Dear Diary Chapter Three Read Count : 96

Category : Stories

Sub Category : Drama

                     CHAPTER THREE

The week was stressful for everyone, with the police interviewing people that knew Johnna, trying to find something that would give the police any clues. However, it's Saturday and school would resume on Monday, and they still don’t have any leads.

Miley was still angry that Jack had not reciprocated her feelings and basically ran out on her. Maybe he wasn't the one, clearly he was too immature to handle a girl like Miley. At least that's what she kept telling herself.

Knock knock…

“May I come in,?” a deep voice said from behind the door.

Miley ran to her door and swung it open, “Daddy, you’re home,”

“Hi my girl, I just wanted to check in with you, how are you handling everything?”

Looking down at the floor, softly she replied, “It’s just all so confusing how someone could be here one second, and gone the next,” then she looked up to her dad with her pouty eyes.

Mike Jenner always had a soft spot for his baby girl, so his heart was breaking for her as she tried to process what happened to her good friend. He reached out and pulled her closer to him. She wrapped her arms around him, she felt so safe in his arms.

“Sweetheart, they need to ask you some questions today, your mom will be there with you,”

“You won’t be there? Daddy, I can’t do it without you,” she cried.

“You’re my girl, you will be okay. They just want to know if you knew anyone who could do this, and because you’re my daughter, I can’t be a part of it.”

Miley pulled away from her father, straightened herself out, took a deep breath and said, “Okay, I am ready,”

“That’s my girl, I’ll meet you downstairs in ten,” he said then gave her a quick wink.

Miley grabbed some clothes from her closet, a light pink cashmere sweater with her favorite pair of jeans, then slipped on her boots. She ran a brush through her hair and put on her favorite lip gloss, then headed downstairs.

This was not exactly what she had in mind for her Saturday afternoon, but she had no choice. The car ride was quiet. Once parked, Miley began to feel anxious, her stomach was in knots and her breathing was rapid, “Mom, I can’t do this, I thought I could, but I can’t,” Mrs. Jenner turned around to face her daughter, “Miley, you can do this, I know how strong you are, and I will be right by your side,” she said as she took her hands and lifted up Miley’s chin to make eye contact.

The room was cold, and the chairs were hard and uncomfortable. There was a tiny card table and a window that looked like a mirror. A camera was set up in the corner, hanging from the ceiling pointed directly at her. Her mom reached out and took hold of Miley’s hand and gave it a big squeeze. Startled by the door suddenly opening, they both turned to face the short stocky man in a poor fitted suit, that looked as though he slept in it.

“Hi there, I am Detective Markley, I appreciate you gals coming in on such short notice. Can I get you anything? Soda, Coffee, tea, or water?” he said looking back and forth at Miley and her mother.

“Need anything sweetheart?” asked Mrs. Jenner

Miley, with her arms folded across her chest looked up at the detective with a sweet smile and said, “I am okay, thank you.”

“Alrighty then, we can get started,” he said as he tossed a manila envelope on the desk then pulled out the chair and sat down. He pointed to the camera in the corner, then looked down at Miley, “So that camera there is on and will be recording, I am a forgetful man in my old age and that will keep what we talk about here as a memory since mine is fading,” he chuckled. He was trying to break the ice with her, and relax her a bit. Miley looked up at the camera then back at Detective Markley, “I understand”

Miley looked the detective up and down, she was not impressed. This interview should be a breeze with this chump in a suite, she thought to herself.

“First I want to start off by offering my deepest condolences, I understand she was a good friend of yours,” he looked at her with sad eyes.

“We were friends, but we hadn’t been as close these past few months,”

Detective took note at Mrs. Jenner’s surprised face to hear that Johnna and Miley were not that close. “Since when? And what happened to cause you to drift apart?” he questioned.

“Well, we still continued to hang out with the same friends, but I stopped confiding in her when I found out…” she paused unsure if she should continue.

