The Trouble Within

Chap 20

Randall couldn't help but feel a little curious about what he had read in the newspaper.

It was three days later and he had gone to work with Amanda, but said to Sulley that he had to leave for an appointment later, but would be back by closing time.

Randall walked all the way to the monster cemetery. He made himself invisible so any that were around wouldn't see him. He didn't go all the way to the mourning area, but he did see some monsters that resembled Stanton around the area.

They might have been his family, but they had had no idea what kind of a person he was if he was going to be a rapist.

Randall knew that a small part of Stanton still lived on in his own kids. He just hoped it never arose. He knew his sister knew who the father was to Lori and Jason, but he wasn't going to admit it to this family that were bidding their son goodbye.

He had just wanted to see how big the funeral was. Randall didn't stay long. He soon turned and left to go back to his job. He didn't want his sister finding out he was here. It would take him awhile to get back anyway and he needed to be back before closing time.

He made it back an hour before closing time. Then he helped Amanda taking the kids home.
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One night, Randall was having a bad dream. He kept on tossing and turning in his bed.

"Get away! Leave me alone!" He said in his sleep.

'"Now why would I want to do that? You murderer!" A voice said.

Randall saw Stanton. "What are you doing here? I saw you die."

"Yes. You killed me. And you lied about it to everyone."

"I had my reasons for killing you. All you did was live to torment me."

"I had real feelings for you, Randall. I wanted us to be a family."

"You had strange ways of showing it! Lovers don't treat lovers like the way you treated me!" Randall yelled at him.

"And now that I can see what you do anytime, I also saw that you didn't just give me one, but two children. How special is that?"

"You're lucky I even kept them! I really wanted nothing to do with them at first!"

"I'm glad you did though. They are special indeed, as they did help change you. If it wasn't for me and them, think about it; you would have broken out of jail with the Waternoose guy and tried to get revenge on your old co-workers and here in this realm, I see you are practically friends with them now. And after re-capture from the police, you would have been spending the rest of your life behind bars."

"I might have found the strength to change my ways eventually. But yeah, maybe you have a point. But it was your way of traumatizing me that made me see the error of my ways faster. And I never want to go back to prison. I'm still just trying to finish up my parole."

"And you'll be sure to finish it."

"Just what are you doing here anyway?" Randall asked.

"I came to tell you that my family is still in deep mourning because of what you did. And I wanted to tell you that I know of the children, and your own family. I would stay away from my family if I were you. They won't take kindly to what you did to me." Stanton warned.

"I don't want anything to do with your family. But I did see them at your funeral. Curiosity got the better of me to see if you actually had family. You have more than I have. And as much as they must have cared about you, they didn't know you were a rapist!"