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He was suspicious

He followed her

He got angry and he strangled her

She died

He buried her body and left her car

His DNA not suspicious at the scene, because it was all through her car Of course it was; he rode in it all the time

This information swims in my mind as I sit in the police station hours after the news of my mother’s death was broken to le tear My entire body is numb I feel no emotion I’m completely broken When the officer co legs and I follow him down the halls

The minute I reach my father’s cell, the officer turns and mutters, "Five minutes"

I stare at s, hair disheveled, and his body shaking He should shake He should shake for every breath he took froainst the cell, causing him to look up His eyes are bloodshot, red, and frantic He leaps up and rushes forward "Avery," he cries "I didn’t mean to It was an accident"

"An accident?" I say, my voice so empty it scares me "It was an accident that you put your hands around her neck and took her life?"

"She was having an affair!" he yells, gripping his head "I worked so hard, gave her everything, and she was having an affair She didn’t care about meabout you or Liam She only cared about that man"

"So you killed her"

Empty Emotionless

"I didn’t ry When I realized what I was doing it was too late I only meant to scare her"

Scare her

"She was beautiful, perfect and a," I say, my voice a low hiss "Her life was not yours to take"

"Please, Avery Please don’t hate me"

I look up at him and I know my eyes are cold "Hate doesn’t even cover what I feel for you, Father What I feel goes so much deeper It burns in my soul so much more furiously I hope you rot in hell I hope you pay every day for the rest of your pathetic, lonely life You are nothing to erelse to say Nothing else to hear