Unsolved Mysteries

Exactly ten years today...Ten years of pain, ten years of sorrow, a pain that has no end. It was exactly ten years today that my brother disappeared, it was my 15th birthday and he had promised to take me to my favorite place in the world which was the local bookshop in my area then, the smell of the old books just makes me happy every damn time, and after that we had plans to go the park and have as much fun as we could.

Kelly was the sweetest person ever, he was the school wizkid; the brillant kid, the captain of the basketball team and he had plans to go to standford by summer and push his dreams but I ruined everything like I always do...

We had so much fun that day, he took me to the bookshop, and I read books from my favorite author all over again while he kept my company, hours later I complained to him that I was thirsty and needed something cold.

"Should I go and get some popsicles and your favorite burger" he told me with the brightest smile in the world and my eyes lit up, the thought of eating my favorite burger while reading my favorite book made me so happy,what more could a nerdy 15 year old like me want for her birthday.

He never came back. I waited for hours and there was still no trace of him, I started panicking, nothing could have happened to him right, I kept telling that to myself, he is old enough to take care of himself, something is probably making him late, a lot of thoughts were running through my mind, I decided to give him call, stupid me realized I should have done that since. I dialed his number but there was no response, I kept dialing it and I got no response each time, all hope was lost... You know that moment when everything seem to be going wrong, nothing was adding up, I didn't know what to do, I was just panicking for no reason I tried to tell myself that.

I stood up from where I was sitting, I went to meet the bookshop attendant, it was a sweet young woman probably in her 40s, she is a very nice person, she had given me a some fruits and food anytime I ran away from home to hide at the bookshop when I was younger.

"Have you seen Kelly, he went out to get some things" I asked nervously

"No sweetheart, I haven't seen him, I thought he was with you" the tiny, little hope I was holding onto shattered, maybe I'm just paranoid, he probably got cut up with something and forgot about me but that didn't sound like Kelly. I was really scared now, my throat clenched and my eyes watered, I couldn't control myself anymore, I started crying

"Sweetheart why are you crying?, I'm sure your brother is fine, you don't have to worry" she tried to calm me down

"Let's call your mum okay, maybe he went home on an errand" why didn't I think of that, but Kelly wouldn't leave me here. I dialed mum's number and she picked the call almost immediately.

"Hello" hearing her voice over the phone made me burst out into tears, I couldn't control myself anymore.

"Mum" I managed to say.

"Daisy what's wrong, why are you crying" my mum sounded worried.

"Mum I can't find Kelly, is he home, I don't know what happened, he went to get me my favorite burger and now he is nowhere" I rambled, I was now crying loudly now, the attendant was patting my back and trying to make me calm, she looked worried too.

"Honey, I can't hear you well, try to calm down and talk to me, what's going on baby"

"Kelly, I don't know where he is, he just disappeared mum, he went outside for a bit and he has not been back for hours now, I'm scared mum" I cried, mum tried to calm me down but I know she was scared, she told me she would be there soon with dad and ended the call.

My mum and dad arrived sooner than I expected, immediately I saw my mum,I ran into her arms and cried on her shoulder, my dad was on the phone with someone and by what he was saying, I could tell he was speaking with the police, my mum tried to calm me even though she looked very scared as well.

'We can only file a missing complaint after 24 hours', that's what the police had told my dad. When I got home that night, I couldn't sleep or eat, I just wanted my brother, my parents were heartbroken too, I could see it on their face but they were trying to look strong for me. I blamed myself over and over again. "if only" that was what kept swirling in my mind,all I could remember was his beaming smile before I drifted off to sleep. A new day came, the sound of arguments woke me up, I stood up and went out of my room, I saw my parents arguing with the police, I stared at the old wall clock and it was noon already, I had slept half of the day.

"You need to find my son, he can't just disappear like that with no trace" my mum screamed, she was in pain, I could see it in her face, I could hear it in her voice, my heart broke all over again. I brought this upon us, it's all my fault.

"Don't say that honey" my mum said and wrapped me in her arms, that was when I realized I said that out loud, I cried in her arms, I felt like dying.

Hours turned to days and days turned to months and months to years, my parents had lost hope, the police had given up, my parents tried everything possible to make everything go back to the way it was but it was impossible, the day Kelly disappeared, he took our happiness with him, I wasn't myself anymore, nothing made sense again and I never stopped blaming myself, my birthday became my worst nightmare. It was like he vanished into thin air, but I hope someday somewhere, a miracle can happen and my brother can come back home. Miracles do happen right?.