Disappear, Part Two

Journal Entry: Innocence Lost

I woke up. I heard screaming. I ran towards the sound of it. The screaming led me to the drawing room.

Catherine was fighting an intruder. Catherine in one moment was on his back just hitting him and hitting him. Then she jumped off his back. I tackled him. We fought. In one moment he was on me. He held a knife to my neck while I was just trying to push it away. However he just fell on me. I pushed his body off me. Then I realised Catherine had shot him. Catherine put the revolver on the counter. I got up and hugged her

"You're safe for now." I said.

"When will it end? I can't sleep at night because of what happens. I am scared that someone can show up at our house and hurt us." Catherine mentioned.

"Catherine, you will always be safe because God is with you and he protects you. He has used me in this situation to keep you safe." I responded.

Catherine went to her room.

I took a look around, and I saw that Anna was alive but injured.

"I tried fighting the intruder but he injured my leg with his knife." Anna mentioned.

I looked at her leg and saw that it was bleeding out. Her leg lost a lot of blood.

"Catherine started to fight him. She was brutal when doing so." Anna told me.

"Do you know if the intruder worked for someone?" I asked.

"Yes, Thomas Crawford. It shows on this note. It also has the address of his Villa written on it." Anna said.

She gave me the note.

"Catherine is... is." she was struggling to say.

She fainted. I immediately picked her up and told Catherine to come with me. We got in a carriage and I immediately drove us to a hospital. From there the nurses took care of Anna.

Then both of us took a carriage to John's Mansion. I drove the carriage and Catherine sat by me.

"Thank God you're here, lots has happened. Before I begin telling you, please get some of your people to clean the inside of my house." I added.

"I will. Let's talk in my office." John said.

I sat in a chair. Catherine sat in the chair by me. John sat by his desk.

"So what's the story?" John asked.

"An intruder broke in. He worked for Thomas Crawford. This note proves that." I said to John.

I gave him the note.

John looked at it. He gave it back.

There was a pause of silence.

"We can't be reckless about this. I will need time to strategize and gather people." John mentioned.

"John, we don't have time. Do you understand that my daughter and I are at risk of getting killed?" I stated.

"Yes, I do understand." John said.

There was a pause of silence.

Then I got an idea about what to do about Thomas.

"Let Catherine stay at your Mansion. Keep her safe. I need to take care of some things." I said.

I got up and walked out.

"Where are you going? Henry, Henry!"

John yelled as I was walking out of The Mansion.

I rode to Thomas's Villa.

I got to Thomas Crawford's Villa. I took my revolver out and just immediately started shooting at his people. A gunfight broke out.

"Everyone, stop!"

Someone came out of the villa building and yelled.

"Thomas! He killed some of our people." One of his people said to him.

I immediately shot Thomas in the leg. The gunfight resumed. I got shot in the left arm. Still I shot till no one was shooting back.

People were injured and dead. I decided not to kill the remaining. I went to Thomas.

"Your father was a monster. Going in his footsteps has led you to this. Which is death." I said to him,

Then I shot him. I looked around. I realised that I stepped lower than James. I was the monster. I felt nothing when I killed them. As if it was normal for me.

I rode back to John's Mansion. When John looked at me he realised what I did because my arm was still bleeding and my face had some blood on it too.

"Where is Catherine?" I asked.

"Playing with the kids. But let's get you fixed up first." John said.

We went to the bathroom, I sat on a chair. John got his medical specialists to take the bullet out. They wrapped my arm with bandages and they left.

"Thanks for getting the bullet out." I said.

"No problem. But Henry, you need to go home and rest. Both of you saw enough frightening things today. Let's talk about what we will do tomorrow." He said.

Catherine and I went home. When we got home I went to sleep.

I remember seeing graves of James, Thomas, Morgan Family, Barlow Family, and many more with names and no names. Then everything changed and I saw Catherine's grave.

"You caused this." I heard a voice whisper to me.

I woke up. That was the worst dream I could have gotten.

I guess that that dream proves that I am a corrupt person. I despise myself for that.

I am writing this for you Catherine. I don't plan to live any longer. I am a monster, and I don't deserve to live any longer. I have hurt a lot of people. I hope that you will learn a lot of truths about our family by reading this journal.

Always be a christian. Follow God everyday. God is the reason while you're still alive. Show him you're thankful for that everyday. I love you and so does God. I am sorry for what I will do. This is my note.

Goodbye forever