17th April, 10 AM, Saturday

 "Wake up sis!" said Chris, jumping on my bed to wake me up.

"Huh? Wha-what time is it?"

"It's 10 AM," said Mike, who was standing next to the door of my room.

"Wha-10 AM!?" I exclaimed.

I can't believe I slept that long. Normally I'm the one to wake up early. Sometimes I'm the first one to wake up out of all of my family members. And yet, I'm still sleepy right now.

"Get up sis, Mom made pancakes for breakfast!" continued Chris.

"Alright, alright. I'm up," I said.

I got up, did my morning routine, and went downstairs to eat breakfast. We don't have school today, since it's Saturday. Yet, my parents have work. But my mom's work ends earlier on Saturday, while Josh's work ends really late. Our mom is normally responsible for driving us to our father's home. Don't forget, we get to visit our dad on the weekends. Even though we could walk there, Dad's house is really far, making it difficult for us to get there by using our feet. At the same time, Mike doesn't have his driver's license, at least not yet, so he can't drive us here.

After I ate, I went into Josh's room because I couldn't forget what I saw last night. So, I had to look into his room to find the black box. I looked everywhere, yet, I still couldn't find it.

"Where did you put it, Josh?" I thought.

After a long time, I was tired of looking. So, I gave up and left his room. But I'm glad at the same time because I get to visit my dad and I thought about telling my detective father about what happened. He might help me. Also, I thought that maybe I could tell my friend Sabrina about that.

17th April, 11:30 AM, Saturday

Normally, on Saturdays, I always leave the house to go meet my friend at a park, which my parents already know. Which is why I'm leaving my house right now to go meet my best friend. I said bye to my brothers and started walking to the park, which really ain't that far.

Once I arrived, I saw Sabrina outside, sitting at a table, waiting for me. As soon as she noticed me, she waved at me and I waved back.

"Hey Vicky"

"Hey Sabrina"

"How's it going?" asked the beautiful girl.

"I'm good, you?"

"Great!"

I sat down next to her and said

"By the way, there's something I need to talk about"

"Yes?"

I told her about last night and showed her the footage. Sabrina didn't say anything for a moment, then she spoke

"I don't know to be honest, but the unknown man looks scary"

"I'm planning to show it to my dad. Well, later"

"Why only your dad? Why not everyone in your family?" she asked.

"Because if what Josh is hiding is something bad, then that'll upset Mom. I obviously don't want to upset Mom since she loves him. So it's best that I'd figure out what exactly he's hiding before Mom figures out"

My friend then asked me

"Why would you think that it's a bad thing? Who knows? It might be something simple"

"It's suspicious that he'd just pick up something he ordered at 3 AM, not to mention, with a weird guy like him. Also, he paid him a huge amount of money, as you can see in the video. Also, it's not shown in the video, but before he opened the door and let the guy in, he was looking around as if he was making sure that no one was watching him. So it's obvious that he's hiding something," I answered.

"I see...why can't you simply just ask him?"

"You already know that I don't trust him, so I suspect that it's something that ain't good. And if I ask him, he'll probably lie to me. If it's something that he's truly trying to hide, then he'll try his best and do anything so that no one would find out what's inside that black box. So, I'm wondering...what is it that he's so secretive about?"

"Oh, right..." said my best friend.

"At the same time, I don't want Chris to find out because you know my little brother, he sucks at lying. Whenever he tries to lie, he always tells the worst ones and we immediately understand what's going on. So, if he finds out, he might accidentally tell Mom about that situation and she'll eventually find out. Not to mention, he's just a kid, he wouldn't understand the problem," I continued. "I'm telling you this because you're my best friend"

"How about Mike?"

Wait, why haven't I thought of that? There's no proper reason to hide it from him, he has the right to know.

"Yeah..." I said "Yeah, you're right. Why not? Why not tell him?"

She smiled, then she looked back at the video, repeating it.

"And as I said, I have no idea who the other man is or what exactly is going on," she said.

"Well, I just hope it's not something unpleasant"

"If you think it's something bad, what do you think it's inside the box?" asked the smart girl.

"I'm not sure. But that man reminds me of...a drug dealer..."

She looked at me, surprised.

"You think that your stepfather is taking drugs?"

"Judging from the appearance of the stranger and of the crime stories that my dad tells me, including drug dealing stories, then maybe"

She didn't say anything for a second, then she looked back at the footage and said

"I know you dislike Josh, but I didn't think that you'd think about him like that"

"I said I'm not sure, so I might be wrong. It just came into my mind all of a sudden"

"Personally, I don't think there are drugs in that box," said Sabrina.

Suddenly, her phone started ringing. She picked it up and said things like

"Hello? Yeah ok, I'm coming"

She then hung up, looked at me, and told me

"Sorry Vicky, I really want to spend more time with you, but I have ballet practice. Cya"

"No worries, bye"

Then she left.

"Guess I should leave too," I thought, as soon as I looked at my phone, realizing that it was time for me to go home as well.

So, I walked back home. As soon as I arrived, I found my mom and my siblings already waiting for me in the car. I went inside and she drove us to the police's house. Once we arrived, we saw our father outside the door, waiting for us.

"Dad!" exclaimed Chris, getting out of the car, and running towards him.

"How are you, buddy?" asked Dad, hugging the little boy.

"Great, you?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," answered Dad.

Chris started smiling, showing his teeth. As I left the car, I walked toward my dad and gave him a hug. Soon enough, Mike followed and did the same thing.

"I miss you all," our father said, kissing our forehead as we were all hugging him.

As soon as my mom got out of the car and walked toward him. Our father looked at us and said

"How about you all enter inside, I'll join you after"

We all nodded and went inside his house. I could hear my parents' conversation.

"Hi Dave," said the woman who gave birth to me.

"Hey Sonia," the police responded.

"How are you?"

"Not bad. How about you, Sonia?"

"I'm fine," my mom answered to her ex-husband.

They stood quiet for a moment, then she said to him

"Take good care of them, ok?"

"Yeah, sure. You don't have to worry"

"Alright then. Bye"

"Bye"

Then, Mom drove her car and left. After she left, our father entered back inside the house and we spent some time together

17th April,8 PM, Saturday

I thought that it was finally time to tell them.

"Dad, Mike, there's something I need to talk about between the three of us"

So, we all three went into a random room so that we could talk privately.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" asked Dad.

I explained what I saw last night and showed them the video I took on my phone. Then, they started asking me questions.

"Did you tell anyone else about this?" asked the detective.

"Yeah, I told Sabrina"

"What did she say?" asked Mike.

"She said that she doesn't know what was in the box, but in her opinion (which I agree with), the unknown man looked scary. I asked her if she thought that the muscular man is a drug dealer, but she doesn't think so"

"Why do you think that the unknown man is a drug dealer?" Dad asked.

"By the look of this guy, he looks like one. Not to mention, he looks like the drug dealers that you told me about in the cases you solve," I answered.

"You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but it's true, that man doesn't look normal to me"

"Why did you tell your best friend and us only? Why couldn't you tell this to Mom, or ask Josh about this?"

I explained the reasons to them.

"I see..." my father murmured as he repeated the video.

Suddenly, my older brother noticed something while watching the video.

"Wait, Dad. Can you stop at the scene when Josh opened the box?"

Our father agreed and did it. Mike moved the screen closely and said

"I think I see something inside the cover of the black box"

"Wait, you're right. I see it too..."

"Really? What is it?" I asked, looking at the video.

"It's not really clear, but I do see a logo of the letter..." Mike said.

"V," said Dad as he looked inside the cover of the box that is open, to continue what Mike was saying.

To be continued.