Revolution

Chapter 24

As Wilhelm and Simon walked outside, Simon kept a distance keeping his eyes away from Wilhelm as they filled with tears.

Wilhelm soon noticed and walks over and placed a hand on Simons back 'Hey look at me..' he says softly letting him know it was okay whatever he was feeling 'What exactly happened inside?' he asks 

Simon stayed quiet for a couple of minutes before turning to him thinking of what was on his mind 'My dad is what happened, the photos everything I look at is a reminder of what he put us through' he says 

'I'm sorry you have that reminder of him, why are the photos still in the house if no one in your house likes or acknowledges him?' 

He looks up at him 'Because...' he says and thinks of an accuse 'Because nothing, I don't know who kept them but he makes me feel powerless, like he wasn't proud of me.' he tells Wilhelm 'My dad continuously tries to come back into our lives and make things better, but every time we tell him no he doesn't understand. That we don't want him here with us' 

Wilhelm nods 'Either I can pretend to be one of those people who say "I understand how you feel" or I can actually say I don't know how you feel' he says 'So I'm gonna go  with the second one because I'm being honest here I have no clue how you feel. Your dad doesn't understand the word no, kind of like toddlers you tell them no over and over they just never seem to pick up on that'

He looks around as he spoke nodding, glad Wilhelm wasn't trying to make this about himself or try and make it sound like his mom. 'I know, I wanna burn the photos but I don't wanna bring the topic up to my mom so I'll just leave them put' he says 

'Cut him out of the picture, literally' he says 'Take a pair of scissors and the picture and cut him out.'

Simon nods 'Yeah' he says and a slight smile came onto his face and faded again 'Maybe' 

Simon and Wilhelm continued walking, Wilhelm stayed as long as Simon needed, they both stayed quiet most of the walk to let Simon breathe and get any emotions out that he needed, finally a long needed cry came out of Simon as he stood in one spot as tears fell.

Wilhelm stopped walking and walks over to Simon 'Hey its okay, I'm here you've got me and your mom and Sara' he says 

He cried onto Wilhelms chest it felt reliving to cry, it felt like thousands of pounds had lifted off his chest, being there with Wilhelm in his arms felt comfortable the only place he wanted to be right now.