Watch Your Back

Chapter 23

"Hey, Harrison. Harrison? Harrison...you need to wake up now. Wake up. Hey, I said wake up. Harrison! WAKE THE HELL UP!" Someone slapped Dr. Harrison across his face. He jumped in surprise and rubbed at his tired eyes. He was on an operating table. Officer Jones was standing next to him. He had a pleased grin on his face.

"Good news, Harrison. Turns out, Aaron ISN'T your son." He smirked.

"What?" Harrison asked. He felt defeated. "Yes he is."

"Well, DNA tests don't lie, and this one says you aren't related." Jones smiled. "Oh, and one more thing. I guess since Aaron was in your 'home', we can arrest you for kidnapping." He grabbed Harrison's arm and yanked him off of the bed. Two other guards came over and took Harrison.

"Any last words?" Jones asked.

Harrison looked up at him with angry green eyes and a leering sneer. "Go. To. HELL"

Officer Jones punched him in the face.

Meanwhile, Aaron was slinking around in his home. Luckily his parents weren't home. The house was strangely quiet. Aaron saw pictures hanging on the hallway wall. Him when he was a baby, in a small blue shirt, chewing on his sleeve. A picture from his 3rd birthday, his mouth full of a white cupcake with sprinkles. He had a small birthday hat on and was wearing a big smile. Another picture show Aaron's first day of middle school. He was hugging his mom and had a black backpack strapped to his back. Aaron was so busy looking at the old photographs that he ended up bumping into the door to his mom's office. Aaron wasn't allowed in his mom's office. But he looked around to see if anyone was with him. There wasn't anyone.

Aaron looked around his mom's office. There was an old oak desk in the middle of the room. There were no pictures on the walls. The room looked professional and old. Aaron opened the drawers to the desk. They were stuffed with papers and pens. Aaron crouched down and opened a smaller drawer almost concealed by the oak chair. 

"What's this?" Aaron asked himself. He pulled at the door. It stuck. Aaron pulled harder, but the door wouldn't budge. "Dammit!" Aaron kicked at the door and it flew open. He lost his balance and flew back. A whiff of old paper and wood flew out from the door. Aaron stood up and looked inside. There was an old cardboard box, about the size of a shoe box. There was loopy handwriting that was faded, but it looked like it said "My loves" in cursive. Aaron gently picked up the box and sat on the floor with the container. He lifted off the lid and revealed dozens of photos. There was a man and a woman, hugging and looking happy. Aaron picked up a picture of a pretty woman with short brown hair and a man with a bushy mustache. He flipped over the picture and, in loopy handwriting, it read "Me and Parke" The handwriting was too faded to finish. As Aaron continued to look at the pictures, Dr. Harrison was still with Officer Jones, trying to prove him wrong.