Hard To Believe

Chapter 11

The next day, i woke up to the sound of dishes being put in the sink. I ran downstairs and saw my dad up so early."Dad it's 6 in the morning, why are you up so early?" i asked."Oh, honey i just wanted to go for a walk, care to join?" he said. I was extremely tired so i declined and went back to bed as he left.

As I close my phone i hear the door open. It was dad." Home already,?" I asked." Yeah, I was just getting a glimpse of the weather" he replied."Dad, my friend Lydia is coming over to work on the school project," I said. "Who's Lydia," he asked."Oh she's a friend," I had no better explanation then this. Something was bothering me , I didn't want to do anything to my dad's drink. It didn't seem right. It trust him.

"KNOCK,KNOCK" i opened the door to see Lydia, finally we can get over this and find out that I was right, my dad is innocent. I showed her to the room. She placed the camera on the dresser behind the photo frames and turned it on. After that she left and I went back to sleep. Sleeping helps me get away from all the stress for a while but all of it comes back when I wake up. I can't even put a smile on my face.

I woke up in the evening. That was a really long nap. My dad was already home, in his pjs watching tv. After grabbing some lemonade I decided to watch some of my shows on my computer. I wasn't as stressed out as I was before. I have hope, I don't believe my dad did anything, he was probably accused by mistake. Without even realizing it was past 9.

Lydia texted to remind me what I was supposed to do.

My dad was asleep in his room. I didn't know what I was supposed to do. I had to give him the drink. I had to prove his innocence. I woke him up."Yes Kia, everything alright," he said in a sleepy voice." You didn't eat anything, I wanted to make sure u didn't end your day with an empty stomach," I said."I'm not hungry but you can go fetch me a drink,"said dad. Immediately I left the room and went to the kitchen. I poured the drink into a glass and mixed in some Sodium Thiopental.

I headed back to his room and give him the drink. "Soon everything will be clear," I kept repeating to myself. I stayed in the living room staring at the ceiling till I fell asleep.

The next morning I got up and made sure my dad was asleep I ran to his room. I got the camera and stopped the recording. Impressive camera, it has a really long battery life. I knew my dad was innocent so i'm going to watch the recording with Lydia. Within 10 minutes of calling her she arrived.

We went to my room and connected the camera to my computer. We skimmed through the video until we got to the part where my dad was taking his drink. The Sodium Thiopental kicked in and in no time he was talking to himself. We saw him walk up to a picture with him and mom. He took the picture off of the wall and and sat down on the chair staring ati it for a long time. Then with tears running down he hugged the picture. "Darling, you don't know how much I miss you, how much I love you, how much I need you... ever since you left me I feel so empty , so incomplete, your smiles..ughh just one smile would make my whole week." he said as he proceeded to cry even more."I can't believe I did that, i can't believe I let you down. You did so much for me. I had no other choice.. I was just so lonely. If only I never met Christina all this would never have happened. You deserved someone better than me. Now when the police finds out that I am guilty how should I face Kia, after you left the only precious thing for me is my daughter but I let her down too, But a man has his needs so there's nothing i really could've done. I'm pretty sure you would understand dear. I won't do that again, well not to Christina, again that is. Darling you know how much I love you, so don't take this the wrong way but since you're not here and won't be coming back I guess... i'll just have to find someone else." he said with a really creepy grin. That's it I couldn't take anymore of this. I stopped the video nearly tumbling the camera over.

My throat was completely dry, I was trying to speak but nothing came out. Lydia started saying,"You have to face the harsh reality. Your dad is guilty. I can't believe your father hurt my mother like that. You and your family are a disgrace to humanity." With that she took the camera and left.

I wouldn't blame her for being rude. My head is hurting really badly and my body feels weak. I feel sick. For every second that passes by I wish I can leave this horrible place and go to my mom far away from dad. What am I supposed to do, I don't want to even call him my dad anymore at all. I have an idea but it's just not popping up. Oh! Aunt Jennifer is in town and said if i need anything I can call her.

I was too weak to even get up but I had to tell her. I had to leave. The walls seem to close in on me. I called Aunt Jen, and she picked up with her usual hello, and from her tone, I know she's having a great time but sleepy considering the fact that it's 6 in the morning, and I feel nothing but guilty to ruin it. " Hey Aunt Jen, it's Kia speaking", she instantly replied "Hey, honey how are you?", and I could see the smile on her face, but I know that what I'm about to say will ruin it. "UH, Dad was actually guilty in the case and I have proof", "What do you mean?" Aunt Jen said in a questioning voice. " Well, listen to the whole story, so, I met Lydia in the washroom and she told me how it was her Mom who Dad was accused to rape, by the way, Lydia is a classmate, so she said how dad was guilty, but I didn't believe her. So she gave me some drug called Sodium Thiopental, it makes you say the truth, like stimulates your mind-", I was about to continue when Aunt Jen said " Wait, so you drugged your dad!", "Yeah...but wait there's more! So I agreed because I thought that Dad was innocent and the next day we actually executed the plan...and one thing to the other, we recorded Dad talking to a picture of mom and he confessed that he was guilty" I said feeling something in my throat, about to cry any second. The line went dead silent for a while, until I heard her speak up " So your saying, my brother is a rapist?", I wanted to word it better and not make it sound so bad, "Well in other words, the rapist turned out to be your brother and my father." I knew she didn't take it well and to be honest, I didn't too, but I know I have to be strong and follow the path of humanity. The path my mother always taught me to walk on. "Alright, so what do you want me to do?" she said, "I'm about to call Lydia, and tell her that I'm going to support her in the case hearing, and to reopen the case today afternoon, I just need time to think till then." I said, with my voice breaking at the end, I knew after this, I would have no parents, well I would have a father, but even the image of him as a father is disgusting me. "Alright honey, I'm going to support you all the way, I'll be there for the court hearing this afternoon, just please if he does anything in the time being, please tell me, we'll sort all of this out later." she said with a worried tone of voice, "Alright, thanks Aunt Jen, thank you so much."

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How was this chapter??? Two more chapters till the books done! I don't know if I mentioned it before but it was going to be a short story, but yeah, hopefully you like it! Once again, feed backs and comments are appreciated and all will be read, referred too and replied back to!

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