Since Way Back ↷ Jeff Atkins

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''Devin, wake up.''

''Oh,'' She whines. ''Not again.''

''Devin,'' Her mother breathes out, going through her closet. ''I'm serious, Dev, get up.''

''Why?'' She groans while stretching. Her eyes that were narrowed to slits charged for her phone.

She pressed the home button, checking the time. 3 : 41 am it read.

''Mom,-'' She was cut short when she tossed her a pair of jeans and a blue shade of grey hoodie from her closet. ''It's three in the morning.''

''Matthew went missing.''

As if by instinct, Devin immediately shoots up from her comfortable position on her bed and is now sitting on her knees.

''What?''

''Hurry up,'' She tells her before leaving her room.

Tossing her jeans to the side, Devin reaches for her sweater and slides her arms through the sleeves while getting off of the bed.

She goes to her closet as well and picks out her brown pair of Uggs and slipped them on.

Devin retrieves her phone and hurries out of her room and downstairs where here mother is grabbing her keys.

''How are we gonna find him?'' She asked halfway down the stairs, zipping up her sweater given that she's not wearing a bra under her top.

Devin catches her set of keys that her mother tossed to her once she reaches the bottom landing.

''We're gonna split,'' She explains briefly, grabbing her cardigan from on top of the couch.

She felt like a fish out of water trying to get a thought out on her mother's rational decision.

''But,-'' She stammers out, a heavy sigh following afterwards. ''I don't even know where to start looking.''

Her mother's wide eyes bored into hers. ''Honey, you both have a phone with each other's number on it. Use it.''

Devin follows her mother out of the house though the two made separate paths towards their vehicle.

Her mother was the first to back out of the driveway and maneuver up the block.

Devin however roamed the opposite end in the silence of the dark.