13 I HAVE A CHILD, A BOY....HE IS YOUR SON.
Jackson stood at almost two meters tall, more than ninety kgm heavy but still looked thin,his legs exerggeretedly apart and stable in a standby mode ready to take the weight of the whole world on his shoulders. He was alert and tensed at the same time . He had to take full charge of his siblings now that the new realization has affected each one differently. The tension was high and sickening.
His head felt like he was doing an exam which he must pass but knew that he was doomed to fail no matter what, steadily though the reasons aside he must change this feeling and give himself some confidence
He walked slowly towards the two siblings, a boy and a girl who were now a man and a woman, what were they thinking, what were they going through, why was there so much calmness and silence...no reactions?
His perfect face showed a mixture of sadness and loneliness so immense like it could be touched .
His eyes were distant, like he was seeing something beyond those walls... something important that if he kept looking would turn to something that would eventually fulfill his heart desires. His young brother still dazed and his hands full as well .He had lost his entire family, his mind was yet to recover or accept .
The three of them were at a state of mindwounding that needed psychological counseling yet each in different way since each individual's wound had its own size and shape unique from the other person's. They all needed a shoulder to lean on,but each individual had their own pain, each felt that their own pain was greater than the other's...All of a sudden there was no shoulders to cry on ,everyone needed someone to share and to hold, loneliness was the boss of the day,each stared in shock.
Someone though young ,knew the roots to their problems, she was overwhelming her brain trying to figure it out, she had to, her life was a puzzle, Ben had all the pieces but he was dead.
Who was Ben?
Was he their father and hers too?!
No...no way, no one treats their children that way he made her a display , he killed Jackson's family and ordered Jeff's arrest and was going to hold him responsible for the murders, no he was not he couldn't be anyone's relative, Probably a maniac playing games with the lives of others. It was what he did for the longest time she could remember, he was like a big cat and everyone else was a mouse to this guy . I will solve this puzzle, with the information I have and what they know about Ben, I will solve it once and for all.
Melody seemed to have the worst reaction. She was the most affected one . Her whole life was a lie ,her dreams shuttered right infront of her eyes that day...the necklace was pain and useless, going back to the life she was running from was out of question, without Ben she was useless, without a benefactor her life would be a double trouble and dangerous ,there was no way out, the wizowl feeling crept in and it was weighing heavily in her entire body, competing with mountains when you are a mare hill is a joke.
She coughed only twice and the next minute she was vomiting fresh blood, her body was covered with goosebumps , her teeth chattering vigorously in attempt to respond to the temperature change in her body
No body knew what was happening to her but she was sick and it was bad, if this was how some people reacted to shocking news..., then it was best to never break the news to them in the first place.
Jeff had his right hand on his head and the other one on the table supporting his weight, his back slightly curved forming a c shaped form more like that of a cat before it strikes, he had not moved or changed posture for a while now, and even his sister's reaction did not change his appearance at all.
"What was this?" Jackson wondered, for some time now the man had been fighting with himself in his head.
" Jeff is not himself right now, I have to take her to the hospital before she ends up dying here ,or... ,should I just let her die?
The way she is looking at me is interesting , what if she remembers? What if she already figured it out
W..What if she tells on me to her brother? I can not fight Jeff, this mad man might want to revenge in oder to earn some points with her, besides our relationship will take a new tole if he gets to know my other life .
Where have you been woman? !
I looked for you since that day and I still do, I swear Jeff I looked for her...oh yes i did and when i gave up the search she is found? damn Melody!
What do I do? should just let you die .. my beautiful girl...hmm?! my heart can not bring me to the task of allowing you to die. I need you, I want you to cure this yearning I've been having about you, I must cure you first, yes, I must get her some help "
He was like a kid talking to himself, asking himself questions and answering them,giving himself suggestions and discrediting his own suggestions with his reasoning, he was like a comedian who dare not laugh despite all the hilariousness in the conflict of his mind, it was getting him won out.
'Deny ! deny ! deny !
I will not accept responsibility, I do not know this woman. Think about it ,she must have served thousands of people like me,...men, even women. It's what they do in that clubhouses'
Jackson was working his brain nonstop then he remembered Jeff, who was still paralyzed and dazed from the events of that day and the shock of seeing how much blood she was loosing as she vomited, he was still frozen and not thinking, he was useless in this state. Jackson held him then shook him hard, bringing him to the present time only to yeald nothing.
"Won't you do something Jeff ? "
There were no female clothes in the house and the ones she was wearing were too tight ,it would take Jackson forever to put it back on. seeing that Jeff was not responding Jackson left to get his pajamas or something free sized for her to wear , his thoughts were centralized on the present time that he couldn't remember that this was the house he shared with his wife until he saw her closet .He had forgotten her, they were never close, a tyranny kind of thing they shared there and it was public knowledge.
He took an all button dress and effortlessly dressed the girl.The mess was already cleaned up he placed her on the couch and was about to call his driver when she opened her eyes and looked at him in horror, too scared like she had seen a monster then she opened her lips slightly, the next thing, he heard her call him Kane.
Well...,
Kane was not his name but he knew very well who Kane was, and that was him in his disguise,his bad guy name , the side that his sick ego made. He felt fear run down his spine and the thought of letting her die came back strong
She looked so scared and so adorable in her fearful face, so delicate and vulnerable was she that he felt his animal self come back to life .
This feeling was sickeningly strong, only she could stir so much trouble in his body and soul. He stepped away from her as fast as he could, dropping her like she was hot because that was what she was to him . Hot.
Too hot . she was like a drug which he must take or go crazy.
Must interrogate her
See what she knew or remembered
If only she was not Jeff's sister, it was painful to even think about it.
"My dearest Mesh, are you alright? !
You gave us quite a scare there ,who is Kane anyway ,...are you delirious ...hmm?
loosing lots of blood like this lowers your brain's oxygen supply level and make you see things that are not there"
Jackson was busy trying to convince her that he was not who he was but she was busy cowardly coiling herself into a tiny ball in fear of his presence.
He was going to try harder though, she must forget Kane but she must embrace Jackson, he need that.
"Melody, are you sure you are okay?
Can you see my fingers? how many are they ?"
Jackson was just analyzing the situation, could she remember ? Can he convince her otherwise? he was really scared and felt guilty , he was young back then but even so ,the two were young people than he was if he tried convincing them that he was young when he did the hurtful deeds to her , then how young would melody be?
It will only make things worse because ,Melody was ten years younger than him, Jeff his junior brother -five years younger. Who would understand that he was bored....,that it was peer pressure..., that she was attractive.., that it was only once and that he regretted it and even looked for her..?
He was just a spoilt rich young man, not that he was way too young when he did these monstrous deeds.
It was Melody's turn to talk which Jackson was waiting eagerly, so when she opened her lips to talk he became very attentive and not even a sigh however little or unintended , he was going to capture it.
"Kane .
I have a son...yours."
Melody said this then passed out.
"What did you say? "
It was Jeff's time to respond and when he got no answer he directed it to his brother Jackson.
Jackson was in his own world, his head hurting like hell ,excited and scared, now more than ever he wanted her to talk but she was unconscious, her face was pale almost paper white , she was going to die with this rate of blood lose.He was determined to get to the bottom of this statement she just uttered before she passed out. He was a father how nice, yet how complicated, evidence was there in form of a child.
