Chapter 13 "Alive"
Unbeknownst to Ken and Brianna, there was an older couple that was killed while following Ken and Brianna, when Brianna lost control of the car. The car that Brianna was driving had veered to the right side of the road, going off onto the shoulder, and the gentleman that was driving the car that had been behind Ken and Brianna hit his brakes to try and avoid a collision. Then Brianna overcorrected by turning the steering wheel too sharply to the left and came back up the embankment and onto the road in front of the car that had been directly behind her. The older couple in the car behind her was then forced off of the road but the older gentleman was not able to stop the car safely and he and his wife were thrown from the vehicle and killed on impact.
Brianna never saw the other car go off the road because she was trying to get control of Ken's car. Since neither she nor Ken lived in the area where the wreck occurred, they were unaware of the news that was printed the next day.
Unfortunately for Brianna and Ken, another driver saw what happened and was able to catch up to Ken's car and get the tag number. That driver notified local authorities, who then showed up at Ken's old house first.
Kathy was looking out the living room window when she saw two police officers pull up in a patrol car and then they proceeded to get out of the car and walk up the walkway to the front of her house. Puzzled as to why any policeman would be coming to her house, Kathy got up and met them as they approached the front door.
"Hello, officers, is there something that I can do for you?"
The older officer spoke up. "Yes ma'am, we need to speak to Ken. Is he here?"
"No, he doesn't live here anymore. He sold the house to me, I'm his ex-wife, and he has moved to Georgia."
The younger officer pulled out his notebook and asked, "Would you happen to know what his new address is now?"
"Yes, I think I have it here somewhere. Can I ask what this is about?" Kathy questioned.
The older officer spoke up, "I'm sorry, but this is official business, and we cannot discuss anything with anyone other than Ken."
Kathy found the piece of paper where Ken had wrote down his new address. The younger officer copied down the address in his notebook, and then the officers got in the car and drove away.
Kathy immediately went inside and called Ken and told him about the cops showing up at her door. Ken didn't mention the events from the night before, he just thanked Kathy for giving him the advance notice, and then he called Brianna into the room where he was standing.
"Brianna I think we have a problem", Ken said when she came into the room. "Two cops just showed up at Kathy's door and wanted to speak to me. Do you think this has anything to do with what happened last night on the way back home?"
"I don't know honey. I can't think of anything else it would be about. Maybe they just want to check and make sure that we are alright."
"Well I hope that you are right."
Just as Ken spoke those words there was a knock at the front door. Brianna went to the door and opened it. There were two state patrolmen standing at the door, asking to speak to Ken. Ken heard his name and came into the living room and walked up to where Brianna was standing.
"I am Ken, may I help you gentlemen?" Ken asked the officers.
The officer nearest the door said, "I'm sorry to bother you sir, but we need you to come down to the station to answer some questions."
Brianna piped in, "Let me go get my coat and I will come down to the station with you."
The officer spoke up once again, "Ma'am we need to talk to him by his self. When we are done he can call you then."
A tear came to Brianna's eyes, but Ken reached over and brushed it away and assured her that everything would be alright. Ken followed the cops back out to their cruiser and got in the back seat, and the officers drove to the police station in town.
Ken was seated in a room towards the back of the station. The room had a table, a camera mounted on the wall in the corner of the room that faced the table, and hardback chairs that were scattered around the table. Ken waited for about a half hour, and then someone he hadn't met before came into the room and introduced his self as a detective with the local police force.
"Good afternoon sir, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, but I wanted to gather all of my documents and have them in front of me before I came and spoke to you. Did the officers explain to you why you were brought here today?"
"They mentioned something about a wreck that took place last night that claimed two people's lives, but they didn't tell me any more than that."
"A call to 911 from someone on a cell phone reported that a car bearing your license tag number (the detective read the license tag information aloud) was seen driving away from the scene of an accident."
"To tell you the truth, I guess you could call it an accident, but I didn't know anyone was hurt. I have just recently bought a car and we were driving back home when the car drifted to the side of the road and it went out of control for a moment. We ran off of the side of the road, but we got the car back under control and we drove the rest of the way home."
The detective showed Ken the newspaper clipping. (See chapter 12). Ken read the article and a look of shock and surprise came upon his face as he finished the last sentence.
"I am so sorry. We had no idea that anything like this had happened", Ken said as he handed the article back to the detective.
"Who exactly is the "we" that was driving the car last night when this occurred?" the detective asked.