My Pace

Chapter 50

Holt's POV
I want to kill the guy that did this. I've changed over the years but...I just wanna resort to violence again. I know....I can't. It pisses me off that my fucking 5 year old daughter knows about murder. She's too young for that. I didn't want her to grow up too fast. Her teacher was outside getting high when it all happened. She could've protected them. She didn't do her job.

"Holt? Can I talk to you?"

"Yeah. Ari go play."

Ariella ran off.

"That detective called again. They were encouraging us to talk to Ariel again."

"Really?"

She nodded.

"She just found out about her best friend."

"I know. I don't know what to do."

"They should just leave her alone."

"I-I know. I said that."

We started trying to figure out how to handle this situation.

"Mommy? Daddy? What's going on?"

I crouched down.

"Holt....be careful here."

I nodded.

"They would like you to tell a room of people what happened to you."

"W-why?"

"They need help putting away the man that hurt you."

"B-but..I'm scared."

"Oh, we know."

I picked her up as I stood up. She started crying.

"I can't!"

"Shhhh. It's okay. We only got asked to talk to you."

"You don't have to choose what to do right now."

"You have time to think."

She sniffled. I wiped a tear away.

"I-I do?"

"Yes sweetie."

"We understand that this is scary. Mommy's had to do it too."

"I was scared too. It's normal."

"In the end, you'll be okay."

"You'll feel better soon. We'll be here to help you."