Silent Secrets ||A Byler Story||

Chapter eighteen

TRIGGER WARNING: SA/RAPE WILL BE MENTIONED IN THIS CHAPTER.

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He was dead.

Lonnie Byers was dead.

Will couldn't move. He was hardly breathing. He stared down at his fathers lifeless body.

I killed him.

He's dead.

Will threw down the gun next to his father.

He sat dazed, looking at his fathers dead body.

Panic started rising in his chest.

He killed him.

He ran out of the shed, slamming the door behind him. He didn't know what else to do except go to Mikes house.

So that's where he ran to.

He got there in three minutes. He was running faster than he ever has. He slowed his pace before walking up to the door and knocking gently on it.

A few seconds later Karen answered the door. She looks at Will in surprise. He must have looked like a mess.

Karen called for Mike and Mike came down the stairs quickly once she said who was at the door. She eyes her son as if to say 'be careful with that one' and walks to the kitchen to get Holly some juice.

Mike ran over to Will and pulled him inside.

"Jesus Will what the hell happened?!" Mike raised his voice. Mike dragged him upstairs before he could protest.

Mike and Will went into Mikes room and Mike shut the door and locked it. He eyed Will.

"I killed him." Was all Will could say.

"Killed him? What? Who'd you kill?" Mike asks desperately. He walks over to Will, they were inches apart but Will kept his gaze on the floor.

"Lonnie." Will says quietly, "I killed Lonnie."

"You did what?!" Mike hissed. "Will what the hell happened?!"

"He was...he was going to do it again." Will starts crying but keeps his gaze on the floor. He felt Mike study him.

It slowly starts to dawn on Mike what Will meant. He killed someone. His father. Will killed Lonnie.

"Er...come on, let's get you cleaned up." Mike says quietly. He walks over to the closet and pulls out a light grey hoodie. He gives it to Will and walks over to his dresser and grabs some sweatpants and a oversized shirt. He handed them both to Will quickly.

"Um thanks." Will says awkwardly. Mike nods.

"So...what happened?" Mike asks again.

"I killed him." Will looks at Mike in the eyes for the first time since they've been in his room.

"What do you mean you killed him? What happened?" Mike asks desperately. Will started shaking and Mike grabbed his hand and brought him over to his bed.

"He was going to hurt me Mike." Will starts crying again. "I told him not to come near me. I told him. He didn't listen." Mike wrapped his arm around Will and Will sobbed into his chest.

"Calm down, okay?" Mike tries to sooth him. Will looks up at him.

"Mike I killed him!" He cries.

"Will, it was self defense." Mike tries to reason with him. "You did what you had to."