Balotelli-Bale Series Book #4: THE OTHER MAN PART 1

Chapter 54: Imbalance

"... everything costs something,
every decision has a consequence..."

Nick's POV
"Let's try this again. Who shot Jason Burke?"

If I had a penny for how many times I have been asked this question...

"I did. Three bullets to the chest. You have the gun, you have my prints. What further confirmation do you need? I won't change my confession!"

I'm getting frustrated. Timmy and I have been you over this for hours! He has been questioning me, repeating the same question and I am repeating in the same answer. I can't even keep my eyes open anymore. I'm tired. He won't stop. Should I shoot him again or did that just prove how desperate I am to be arrested?

"Let's try this again."

"Do I have to kill you for you to believe me?"

"You shot me because you were desperate to be arrested. You want to be arrested and something tells me it has more to do than just being in love with Keira Ballard. So talk. Who killed Jason Burke?"

"I did. Three bullets to the chest." I repeated the same line I have been telling him all night. I can say it in my sleep.

"Look Nick. You and I didn't get off on the right foot."

"No one gets off on the right foot with law enforcement especially when they look like you."

"Still, I don't think you did this. Someone else is pulling your strings. You can tell me who it is Nick."

"I shot Jason Burke. Three bullets to the chest."

He sighed.

"Your parents are here. Hopefully they can talk some sense into you. I'll be back to ask you the same question and I hope you will have a different answer."

"Timmy, it is madness to keep doing the same thing and expect different results."

He walked out and seconds later my parents came in. My mother enveloped me in her arms, a flood of kisses later, she let my dad look at me. "Are you all right son?" He asked me.

"I guess so." What I know for sure is that I'm at peace. I'm not suffering from guilt anymore. I did what I had to do. "Is Keira free?"

"Not that we have heard." He answered. My mother sat down but he remained standing. "What have you done Nickolas?"

"I have done what needed to be done." I answered him. "I know what we agreed on but the longer I resist this, tge longer she would have stayed in jail."

"It was stupid because she's still locked up."

"He's in love." My mom told him but her eyes are soft towards me. "It's going to be okay Nicko. We will work around this, right Nate?"

He is not happy. He doesn't want to work around anything. Around is not my dad's thing. He goes through. Right through regardless of fire or ice or storms. He doesn't work around anything.

"Right." He agreed with a clenched jaw. He hates arguing with her because he loses. She may be small but she's loud! Loud wins!

"We need a lawyer." She suggested.

"We don't ."

"Nicko don't be silly. Even if Keira is set free, we still need a lawyer the get you out."

"I will plead guilty. There's no need for a trial or anything. Get in touch with the prosecution. Let them know I'm pleading guilty."

Now she's upset. Now she may just agree with my father.