The Past - Erich Blunt

memories.

Hello lovelies, how has your day been?

Here is memories.

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a d e l e' s  p o v

I could feel my breathing increase.

After all these years, I was back here. The place where it all started.

Erich came round to my side of the car and opened the door for me, he held his hand out.

This simple gesture made me feel safe, he was my protector.

I took his hand and we stood staring at the house for a few seconds.

"I'm going in."

It was Cindy.

She was understandably becoming agitated, all she wanted was Cassidy back.

"No you're not - "

In the car, I had a slight plan in my head. I needed to occupy myself and in order to do that, I needed to take charge. If I would follow through my role as a leader was a different story.

"- Me and Erich will go in, we'll distract Kevin. Once he's distracted, Erich will get her. We're not having you get hurt because of him. In doubt, I'll distract Kevin."

Cindy turned silent and looked at the ground, Erich's eyes were firmly on me. He was looking for me to see if I was going to break, it was hard not to have a complete breakdown right there. Maybe this was too much.

Slowly, me and Erich made our way to the front porch. Of course it was unlocked, this was too easy.

Cindy was still at the car.

Internally, I was screaming. my mind could imagine the complete layout of the house.

I had to be strong.

Erich walked in first, I followed closely behind.

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n a r r a t o r' s  p o v

The pair entered the house, they were waiting for the moment that they would catch a glimpse of Kevin.

Neither of them wanted to see his face.

Anxiety was coursing through both of their veins, would they show their true emotion to him? Of course not, that was something that Kevin had installed into them at a young age.

They had to be strong, or at least look it.

The room was smaller than they last remembered. The smell of damp haunted their nostrils, the walls were covered in mould. Nothing had changed.

Erich saw him first.

Anger enraged Erich at the sight of him, he charged towards Kevin and held him against the wall by his throat.

Kevin had no time to react.

"Where the fuck is she."

He spat his words into Kevin's ear.

It was apparent how much Erich had changed. As a fifteen year old boy, he barely surpassed Kevin's 5'8 stature. As a 25 year old man, Erich towered over his Father. Finally he had the height advantage.

Adele was terrified seeing Erich fuelled with such anger. It wasn't a rarity for him to lose his cool and end up in fits of rage, but she had never seen him like this.