The twins

. Hey, my name Is cloudy this is my sister Sunny hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!! Stop it Sunny!! Ok! Me and Sunny are completely different twins, we are twins' just opposite just to clarified. Yeah, just to clarify? Is that how you say what I just said? So back to the story, so me and Sunny share the same bedroom, but we have it in half so. Did I mention we have a two floored house is that what you would call it?? We live with our parents of course a mom and dad, also my I mean our older brother. My brother is currently in high school. He likes math and all that stuff. His full name is Jason Miller. My dad is like Sunny or the other way around. My brother is the only normal one in our family. I’m like my mom she looks gloomy, but she isn’t, she is actually very happy, she is smart, and she loves Cupcake's!! She is obsessed with them; she always wants to go to buy cupcakes and my dad takes her! Well, most of the time so back to me and Sunny (Sunny says) y-y-y-Yeah (cloudy says) there you go stuttering again. See one of the other things the separate me and sunny is that she Stutters, and I don’t, she gets it from our great great grandpa they tell us he stuttered gust like Sunny. My mom and dad share the same room as me and Sunny and it’s in half just like us. My brother always stays in his room sines he got to high school anyway. I heard mom and he got into a fight because he is always in his room, he says he is just studying so he has no time to go out of his room, but mom didn’t believe him, so she started yelling and at the end of the argument he was grounded. Today, I hired mom yelling again. She sounded angry, so I asked Sunny if she could ask our brother for me; she asked me why I told her to ask him instead of asking myself I said,” If I ask him he will worry too MUCH and tell mom on accident because of his nervousness so I'm asking you instead of asking him myself.” she said she’ll ask him, so I was watching her and listening of course, so I heard him say that she was on a phone call that made her mad and I mean really mad so she yelled into the phone, and left to go to work, and that my dad didn't want to bother her so he went grocery shopping to help mom out, but the wearied thing is that he was sweeting while telling Sunny that and he used his nerve's laugh, so after Sunny came back she asked me if I saw and heard what he said, Sunny told me he had said to Sunny not to worry So, (Sunny says) what do we do? (Cloudy says) I don’t know. Then they hired a window break. Me and Sunny ran down the stairs as fast as we could and then when we got there, we found that our neighbor was trying to get in the house, me and

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Sunny aren't confrontational people so before he could get into the house all the way (cause he was halfway in, between his torso) we hid in front of the stars and behind a cabinet. I had forgotten my brother was still in the house. My brother must have heard the loud crushing sound and came downstairs, before our neighbor saw him, I told him to hide and call 911 and that I would call our mom. He dashed up stares while watching his steps so our neighbor wouldn't heir him, he went into our mom and dad's bedroom to hide because it the closest room to the stair (when you go upstairs) I was in the middle of calling our mom when our neighbor was able to get in through one of the front windows, he was bleeding pretty badly because of the shard glasses of the window. our mom never picked up and that was weird because she ALWAYS picks up especially if it's me and Sunny and of course our brother. After I tried to calling her again I saw our neighbor was laying on the floor, groaning muttering something, you could clearly see the bleeding was coming from his torso I couldn't see from where because he was facing the boor on his belly. Me and Sunny took the chance to run to the garage (which is a few steps away from the stairs) we went into the garage we hid behind some old boxes our mom uses to store decorations in its a lot since with Christmas and Halloween and all of the holidays she absolutely loves like April fools she absolutely LOVES that holiday, anyways. When he hid behind the boxes, we could hear him going upstairs and calling for someone with a scratchy voice and high pinched but also calm but scary. I couldn't tell who he was calling to and it didn't sound like he was calling just one person it sounded like he was calling multiple people what I could make out of one name I could kind hear was the name Lisa. After that we could hear the sirens of police cars, and I think there was an ambulance also with them. After we heard the sirens Sunny stated asking me if we should leave he garage, (I also thought about that but if we went out though the garage our neighbor would heir us open the garage door and if we went through the inside he might see us because I have no clue if he is upstairs or down stairs) so I told Sunny no. We can't risk it I told her, she said we should still try at least to just peek out of the door that leads to the inside of our house to see if we can spot him or try to make out where he is. I told her it's risky but that I would give it a try. So, I slowly started opening the door so our neighbor would not hear the creaks from the door. I didn't see him from where I was, I told Sunny about it she said we should try and run for the door. For a moment I agreed with Sunny, and I was going to say yes about it, but I was scared a little too scared. I told her “Let's do it” When we saw the cost was clear me and Sunny sprinted thew the hallway to the door and out the door. We made it I thought, but I had forgotten one HUGE thing my brother was still in the house with our neighbor inside with him. I told Sunny “WE LEFT JASON IN THERE!!

