Dad?

~Speculation~

Have you ever lost someone that you truly love, and you'd do any and everything to get them back. Even if you feel like your the only one who cares. Here's my story. It all started when my mom moved jobs. She works down at the police station. Since she moved she got a new police partner. His name is Emmanuel Santiago. He is tall, with smooth dark brown hair, a six pack, and an extremely white smile.

I mean, what does she see in the guy. Anyway my name is Vanessa Stewart. I am 16 years old. Throughout my years I have been to 10 schools. I have brown straight hair and I am 5'4. My dad's name is Marcus Stewart. And my mom's name is Christy Stewart. Recently my dad has gone missing for at least 15 days. And ever since then my mom has gotten closer and closer to Emmanuel, or as my mom likes to call him "Manny". We were the perfect family.

Me, Mom, and Dad. Some people say that being the only child must be lonely, but it's really not that bad. We go to parks and pools together. We even have a day each week we go out to dinner. My choice in restaurant of course. But ever since Emmanuel came into the picture we've missed more and more time that we usually spend together.

~Emmanuel Santiago~

So let's go back to the week mom went back to work. That's when she met "Manny". When she got home that night she was really excited and wanted us to meet him.

Over dinner that night she told us what he looked like. "He is really tall with the brightest smile you have ever seen, he works out every day. And has the best hair you've ever seen". I sat at the table with a smile and replied "Great Mom!" But on the inside I was really disgusted!

We all agreed on Tuesday night that our dinner out would be on Wednesday and we would invite "Manny" over on Friday.

Dad and I sat in the living room on Wednesday night waiting for mom to get home. After a while dad and I went to the fast food place, Gorilla's, down the street. At 12:00am mom came in. Dad thought I was asleep but I heard the entire conversation.

"Where were you Chris?" "I was at the bowling alley with the police force! Why?" "Did you forget about dinner tonight? Or, or, our daughter Vanessa? What about us our family?" "I.....I'm sorry Marcus" "please don't let this Emmanuel guy ruin our family Chris! Goodnight". After I heard that all I could do was cry. It felt like our family was falling apart.

Every day, since my parents disagreement, they didn't talk much. They didn't even sleep in the same room. My dad slept at a hotel for the rest of the week. He would come home at 6:30pm every day after work to see me. On Thursday night when my dad was about to go back to the hotel his car broke down so he spent the night here.

On Friday when "Manny" came over it was terrible! And very awkward. My mom was making goo goo eyes at him the whole time. She couldn't even talk. It was like love at first blah! Then he spoke. "So Marcus, Christy talks a lot about you. "Why thank you Emmanuel I hope it's good things" dad said. "Oh it is Mr. Stewart" Manny replied. "I wish I could say the same thing about you" Dad quickly ended that conversation. "Well this certainly is a heated conversation" mom said. Then he looked at me. "Vanessa isn't it" Emmanuel said. "Yes it is" I said. "You look just like your mother. Same dark brownish hair and blue-green eyes."

ONE HOUR LATER....

"Well it certainly was nice meeting you Emmanuel" Dad said. Same here Mr. Stewart...maybe we can hang out some time. Sure why not you seem like a nice fella. "I'll walk you out to your car" mom said. After they left dad gave me a look. You know what that look is for. I gave dad the same look back. We hate him. He is to perfect. I know something is up with him...he is hiding something. After mom walked back in I quickly left the room because I knew something was about to go down!

"Darling don't you just love him" mom said. "Ummm.....he's alright" dad said. "You don't like him do you?" mom asked." Not particularly, and Vanessa doesn't really like him either". "You're jealous aren't you"mom said. "Jealous of what?"...... "You're jealous of Emmanuel his, his curly hair, his six pack and his white teeth" mom said."Why would I be jealous of him? I can go and hang out with him and have no problem"dad said. "Then prove it!"mom said.

~Night Of~

Well it's the night of dads and Emmanuel's "date". Dad is taking him fishing down at the lake. I wonder how this is going to go? After about 7 hours of fishing it's well after 12 in the morning, and I can't sleep because dad isn't back. Mom called dads cell phone. Ring.....Ring.....Ring.......Hello! Dad answered. "Hey I was just about to call you. My car broke down a couple of miles from the house" Dad said. So mom left. After about an hour I started to get worried. Then mom walked in, in tears. What..what's wrong? Dad.....is gone! mom cried. "Like what do you mean gone? De...." I couldn't even finish the statement. The awful thought of it. "I don't know. His car is still down the street, but there is no sign of him. His cell phone everything, it's gone!" mom said. "Did you call Emmanuel he was the last person with him?" I asked. "Phew! ok nessa you might be right "Mom said. 980-.....RING....RING.."hello you have reached the voice mailbox of Emanuel Santiago please leave a message after the beep." Beep...