Into Insanity

Chapter 2: Meeting

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Here it was. The day I was to face everyone and their family's to talk and hopefully work around what happened on the island. I'm not looking forward to this but who knows, I mean it could possibly help me... or do worse. Everyone may think that I'm a monster.
"Wow Jason, Jason, Jason, you got it all wrong hermano! Everyone already knows your a monster!" The voice chuckled, "I mean look at your love bird, you put a knife to her throat and hesitated! Damn, you actually considered slitting her throat!" That voice inside my head still won't leave me alone. But he was right, I did hesitate and consider killing Liza. And she knows that deep down inside her...so why is she still trying to work things out with me and be with me? Once again, I find myself asking another question that I will never be able to answer.

We finally get to my moms house and everyone is here already, even Keith but he was in bad shape. Every time someone touched him he would jump in fear. I decide to get away from Riley and Liza and sit down by Keith. I mean I was the only one he could talk to.

"Hey Keith, how you holding up?" I try to say with sympathy and make him feel at home. I even got him a beer to drink to settle his nerves.

"I'm ok... uh, thanks for asking Jase." He forces a smile and plays with his beer bottle.

"Yeah no prob! So... did the hospital help any? I mean are you feeling better?"

"No not really... uh... they just..." I could tell he was struggling to talk to me. It makes me feel bad. Like I put him through that.

"Yeah I get you. But listen, Keith, I think this will help you even more. I mean this could be good?" I know deep down it wasn't. All these people are going to know what happened. They're going to know what I did. Well only a small part anyway, Liza is going to tell her part of the story but everyone else... I mean Keith is going to have trouble all around and probably not talk, I really didn't do anything that Daisy could've saw, and Ollie was most likely going to help me out and not tell them everything, probably tell them some good things like I protected him. With Riley though, well, I'm actually not for sure. I hope he doesn't tell them about what I had to do... about beating him to where he couldn't stand up and where he started crying from pain that I caused him. I was a monster. Am I still a monster though?

"Ha, what did he tell you mate? I mean you head butted me and then stabbed me with MY art!" Buck wouldn't get out of my head. For the first time in a while, I felt afraid.

"Jason, you are a warrior, a Rakyat!" This time, another voice. It was Citras. This was insane, I heard voices from people that are dead! I don't understand!

"Keith you'll be ok. I swear it's just going to take a little more time for you to recover but you'll get there. I have to go check up on Riley. Will you be ok here?" I ask him, not moving just in case he wasn't.

"Yeah, thanks Jase, and um, thanks for saving me too man." He glances at me, and takes a quick swig of his beer, then focuses on the crowd. I force a smile, get up, and walk away. Deep down I knew he was lying. I honestly think that he would rather be dead than living in so much pain and have horrible, horrible memories.

I find Riley hugging my mom. I knew he missed her a lot. I walk over there and I see small tears in her eyes and she instantly hugs me.

"I missed you guys so much! You have no idea how much I was worried after you didn't make it back when you said you would. I was so, so scared!" I could hear her voice start cracking from her fixing to cry. She grabs Riley and we have one small family hug and it felt so different...I don't know how to explain it.