Chapter 11 Only the dead keep secrets forever

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'suicide awareness day' started on Monday,  Sol had plans to get an extra lesson from his mother and maybe miss the hole thing.
But then again he hadn't been cutting his arms, not in a long time.
So it was safe to show his arms, of course with some waterproof concealer it would be fine, either way.
Jackson as always on Friday afternoon, he went back to his house, like every Friday it was a too quick walk, but he was here, only to be ment with silence as he entered the house, this was so ubbnormal, she would not miss a Friday beat down, sorry lesson.
But today, nothing, no sound, no lights. Sol didn't know what to do, was his mother in a attendance, no hospital would call him, or Jenk's.
As he seese a note on the kitchen table, ever so curfewly picking up the note and reading
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Sol
I'm the fuck done with your worthless shit,
Your fucking shamefully monster of a child, I have no son. 
It's bad enough you kill your da, my only source of means, but then you get captured.
You such a worthless waste, do me, no not me, but everyone a favour and die.
Die a Jackson, it's the only thing I will give to you,
Take the name of the man you killed.
You here me, fucking die,
By the time you read this I'll be where I belong.
American with Damon
Away from you
Good riddance
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Sol breaks down, sobbing soon turns to a panic attack, as blackness takes over,
Sol laying on the kitchen floor, broken and lost.
As Jackson wakes the next morning, sunlight on his face, yet cold and stiff. Then Sol remembered he's on the floor, his mother left him and he had a panic attack on the floor. So there he sits, dazed with a pounding headache, what next, do I call someone, is it time to really kill himself, he had tryed, many times, oh so many times, but just couldn't at the last moment.
What to do, Sol just didn't know, so he did the only thing he knows, take a shower and cut.
With everything lost, he's running on auto now, so when Monday morning suddenly comes he gets ready for school like any other school day, but his head isn't in it.
Entering the classroom, Jackson go's strait to his chair, everyone is watching, Jackson is as silent as a grave and looks just as terrible.
Keller watchers from his perch ontop of the filing unit, noting the lack of life he seemed to develop overnight, Keller is now thanking whatever God out there that it's 'suicide awhereness day' and Jackson is here, Davi go's to Sol's side where he sits asking
"Sol your ok?"
Sol look to him saying softly
"Your beautiful Monroe, find someone that won't kill for you because it would be to hard to leave, but can"
Davi breath catches saying
"Sol.."
He gets intrepid by the bell, Sol standing kissing his four head and sits again as Davi go's to his desk, Keller waste no time staring the lesson.
"OK kids, let's start, It's suicide awareness day, so today we will be going thought self help and awareness, what to watch out in others and you will be asked to show you body."
Commotion starts but Keller's hair flout up and he yelled
"STOP"
After a moment and everyone go's quite he continued in a soft tone
"We need to do this there's no need for everyone to see you, but a person can cut on the upper body, arm or legs. So you are required to do this. You will be given  a private room to step into."
Jackson is losing his shit, 'not this, my legs' he thinks, Keller talking about the lesson at hand
"Now we will start.."
Jackson stands all of a sudden startling Keller, as he asks
"What is it Jackson?"
Jackson replies
"I need to pee"
And starts to walk off, Keller is suspicious saying calmly but firmly
"No Jackson,  you can stay. Or I will come with you?"
Sol's only resort is anger and insults
"Fuck off you dirty busterd, 
Your that desperate to see a cock?
Use the internet!"
Go's to walk fast out the room, but Keller moves faster grabing Sol's shoulder.
He try's to dodge, but he is in no condition to struggle, now with tears running down his face with no stopping in sight.
Jackson losing his resolve to look unbroken infront of others, infront of Keller and starts to begg before his tears completely dissolves his mask
"Please let me go, please, its better if you let me go"
Keller saying in a soft voice
"I can't do that kid, you need help"
Jackson hears a loving voice, Sol think anyway, it's been a long time, but it was enough to shatter the last of his mask, losing his shit and starts to ramble, he can't hold it in any more, not when Keller looks at him with no falter
"Sage, your a hero but you can't save everyone.....Not me........ just..can't live...
I cant, I'm so tired...Just let me go...stop trying...I did...please no more..no .....just no, let me die, let me"
Keller start yelling
"EVERYONE OUT. GO GET MAX NOW."
After Keller slowly brings Jackson to him, as he dose softly repeats 'I'm here', rocking him in his arms, Sol sobbing slows in Keller lap when Cooper burst in, seeing Jackson in Keller's arms, he let's out a quiet 'oh boy',
before moving forward and crouching in front of the duo asking
"Um, Hay little Jackson,
lets get out of here, hmm"
Sol go's to stand,  but can't, and starts to fall down, but Cooper stop's Sol from hitting the ground saying
"Whoo, little J, is it OK if I carry you?"
Sol pushing away falling straight on his ass and sighs, Keller asking
"Hay can I call you So..."
Keller get cut off by Jackson cold voice
"Why, people I fucked don't call me that, why would you!"
