Altered States
+Chapter Twenty-One+
Reinforcements
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“YOU DID WHAT?!” Kevin’s voice boomed into the phone. I quickly pulled it away from my
ear and AJ’s eyes grew wide when he heard Kevin’s yelling.
“I.. I didn’t do it, it wasn’t my idea, it was AJ’s,” I defended, passing the blame back.
“I don’t care whose idea it was, the fact is that you two took Brian from a safe situation
and placed him into a risky and dangerous one, not a very smart move at all!”
“Well, AJ insisted that he come and Brian was okay when he left----”
“Brian can be okay for two minutes or two hours, you know that and I know that, there’s no
excuse for this at all Nick.”
“I’m sorry it happened. I don’t know what to say,” I grasped at words trying to express my
remorse for allowing this to get to this point.
“Excuses and apologies won’t bring Brian back,” Kevin spat.
“I know, I know.”
“So what have you done so far?”
“Well, um, after looking up and down the main strip for him for a few hours, we went to
Greenville and reported him missing and then we took the report over to the police station
and reported him as a missing person. They said that they would put an APB out since he is
considered as being not mentally stable,” I replied.
“Okay, with me being in California, I can’t walk out the front door and look for my cousin,
you need to keep pounding the pavement looking for him. I’m going to catch a flight in and I
will be there as soon as I can to help you guys look for him. Have you contacted Howie at
all?”
“No, not yet.”
“Then do it, get him to help you, the more people looking for him the better our odds. He
can’t be too far away, he probably found shelter in an abandoned building or something.
Maybe if his memory comes back to him, he’ll try and call someone, but until then, we know
he’s not thinking clearly,” Kevin surmised.
“Okay, bye.”
My voice was barely audible when I replied. As I hung the phone up, I felt sick to my
stomach. This was probably one of the worst situations I had ever found myself in and my
best friend’s life was being compromised from it.
Chapter 22
