Falling For Who?

Chapter 7: Questions. So Many Questions pt. 1

Hally's Pov
We all sat down on the dining table to talk about what happened during these 20 months. I was surprised, they didn't change the dining table to more stripper poles like they did with the living room.

"So, will you care to share why you murdered our kids?" Caden raised his eyebrows, Cory nodding to his question. Oh God. I knew they would ask that question. "Well... How do I say this?" Finnick gives my hand a reassuring squeeze from under the table and I took a breath. "I had anger management issues for a year before that and I was on drugs because I thought it would help calm me down... Obviously, it didn't. I tried to pretend that I was okay, but I wasn't. And on that day, the kids were just being brats and they wouldn't eat their pizza. So then I just became more violent trying to feed it to them. I could still remember them screaming, telling me to stop but I didn't. I'm a terrible person. I... I..." I began to break out in tears.
"Shhhhh it's okay." Finnick coos in my ear whilst Caden and Cory rub my back.

I sat there for several minutes crying my heart out, saying the word 'sorry' over and over again. After I got all my tears out, I straightened myself and sat up, ready to explain what else happened.

"After i told the police about my issues they sent me to a mental hospital in South Africa instead of jail. I was supposed to stay there for three years, but obviously the plan had changed. Don't worry, I'll explain that in a moment. I had various attempts of running away. None of which, worked. I spent everyday crying, feeling alone, that is, until Finnick came. When we met, he used a really bad pickup line, like REALLY BAD." I said
"It wasn't that bad." Finnick replied.
"Don't worry bud, I did a really bad one too. Mine was like 'Hi my name is Caden, but you can call me tonight'" he laughed.
"Oh trust me, his was even worse... Here I'll show you piece of paper. I know it's weird, but we weren't allowed phones and he was too shy to actually talk to me, so we passed notes, his co-worker offered to be the messenger. I still kept it" I pointed to Finnick and laughed. I pulled the piece of paper out of my pocket and showed it Caden and Cory. The piece of paper said:

I know you don't have a phone so let's pretend that this piece of paper is a phone and I'll just write it how I would a text...
Finnick: hey, are there 20 letters in the alphabet?
Hally: this is stupid, but I'll play along. No there's 26 you dumbass.
Finnick: Ah damn, sorry i forgot U R A Q T.
Hally: That's only adds up to 25 :|
Finnick: oh right sorry, I forgot to give you the d.
Hally: omg ewww gross. Don't give me anything! Please no!
Finnick: I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I was just trying to make you smile :). Or was I?

"Ahahahaha she's right, it is pretty bad." Cory chuckled.
"Ha and I thought mine was bad." Caden laughed.
"Okay... Umm why don't we change the subject. Umm continue on with your story Hals." He blushed.
I continued on with the story "Since he worked there, he came to my room everyday for a month to listen to me and always figured out how to make me smile. He was the light in my darkness... Everyday I wished to leave that place. Everyday, I cried myself to sleep. And everyday, Finnick was there by my side."

Finnick smiled at me and kissed my cheek. I felt Caden and Cory's eyes stare us down. They were jealous. I smiled thinking about it, then I proceeded with my story.

"After two months in that hell hole, I couldn't take it anymore. Finnick saw that, so he suggested that we ran away. He was going to sneak me out. Even if it meant running away from his job, his home, his family... He was willing to leave everything for me." I smiled looking at him.
"That's because she's my everything" he smiled back.
"Awww shucks. This is adorable." Cory sighed.
"Yeah, yeah enough with the lovey-dovey, sappy-wappy, schmoochy-smoochy, cliche stuff. Get on with it!" Caden interrupted, rolling his eyes.

"So we ran away during the night time trying to head to his friend's place who illegally smuggles people into different borders. Unfortunately, when we got there in the morning the police were there to catch us. Apparently they received a tip from an anonymous person. Yeah right, save me the crap. Finnick and I knew that only one person would do it. And that would be my roommate at that damn mental hospital. Who, believe it or not, was Summer." I explained.
"Wait wah?" Caden asked.
"Plot twistttt" Cory added.

"Luckily before we left, Finnick knew someone who could delete our fingerprints, passports, basically our past life. We got new identities. So I am Barbara Grossweiner and he is Bob Wood."
"This sounds like a fricking spy movie!! Cool!!" Cory exclaimed in a child-like voice. Caden rolled his eyes.
"You're pathetic." Caden muttered. I laugh at both of them.

"So anyways, we were taken to jail, which surprisingly, my mother was there. She's everywhere! I don't even understand how she gets to places so quick! I convinced her to keep our secret about our fake identities. I was in jail for 10 months. And in those 10 months I managed to get myself a ghetto name. Obamaniqua in the house y'all!"
"No fair! I wanna ghetto name!" Cory complained. I rolled my eyes and proceeded with what I was saying.

"While he was out of jail, he figured out ways to get me out. Eventually, I escaped. I don't know how I managed to escape but I did thanks to Finnick. We spent the next 8 months travelling around the world going to illegal checkpoints to get to Rio. From there, we went on a plane and got here." I said.
"Wow that sounds like it came out of a movie!"Cory exclaimed.
"Well I told you what happened to me these 20 months... So what happened to you guys? And where are the rest of the kids?" I asked.
"Oh um yeah about that..." Cory said nervously.
"What happened to the kids?" I demanded.
Caden stepped in and said, "Oh umm... How do we say this? Ummm..."

Author's note: hi! *waves retardedly* hope you enjoyed this chapter. I just briefly explained what happened there's gonna be a part 2 from Caden's perspective. This chapter kinda sucked tbh but it's necessary to answer some questions. And the pickup lines part was there cos a friend told me those pickup lines and I just thought it was funny😂. I have a weird sense of humour okay? There's a couple of mistakes in this chapter but that's because it's really long (1200+ words in fact ;). Feel free to vote and comment some feedback so I can improve. Thanks for reading. So yeah...