Little Brown Benefit novel Chapter 30

One Week Later.

Judy was home at last but it wasn't the same active, fun-going Judy. Instead, it was a quiet, sad-looking Judy in a wheelchair who couldn't start therapy until her broken leg was healed.

I watched her from the couch as she wheeled herself to a corner of the living room.

"When is the cast coming off?" Remy asked.

"Doctors said within five weeks. The silver lining is that she would be able to use her legs again. She'll just have to endure weeks of therapy."

"And what about her school? Is she going to stay absent so those weeks?"

"Definitely not. I know she's not in a state of mind for school so she's going to be home school for that period of time. I've already arranged it."

"You're coughing up a lot of money, girl. Therapy isn't cheap. Neither is paying someone to home-school her."

"I have a million dollars in the bank with interest. I can afford to have my sister back on her feet and some education in her head. No amount of money is too much for that."

"Understood. When is Christian coming home?"

"Soon." I simply answered and headed towards the kitchen to make Judy something to eat.

"HEY! SACHA! HAVE YOU SEEN MY PHONE?" Remy came running into my bedroom to ask.

"No. I haven't. Where were you using it last?" I asked.

"I can't remember. I used it in my bedroom and then I went to the living room but I've looked almost everywhere and I can't find it."

"Pretty sure you left it in a bag or a pants pocket or underneath your bed or somewhere. You've always been careless."

"Not when it comes to my phone. I need my phone!"

"I'm sure it would show up. I'll call it."

"No. It's on silent. It wouldn't make a difference."

"You never put your phone on silent before."

"It was annoying me."

"I'll help you look."

"Thank you so much."

We left my bedroom and went downstairs to look for Remy's phone but we came up empty handed. Eventually, Remy gave up and left for her job without it.

The next morning, after Judy had finished her class sessions, she rolled towards me with a device in her hand.

"Judy, what's that?" I eyed the phone.

"I found it on the table." She answered.

"Give it here. It's Remy's. How many times should I tell you not to touch what doesn't belong to you?!" I snapped as I took the phone from her.

I looked at the screen and it was covered in text messages from a contact with 'A' as the name saved.

"Okay. Remy got a boy obsessing over her." I said and curiosity got the better of me as more text messages popped up. That feeling came back. The feeling which rang that I shouldn't trust Remy.

But her phone was secured with a password.

I called Josh.

Josh had a friend who was a hacker. She was so brilliant, she could get pass an FBI firewall.

I knew Josh was still low-key mad at me for blowing him off and getting involved with his boss, but he promised to still be my friend.

"I ran away from work for this." He said as he walked into my house with his friend.

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