Her Bestfriend's Case

“Kylie, I’m that type of person that no one will ever forget.” -Keely James July 28 Seventeen-year-old Kylie Jacobson wakes up with an aching back, but still shrugs it off, and gets her ass out of bed. She walks up to where her iPhone was charging and then unplugged it. Kylie sees all of the ** notifications she has on her lock screen. “Unbelievable.” She mutters, while rolling her eyes. They mainly are messages from her best friend Keely’s toxic boyfriend, Hunter. But she decides to ignore them, and then walk out of her bedroom, with her phone in hand, and then make it down her stairs. While she walks by the living room, she stops in her tracks after hearing the sound of her mother’s voice. “Kylie, can you please step in here?” Her mother asks her. Making Kylie sigh and walk inside their living room. When she walks in, she almost trips over Keely’s little brother who is currently watching YouTube videos on his iPad. “Have you heard from Keely?” Mrs. James, Keely’s mother asks Kylie. Kylie looks at the mother, she looks restless. She has racoon eyes, and her dirty blonde hair is in a messy side braid. “Um, no, last I have seen her was two days ago.” Kylie explains truthfully to both of Keely’s parents. Kylie’s mom gives the two worried parents a sympathetic look. “She didn’t come home last night, usually she sends us a text message that she’ll be running late.” Mrs. James sighs while leaning her back against the couch. “I’m sure Keely is fine Josephine and Marcus.” Kylie’s mother assures them. “Yeah, maybe she slept over at Hunter’s home, I mean, he’s been messaging me all morning so maybe it’s her.” Kylie explains to them as a matter of fact. This made both of her parents stand up and look at her. And Kylie’s mother stands up as well. Keely’s father then picks up his son while he’s still watching the screen, and then Kylie and Keely’s mother give each other a hug and Keely’s mom comes up to her, and then places her tan-skinned hand on Kylie’s shoulder. “Please tell Keely to call us if it is her messaging you.” Josephine orders. Kylie looks at the woman’s acrylic French-tipped nails, then looks back at her. “I will Josie.” Kylie promises. Keely’s mother nods and then both parents exit the living room, and Kylie’s own mother looks at Kylie and then exits the living room. “Here let me get the door.” Kylie hears her mom say. Kylie then sits down on the recliner and grabs her phone and gets on her **. She looks at the messages from Hunter, hoping it’s Keely herself sending them. Much to her disappointment, the messages seemed like they were from the jackass himself. Kylie, I’m scared The very first one said. Look, just meet me at the ice cream parlor, please! And then the last one. 7:45 pm tonight! I need to talk to you. Kylie sighs and then messages him back, saying that sure, she’ll meet him. “I hope Keely makes it home safely.” Kylie’s mother walks in with a frown. “She probably will mom, I mean, Keely would always be out late.” She tells her mother as a matter of fact. “Yeah, you do have a point there.” Kylie’s mother just says while walking through the archway, and into her office. “You have more work to do?” Kylie asks her mom in bewilderment. She then walks up to her mother at her desk. Kylie’s mother then looks up at her like she just asked her a dumb question. “Well yes Kylie, you should know that by now I’m the one that works.” Her mother tells her while looking through a case file. “Dad works too.” Kylie tells her with a frown. He’s currently overseas though, he’s been in the Marines since before Kylie was even born. Shit, when Kylie turns twenty, he would be in Marines for twenty-five years. “I know, but we have a house, and cars, and other bills to pay for Kylie, our mortgage ends in seven years for f**k sakes.” Her mother tells her. “I guess so.” Kylie says with an agitated sigh. “Yeah, also, I have to go to work about now, so you’re okay with making your own breakfast right sweetie?” Her mother asks her while gathering her crap up. “Of course, I do mom.” Kylie explains to her as a matter of fact. “Good girl, now it’ll be another late night, so I’ll see you when I see you, bye sweetheart.” Her mother says whilst standing up and carrying her briefcase. “Bye mom.” Kylie says once her mom exits the living room. Kylie grabs her phone from the couch, and then makes her way inside their kitchen.     ❂||❂||❂ Kylie pulls in an empty parking spot, outside the said ice cream parlor, that Hunter requested to meet her at. Once Kylie turns her car engine off, she then sends a quick I’m here message via text message to Hunter And just sits in her car waiting for his reply. “Oh Keely, you better be f*****g with him.” Kylie mutters to herself. She jumps when her phone buzzes on the passenger seat, and Kylie reaches over to see it is a message from Hunter. Hunter: I’m inside, sitting in the corner She sighs and gets out of her 2014 black Jeep Patriot. Once she makes her way inside the Cold stone creamery, she sees manbun Hunter wearing his sunglasses and staring at her. She holds up her index finger and mouths I’m hungry. He just nods and then looks back down at his cell phone, while Kylie walks up to the lady behind the counter. “What can I get you?” The nice Asian girl asks her. “Um, I’ll have a mint ice cream, mixed with brownies, fudge, and pecans.” Kylie tells the kind lady while eyeing all the rows of ice cream. This makes the lady chuckle and start making Kylie’s order. After Kylie pays for it, while giving her a tip, she makes her way over to Hunter, and then sat across from him. “Well, this isn’t a sketchy spot.” Kylie says sarcastically. It wasn’t at the window but in a corner of the whole darn place. “I don’t want people to see my eyes.” Hunter tells her harshly. Making Kylie raise her eyebrow and continue on eating her ice cream. “Sheesh, who put a stick up your ass today?” Kylie asks him while eating a piece of brownie. “Keely did as a matter of fact.” He says with a sigh. This made Kylie stop eating her ice cream and look at him. “You heard from Keely?” She asks him in bewilderment. “Yeah, she texted me this morning, at like 6:30 am.” He tells her as a matter of fact while scratching his forehead. “What did she say?” Kylie asks him. She starts to stomp her foot and then continues on eating her ice cream. “Just to come meet her at the spot where me and her first fucked.” Hunter explains nonchalantly. Kylie scrunches up her nose in disgust. “Okay, that’s so gross.” Kylie complains to him. “You asked.” He sighs while rolling his eyes. “Well, did you meet up with her?” She asks him carefully. “Yeah, but she was a f*****g no-show, so I drove by her work, and her car wasn’t even there, and then drive in front of her house, but her car wasn’t even there either Kylie.” He tells me with a hint of worry. This set some red flags in Kylie’s mind, making her put her ice cream down. No way is she in the mood to eat now.