Now Keller beyond worried, Jackson has had casual sex, he definitely is cutting, judging by the early outburst, has a bad reaction when people use his first name, not Nick name just 'Sol'.
His mother, what was it about that woman, Keller decided to ask
"Jackson, is your mother home?"
Sol puts his head down, Keller push the question further firmly saying
"Jackson"
Jackson with a sigh pointed to his bag say
"My phone, ah, her number....it's new"
Keller thinks this to be a dodg taktic, 
but moves forward, sure enough he's up and running, making it to the door in a blink, opening the door, but coming face to face with all the class A, Jackson stops dead, glares and speaks codly
" Get the fuck away idiots, Move.away.now."
But no one would, not an inch.
All he got were a sea of 'no' and
'Please Jackson, don't'
'were here for you Jackson' 
'we wont to help' and so on.
Keller comes up behind him, nowing he's smart and stubborn, starts speaking
"So your mother, is missing
or usless?"
Jackson sihys one simple word
"America"
Keller contues
"OK trouble, you won't me to drag you kick and scream to the local doctor?
Or
You have us for lunch, and I wont ask about you cuts?"
Quickly added
"Not Today anyway"
Sol ponders for a moment, knowing his teachers smart, but he didn't won't a payed idiot lecturing him on life, but more importantly he didn't won't people to see his cuts, Jackson looking down in defeat saying "lunch"
Pausing and further adding
"But then you can fuck off!, and leave me alone, right?"
Killer way to quickly Said
"yeP"
While popping the P at the end.
Now Sol new he made the wrong choice, but it was said and done, Keller clicks a tracking bangle on Jackson arm, and saying
"Don't won't to misout on lunch"
Shruging and dragging the kid with him, on the way he address the other kids
"Class go get you shit, were going to Jackso's. Bus 10 minutes, move"
And away Keller go's, with a completely silent Jackson in toe.
Yep Jackson knew he was fucked,
16 idiots at his house nosing around.
And wores of all, a pleased Keller, what else could happen, dont ask. And here we are 10 minutes later, on the bus on the way to the Jackson house. Copper driving and Keller watching an overwhelmed Sol Jackson in the seat with him, the air is thick, everyone try's to ignore it, with small talking and hummor, but it's uncomfortable, Sol let's out a shiy grabing Keller's action, Keller saying in a low voice
"I'm doing this for you trouble, Did you won't to talk?"
Sol hmms and replies lowly
"Fuck no, but I don't get you
....this..fuck.."
Taking a deep breath saying
"Can we make a stop?"
Keller doses won't another dodge taktic so replied
"Sure kid, we can go straight to the hospital and stop there?"
Sol blackly replies
"HaHa, I'm laughing on the inside. Dick!"
Sol sigh and continues
"The shops, fuckhat,
we need food for lunch!"
Keller never takes he's eyes off Sol as he counters by saying simply
"I'll order"
Sol is Silenlent, so Keller offers more
"It was a late invitation, and you look like shit, I'll ordered Jackson it's fine "
Sol finally replied
"Your up to something, I don't like it, but I'll be fuck if my only other options are, site with those idiots or worry what the fuck your scheming. I'll stay in the kitchen, making sushi, away from the lot of you"
Keller reply
"Max turn right, shops"
Cooper dose as told, but Davi knows the area and Sol's house, Davi jumped up silenceing everyone in the process
"Keller,  wrong way, it..."
Keller interjects
"I know Davi, sit down"
Pulling up to the shops, all the students are puzzled asking all at once, Keller has a  suicidal teen in he's grasps he don't need this chaos, hair flying up and in a loud voice
"Jackson's cooking, we need food!
If you won't something go.
5 minutes!"
And with that he walk off the bus,
still with said teen in his grasp.
To say the shopping was unavafull would be lieing, Keller got the shop manager asking timidly
"Please sir do something, these kids, there's to many and there loud!"
To wich Keller only replied was
"I don't see a problem, Take it up with God!"
And walking off to grab the last of Jackson needs for lunch preparation.
At the register was the only time Keller hurd Jackson's voice louder then a wisper saying without emotion
"Idiot's put your shit up"
Jesters to the register, but all he got was confused stares, Sol closed his eye, clearly done, Keller could relate, so step up in a loud and stern voice said
"NOW"
At that everyone scarred and put there things up, Sol payed and they were back on the bus. 8 minutes later at Jackson's house, it was a modest home, well no it look modest, look just like any two story, three bed with carport. But it went back far, it was a deep set home, not wide, it was a hero home, or up and coming.
8 bedrooms, all with onswets, 3 more bathrooms, 1 on each of the lowing floors, a large kitchen with informal dining table, formal dining, lounge room, training room, office, second lounge, games room, dance room, music room, split basement and other hidden rooms, all with a large porch, outdoor kitchen and backyard. To say the class were stund was an understatement, they had no idea Jackson was so well off, or more like his parents. Micah Jackson was a private man, and kept his business name and his family apart, so Jackson's life was a well kept secret to the world.
No one knew that the 'Star Corp' was now half Jackson's, not even is mother is told.

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