CLOSURE

17

"What the hell are you talking about?" I asked him

"Your mother and I were having an affair, she and your dad were not happy anymore. We were in love and she got pregnant, we were happy and she was going to leave your dad". He said nonchalantly

It's hard to believe my parents weren't happy, they seemed like the perfect couple. Sure they fought like normal couples do, but it never seemed like they were unhappy.

"You're lying, you've lied about everything. Why should I believe you?"

"You think I care if you believe me or not? Why do you think she was spending so much time away from home? Because she was with me" Richard shouts now
"She broke it off with me when Henry found out about us and Max but he forgave her and wanted to work things out, and that got me angry" He finished

This was all too much, the never ending cycle of pain and lies wouldn't stop. My mom was perfect, at least that's what I thought but it's like I never knew who she really was.

"So you killed them because she stayed with my dad?" I asked

"You're finally getting it" he laughed " We had been arguing the night before they I killed them, she didn't want anything to do with me and I was furious, she didn't want Max anywhere near me, I mean that's my son. The next day I went over to your house but she wouldn't let me see him, Henry was there shouting for me to get out so I took my gun and killed them" The way he said like he didn't just confess to killing people.

"What did you do about the police?" I asked. Surely there had to be a reason why the police didn't get involved

"I had Zach take care of that, he confronted me about your parents and I warned him to have everything taken care of or I was coming for his family" he finished
It finally clicked, the reason why he didn't want me telling the cops or speaking with Zach was because he didn't want me finding it the truth.
"So why did you look for me and tell me all those lies, you could have just left me alone and went on with your life" I was on the floor now, my legs couldn't take it anymore

"I wanted to see my son, when I saw you the first time I didn't have any plans to approach you but I did. And then it was fun telling you those crap about the disease and the cure. You were so gullible, you believed everything" he said laughing

"You're psychotic, you claim you love my mom but you killed her and you don't even regret it. What kind of person does that?" I yelled. Richard suddenly wasn't laughing anymore, he suddenly pointed the gun towards me.

"One more word and you'd be joining your parents sooner than I planned , Max is my son and he's coming with me."

"You crazy fucker, you would have to kill me too because Max wasn't going anywhere with you" I said.

Remember how I said I always spoke before thinking, this was one of those times. Richard was beyond pissed now, he was walking towards me with the gun still pointed towards me. This was it, I was going to die .