CHAPTER 68

CHAPTER 68

DENNER HEARD THE dry CLICK of the revolver as if it was unloaded, the father tried to shoot his own son numerous times, but in all of them he failed, even fully loaded, the weapon simply did not fire a single shot.

My God... was he going to shoot his own son?

Denner couldn't explain it, but his body was totally immobilized in the terror of being shot at by shots in which his own father would pull the trigger...

Why God didn't he stay in the past? Not the past, in my other life... I'm your son, a new creature... do my sins condemn me that much?

Denner then saw the last thing that could happen, the old man pointed the revolver at himself to see what was wrong with the gun, it was as if it had been triggered by something he couldn't see, the gun went off even without anyone having pulled the trigger at that exact moment, the hammer of the gun simply moved by itself and he heard the sound of gunpowder and a splash of blood draw the rainy air and the lifeless body fell into his own backyard.

Finally, it's all over...

— DO YOU KNOW who this man is, Father?

Denner thought longer than he would have liked.

— Priest? Did you hear the question? — Insisted the policeman doing the investigation, while an expert moved the lifeless body of his father.

— Of course… I'm sorry, sir, it's just that it's hard for me… to talk about it… he…— Denner swallowed more saliva than he could bear and said chokingly — he's my father.

THE PROCESS WAS FILED and Denner returned to parish functions almost like a hero, that miracle of the gun not having fired at him being fired several times and having fired alone against the aggressor father made a big stir in the surroundings, many people came to him and the saw it as a true miracle.

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DENNER FELT HIS PHONE VIBRATING and immediately woke up from his mental trance and thought:

It's time...