Lakeview Falls

Chapter 5

*Addison's p.o.v*

   "What do you mean you're my father? My father is outside. You're not my father." I said in disbelief. "Do you remember me singing this song to you when you were little?" He asked and started singing Peter Cottontail. "Every parent sings that to their kids when they're little. That doesn't prove anything." I said. "Okay, what about that birthmark on your ankle?" He said. "Yeah, what about it?" I asked. "Do you remember what I used to say about it?" He asked. "God made a mark on you so everyone would know that you were special." We said in sync. I started bawling at this point. What was going on? I'm so confused? The question is who is that man that says he's my father? "If you're my real dad then who is the man that I have lived with for my whole life?" I asked. "That man out there is a dangerous man." He said pointing in that direction. "What?! How? What did he do?!" I asked. "He is the man that killed your mother." He said. I sat there in shock. How could this happen? This man I thought I knew to be my father isn't. He's a CRIMINAL!? And even worse, he KILLED my mother!? Why? All these thoughts were going through my head. I didn't know how to control them. Next thing I knew I was outside walking up to the man I thought I knew. "HEY!! MOM KILLER! OVER HERE!" I yelled. He came running towards me and grabbed me by the neck and started choking me. I tried everything to get free from his grasp, but I couldn't he was too strong. I started seeing dark spots everywhere. I heard footsteps running toward us and my father, no scratch that. Brahm pulled out a gun and pulled the trigger. He stopped choking me and I ran and saw Jason (my father) on the ground struggling to breathe. "DAD!! NO!! YOU CAN'T DIE! NOT NOW!" I screamed dropping to my knees. "I called the police. They'll be here any minute. If I don't make it just remember... I worried about you for years. Wondering what you were up to. Wanting to know if you had a roof over your head and food on the table. I love you baby girl. I loved your mother so much. She was the love of my life. Now I get to see her again. Bye baby girl." He said putting his hand on my cheek. "DAD!! NOOOO!! COME BACK TO ME!" I cried.

*A few minutes later*

The police arrived a while ago and caught Brahms trying to getaway. I'm still in shock. The police said that they have been trying to catch him for years. My real father was a private detective undercover and he figured out that I was with Brahms all these years. He was a real hero.

*3 years later*

It has been 3 years since those traumatic events occurred. I have graduated from college and I am going to be a private detective. My dad's co-workers thought I would be just the right person for the job. Brahms was sentenced to life without parole. He will never be getting out. The strangest thing happened when I came back from work one day and I saw a pretty little box sitting on my couch. I unwrapped it and looked inside. It was two little wooden owls. When I was little I loved owls. You could say I was obsessed with them. There was a note inside the box also. It said, "We'll always be watching over you, my little angel." -Your guardian angel