Cheer Before Fear, Meaghan Larson [best ereader for epub .txt] 📗

know, Garret? So our kids can have some idea on this!!!" "Stop raising you voice with me, Charlotte!!" "Excuse me for being stressed out about my daughter not being found yet!" Garret was silent for a moment and said to Charlotte "I'm sorry...Call the kids, and tell them, please. Maybe they can help." "OK." Charlotte looked through her purse, grabbed her phone and called Michael. "Hello?" Michael said. "Mike?" "Mom?" "Hey baby..Um, I don't know how to tell you this... But, the body they found last week was not your sister.. It was some 35 year old female..I'm so sorry baby!" "Are you serious, mom?" "Yes, I'm serious. I'm so sorry." "What are we going to do now?" You could tell Michael was tearing over the situation. "Look for her." "I'm looking for her now. Love you, bye." Michael hung up as soon as he said that. Michael would pass the news down the Victoria. Everything that is happening is so much for this family to handle.
Chapter 5: Waiting Game

It's been two months since the Lewis family realized their daughter has not yet been found. They're all still looking for Makenzie. Before heading out of the four hour search for Makenzie, Chance callled the Lewis household. "Hello?" Charlotte answered. "Hey, Mrs. Lewis...It's Chance." "Oh, how are you hun?" "Fine, I guess...Listen, I'm sorry about..Uh, Makenzie. She truely did mean a whole lot to all of us. I can't believe she's not around. It hurts, ya know?" "Yes, Chance. I do.. Is everything okay?" "I just really wanted to talk to you, and maybe help you guys look for Makenzie, If that's okay with you guys." "Anyone is welcomed to help, Chance. Even you." "Great! I'm glad I can help you guys." "We're glad you want to be apart of this. Hey, we'll pick you up so you don't have to waste gas. Everything either has a four wheeler, or they walk on foot. Would you like a four-wheeler?" "If that's OK with you guys." "That would be lovely. Pick you up in an hour. Bye, Chance." "Thanks, Goodbye."
Charlotte hung up, told Garret what the plans were, they grabed their bags, then left to go pick up Chance. "Hey, Chance. Thank you for joining us." Garret said. "No problem, thank you for having me. I really miss her. And, I'm sure you guys do,too." "We do, alot. She really meant the world to us." Charlotte stated. "I believe that, she made a huge impact on my life as well. She's a great girl. You guys raised a great girl." "Thank you." Garret and Charlotte said. "You know, I haven't broke up with her yet." "What?" Garret said. "See this? This is our promise/ couple ring. She has one and I have one, the day we take it off is the day we're broken up. I swear, I haven't taken this off since the day I asked her out at the lake." "You're a great, guy Chance. That just touched my heart." they were all quite the rest of the ride to where they would begin their search. When arrived there was about 13 other people there waiting to help. They all split up, looking for Makenzie. About two hours into the search, Chance went up to Charlotte and said "Have you guys checked her hide-out?" "Hide-out??" "Yes, it's down by the lake. That's where I asked her out. Have you? Nobody goes down there, I mean nobody even know's where or what it is." "Do you mind showing me?" "Nope, C'mon." "Just me and you, Garret." "Oh, OK." Garret drove the four-wheeler two miles down the road and to the lake. Walking down to Makenzie's hide-out, they come across a pair of Cheer shorts saying "Dare to dream? Cheer extreme!" the shorts that Makenzie was wearing the night she disapeared. "Those...She was wearing those the night she disapeared!!!" Chance said to Charlotte. "Really?" "YES!!! She was here. And it wasn't to long ago, look...There's new fresh pop in the cooler." "Well, what do we do then?" "If she's trying to hide from us, we need to hide from her. But, we have to hide here too." "Where at?" "On the other side of the lake you, Victoria, Tori, Emily, Jace, and Jacob and stay and watch. Me and the rest will stay right up there, because if she comes back we can trap her in leaving no where for her to get out. Good idea?" "Sounds great! Let's go get the rest of them." "OK." Charlottte and Chance walked back up to the truck to go tell the others the plan in order to find Makenzie. They got back to the search site, paged everyone back to the meet up spot, And Chance told them the plan. Around 7:00pm The first group set out to make their fort for the weekend. Charlotte, Victoria, Tori, Emily, Jace and Jacob all left. Around 8:00 Charlotte texted Chance "k, come on. its ur turn" Chance gathered everyone up, and left to set up. It was about 8:30 when the waiting started for both people. Now, it's the waiting game...

