↣ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

Bailey waited for his parents to arrive while seated in the chair close to Jonathan and Nancy. He eventually looked up when he heard his name called. "Bailey" While his father paused to speak with an officer, he observed his mother approaching him.

"Are you alright?" Florence questioned, watching over her kid, he nodded, and she turned to face Jonathan and Nancy. "Are all of you okay as well?"

"We're alright, Mrs Cameron." Florence nodded to Jonathan's mumbling, then turned back to Bailey to make sure he was okay.

Bailey turned to face Joyce and Chief Hopper as they entered. "Hey." As she approached, she remarked "Jonathan? Jesus, what.. what happened." While Callahan rose up to try to calm her down, she stammered.

"Why is he wearing handcuffs?" Looking across at the cop who had just crossed his arms, Joyce said. Almos approached Florence to find out what was going on.

"Well, your boy assaulted a police officer. That's why." Callahan stated.

"Take them off." She ordered.

"I am afraid I cannot do that."

"Take them off!" Joyce yelled, causing everyone to turn to face her in astonishment at her sudden outburst.

"You heard her. Take 'em off."

''Chief, I get everyone's emotional here, but there's something you need to see.'' Hopper moved in closer to the box after Powell said that. Almos and Florence turned to face their kid, who was merely lowering his head.

''What is this?' ' Joyce questioned while peering into the box.

''Why don't you ask your son? We found it in his car.'' Hopper murmured, peering at the tense-looking Jonathan.

"Why are you going through my car?" Jonathan inquired, a little angry at the idea of them in his vehicle.

"Is that really the question you should be asking right now?"With his fists pressed against the table, Hopper enquired. "I wanna see you in my office."

"You won't believe me." Jonathan answered.

"Why don't you give me a try?"

𐬽𐬼𐬽

While Bailey stood between his parents and watched Joyce return the portrait to Hopper, Jonathan bit his fingernails. "You say blood draws this thing?" Hopper asked.

"We don't know." Jonathan expressed.

"It's just a theory." Nancy added.

Jonathan shot to his feet as Joyce got to her feet. "We know it sounds crazy, but you have to trust us." Nancy spoke as she sat down. being aware that many adults would not find them credible.

Bailey avoided looking at his parents and instead focused on his feet, not sure if they were embarrassed, enraged, or even perplexed. He hoped there wouldn't be three

"Bailey, why in the world did you choose to follow through on this. You could have been seriously hurt?" As Florence touched her son's cheek, she spoke and he lifted his head.

"I'm sorry...I realised that it's not as crazy as I initially imagined." He admitted to turning to look at Nancy. Almos understood they were dealing with more than simply a few odd occurrences.

"Mrs. Cameron, I thought he saw something at the party that night, so I brought him into it because I needed someone to believe my theory." Nancy spoke forward, attempting to prevent Bailey from taking the blame.

The sound of a woman's voice came through the closed door. Almos and Hopper walked out, Almos turned Florence saying. "Stay here with the kids."

They all lingered there till Hopper and Almos came back. "Where are you going?" Nancy gave Bailey a perplexed glance. However, they had no intention of speaking more. Everyone had questions, and those issues would eventually be addressed.

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𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀

- This chapter is brief because it was essentially a filler chapter, but I'm including Bailey's parents because, well, why not? Their roles will be more significant in subsequent chapters.

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