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When Sunny heard me say that she imminently tried to call Jacob he didn't answer she tried again, and again nothing. Mom and dad!!! I tried calling my mom for the last time before I tried my dad, and she still did not answer. I tried calling my dad and he picked up the phone! Dad said “Hi Hunny what's u-” I cut him off. “THE NEIGHBOR GOT IN THE HOUSE AND JASON IS STILL IN THERE” Then there was just silence for three seconds that felt like an eternity he (dad) said “slow down.” “Start from the begging.” I said “Me and Sunny had heard a loud crashing sound coming from down stair and we went to go check it out and we saw the neighbor forcefully getting in though one of the front windows. Me and Sunny hid from him before he could see us and then Jason came down the stair I told to go hide and call 911 before our neighbor sees him and I would try to call mom, but mom didn't pick up when I tried calling her, Then he got in all the way me and Sunny went to hide in the garage behind some boxes. We tried calling mom again, but she still didn't answer. Sunny then suggested if we should make a run for it, so we checked to see if he was downstairs from where we could see, we saw the cost was clear and we ran.” “But we left Jason.” I said. There was a long pause then he said “Its ok in the moment you were worried for Sunny and your safety. I am like three minutes away I will be there as soon as I can. I will try to call your mom to see if she's ok.” He said. After that I hung up. Police offenses led us to the ambulance to get checked out. A few police officers went inside our house. After a few minutes a few of them came out with our neighbor in handcuffs. Our neighbor had his head down, so he didn't see us or say anything to anyone. two minutes later two police officers came out with our brother. Me and sunny ran to him as fast as we could and jumped into his arms, but something seemed off about him he was shaking and his eye looked blood shot red. Me and Sunny hugged him, he didn't hug back though, he looked numb. Me and Sunny looked at each other, we didn't say anything, we just led him to the ambulance where we were checked on. A minute later my dad came. When he saw us, he came and hugged us, my dad isn't really religious, but I heard him say “Thank the heavens.” I asked dad if mom had answered the phone, he said she had, and she would be here as fast as she could. Two officers came up to my dad and asked him how much we knew about our neighbor, like his age and if he was married. He said he is forty years old, and he was married but he had a divorce a few years back and that his name is Oliver Norman. Dad said he didn't know him much because they didn't talk much to each other but that my mom knew him better and she would be able to answer their questions about him. They asked him where he was at the moment of the intrusion, he said he was getting groceries and that there in the trunk of the car. They asked him to show them the groceries, he led them to the car, and I saw them talking about something but I couldn't make out what they were saying, after that they came back to where me, Sunny and Jacob were, and said they would like to talk to me, Sunny and Jacob alone in the station to conduct an investigation if there was a specific reason he might have broken in.

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We drove to the police station, in a police car. While our dad drove in his car (with the groceries in the back if you were wondering) When we got to the police station. Me, Sunny, and Jason were immediately separated, and we were each taken to different rooms that were in the station. I know I am going to be recorded or my report. Two police officers came in the room and asked if I would like to give my report in the station or at my house. I said here. Since we are already here and there is no reason to put it off to later. They said I would be audio and video recorded for my report. One of the two police officers left the room and left his partner. He had no hair, looked in his thirties or between his thirties. He started off by introducing himself. He said “hi, my name is officer Arlo. He didn't mention his age. Wait why would he? After he introduced himself, he asked what my full name was for the statement video, and after I say my name, he would ask me a few questions. I said, “My name is Cloudy May Miller.” Arlo asked me “Ok Cloudy how old are you” I said, “I am fourteen years old.” Arlo asked me, “Do you know your neighbor well?” I said, “No he would look my way, half smile in a polite way then he would walk away.” Arlo asked me, "Then what do you know about him?” I said, “I know a few rumors about him since I would hear people talk about him when people passed by our neighborhood.” Arlo asked me, “What kind of rumors.” I said, “The kind that makes you feel bad for him. To be exact I would hear people say not too long ago he had a divorce, and his ex-wife took everything and gained full custody of their child. I don't know if the kid was a girl or boy, I hear his kid is my age though. Never met them if the rumors were true, I mean.” Then he continued to ask me where me, Sunny, and Jacob were when we heard our neighbor break into the house. I said,” Jacob was in his room at the time.” he cuts me off, he says, "Do you know what he was doing in his room?” I said, “No. I think he was studying at the time because he usually is because he is obsessed with getting a perfect score in his SAT’s. Anywa-” he cuts me off again. I hate this guy; he keeps interrupting me. He says, "Do you know why he’s obsessed with his SAT’s?” I say,” No, but I think it's to have my mother's approval-” he says, "Why does he want her approval?” I say, "I think it's because they have a tough relationship and because they have been fighting a lot more than usual and wants to make her .” I stop, should I be telling him this shouldn’t be my brother instead of me saying it???  The he asked, “Why was your mom and Jason fatting more often?” I said, "Because he spends most of his time in his room and my mom doesn't like that.

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