DAD

Part 21

"Please tell me." I requested.

"Well, the thing is...Chris. I'm sure you're not aware of it but Chris had two friends, who you don't know. They were Max and Dustin. Max Roentgen, Dustin Fernando. They weren't good boys. Max was somehow manageable as it looked but Dustin, he was out of the limit!"

"How do 'you' know them?" I asked deeply with eager eyes emphasizing the word 'you'.

"It was that night when I felt for the first time that everything's gon'na fall apart. It was even more than midnight and we all were in deep sleep. Adrian was 3 years old back then. Out of nowhere, Dustin entered the house, breaking the door knot and called out for Chris in a harsh tone. Natalie and Adrian were asleep but being awake working with my papers, I heard him. I slowed down the stairs to watch who it was and it was Dustin, shooting the single sofa on the corner of the living room with a gun. Bullet sounds woke Natalie and Adrian up but they didn't come down...I went down hurried and pushed Dustin away to calm him down.

'What happened? Who are you?'

'Where's Chris? Who the f*** are you?'

'I'm Chris's uncle, slow down.'

'Where is he?!!" He kept on shouting.

After a while he fainted, I assumed he was drunk and was after Chris for some reason. I called Clem's dad and told about this at the very moment and he along with Chris came and took him away, maybe they took him to his parents. But I took the gun and kept it as a proof, wrapped in a piece of cloth which I, nor anyone else opened till now. And the rest, I can't tell you...bring Clem, I'll talk to her."

"Can I have the gun uncle?"

His eyes densed dark again and he stood up, walked away. It was clear he didn't want to give that to me. I walked out of the room and taking their leave as I stepped out, uncle Jack holding me by the shoulders gave me the gun. I didn't know then if it was a gun because it was wrapped in a red cloth of velvet, as he told me not to open it there. I took it and examined the gun a bit sitting in my car when I drove home.

Indeed, I found some specific interesting stuff.

End of storyline and Derek's P.O.V

We had now returned to our room and there was nothing serious in us. Especially Alexa.

"What does this Dustin guy has to do with your dad?" She asked taking off her shoes.

"I don't even know who Dustin is."

"Well, we shall talk outside campus or maybe go to Derek's place and talk about the gun. Maybe examine it a bit."

"Why don't we do it now?" I asked playing with my nails, looking at the ground.

"L-O-L Clem, the gun's not here." She laughed.

I fetched he my bag and asked her to open it; to see what's inside.

"You brought the freaking gun?!" She snapped.

"Yeah."

"Do you what's gon'na happen if we get caught?"

"Yeah."

"What yeah huh? What if someone sees it?"

"Calm down, we ain't shooting somebody."

"But it's a real gun!"

"Play it cool." I smirked.