The Crystal Ship

[Jamie Anthony]

It was when she heard the door slam that Maddie entered Jamie's bedroom. She didn't go in there often. She mostly left Jamie to his own devices. But something was different about him these days, and she intended to find out what it was.

What Maddie didn't expect, however, was to find foil, needles. lighters and broken rubber bands scattered across her nephew's desk.

Drugs. Her nephew, the boy she was supposed to be taking care of, was using drugs. How long had he been doing this? How long had she been ignorant to it?

Maddie whipped out her cell phone and dialed two of Jamie's closest friends immediately. They had to find him. They had to find him before it was too late.

[Marshall "Moosh" Gregson]

Marshall was first to show up at the park, knowing it was more likely Jamie would be here... Gabe had headed out to the Warehouse.

He began checking the usual spots... All empty... Until...

"Jamie!"

Moosh ran over to him... He was unresponsive.

911 was dialed before Marshall even realized it.

[Jamie Anthony]

It was the guilt that led Jamie to dose up. The guilt, the need, the taste of the drug that he missed. Relapse was inevitable.

Jamie was out cold when Marshall found him. He had used too much; much more than his body could handle.

The whirring sound of an ambulance in the distance, the loud obnoxious sound that Jamie hated so much, wasn't even enough to wake him.