Monday (?) Madness S1 P11

Yes, I'm back. Yes, I shall tell you about my trip. With pictures.

But first I must do as my brother Brendan oh wait this is not Ashtown this is Monday Madness. Apologies.

First I must update you on Keilah's world. Because let's face it, it's much more interesting than my life.

These are Treskie's sketches of Keilah and I was so excited that I had to have them in this post. She is too cool for school. Oh and Treskie's cool too. ;-D 

The rain came down heavily, all of the sudden, it seemed, and Eli and I were soaked in seconds. I was, though I'd never tell him, quite grateful for the hoodie. But the rain stopped further conversation for the moment, which was alright, because I needed time to mull things over.

Now that things were piecing together in some form of sense, and now that I was actually starting to believe this kid (though I wasn't sure exactly why, except that he did, now that I thought about it, have some similar facial features as I did), I actually felt a little flutter of excitement in my chest. I mean, who doesn't when there's some sort of mystery surrounding themselves?

I looked at Eli almost shyly from underneath the hood. He was checking his watch. Just then a car drove up slowly and came to a stop right beside us. Eli grinned as the driver rolled down the passenger-side window and raised his hand in greeting.

He was definitely another brother. The family resemblance was so strong that I glanced in the mirror and saw it in my face too.

"Hop in, Li!" said the driver brightly.

"She prefers Keilah," said Eli as he opened the door for me. "Keilah, this is Meng."

"Hi," I said, in a little bit of embarrassment. It had to be the oddest thing in the world to be introduced to your long lost brothers like this.

But all oddness aside, it was rather nice having older brothers show up like that because it meant I got out of a really bad situation.

"So, um, are you going to let me call my...my, uh, parents?" I said, shifting in my seat as Meng pulled out.

Eli gave me a sad look and I almost wished that I hadn't mentioned it, but then again, I mean, they did adopt me. And honestly? They probably would have adopted the whole brood had they known that there was a whole brood.

"They'll be worried," I added.

Meng dug into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone, then handed it back to me. "Yeah, 'course."

I quickly dialed my home number and tapped my fingers impatiently on the car door. It rang, and rang, and rang. I bit my lip and glanced at the clock. My dad would be home from work, and my mom should definitely be around. And my brothers (the non-biological ones) should also be home. The answering machine picked up and I sighed.

After the tone, I said, "Hi Mom and Dad, it's Keilah. It's been a crazy day and I'm sure you're wondering where I am, but I'm fine and I'll be home as soon as I can but...um...well it's hard to explain. I love you." I hesitated for a moment before saying goodbye, because it seemed like there was something else important to tell them but I wasn't sure what.

Just before I hung up, someone picked up.

"If you ever want to see your family again, you'll be at the park-n-ride in ten minutes."

They hung up.

I dropped the phone on the car floor.