Chapter 3 The Search

The only question was were to start? He pulled out his phone and went to Facebook. He typed in the name jason brooks. There was a hundred different Jason brooks on Facebook how would he figure out which one was the right one? Jake decided to play it by age at first his mom was 40 so anyone over 55 he marked off. Still 54 Jason brooks. So he went on to state he weeded out anyone who had never been to Arkansas. He was down to 27 but his eyes were tired it was after midnight he needed to sleep. He put the search on hold and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning was Saturday he woke up at 8:30 and started cooking breakfast as he ate he dove back into the depths of Facebook. 27 names how could he shrink that number? He recalled a time when a friend of his mom told him it was a one night stand. His mom was also a recovered alcoholic so he decide that maybe they were drinking that night, so he eliminated any non drinkers. Now he had 24 names. That didn't help much he thought. This is exhausting how do detectives do this all day. He decide to take a break and go mow the yard and finish so other stuff around the house. Jake had a pretty big yard about 1.5 acres but he also had a field directly on the other side of his fence that was about 10 acres he liked to keep it cut short. So he climbed on the mower it took about 2 hours to mow and weedeat his yard. It was now almost lunch time jake decided he would go fix a sandwich before he bushhogged the field next to his house. Jake was in the kitchen making a sandwich when he heard a car pull in the driveway. He went to see who it was and turns out it was Callen. What's up. Jake said as he stepped out onto the porch. Any chance I can get one of those Callen replied eyeing jakes sandwich. Sure bro come on in. Jake replied. As they went inside and Callen fixed his sandwich jake said I know your not here for a sandwich so what's up. Callen looked at him with a grin and said well I just wanted to check in after what we talked about the other night. Have you decided what your going to do? Jake replied and said yeah I decided to to find him but it's been a pretty slow process. I'm trying to pick through Facebook hits on his name but I've still got 24 possible guys with the same name. Well tell me what you've tried. Callen said. So Jake sat down and explained his elimination criteria and Callen looked puzzled. He was in deep thought Jake had covered a lot of good criteria. What are the odds he still lives nearby? CaLen asked? Whenever I'm trying to get permission for a new piece of hunting land I find the name of the land owner and use white pages to get a phone number. But sometimes white pages has a partial address it's possible if we search his name and our location maybe it pops up an address that we know. Callen said in excitement. Jake had to admit it was a pretty good plan. Let's do it Jake said. Callen pulled out his phone and put in the name. I got him Callen yelled. Jake ran around to see what he found. It said Jason brooks but the address was partially blurred 4 blank blank white mount (blurred out)road Jamestown Arkansas. Well that's obviously white mountain rd. Callen said. That's 2 miles down the road. Jake said in anger. 2 fucking miles. All this time he's been 2 fucking miles away. I'm sorry bro that's tough. Callen said. Do you know what you wanna do? Callen asked. Jake replied yeah I wanna go over there and kick his ass. I don't blame you Callen said but maybe you should wait alittle while and cool off. I don't wanna see you get arrested today. Callen said with a half hearted grin. Yeah your probably right jake responded. He appreciated the fact that Callen was trying to lighten the mood. Well I better get back out and start bushhogging I wanna Finish before dark. Jake said. Well I better get home and finish up some honey dos before Jennifer gets home. Callen said. They said they're goodbyes and jake got on the tractor. He tried to listen to music but all he could think about was that asshole Jason brooks. As he finished up with the tractor the sun had dropped his property was looking good, so he headed inside to have dinner. Standing in the kitchen microwaving a quick supper he couldn't help but think about what he was going to do knowing his father the man he lived his entire life without was just minutes away. Finally he couldn't take it any longer and he decided first thing in the morning he was going to see the man he never knew. He sat on the couch do eat his supper with a couple of beers and an old John Wayne movie on. Jake loved old westerns. He grew up in the country on a cattle farm and fell in love with the life style. His biggest dream was to run a large scale ranch of his own and just enjoy life. in jakes mind nothing could be better and with that thought he drifted to sleep on the couch like he had so many times before.

The next morning Jake to his phone ringing as he groggily answered it was his soon to be ex wife brittney calling to let him know that she was not going to contest the divorce and she wasn't going to fight over any of their stuff she had what was hers and he had what was his and she just wanted to be done with it. That was fine with Jake the way he saw it they had fought enough already and they didn't decide to divorce because they weren't in love they decided to get divorced because they had drifted apart and there wasn't much in common between them anymore. They married young and had a baby young and they just both grew up in separate directions but they loved each other so they tried to hold on longer than they should have but I'm the end all that mattered was they both be happy and raise they're son in the best way possible which ended up being in two households. Jake hadn't seen either one of them in almost two weeks he really missed his son but Britney had asked to have an adjustment period and he didn't want to argue this was hard on everyone. As they said they're goodbyes and hung up the phone Jake told himself this won't last forever we'll figure all the details out in time. It was at that he remembered to say was the day. It was time to go see his father.

As he made the short drive jakes mind was racing, what would he say? Before he even had time to think about it he was on white mountain road and he remembered I don't even know which house it is. So he pulled over and thought how do I find his house? Then it hit him, the same way callen finds the name of the land owner when he needs hunting permission. He pulled out his phone and clicked on his hunting app with satellite maps and clicked on property info he looked at the map searching for Jason brooks name. There it was all the way at the end of the road. He put his phone away and started driving when he got to the end of the road he was staring at a 3 story house bigger than he had ever seen. Holy shit he thought this can't be the right place. This house looks like a small hotel. He was about to back out of the driveway when a man stepped out on the porch and motioned him to come up there. Was this him?