The Murderer||Glee

The Truth

"What?" Emma panted. "You – you know who the murderer is?"

Rachel looked worried.

Mike sat on the floor, with his legs crossed like a small child.

His face was buried in his hands.

"Who's the murderer, Mike?" Emma stammered, afraid of what his answer would reveal.

Mike said nothing.

He began to sob quietly, looking helpless and vulnerable.

Rachel sat down beside him, and put her hand gently on his shoulder.

"You can tell us Mike" she began.

Mike said nothing.

"Was it – was it you, Mike? Did you kill Matt?" Emma asked, feeling slightly scared as she stared at the crying boy.

He didn't reply.

Rachel and Emma made worried eye contact.

The silence seemed to last for a lifetime.

"It wasn't me" Mike finally sobbed.

Rachel and Emma glanced at each other again, only just realising that Quinn wasn't there.

"Was it Quinn?" Rachel stuttered.

"Not Quinn" Mike shook his head.

There was another long, tense pause.

"That means..." Emma whispered, staring into Rachel's eyes "It must have been..."

"You" a nervous Rachel said accusingly to Emma.

"It wasn't me"

"Who else could it have been?"

"You"

Mike finally stood up, wiping the tears away from his eyes, but he still looked shaken.

"It wasn't either of you"

They both looked bewildered.

"Who was it then, Mike? Tell us what you know" Emma said calmly.

"I – I can't"

"You have to" Rachel added. "We need to know."

Mike stared into the faces of the two girls.

They both looked distraught from their losses and they both longed for answers.

Rachel was right; they did need to know.

Mike knew the answers; he had the power to heal some of their frustration.

After all he was going through the same overwhelming heartbreak that they were.

It was only since Matt's death did Mike realise what true pain and true loss were.

Matt had been Mike's best friend from the age of four, when they pretended to be ninjas and cowboys together at Kindergarten.