The Other Side

Chapter 19

Dedicated to 100rosy

Part 1

Nate.

" That Ryan cop just pisses me off, what's the deal with him?" Caleb came back to the room after his session with Felicity and Ryan outside.

"You noticed too?" I asked him.

"Yeah man, he just twists everything you say around." I knew there was something off about him from the moment he entered the room but I can't quite put a finger on it. I will find out what his deal is and if I found out he is involved in any of this, he's going to wish he never joined the police force.

"Did you tell them about what you were doing?" I asked Caleb.

"What do you mean?" He raised a questioning brow.

"Your plan? The one that got us all in this mess? Did you tell them about it?" Everyone just seemed to get on my nerves these past few days. I was paranoid and worried sick.

"No. I don't want to go to jail." He said looking elsewhere.

"Armstrong son," my mom called" talking from a lawyer's point of view, I think you should tell them everything before they find out on their own."

" They won't find out, " he butted in," unless of course one of you opens their mouth. "

" Look Caleb, I love you like a son you know I do. And when your mother, my sister passed away, I promised to take care of you in any way I can. Now I realize that you are all grown now and you can make your own decisions but we all need someone to guide us once in a while, no matter our age. This situation is very grave, its not about your mother's revenge anymore, its about her life and safety. Look at her Caleb, she is so helpless right now and it is a duty of all of us to make sure she gets justice, and that nothing like this would ever happen again. I am a lawyer, I will help you throughout the process. If you don't trust Ryan, we'll call Felicity. It will be between her and us, this might help with the investigation. No one blames you for anything, you did what you thought was right, but you gotta look past that now. We all do." My mom explained.

"Promise you won't let me go to jail aunt Maria." Caleb begged.

"I promise. Besides, you haven't committed a crime yet, you have motive yes but you haven't done anything wrong so far. Cheating and breaking hearts is not a crime punishable by law, you're a Navy Seal you should know that. Unless of course there's something else we need to know about. Is there?" My mom was already diving into law. She loved that profession, dad and I never understood her obsession with it.

"No. There's nothing else that I am hiding. Thank you for always being there for me aunt, I never got to thank you before because I never really appreciated it until now. I will call Felicity once I get back home, I'll explain everything to her." He relented at last.

"Okay. Make sure to call me before you say a word to her." My mom reminded.

"Sure."

Mr Clarence hardly uttered a word to anyone since the accident happened. The most words he would speak were probably a sentence and that's when he was answering a question someone asked or greeting someone.

"How are you today Richard." My mother greeted. She seemed to be doing most of the talking around here.

"I'm breathing. How are you? " he asked and smiled weakly.

"I'm fine thank you."

Later on, Donna came accompanied by her mom who was carrying a few cups of lattes.