Not the Same by Gianna Gabriela

Author:Gianna Gabriela [Gabriela, Gianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

I take a sharp left onto my street, driving as quickly as I can. The sounds around me are muffled as I let my need to get to Ethan fuel me.

She said things between her and that bastard were over.

She was getting clean. She was trying to find a job, trying to be a better person.

She promised me.

She lied.

9

I thought things would get better

Red and blue lights flash behind me, and I know I should stop.

But I don’t.

I continue to drive, the lights moving closer and closer before disappearing. Pulling up alongside me, the police officer doesn’t even glance my way. Instead, he picks up speed, cutting in front of me sharply. I think for a second that he’s going to hit the brakes, causing me to slam into him, but he shows no sign of slowing down.

I take that as my cue to follow him; he’ll clear the road so I can reach my destination as quickly as possible.

I dial the number Ethan had used to call me once again, but it goes straight to voicemail.

I keep driving, stunned to see the police are driving in the same exact direction as I am—even turning onto my street.

At the far end, I see a bunch of flashing red and blue lights.

Yanking on the wheel, I pull the car over and jump out. I run towards my house.

Shit.

“Where are you going?” one of the officers standing outside my house yells.

“Stop! Hey! Stop right there!” someone else shouts, but nothing is stopping me.

I reach my front door where I find five more officers barring me from entering my house.

“You can’t go in there,” one of them says.

Like hell I can’t. That’s my house. “My brother,” I tell them, my tone clipped.

“There’s a kid in there?” another cop asks, clearly surprised.

I shove my way past them—screw the consequences—and I run straight toward my room, right to the place I know my brother is hiding.

“Ethan,” I whisper. I don’t want to scare him any more than he is.

I hear ruffling before the closet door opens slightly. “Linc, is that you?” a fragile voice asks and I sigh in relief.

“Yes, E. It’s me,” I assure him. “You can come out now.”

“Are you sure?”

I breathe in deeply, trying to keep my emotions at bay. “Yes, everything’s okay now.” I don’t know if that’s true, but he’s okay and that’s all that matters to me.

He peeks his head out of the closet, looking around. Cautiously, he creeps out of the closet, taking slow steps at first, then quicker ones as he runs into my arms.

I tighten my hold, like I might not see him ever again. I don’t know what I would’ve done if something had happened to him. “You’re okay, buddy.”

“We’re going to need you two to come with us,” someone says from behind us. I look back to see a man in a blue uniform looking down at us. His eyes are filled with pity and that’s when I remember the herd of officers outside.

“What happened?” I ask, rising from my crouch.

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