The Beast within

Chapter 12 letters

Casey's P.O.V 

  We finally got back to the pack house, I still don't know why they called it that, but now I had started calling it that as well and Katherine's parents were standing on the doorstep waiting for us.

  "Oh God, your parents thought we were at school, they are going to be so mad that we skipped." I said, but Katherine just shook her head.

  "Don't worry, I already told them and they understand. They were okay with it, honest." Katherine replied, which made me feel better. I didn't want them to think I was a bad influence on their daughter. She must have phoned them when she was loading the things in her truck. We got out and they walked straight over to us, Kacey pulled me into a hug, while Ron smiled at me.

  "Are you okay, sweetie? I know it must have been hard, but at least it's done now and it's one less thing to worry about." Kacey said, I nodded, but I must have looked like a right mess. My eyes were stinging from all the crying I had done and I bet they were swollen again.

  "It's okay, sweetheart, we understand. Let's give you a hand with this stuff and get you settled in. It might help having your own things around you." Ron said, he waved his hand and some others came over, helping to unload things. If I remembered right their names were Rayhan, Kristie, Rachel, Atrem and John and they were all really nice. It took a few hours to get everything in my room and get it rearranged, but when we were done, my room looked like half of a living room and bedroom, it looked amazing and started to feel more like home. I hung the photos up and placed the photo albums under my bed, I wasn't ready to look at them yet. When everything was finally in place, everyone hugged me and left except for Katherine, she handed me all the envelopes and sat down on the bed with me. I took a deep breath and started to open them one by one, my eyes went huge when I saw all the money that was inside them. I opened one envelope and there was a letter in it. I looked at Katherine, but she just shrugged her shoulders, so I opened the letter up and began to read it out loud.

  Dear Casey, 

If you are reading this then sadly we are no longer around, hopefully when this happens you will be an adult, but if not then we are so very sorry. You are a very special woman and we love you with all our hearts. You have probably by now found all the envelopes with money in them and are probably confused, but let us explain. This money is for your college tuition, you need to get a savings account and put this money in it. We want you to know that we are so very proud of you and if you are reading this before you graduate from high school, then you need to know that we did nothing wrong, except take care of you the best we could. Please keep your eyes open and watch out for others you don't know, they may act like your friends, but they're really not. There are things out there that you might not understand, but you will be okay. We love you, our sweet child, take care baby.

Love mom and dad.

  I placed the letter on the bed and I was so confused, what did they mean? This letter gave me a lot more questions than I already had, but at least it explained what the money was for. I shook off the many questions flowing through my head and decided to just ignore them for the time being.

  "I could take you to my dad's bank tomorrow and you can set up a bank account there." Katherine said, smiling. I nodded and yawned, causing Katherine to chuckle. 

  "I am worn out, tomorrow sounds good, I don't want to be carrying all this cash around. We can do it before we head to school." I replied, trying to hold back another yawn.

  "Alright we have a plan. Try and get some rest, it's been a very long and emotional day for you." Katherine said, hugging me and getting up off the bed, saying goodnight before she left. There was one envelope left to open, so I decided I might as well get it over and done with. I opened it up and there was yet more money inside and another letter, but this one was just from my mom.

Dear Casey, 

I want you to know that we truly do love you, I added more money because I want you to live your life to the fullest. No matter what lies ahead for you, I know you will always do the right thing in life. I also want you to know your real parents loved you very much. Don't ever forget that. If you run across someone named Derek, do not befriend him, he's nothing good, try and stay away from him.

Love Always your mother.

  Derek? Who's Derek? I put the letters in a box and laid back on my bed, there is still so much I need to go through. I need to find any bills and pay them, also notify them that my parents have passed away. I have to arrange the funeral as well, I don't even know where to begin with that, but I suppose I would need paperwork for it. I took one of the boxes I found in the closet and opened it up, it was full of papers. I went through them and some were bills that were paid off, but others will need to be paid next month. I looked through more paperwork and found a bank statement, but it was in my name and it had a lot more money in the account then what I had found in cash. I was stunned, what is this all about? Why were my parents giving me all this money? This was so confusing.