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I realize as I slowly h the rain that the puppettowards my death, but I don’t have any other choice and, at this point, maybe I deserve it

I’dus when he still loved me than live in a world where his eyes are full of hate as he accusesour son

"SO, THE LAST time you had contact with the suspected victim was around 8:45 p OLIVIA and she’s not a suspected victim, for Christ’s sake Get your head out of your ass and find her!"

Garrett grabs my upper arms and pulls lare at me as he jots down infor they can," Garrett tellsroo with people dusting for prints, taking pictures and asking the same damn questions over and over "We’re lucky these people even showed up They don’t bat an eye if a person hasn’t beenfor at least twenty-four hours, so be thankful the police chief owesthe fuck out, but it’s not helping things"

I walk over to the kitchen table and restoff of my crutches all day and the numbness from all the alcohol I consu atto cal inside of me

"No She just sent me a text The officer she took over there searched the house and no one is ho their cell phones, either Tell me this, why the hell do people have cell phones if they never fucking answer them?"

Garrett tries to h I just want to find her At this point, I’ive her I just want to know that she’s safe

I hear a co roo so them to leave Garrett and I share a confused look before weroo in the doorway, the very sa his entry

"Dad, what are you doing here?"

My father looks over the officer’s shoulder at me, irritation written all over his face

"Will you kindly tell this young er, that I own this house and have every right to be here?"

Garrett puts a hand onfor e at everyone aroundmy father, who is supposed to be locked away in a mental hospital I have no idea if it’s safe to let hi he won’t be able to do too e surrounded by a bunch of heavily armed police officers and two former Navy SEALs

I motion to the cop, who silently steps to the side as my father brushes past hi on? Why are there police cars lining the driveway anda mess of my damn house?" my father asks as he approaches me and Garrett

"I think a better question would be, why are you out of the hospital?" I fire back

He huffs, rolling his eyes and crossing his ar tothe truth, but she wouldn’t listen She’s been pissed atwith this asinine scheme of hers because she said it was the only way for her to save face Hell, a part of h what I did, so I let her do whatever she wanted It’s not like I planned on ever co back, so it didn’t ht"

I’er he talks and I wonder if I should ask one of the officers for a straight jacket or so more and more apparent that he really has lost his mind

"I’m not the crazy one, so wipe that look off your face," he snaps

"Dad, I don’t have tiht be hurt If you know soer in his face ht she was doing better I really thought she’d moved on and all the hatred and jealousy was finished The doctors thought they’d finally found the right co better and better I didn’t think it would hurt to pull a few strings and get Olivia hired as your nurse I mean, this fa to ain I knoasn’t the best husband or father I know I cared h pill to shen you get to bejoke"

I watched as he took a seat on the couch, slouching back on the cushions in defeat, looking nothing like the formidable man who intimidated me as a child

"Jesus, son, didn’t you wonder why none of your relationships ever worked out? Those women headed for the hills faster than you could blink Until Olivia She’s a firecracker, that one When we met her that day at the restaurant, I couldn’t help but s up She wouldn’t be easy to bribe or threaten and I liked that about her I also knew that it wouldn’t end well for her, so I went along with the plan because it was the only way to keep her safe It was stupid and foolish, but it was the only thing we kne to do We’d been covering this shit up for years, hiding the truth from everyone"