Chapter 6: She Can't Be Too Far

They all took turns watching for Makenzie to arrive at the hide-out that only Chance should've known about, around 11:15pm Tori spotted headlights coming to the lake. She quickly texted everyone saying "Headlights! LOOK!" They all stop, qutiely, and looked for a girl; Makenzie. When the person got out of the car (undentified) They seen a girl. Close to Makenzie's description, but only with other person. A man. When both walked into the hide-out, Chance texted the other group and said "Start makin ur way ovr. this cld b it! be careful tho.y'all kno the trail. txt if ya need me, and txt me when y'all get half way here" Chance waited on that text, that way they could go down to the hide-out where Makenzie possibly could be. "Half way, b there in 5. -Tori" Tori texted Chance. "OK, guys. there half way here. Let's go! Be quite and careful. If something don't look right, don't risk anything. Understood?" Chace said, they all said OK and was on there way. They got down to the back of the hide-out only hearing music coming from the hide-out. When getting closer to the door, the other group appeared. They all hid, just for back up. The lights inside of the hide-out we're off, which made it kind of harder for Chance and everyone to identify them without getting noticed. Chanced got to the door, put his hand on the door knob, nodded to everyone, then opened it fast! Yelled "MAKENZIE!!!!!!!" Little did Chance know, there was an escape hole on the back side of the hide-out, which allowed whoever was in the hide-out to get away. Chance turned the lights on, finding the shorts gone, but a pair of size two jeans lying on the floor. Chance ran out of the hide-out "Did you get em'?!" "Get who?" Ivan said. "What!!!! You didn't see anyone leave? They escaped you morons! Come on!" They all ran to the four wheelers. 4 four-wheelers we're sitting there to be rode. two people in each group stayed in their forts, just to keep eye. Chance and they rest of them left. "They can't be too far, you guys." "They better not!" Michael said forcefully. "Don't worry, Mike." Garret said. Riding around on the four wheelers, Chance pulls over, because he notices a trail through the woods. Walking through it with a gun, he looks very carefully for the person who was in the hide-out. Walking down the trail with Michael, they come across another hide-out about 10 minutes into the woods. When getting closer, there was again two people in it. With Michael and Chance there was a low chance that they would be able to catch these to. But, They took the risk to figure out who it was. Chance hurried and texted everyone "109 Ocean View Ave. A mile up the road, onto the right follow the trail. when you've walkd 10 mins u shld b here. hurry, think we got em evry1" he sent it. and waiting for just a few minutes, knowing that back-up should be coming their way soon. They walked a little bit closer hearing someone say "No........" They couldn't tell if it was a man or women, the person seemed breathless though. It worried both Michael and Chance. "When are we going in, Chance?" Mike whispered. "In a sec....Hang on, bro." While standing there waiting to go in, Tori texted Chance "Go in. we see u guys. we'll be waiting. Garret and Ivan are behind the hide-out. they ren't gittin out, 4sure" "k." "Goodluck" Tori texted back. Last time that was said to Chance was the night Makenzie went missing. "Are you ready, Mike?" Chance said to Mike. "Yes, lets go."
Chance and Mike walked to the hidden hide-out very fast, pushed in the door, when open they turned on the lights. Seeing something they didn't except to see....

Chapter 7: I love you.

Standing with a confused look, they see that there are two people in the hide-out.