[ Sinking ] || A Colby Brock Fanfiction

Chapter 33

Francine Lockhart
Video Transcript

"A year ago,  I made a video about the 'real' Lockharts. It was mostly a confession about what is happening behind closed doors inside the hideously large mansion that John and Cassidy Lockhart considered as their home. I never really intended for that video to go public, however, after my hospitalization, just the night of my 20th birthday celebration, every video I made was used against my biological parents.

Eventually, that same video was uploaded by an anonymous user on YouTube after the trial against John and Cassidy.  I feel bad for not saying anything, months after the trial, so I decided to make one. Truthfully, I didn't want to say anything because... I felt that it was a private family matter. I knew that people looked up to John and Cassidy as role models and I didn't want to ruin that image for them.

My reason for not speaking up was the hope I had for them to... someday love me more than their money, just like when I was young. Before their company grew into what it is today, we were just a normal happy family. Everything was so simple and fun and... full of love.

But I see now that greed has changed them into people I will never understand.

After the trial, I went through therapy to help with the mental wounds they have left me with. Truthfully, I am not, and I don't think will truly be completely 'healed' from the years upon years of abuse. I will forever have scars. Physically, those scars they gave me could be healed, but the mental scars will always be with me.

But I won't let that overtake what I found after the trial.

Before the trial even began, someone very dear to me reappeared 10 years after running away. He endured the same things I did when we were kids, you see. I'm sure a lot of you have been speculating since his only tweet before the trial.

Levin Henderson, formerly Levin Lockhart, my twin brother. He came back to save me like a prince on a white horse."

"How childish." A deep voice could be heard off-camera.

"Vin, I'm trying to film a video here!" Francine scolded to the person off-camera. "I was almost crying!"

"Pffftt as if I'm gonna let you do that!" Although it was said in a joking matter, there was a hint of seriousness in his words that made Francine smile.

"Thanks, now, let me finish the video!"

"Fine! Hurry up, we're meeting with Colby in 30 minutes!" At the name, a hint of pink brushed on Francine's cheeks.

"Sorry, that was Levin.

As you have heard, my bond with Levin has grown back to how it was when we were kids, maybe even stronger. He, as well as Logan, Mary, Kenneth, Julianne, and Penny, are my family now. I decided to move out of that ridiculously large mansion that held so many bad memories and bought a smaller house, enough for me and Levin to live in.

That mansion was sold after Kenneth found a way to transfer the ownership to me, and the money was placed into a charity against child abuse. About JC Technologies... I managed to get enough shares and votes, to change its ownership to me and Levin. Despite not being the best parents, they were great leaders and business owners. Levin and I talked about it and we couldn't let the situation affect the company that had thousands of employees."

"Hey, enough about the company. People want to hear about Colby after seeing you in some of his videos on his channel!" Levin teased off-camera, cutting Francine once more. Francine's cheeks turned pink once more.

"Alright, stop teasing me!" Francine huffed.

"Then there's the Trap House Family, Colby, Sam, Uncle Elton, Corey, Devin, and Aaron. If you don't know them, well, you should. They're really fun to be with and they took me to adventures that I never would have taken. They showed me the fun in life that I never truly experienced before.

Some of you may have noticed me appearing on Colby's channel. We've grown close since the hospital incident and he's always there for me whenever I was slowly succumbing to the darkness in my head. The first few weeks after the trial was the hardest.

I kept blaming myself for being weak... for still hoping that one day, my parents would wake up from their nightmare and apologize, then everything will be back to how it was in the past.

If Levin was out, Colby would be there to tell me that it is okay to hope but I should pause my life while waiting for that to happen.

If Levin is a prince on a white horse, Colby is a knight in armor."

"And you're in love." Levin interrupts for the third time. "Alright, time's up! You still need to get changed, we need to go in like, 10 minutes!"  

"Wha-- You said 30 minutes!" Francine huffed with pink-tinted cheeks.

"Yeah, we still need to drive there, remember? The traffic will be horrible if we don't leave in 10." Levin explained. "I think they get it now, so upload it then get changed."

"Without editing out your interruptions?"

"Nah, it's fun that way. Besides, it makes it more real. Now, go change!" 

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