“Oh thank the lords!” Tia shouted happily.
“Shhh!” I said, pointing at Harper and Jonas in front of the open locker.
“So what are we gonna do with these cameras?” Tia asked in a questionable remark.
“Toss em,” I said with a large smile on my face.
Tia began taking out her camera, ready to toss it to the side. My eyes widened and I shout whispered the word ‘STOP’ to Tia.
She immediately rearranged her position and put the camera in the bag beside her.
“Sorry,” Tia said squeezing her face and shrugging her shoulders. I looked at her and rolled my eyes letting out a small giggle.
I turned around, deciding to get back to work before the bell rang. As I peered behind the wall, I saw what I needed all along. The footage, the bear had caught it all.
I faced towards Tia quickly raising my hands in celebration.
“We got it!” I said loudly hugging Tia.
“Shhh! It’s all done.” She replied as the bell rang for class.
Chapter 19
The school day was over and I was on my way to McDonald’s to get a few things to eat.
I drove past Tropicana W and Sandy Road, making a left. There on the corner was the McDonald’s
“Thank gods and goddesses,” I said aloud.
Tia was on the passenger side of my car tapping away at her phone.
As I drove up to the drive-through at McDonald’s I saw a familiar face.
Nic.
My stomach twisted at the thought of breaking his heart when he saw the video (I cared, but not truly). I quickly rolled up my window and drove up to the order machine.
“Hello, welcome to McDonald’s, how may I help you today?” A man’s voice beamed through the machine, sounding a little Southern.
“Yeah, please, could I get a 20 piece chicken nugget, large fries times two, and two double cheeseburgers?” I said politely.
“One second,” he mumbled back as the items began appearing on the main black screen of the machine.
“What about me?” Tia whispered to me pouting like a god.
“You get the chicken nuggets and the large fries, I get the other fries and the burgers,” I replied.
“Oh,” She said, “fabulous!” She semi shouted, before looking back down at her phone.
What could be so interesting on that device? Golly! Oops, well at least now I know how my parents feel.
“Your total is $12.64 at the next window,” he said loudly, “have a nice day.”
I drove up to the next window with a $20 bill in my hand. The man standing in that small room with the microphone over his mouth opened the window.
“$12.67,” he said a dull tone.
“Oh! Sorry!” I said as I handed him the $20 bill.
He pressed a few buttons on the screen in front of him. He gathered the change and printed my receipt.
“Have a great day,” he said with an I hate my life smile.
“Thanks,” I said back as I grabbed my change and receipt, driving up to the next window.
At the next window still a tall male, I couldn’t tell who it was because he was standing backward.
He turned slowly, only to reveal his face.
“Here you go love,” the boy said as he handed me my bag of food.
He closed the window and turned around only to turn back around and re-open the window.
“Tia? Coy?” He said.
“I literally wondered how long it would take you to realize who you were talking to Kingsley!”
Tia looked up from her phone and gulped air.
“Hey, Kingsley!” She said laughing.
“Hey, so girls, I have this mad story to tell you. I was in a plane right-!” He was cut off.
“KINGSLEY!” A big bulky man shouted.
“Gotta go!” Kingsley said as he closed the window and ran to attend to the big man who seems to be his manager.
Tia and I laughed and I drove off.
Chapter 20
Tia and I sat inside my room eating McDonald’s and scrolling through social media.
“Where is the burner phone?” I said to Tia as I took a large bite of my burger and stuffed fries in as well.
“Here,” Tia said as she threw it at me, dipping her nugget in BBQ and throwing it into her mouth
I took the phone from where it had landed and placed it by my side.
“Okay…” I inhaled and exhales dramatically getting a stare from Tia.
“Sorry,” I said laughing.
I reached under my pillow and grabbed my MacBook Pro. I open the screen and type in my passcode.
I fiddled with the mouse and finally got the courage to click on ‘live and recorded footage’ in the corner of my home screen.
As I opened the program, the videos of Harper and Jonas started appearing. My chest at this point was pumping faster than ever
‘100% download complete’ the computer program pop-up said.
I clicked ‘okay’ under the message and we get reviewing the footage. I saved it to the library on my computer and cropped out the desired parts.
“Happy six months and happy birthday Harberry!” Jonas said hugging Harper and pecking her on the cheek.
“Thanks, baby, you too!” She said, “ what did you get me?”
Jonas picked a small box from the side of his trousers and opened it up.
Oh my god…
“Oh my god!” Harper shouted in the footage, causing me to jump a little.
“Those are the Pandora 22K rose gold scented earrings I wanted!” She hugged Jonas tightly. “I love you,” she said as she and Jonas kissed.
Perfect.
I cropped the footage and sent it to the burner phone, which took 5000 years to do.
I switched back to live footage and left my computer playing while I finished my food.
“What’s in the eye of that
