Will
He drove this family apart. He ruined himself first, then he ruined us. My father is a monster.
He broke my mother's heart, he almost killed my brother, he drove my sister insane. All for nothing. And now my brother is defending him.
I can't blame him. He wasn't there. I sat in the living room all those years ago, staring at a blank television.
"I can't believe you. I just can't." My mother had dropped her voice so soft I could barely hear it. "First Henry and the river, and now this?"
"I told you, I'm sorry," he said. Empty words to fill an empty space. "I have to go." I could hear the alcohol dripping from his breath.
My mother cried as my father turned his back. He stumbled out the door and I never saw him again. I left after that. I couldn't bear to stay with my heartbroken mother.
I rush up the stairs and try to turn the doorknob. It's locked. "Damn it, Henry!" I bang on the door, pounding on it. "Damn it, damn it, damn it!" I pound until my hand bleeds, praying that somehow, someone will hear me.
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All the Lights are On
Mystery / Thriller"If there was one thing that could throw this town on its head, of course it'd be the goddamned McKenzie house." The McKenzie house stood tall and proud, its walls worn down by time and weather. It sat with windows boarded and shutters closed, with...
