Heroes Chapter 12

I laid there in my bed. Why was Jessie so bothered by that article? Dexter kept that one paper Jessie was looking at and I got my own to read it over. The man murdered his own wife, and his daughter. He was there, at the scene, covered in blood. He was even suspected for eating part of the spouse. They didn't give the name of the man because they claimed to be "protecting his identity". More likely the website they got it from wouldn't give out the name.

Did Jessie know that guy? How could she? Was that her uncle or something? I looked at the alarm clock: 11:30. O.K. That's it.

I got up and got dressed. The guys gave me my own room, the guest room I guess. I went into the hallway, and towards the direction of Jessie's room. I got a couple of questions.

Of course, when I got there, I was beaten to the punch. I was about to round the corner, when I heard someone muttering to himself. I could barely hear him. I stopped and listened closely. "C'mon. Just do it. She needs your help. What if she's upset? She's already upset, that's why you're here!" I came around and saw Dexter rubbing his hair in frustration. I said, "What are you doing?"

He jumped about a foot in the air and spun around to face me. He then got a look of anger. "Me? What about you?" he said, speaking in a whisper. I said, "I'm tired of this mystery crap that seems to follow through in my life. There are a lot of things that I never bothered questioning. Well, a friend that took me in needs help, I just want to try and help."

His expression softened. He said, "I just think I needed to help her." His face said more though. I said, "She's pretty cute, right?" He laughed a little and said, "Yeah. Ya' know she....aw crap."

He lowered his head in embarrassment. I snickered a little and said, "Don't worry, I won't make any move on her. She's all yours." He looked up and I saw a flash of cheer in his eyes before they turned serious again.

He said, "Right, lets get her up."

Before Dexter could knock on the door, it slid open to Jessie. She was shouldering a mesh bag of supplies. She jumped back a bit and then she said, "What do you two want?" She isn't usually this hostile, all the other times I've seen her she was happy and joyful. Although, given the current situation......

I said, "I'm sorry. It's just, you've been acting strange all day, and Dexter thought it would be a good idea if we-" She just broke down and started crying. "checked on you?" I said, "Are you okay?"

She burried her head in her hands and said, "They're gonna kill him! They're going to kill my dad, and its all my fault."