Teach Me How to Love You

Lesson 17- Always let someone you trust into your life problems

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Ok so up above is Christine and she's of course, gorgeous. I already have a person for Colton after his makeover but I could only post one picture (ugh) so he'll be on the next chapter.

Sorry for the wait on this chapter btw. I couldn't find much inspiration but I think I was able to pull it all together and I like it.

So with that being said, enjoy the chapter below!

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"Murder?"

"Yup," Colton reached for the beer that was by the toilet and held it to his lips. I took it out his hand before he could take a swig and set it behind me. Colton pouted at me but I ignored him.

"He was murdered?" I asked shocked. I knew he was dead but not murdered. That changes the story completely.

"Yeah. In a fucking parking lot too. Jeremy always said he wanted his death to be meaningful. He always wanted to be like a martyr but he died in a parking lot at a damn gas station. I mean what the hell! Why does something like this have to happen to someone who was the greatest brother in the world!" Colton hit the side of the toilet in anger. He looked so pissed and hurt.

"If you don't mind me asking, what happened?" I asked cautiously. I didn't want to say the wrong thing and ruin our relationship. This was a very delicate conversation.

"It was one of those wrong place wrong time kinda things. Guy was robbing the gas station and he ran out of the store and demanded for my brother to drive the guy to where he wanted to go. My brother refused so he... shot him," Colton laid his head against the wall.

I didn't realize my mouth was open in shock till Colton reached over and closed. Colton chuckled and shook his head. "No need to be so shocked. Things like this can happen to anyone. It just sucks when it's you."

"I just wouldn't have thought that this happened to you and your mother. You guys are so sweet and kind and ya'll act so perfect. I will never understand and experience just how much pain and sadness your feeling right now," I said, shaking my head.

"I hope you never do. You're life is too perfect for that," he said, smiling at me. I almost started blushing but I didn't. As nice as his words were they certainly weren't true.

"I'm far from perfect."

"But your closer than me," Colton said, gesturing to himself.

I considered Colton's words and decided whether he was right or not. I thought about the murder of his brother and how that must've been on him and his mother which led me to think about his father. As far as I can tell, Colton is fatherless.

"What about your dad?" I asked. The words just popped out of my mouth without a thought. I suddenly wanted to take them back.

"My dad? I think you mean the worthless piece of shit whom I consider my dad. He walked out on us when I was little. My brother became the head of the family and looked after me and my mother. That also made his death much harder on us. Then I ended up being the one to take over the family and care for my mother. The worst part is my dad had the balls to show up at Jeremy's funeral and pretend to care. I made sure he left and never came back after that. He ruined my mother and there was no way in hell that I was gonna let him do it again."

"How old were you when your dad walked out?" I asked. My curiosity was burning like crazy and Colton's life story was very intriguing.

"I was about four maybe. I don't know much about my dad. Just what my mom tells me, which isn't much, and what I saw at the funeral. After my dad left us he moved to New York and got a job as a business man. He gets paid to cheat people into buying stuff at ridiculous prices. He's rude, greedy, and absurd. He was trying to convince my mother and I to move to New York with him and live in his mansion right over my brother's fucking grave. I turned him down kinda forcefully. Let's just say my brother's military training paid off after he taught me some of it."