Needy's Destiny II: The Legend of Fox Cipher

Chapter 2: The Other Woman

Some would have you believe that I am, and always have been, a little impulsive. Yet, others would merely say I was eager, or perhaps a little impatient. Still, semantics aside and whichever story you may have heard, believe me, venturing out into the unknown was not on my to-do list that morning.

Certainly, two weeks earlier, I didn’t imagine my search for Frankie would lead me there.

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At that point it had been two months of restless nights and knowing glares from my peers. I guess they felt pity for me, but that’s the last thing I wanted them to feel. I wanted them to feel as frustrated as I did. I wanted them to feel the loss that I felt. And I wanted them to do something about it. I was getting tired of doing it on my own, of bearing an anxiety that nobody would alleviate. My hope for Frankie’s return was being eroded by the apathy expressed by everybody else. Even though the investigation had been left by the wayside, the interrogations continued, only now they were being conducted by myself and myself alone.

Predictably, my peers soon grew tired of my prying and relentless questioning. They hated being viewed under the microscope as much as I had only a couple of months earlier. But I didn’t care about them and after a time, it seemed that they didn’t care much for me. So be it, it didn’t matter, I only cared about her.

Still, there was one person that didn’t look at me with the same disdain as the others. One that actually offered to help, only minutes after I had gotten through interrogating her. Rebekah - the companion that, ironically enough had been staying in Frankie’s old room since her disappearance – was more than obliging to help out in any way, gathering information herself when people had grown tired of talking to me.

I continued to work as much as I could, but socially? As far as friends went, Bek was the only one left to talk to. I guess I used her in a way. She was the only one tha