My Murderous Finale - ✔️

Chapter 22

When I woke up, the world was so very bright, blindingly so. I squinted and tried to move my hand to shield them from the lights. I was in a hospital room, I realized. I was alive. Evan hadn't successfully killed me. Oh god, I had successfully killed him though. I knew I had. Something behind me started to beep. I noticed Kellan first. He was sitting in a chair and his upper body was laying on my legs. He sat up immediately when he heard the beeping and our eyes locked. Then I saw movement across the room and my eyes shifted to the couch and saw Milo laying across it the best he could with his long legs hanging over the arms.

" Elliot,'' Kellan said and I looked at him again. " oh my god El, I was so fuckin scared you wouldn't wake back up." He moved to hug me then stopped. "Are you in pain?" He asked

"No," I croaked out. My voice was raspy and didn't sound like me at all.

" I don't want to hug you, you got out of surgery a few hours ago"

"what happened?"

Kellan sighed " he tried to kill you." He whispered " I didn't know it had gotten that bad, you should have told me."

"It honestly wasn't kellan, I swear. I would have told you."

"Then what the fuck happened last night?" Kellan stood. His voice was a mix of hurt and anger. I glanced over, noticing Milo sitting in a chair in the right corner of the room. I didn't want him hearing all of this.

" He tried to," I paused and sighed

Milo stood and silently walked out of the room. I waited till he shut the door to finish. I silently thanked his timing

"Kellan, he came home incredibly drunk and tried to rape me when I turned him down. then it just escalated very fast after that. How'd you know to come over?"

Kellan sighed and sat back in the chair. "You called me. I didn't know if you meant to then I heard him yelling and I knew you did. Milo was randomly walking towards the house as I was running out. so I stayed on the phone with you and Milo drove us over there and he called the ambulance and police." He paused, taking a deep breath. " I had planned on killing him last night, I heard what he was saying and that made me want to kill him. Then I fuckin heard the gun and I absolutely lost it. God I was screaming so loud Milo couldn't hear the operator." He took another breath before blowing it all out. "I'm just really glad I insisted on teaching you how to shoot."

" I killed him" i said the words so quietly they weren't even a whisper. I stared at him and I felt the hot tears on my cheek.

" I know. I know, Elliott. And honestly I wish you hadn't and it woulda been me. Even if I went to jail, I'd rather have to go through that than what you're going through. This isn't what I wanted for you."

" Am I'm trouble? With the police?"

"No. The EMT gave a statement to the police stating that there's no way with the shot you hit him with, he could have shot you after. So the police ruled it self defense in a domestic abuse situation. They said they'd come and get your statement just for the record but he assured me it was a closed case and they wouldn't be pressing any charges."

"The cameras," I started but there was a knock on the door and Milo stuck his head in.

"Hey, sorry guys, the cop wanted to get Elliot's statement so they could head out." He looked at me for the ok and I nodded.

Two police officers walked into the room following Milo. Kellan stood next to my bed and Milo leaned against the wall facing me. I tried not to think about his eyes on me or what I'd have to talk about in front of him.