Puzzle Skin IV

2008, Jackson Detectives Agency

"A serial child killer," the blond spoke with so much conviction and surety that the chuckle that was forming in Marco's throat for thinking that he was jesting evaporated before it even passed his lips.

The shocked expression that formed in Marco's face when the truth finally dawned on him, the blond did not miss, and if he did not know his friend well and what kind of man he was, he would have troubled silently on what could be running in his head. The judgment, the fear, the ideas forming towards him, and more so the pity.

But it was Marco, his best friend, they've known each other for more than seven years now, throughout their Uni days, they weren't just 'friends' as most people loosely use the term and he trusts him with his life. The blond knew that if he couldn't say that very truth to Marco, then there was no one else he could tell it to. And it will remain a family secret.