A.L.E.N - Between Shadows (Chapter 2)

Act 39

And Edward didn't believe it. "That's not Kate. My Kate died many years ago because of this psychopath, Alex, who caused the accident!"

As soon as Kate heard that man's voice, she immediately replied in a surprised way, "Ed?! Oh my gosh, seriously? You know it's completely a lie that you created when we broke up, and the truth is that it wasn't Alex who caused the accident in the first place; it was you, Ed, who did it."

And Edward places his hands over the head and shakes it, replying, "No! That's not true, Kate. He ruined my life!" as he yells, denying what Kate was saying.

Kate didn't stop from there. "He didn't, Ed!!! You did it; you were the one who destroyed his life and many others."

Edward is still denying it."No, I just tried to protect you, Kate. Our marriage. Our two beautiful daughters that we created together... He was about to take all of this away from me! He even tried to process it for you, Kate."

Kate replied, "No, you got it all wrong, Edward. Alex is my brother, and he wanted to process Lena." Julie was speechless.

Meanwhile, Chief Fred was there with Robert, but police officer James wasn't; he was hiding somewhere, with a big, creepy smile on his face, holding his gun, pointing through Alen, and saying quietly, almost whispering, "This time, you can't run away, Alex."

The moment is already thick, and Alen is sensing that something is not right. As he looks around, the voices whispering in his mind aren't talking negatively, almost warning him by saying, "He is here, Alen. Your brother is near.

Cathleen was in shock, now knowing the truth, and Sam courageously faced his own father, saying, "How could you, Dad? After all this time, you have lied about everything. About your mother, about your friend, and also about the 1977 accident in which you were the one who caused the horrible fire accident. What else are you not telling us, father!?"

And Alen just looks around, trying to stay calm, but at the same time, not knowing where or what will happen, he is awake and realizes that it wasn't something good, which gives him the fearful feeling of being unsafe.

Edward started to get out of control, and in panic, he tried to take the gun out of police officer Fred's hands and pushed Fred to the ground, grabbing the gun with his finger on the trigger. Robert tried to stop him, saying, "Edward, wait!"

At that moment, Edward didn't think twice, and Alen saw them fighting until he noticed that Edward was about to pull the trigger in Julie's direction.

Immediately, Alen ran toward Julie, and then a shot happened.

Everything stops, and everyone is quiet in shock. Julie opens her eyes and looks up, and Alen is hugging her tightly, whispering in a stuttering voice but in a warm tone to her ear, "For...give...me—my...dear—angel..."

He protects her from the shot, and Julie tears up and hugs him back very tightly, a father-daughter moment.

But, slowly, Alen let's her go, falling down his knees, and she looked at her hand.

Seeing his blood, she froze, crying that she apologized for not understanding earlier and felt guilty for it.