Toy Soldiers {SSoHPKC/Creatures Fan-Fic}

Chapter 34: Knives and Pens

»Eddie's POV«

So, lately everything has been going smooth. The stars have really been on our side, but I still have been thinking about that day I went with Ash to move out her stuff. It's been over a year since then, and its still stuck in my head. I guess with the wedding, and keeping up with my channel, along with loving Natalie and Chef, it kind of slipped my mind. Now everything is starting to slow back down and I'm remembering it again. Fuck.

Aleks was in his room. I decided to talk to him, considering he was there. He wasn't talking, that I heard, so I assumed he wasn't recording. I gently knocked, and he called for me to open the door. 

"Hey." I said as I took a seat on his bed. 

His editing software was up, and he looked pretty beat. I saw his Skype bubble was on do not disturb. Aleks quickly hit save and turned to face me. 

"Hey." He replied. "You okay? You sound a little down."

I sighed. "Nah, I'm not too okay. I've been thinking a lot about that day, a year ago, at Seamus' place."

He returned the sigh. "You mean the day when we found the pill bottle? And his room was torn to shit?" 

I nodded. "Yeah. We got so caught up with everything that I kinda forgot. Now I'm starting to remember and I keep going over it in my head." 

"Same thing's been happening to me." He said. "There was a lot to take in. I... I found a news article. It was a few months after that night, and the article came out of Chicago, the week Seamus was there. It was about a girl that got murdered. I couldn't say for sure, but she looked like the one from those pictures." 

I got a deep feeling in the pit of my stomach. Holy fuck. Seamus wouldn't kill someone, or even try to... right? No, no. This is Seamus we're talking about. He couldn't hurt a fly. I mean, I know since Merel started coming around he's been working out and he's actually pretty ripped now. Even still, he would never hurt anyone. 

"Seamus would never do that." I choked up. 

It was hard to think about that small probabilty that he would. Say I'm in denial if you want, but I refuse to believe he would do something like this. I still had to leave a slim possibility. 

"I know." Aleks replied. "I know because she had cigarette burns on her, and Seamus doesn't smoke. It doesn't mean he wasn't involved with her downfall." 

I felt as if I couldn't breathe as we had this conversation. 

"Okay, lets say he did. What about the razors? Seamus talks about how bad cutting is all the time. He would never..." 

"Don't doubt him." He interrupted. "I know he went through a lot of shit leading up to that day. If you wanna deny it, fine, but you can't ignore the cuts on his wrists." 

I took a hard swallow. "I've never really bothered to look." 

"I hate admitting that I would pay attention to it. The only reason I even considered it is because about three weeks after that, James was editing a movie night and saw it. He never released the video, and as far as I know, he never talked to Seamus about it. Only reason I know is because Tiffany overheard it when she was over at their apartment."

"I don't know, man. I just don't like to think of Seamus in that way." 

My eyes started to get foggy. I looked at the ground, a million thoughts rushing in.

"I guess we'll just have to talk to him." Aleks blurted out. 

I felt as if a million toothpicks stabbed my heart. Facing him about it was one of my biggest fears. He's right though, we have to. I need answers.