Hidden Truths

A Letter From Above

I had been crying for at least 30 minutes when Kelsie walked me to my room.

“Do you want me to stay in here with you?” I tried to say something but words just would not come out, so I attempted to shake my head in a no motion. She understood and walked out, quietly closing the door behind her. As the door closed I could hear her say

 “It’s all going to be okay Mase.” And that was enough to do it. I laid on the floor of my room and cried. Eventually there came a point when I ran out of tears. I sat up and set my face in my hands. I had no idea what to do, then I remembered the letter. I stood up and walked over to my dresser where letter was. I picked it up and looked at it for a long time before I opened it. When I did open it, I saw that small portions of the paper had little wrinkled circles on it. It was obvious he had been crying while he was writing this. My dad never cried. I began to read it. There were many parts of the letter that were scribbled out, like he could not make up his mind on what to say.

           

Dear Alex Mase,

I know that I haven’t always been there for you, and for that I am truly sorry. I love you and your mother more than anything in this world, and I want you to know that. What’s going to happen tonight I cannot prevent. They will try to feed you lies. They’ll tell you that it was an accident, that it was my fault I died tonight. They have been after me for a while, and I know that I won’t be able to last much longer. I have been able to fight them off for seven years, but I’m afraid that I have gotten too old. I wanted to let you know that no matter what happens to me tonight, I wanted to let you know in this letter that I am proud of you and I will be proud of the man you will be. You need to watch out now though. Now that I am gone they will be coming for you and your mother now. Stay strong, you have my strengths, and if they find you, which they will, I need you to use them. Keep Kelsie safe also, you’ll need her later. I love more than anything in the world.

Stay Strong,

Mason Harris- Dad

           

            Before when I said that I was all out of tears, I lied because now I was balling. Maybe it was because I was holding his last words. Maybe it was because he finally admitted that he was not there for me. Either way it did not matter, I knew that he was not coming back; I knew that no matter how hard I tried, he was not going to be there making breakfast for me when I woke up. I just laid there. Thinking, crying, and wondering.

What did he mean when he said that they were going to come for me? I thought to myself. How did he know that he was going to die? So many thoughts, yet there was no one to give me answers. So I did the only thing I could think of doing: I went over to my laptop and logged into my private chat.

Kelsie has joined the chat room

Kelsie- Hey how are things?

Alex- Not good. I need to talk to you.

Kelsie- Now?

Alex- Yes. Come to my room.

            In what seemed like seconds she was in my room sitting next to me.

“What’s up?” She asked me. I found myself looking into her eyes again, and I just sat there, getting lost in her eyes.

“I read the note.” I said wiping the tears from my eyes. I did not want her to know that I had been crying. My dad never cried so neither would I. I wanted her to think of me as strong and dependable.

“What did it say?” She sounded more interested than concerned. I handed her the note and she read it to herself. I sat there watching her. Watching her lips slowly move to the words on the paper. She then stopped and slowly looked up. She did not say anything for a while but just say there looking at the letter, as if she was trying to memorize it. Then she spoke.

“So you’re telling me that your dad knew he was going to die?” She said, not looking up from the paper

“That’s what he said. I think.”

“And you’re telling me that these people that killed your dad are now going to come after us?”

“That’s what the letter said.” I could tell she was not only confused, but worried. “Hey it’s all going to be okay.”

“How could you say that? You just got a letter from your dad, before he died, telling you that he was going to die, and the people that killed him are now going to come after us? How can you say it’s going to be okay?”

“I know you, and I know that you’re just scared, but you have to trust me on this. I’ll protect you. No matter what.” And then she left, just like that. Without saying anything, she just got up and left. Then I stood up and put the letter back onto the dresser and that’s when I saw the object. It had fallen out of the envelope. Little did I know, that that device would change my life forever.