Born a Willow, not an Oak

Kill the Messenger

Blake pulls herself out of bed, it's been a week since the funeral and she hasn't moved. She knew Lee would want her to get outside and not be cooped up in bed. She opened her window and breathed in the crisp mountain air, letting the scent fill her room. She got into the shower and heard Beth's voice in her bedroom "Beth you can come in, the door is unlocked" Blake was covered by the shower curtain they had showered together numerous times so it didn't bother her. Blake listened to her sister digging around her drawers "Blake why is there a pregnancy test in here?" Blake pulls the curtain enough to see Beth "For an emergency, in case you know." She heard her sister scoff and she pulled the curtain completely "Beth what the hell?!" She saw the hurt and anger in her twin's eyes "Beth, is everything ok?" Beth just stood there and then nodded. "Fine. Everything is fine. Just be careful, and for the love of God if you do end up pregnant don't tell Jamie." 

Blake looked at Beth confused but said "He would be the last person I would tell. You would be the first." Beth turned around and looked at her twin "Im glad you trust me that much, I guess I should trust you more then huh?" Blake is left standing in the shower wondering what had upset Beth so much.  She got out and started to get dressed when she heard a knock knowing by the sound of it, it wasn't Beth. "Give me a second."  Blake had on underwear and a bra when Jamie angrily opened the door making it hit the wall. He started screaming at her demanding answers, at her "What the hell?! Jamie get the fuck out!" Blake throws different things at him to get him to leave "I need answers on what happened the night Lee died!" Blake got even more angry "This could have waited, Jamie! I am half naked get out!" When he still wouldn't leave she was about to call John when Beth grabbed Jamie by the back of his dress shirt and threw him down the hall. She looked at Blake "Get dressed. I'll be downstairs." 

Blake sat on her bed while she got dressed, she put on her jeans, boots, and tank top. Blake grabbed her plaid coat and went downstairs, she looked at Jamie "What the fuck is wrong with you?! You could have waited. I already told you what happened, I told you I didn't see who killed Monica's brother I was too busy trying to save OUR BROTHER!" She listened to Jamie say he needed advice on how to talk to John and Blake laughed "Well if you're finally telling Daddy your gay you best get your shit packed. He will kick your ass out and take you off the payroll in a fucking heartbeat." Blake walked out of the house and into Lees's cabin grabbing one of his hoodies. She put it on and sniffed it the fabric it smelled like him, she grabbed some of his cologne and sprayed it on herself. She started walking down to the barn ready to help her dad for the day.

Blake saw her dad on the wild horse and flinched when John fell off the horse and landed on his ass.  She ran over and saw that he was ok, John looked at her and patted her hand. "Im ok bee. But that horse needs someone with rubber bones to ride it, he could make a real hand out of someone." They look over at the new hand Jimmy "That's not a bad idea Daddy." She runs to the barn and got the duck tape out "Jimmy get on the horse." John and Blake tape him to the saddle and she laughs when she heard Jimmy ask "Do I pet it!?" Blake looks up at him "It's not going to make much of a difference, he's pissed." John and Blake climb over the fence and watch, she can't help but laugh when the other hands make bets on him "You know you were a low man too." They all look at Blake "Yeah, but it's fun to watch them suffer."

The afternoon was great for Blake until Jamie walked over and needed to talk to John "Bee comes too." Jamie just glared at her when they got to the barn Jamie explained that the state didn't believe that Lee was capable of shooting Robert. Jamie looked at his sister, "Blake can you remember anything?" She swallowed and fought back tears, not wanting to remember that night. "I saw Lee fall off his horse and I was sitting beside him when Robert held the gun to me. I begged him to let me go and get help for Lee but he kept the gun pointed on my head." She had tears falling as she spoke "Kayce hit him with his boot and I-I watched Lee die. When I looked up Robert was dead. I never saw who exactly shot him." John rubbed Blake's back and looked at Jamie "Now you have what you needed, it was self-defense. What's the problem now." Blake felt the breath leave her chest when Jamie suggested they cremate Lee. "The state wants to look at his body. The report shows that the bullet went through his spinal cord, no way of getting up."