Caldwell Brothers II: A Preview

For those of you you have read my short story: “The Caldwell Brothers”, you might be excited to hear I have already begun work on a sequel. This story is set all around the nation, but mainly focuses on Yellowstone National Park. So enjoy this preview of the first page, as I except to have the story out by the end of next week.

April 25^th, 2024: MIT Campus: Cambridge, Massachusetts.

            The sun was shining down on the MIT campus that day. Thousands of people had gathered to watch their friends, children, siblings, and family members graduate from one of the best schools in the country. Mrs. Caldwell was one of those people in the crowd, watching her younger twin son, James, graduate. James threw his hat up with the rest of the graduates before walking over to his mom. They both instantly hugged.

“Okay, James now let’s go. We got to get to Boston College!” Mrs. Caldwell said. You see, James’s older twin was his brother Nolan, who was a football star at Boston College, and he was expected to get drafted into the NFL in the 3^rd round. And they were both graduating on the same exact day. James ran to the car and beat his mom, who now used a cane after a stair-related injury the year prior. They jumped in the car and drove off. It was normally about a 15-minute drive between the schools, but today it was about 30 minutes. Because Boston has over 60 different colleges in the area. And over 50% were graduating today.

James and his mom were waiting in traffic on the Boston University Bridge, when something strange started to happen. The bridge was lifting, with cars on it! And it wasn’t a drawn bridge. Caldwell’s car was lifted high into the air on this piece of the bridge.

“What is this!” Mrs. Caldwell yelled.

Despite his mom’s panic, James stayed calm, because last year his brother and him had helped save the city of Boston from an ancient Native American curse. After the incident James began to research different theories and mysteries around the world, but he couldn’t investigate any of them. Because, he didn’t have the money to fly around the world. But, when James and Nolan were saving Boston, there was a government agent that was working against them. James thought there must be some kind of division in the FBI that deals with conspiracy theories. Nolan had known about James’ dreams, and he was incredibly supportive, and so was his mom, who also knew about the curse through Nolan and James.

“James wakes up! Were at the college,” Mrs. Caldwell said.

“Oh, sorry mom,” James said. The lifting bridge was a dream. James had been having dreams about his conspiracy theories lately, but he didn’t think much about them. James and Mrs. Caldwell walked out of the car and toward plastic seats put up in a courtyard. They both sat through the ceremony and then met up with Nolan.

“I can’t believe this. My two boys, now college grads!” Mrs. Caldwell spoke. “Yeah, and one of them is going to be the Patriots running back pretty soon. The draft is only a couple days away,” Nolan said, flexing. The happy family walked back to their car and drove to their favorite restaurant in Boston Harbor. James stood up and went to the bathroom about halfway through their meal. He walked into the bathroom and used the urinal. When he turned around all he saw gun was pointing in between his eyes