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all, so I went to the
fridge and grabbed the orange juice.
    “Morning Hayln, did you get much sleep?” she asked
pleasantly, obviously making an effort.
    “A bit,” I replied.  Acting like her presence in
my house didn’t bother me. “What about you?”
    “Not really, this isn’t like him.  Not even to
call I mean,” she said.
    “I know, I’m worried too,” I agreed.  At least
they were starting to take this more seriously.
    We sat together for a while saying nothing, she played
with her food a little but didn’t try to start a conversation with me. 
Her face still looked hard when I decided to ask her a question. 
    “Do you still love Dad?” I asked not giving her any
warning, I wanted to see her reaction.  She didn’t seem surprised though.
    “Yes, I still love him, but it’s not as simple as that
Hayln,” she explained.  “Your father and I have certain issues that aren’t
going to go away.”
    “I don’t suppose you will tell me what they are?” I
asked.
    “Not now Hayln, but maybe one day,” she said as her
face softened a little.
    The boys arrived in the kitchen only moments later,
“no word from Dad then?” Emin asked.
    “Nothing yet,” I replied catching Zeke’s eye as he sat
down at the table.
    “So what are we going to do then, we just can’t keep
waiting around for him doing nothing,” he exclaimed.  Obviously everyone
had now decided that something was wrong.
    “Well, I have been thinking about that,” my mother
said.  “I am going to start by calling some of his old friends, starting
with Able Crowson, and you three are going to your classes.”
    “No way,” I spat out.
    “Me either, I am not leaving, I want to help,” Emin
said.
    “And what about you Zeke?”  My mother asked
although she knew what he would say.
    “I am staying with these two,” he said confidently.
    “I thought as much,” she said.  “Well once you
have all finished breakfast, go have showers, you look as if you’ve been up all
night.”
    My eyes flicked to Zeke's again, but didn’t say
anything, none of us did.  We all finished and went upstairs.
    I had finished in the shower and got dressed in my
blue jeans and my favorite t-shirt when I remembered I had promised to meet
Tyler before school.  So I grabbed my mobile and dialed his number. 
He picked it up in two rings.
    “Hayln, are you okay?” He asked quickly.
    “Fine Tyler.  It’s just that Dad’s still not
home, and I am going to stay here and try and find him,” I said very matter of
factly.
    “I can come over and help,” he said, but the last
thing I needed was him and Zeke in the same room today.
    “No, it’s fine Tyler really.  Emin, Mum and Zeke
are all here.  Besides Aunt Maive would flip her lid if she knew you
missed even one class.”  He didn’t like it, but he knew I was right.
    “Well, I will come over right after school okay,” he
said.  I knew I wouldn’t be able to argue with him about this, so I
agreed.
    “Alright, I will see you then, hopefully I will have
some news,” I said.
    “Take it easy Hayln, it will be okay.”
    “Bye Tyler,” I said as I turned the phone off.
    When I got downstairs everyone was waiting for
me. 
    “We thought you would want to be here when your mum
rings this Able Crowson guy,” Zeke said.
    “Thanks,” I said smiling.
    My mum pulled a notebook from her handbag and flicked
through to find the right page.  “Here it is,” she said as she grabbed her
phone.
    Just then we heard a car come to a sudden stop outside
the house, and we raced to the window.  We all saw the same thing, my father
getting pushed out of the back seat of a car.  He was getting knocked
around by some burly guy I had never seen before and then we saw my father’s
face.  Bloody and beaten down the left side and he also seemed to be
struggling to stand up straight.
    I didn’t need to see anymore, I raced to the
door.  By the time I was outside, the man who pushed Dad from the car