105. don't look at me!

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     Working for the Knife: Mitski

"Are you okay?" Clark sits down next to me as I sit at the table, reading letters.

"Yeah, I'm great." I keep reading with watery eyes before he gently turns my head with his fist under my chin. "It's nothing." I raise my eyebrows.

"No, it's not. Whatever's important to you is important me. I can wait." He nods. "Forever." He kisses my chin and I look back at the letter.

"Bruce and Alfred sent these over." I glance at the box in front of me. "They're letters. From Thomas and Dominic. They wrote to each other after high school. They both went to different colleges upstate. But they made sure to keep in contact. Thomas even held me when I was born." I whisper the last part as I look at the photo. "And Dominic held Bruce." I look at the next photo. "And he told Thomas that me and Bruce would meet when we were ready." I look back at the letter before chuckling. I now pick up the records and press the button.

"You just push the-"

"I know how to work it, Dom, thank you." Thomas tells Dominic in the background. "Sorry about that, Brianna. Your old man thinks he's a smartass just because he's a cop."

"Doesn't that come with the territory?" Dominic replies.

"Anyway, by the time you're listening to this, I'm hoping to earn the name uncle Thomas. Cause your dad is my brother. The only brother I've ever had. And knowing the Brady bloodline, I hope you'll turn out better cause he's really starting to piss me off." He chuckles. "Listen, I know you're wondering...how? Why didn't your dad tell you about me sooner? Well, here's the thing, kid. Forcing things is not the way to go. Letting it happen...that's life. That's when life truly is itself. And that's what I'm going to teach my som when he's old enough. Bruce is a few years younger than you. Martha and I named him after your dad's dad. He was really something. Great sense of humor. It's a shame he isn't with us anymore, but let me tell you, you got his baby blues. And I hope to God they don't change. I hope you don't change. You stay exactly who you are and who you're meant to be, kid. Just like your dad. Cause I can feel it. You're gonna change the world, Brianna. Now that you're at the end of listening to this, why don't you stop by the manor? We would love to finally meet you. He would."

"I went to his grave earlier." I turn off the recorder and set it down. "Martha's too. And the same three crows I used to see landed on top of them. It was the same exact ones. I never knew that my grandfather's name was Bruce. Dominic never talked about his parents. But I see why now. He probably knew I'd go digging and figure all of this out." I scoff. "This is him. He was a police officer for the GCPD. He died in a shootout." I sadly chuckle. "This is my grandfather." I hand him the photo and fix my hood over my head.

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