn't see any of around. Somebody must have dropped it there. She picked it up slowly and turned it around. She saw that it had her name on it and she looked at it. She went it and got on her bed before tearing the package open. She saw that it had some pictures and a phone. She looked at the pictures saw that they were pictures of her mom. Her mom was dead for almost three years and suddenly, someone is sending her pictures? She picked up her phone and dialed a number she should have called in a long while

Justin: hey, Kimberly. Haven't heard from you in a while.
Kim: I know and I am really sorry about that. I have just been really busy with school work. I need your help though
Justin: yeah, anything. What's going on?
Kim: I am going to make a phone call right now and I need you to trace where the call is going to
Justine: what is going on?
Kim: it is nothing important. I am just following a case
Justin: something the CIA can't handle
Kim: it is personal
Justin: alright, if you say so

She nodded and picked up the phone that came with the package before dialing the only number on it. She looked around to make sure that nobody was home because the last thing she wanted was to start to answer questions that she had no answers to

"Hello?" She heard

She could tell that the person was a man but it wasn't Hardin. It was someone else

Kim: my name is Kimberly. I got a package and I called the number. Who is this and why do you have pictures of my dear mom?
Garrett: My name is Gary and I don't have to answer your questions
Kim: You have to! You sent me this package remember?
Garrett: yeah. I did and I know that you have so many questions right now but you need to listen to me carefully. You are not safe and your family is a target now.
Kim: tell me something I don't know
Garrett: Your mom is alive

She looked at her bag and couldn't believe what she was she was hearing.

Kim: that is a lie. My mom is dead. She has been dead for a while now and it makes no sense
Garrett: do you have a laptop with you?
Kim: yes, why?
Garrett: I want to send you a link to a live video of your mom right now

The phone beeped and she looked at the phone. She typed in the link and a video came out. She looked at the time, it was past 5. Her mom always had a strawberry smoothie by past five and she was here, having a strawberry smoothie. This video wasn't an old video. It was too recent, her mom now had a tattoo on her wrist. She picked up her phone and took a recording of the laptop screen. She looked at it again and again

Kim: who are you?
Garrett: I already told you. My name is Gary and I am just trying to help
Kim: You are not helping me right now. What do you mean by my mom is alive? This is impossible. I watched them bury her. She is dead. She has been dead for a while. What you are saying is impossible
Garrett: If you think that it is impossible then it is. I don't have the time to argue with you or exchange words with you but I need you to understand that somebody is after you. You saw someone today and then the person disappeared before you had the chance to confirm who it was.
Kim: how do you know all of this?
Garrett: because I know who you saw. Her name is Chloe and she is my sister and she has made your family a target after she got out of jail on bail.
Kim: if she is your sister, why would you want to betray her this way?
Garrett: because she killed my girlfriend and I am not going to let her kill somebody else, not when I can help out. I am here to help but I need you to trust me
Kim: trust is built!
Garrett: we don't have time to build that bridge now. All we can do is make sure that she doesn't take somebody away from you, not again