A Tale of Two Snakes

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Chapter 4: Inscrutability

The Cooper family was like the most perfect family in Riverdale. High school sweethearts Hal and Alice got married. They had two beautiful daughters. But there was a saying about the most amount of darkness was under the lamp itself. Elizabeth 'Betty' Cooper found that saying is now becoming oddly familiar to her family.

At first, her older sister Polly was gone. Her parents told Betty that she was sick so they had sent her to an institution. She wanted to meet her sister, but her parents said that Polly doesn't want to meet anyone. Betty's gut feeling was practically screaming inside her head that something was wrong.

Then there was the murder of Jason Blossom. This one incident literally shook the core of the town. Every single resident in the town was secretly suspecting each other. According to Jughead, this town became like Salem at the time of witch trials. Riverdale was literally on the verge of mass hysteria, fuelled by the Cooper family owned newspaper, 'The Register'.

But Betty was not thinking about any of the above things today morning. She was thinking about another thing, one which largely ignored or overlooked by the whole town.

It was the new family just moved in town.

There were two Hispanic women, one old another young. Obviously they were mother and daughter. The boy in the wheelchair was the son of the younger woman. There was nothing unusual in them. But the tall white blond man living with them, he was an anomaly.

He could not be the father of that boy. A boyfriend of the younger woman? But today morning she saw that woman glaring to that man. There was intense dislike in her eyes. So, the possibility of being a boyfriend was gone. The boy seemed to like, no, actually love and respect that man. The man cared for the boy intensely. Betty tried to remember the boy's name.

Miguel. She remembered the name. It was Miguel.

Betty heaved a deep sigh. Then she went for a shower. It was time to go to school. Maybe Jughead collected some information about Jason's murder.

In the evening, Carmen Diaz came home from the hospital. When she came out from her car, she saw Johnny and Miguel sitting on the veranda. Anger flared upon her inside.

"That man may look like charming but inside he is a pathetic loser. I don't know what my son saw in him."She thought to herself.

"Yo mama!" Miguel greeted her with a shout, "how was work today?"

Carmen could not help but smile a little. His son was looking happy, and it was not an act.

"Well, it was nice. This town is very peaceful. The people are..."Her voice interrupted by the sound of a car.

It was Sheriff Keller's car which stopped in front of their house. The Sheriff came out from the car and walked towards them.

"Now what the hell he is doing here?" Carmen said in an irritated voice.

"Calm down. ", Johnny walked towards the Sheriff.

"Good evening, Sheriff. ", he extended his hands towards him. The Sheriff took his hand.

"Good evening, Mr. Lawrence, is it?"

Johnny nodded affirmatively. Both of them went to the veranda where Carmen already put a chair for the Sheriff.

"Do you have a warrant today?", Carmen said in a stone-hard voice.

Sheriff Keller slightly flinched, but he did not show it. He looked directly at Miguel.

"I am here to apologise. That day, my behaviour was unacceptable. Look, I was pretty much messed up that day. When I saw the dead body of Jason, I felt like it was not Jason, but my son Kevin. I am an officer of law, I shouldn't get emotional...."He stopped talking because Carmen put her hand on his neck.

"I can understand your pain. I almost lost my son....it was painful like hell."

"So we are cool?", Sheriff asked.

"Cool as ice cream.", Miguel said, smiling. He was starting to like this man in uniform.

"Let me properly introduce myself. Tom Keller, the Sheriff of Riverdale town. I am always at your service."

Rosa came to the veranda at that time, with hot coffee and her special chocolate muffins for all of them.

"Try a muffin, sir. My yaya is the best cook in the universe."Miguel offered him the plate.

Tom took a muffin, and then looked at Johnny.

"What are your plans about the kid's education?"

Johnny was actually clueless to that answer. It was Carmen who spoke after a moment.

"We just moved in here Sheriff, and you see his condition."

"Don't worry. I will ask Mayor McCoy to write a special permission for him. I will talk to principal Weatherby too. He is a good man. Your son will get enrolled in Riverdale High School."

The Sheriff took their phone numbers before leaving. After three hours, Carmen got a call from him. It was very good news. Both the mayor and the principal were agreed to enrol Miguel in Riverdale high school. Principal Weatherby wanted to meet theme at the school next day, with Miguel's school record. Carmen's face was absolutely radiant with joy. She was literally beaming, hoping all good things in her mind.

So the next day at 10 a.m, Johnny, Carmen and Miguel found themselves in front of Riverdale high school. The principal must have told the security guards about them, because one guard directed the trio to a side entrance. The front entrance had stairs, which was impossible for Miguel to climb.

The side entrance was a flat pathway to the school's corridor. All the boys and girls were curiously looking at them, especially Miguel. They just ignored them and walked towards the principal's office, when they saw a very weird scene.

It was Sheriff Keller. He was literally dragging a redheaded girl towards the principal's office. The girl was obviously crying, but now it was like a sob. There was another tall, dark man in suit with them, probably the principal of this school.

Then the Sheriff's eyes fall over them.

"Mr. Lawrence, could you wait for some time?" his tone was full with authority, not the friendly tone they heard yesterday.

Johnny and Carmen were literally standing with dropped jaw. It was Miguel who quickly came to his senses.

"Of course, Sir. Take your time."

The Sheriff and the principal took the girl into the office and closed the door.

Carmen was trying hard to calm herself. Miguel took her one hand in his, this contained her a bit.

Then they heard some girls gossiping among themselves.

"Did she really kill her twin?" One girl said.

"She did not kill Jason. They were close to each other." Said another girl.

"They were closer than a brother and sister should be. When Jason starts dating with other girls, Cheryl got jealous, and she killed him."

Carmen could not take any more. She saw a vacant seat in front of her, and she sat over it. Her head was spinning, and she felt a cold shudder along her spine. For the first time in her staying in Riverdale, she felt fear. This small and beautiful town was just a charade for something way more complicated. She shot a worried glance at her son, who was looking completely unaffected. She made a quick prayer to god for the safety of her family.

A/N: So this is the fourth chapter. Now a Cobra is entering the Maple forest infested by Bulldogs and Vixens. What do you think will happen next? Feel free to give me the life force of the story which is known as 'COMMENTS"