The detective leaned a bit closer as he jotted down something then looked up at Miley, “What did you find out?”

Miley gave a quick nervous glance to her mother, then back to Det. Markley, “Well, I found out from one of our mutual friends that she was crushing on my brother, and that is a line you just don’t cross,” Miley leaned back in her chair and crossed her legs.

“What friend told you this? And did you confront Johnna on this to confirm it’s validity?”

“My best friend, Jaycee told me, and no, I didn’t have a chance to,” Miley looked down at her hands.

Detective Markley jotted down more notes, then looked at Miley and asked, “So we have talked to a few people that saw you go into the woods that day after school,” Miley, with her head still tilted down, looked up at the detective. Her mother was in shock, “I thought Preston drove you home Miley?”

Well shit, now I look guilty. Miley thought then answered the question, “Yes, I walked home that day, I got into an argument with Preston that morning and I wanted to get back at him, so I went through the woods, I do that sometimes,” she finished.

Detective Markley scribbled something on his notepad then looked back at Miley while her mom just sat there trying to make sense of it all. “Miley, did you see anything in the woods, or hear anything?” Miley paused for a minute, then answered, “Well, I had my earbuds in, and I didn’t see anything at all, if I had don’t you think I would have said something?”

“Miley, be nice,” her mom gave her a nudge.

Miley rolled her eyes, and sunk down in her chair and crossed her arms, “Sorry,” she said half sarcastically.

“It’s okay, I am just trying to piece all of this information together, creating a timeline and we have to be thorough. Now can you tell me what time it was when you headed into the woods?”

“Well, school got out at three twenty, then I went straight out and into the woods, so maybe around three twenty five or six is probably when I got to the the entrance,” She said as she shrugged her shoulders.

“What time did you get home?”

Miley closed her eyes for a second before she answered, then she looked up to the right trying to recall when she got home, “I would say around three forty five or so?”

The detective looked down at his paper, scribbled something, then back at Miley, “When did your brother get home?”

“Shortly after I got home, maybe like ten minutes or so later,”

“Okay, just one more question, when did you first find out about Johnna’s death?”

“Um, I believe it was when we saw it on the news later that evening after my mom got home,” Miley said then glanced over to her mother.

Mrs. Jenner nodded her head, “Yes, that’s correct, we were glued to the news once I got home,”

“Do you always watch the news when you get home, Mrs, Jenner?”

“No, not always, I just got a message from my husband saying that he was going to be late because he had a horrible case he was working on, he sounded very upset and suggested that I turn on the news, so we did.” she said very matter of fact.

“Okay thank you ladies, I think I got everything I need for now, I will reach out again if I feel I have more questions,” he stood up, closed his notebook and gestured towards the door.

“Come on sweetheart,” Mrs. Jenner and Miley stood up, thanked the detective, then left.

Detective Markley watched Miley as she walked out, Something’s suspicious about that girl. He thought to himself then headed the opposite direction.

The drive home was uneventful as Miley gazed out the window, once they pulled into the driveway, she hopped out and ran straight into her room and shut the door.

Still sitting in the car, her father asked her mother how it went. “Okay I guess, I don’t understand how these things work, but Miley answered everything he asked,” her mother said then added, “Did you know that she walked home through the woods that day? That could have been our baby, you have to catch this guy, promise me,” she said as tears welled up in her eyes. Mr. Jenner looked over to his wife and cocked his head a bit, “I didn't know that, and we will catch whoever did this, don’t you worry,” he said then leaned in for a kiss.

The clouds rolled in and the small roar of thunder could just barely be heard in the distance as they both hurried inside to escape the looming storm.

“I’ll go check on her,” her father said as he hung up his coat on the rack by the door.

“Miley, can I come in?” there was no answer so he slowly opened the door to her room, “Miley?’

He walked in to her bedroom window wide open as the winds blew her curtains, she was gone.

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  • Oct 31, 2018

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