The Town Cop

Raymond

**This chapter is from the point of view of Raymond the titular town cop**

2009: I rush into class slamming my books on the table. The bell rings just ass my ass meets the seat. Junior year was one of the hardest of my life. I had all C's and 1 D and it was only January. I was such a fuck up. My family despised me and shunned me. All they cared about was Rollie, by brother who was 13 and excelling in every class he took. He even took up wrestling this year. Every night I would have to hear about how great Rollie was. Meanwhile my issues were swept under the rug.

One day I was in the locker room after gym and I caught a glimpse of Collin Jackson's member. I started to get a little hard and he noticed. After everyone left the locker room we went to the showers and I lost my virginity to him. for the next year we continued this in secret. Around the start of senior year people started to get suspicious since neither of us had girlfriends and we weren't friends outside of fucking. We had a fight and stopped seeing one another. After that I started talking to a girl named Claire. She was in my class and she was tall, blonde, and funny. She was the perfect woman, just not for me. 

2010: I thought about telling her I wasn't into girls but I knew it would never fly with my parents so I continued to date her. We went to prom together and after graduation we bought a little house in this small town. By this point I was in too deep, there was no escape for me. To deal with my, urges, I started making trips to nearby cities and hooking up with any guy I could. My parents were happy I was finally doing something with my life, and they loved Claire, I didn't. 

2012: I went to police academy for a couple years and when the old cop in our town retired it was to perfect and easy for me to move into his spot. I had the perfect little life from the outside, but from the inside I was dying. I became more aggressive with my partners to the point where they would stop calling on me. I knew I was fucked up but I was in so deep I couldn't see a way out. Although it appeared I was not the only one bound to fuck up my family. Rollie's grades started falling and he began getting into fights at school constantly. Seeing as he was my mom's last hope of a golden child she paid for him to get therapy from  a counselor. He couldn't make much progress with Rollie. His official diagnosis is that he was very obsessive and overly aggressive. The counselor warned my parents that he should be pulled out of wrestling, but they assumed it would give him a safe outlet to get his anger out. 

2013: This was the year I caught Rollie kissing that Brennen boy by the hollowed out tree. It was only then that I knew he was just like me. I tried to be as crass as possible to get Brenden to leave, and after he was gone I comforted Rollie and assured him I wouldn't say a word. It was then I realized how terrible his anger was. He reached for the gun at my hip, and I pushed back. "Rollie what is wrong with you?" He simply smirked with tears still rolling down his eyes, "you fucked everything up I will take EVERYTHING from you motherfucker!" The hate in his eyes was enough to scare even me. I had no option but to tell our parents. The hate in his eyes grew even more, I felt so guilty but I knew it was the right thing to do. Of course my parents couldn't believe their golden child was this fucked up so they let it slide for awhile. The final trigger was when Rollie jumped his next wrestling opponent and stabbed him with a switch blade that he stole from me. I warned my parents that I would have to arrest him if they didn't leave this town forever. The victim lived and didn't catch Rollie's face so it was easy enough to cover up. My parents moved quietly and quickly within a week. And everything went back to normal.

2019: in six years I had 2 kids. One in 2015 and one in 2018. Max and Juniper, they were the only real thing in my relationship. I still sought out partners when I went on trips however due to my aggressiveness I only ever left 1-2 times a month. In the summer I was using the restroom when I saw a curious young man and I let him touch me. It was Brennen from all those years ago. He was at least 22 or so now and he really had grown into his body. He was a little slender but I knew I could make it work. It should have felt wrong but it didn't, it felt more right than anything. I even got him to come to the tree where I busted him and Rollie kissing. I think part of me wanted to spite Rollie even if he wasn't here. I would fuck his high school fling and there was nothing he could do. My aggressive nature took over and I said something I shouldn't have and it sent him running. I was going to chase him when I got a call. It was my mom and she was in tears. Rollie killed our father and left in his truck, the only thing he said was that he would get revenge. As expected my parents didn't take his illness serious and instead they had him join the military. Today was his first day back and she said he was filled with hate. There wasn't anyone my mom could think of that he would want to get revenge on but I knew exactly who he would be targeting and that was me.

2019, Present day:

After talking with Bren I felt pretty confident he was going to wait for me. I was so scared to share any information about my life, but if he could understand Rollie, maybe he could understand me? Maybe he could help me. I finally let myself be vulnerable around him. I was interrupted by a call. Once I got to the scene of the accident I knew what had happened. The truck, red and silver, was my dad's Silverado. It T-boned a small black car, and by the time I arrived the car passengers were already rushed to the hospital. I knew who did this, it was Rollie, and he had escaped on foot. I rushed to my car and flew to Brennen's house. I had told him I'd be back by 8, but stopping by a little early couldn't hurt especially when his life may be at risk. I truly didn't think Rollie would hurt anyone outside of his family so anything is now possible. 

When I arrive at his house the door is unlocked and all that is left for me is note saying Brennen had already left. Damn. Charlie was on the floor and looked like he knew something bad was going to happen. I told him "everything will be okay, I will bring him back"

I slammed the door and got back in my car, I only know one place Rollie would ask to meet him. And so I headed for the old hollowed out oak.