Imperfect

14

"Now stop staring at me. I know you wanna know what is Chris's story" Alec treats me like a kid sometimes. I can't help it either. All of them are so complicated. They have messed up stories. I'm pretty sure Chris has one too.

"Chris lost his father in a planned accident. Basically his dad was murdered by Bryan and Shaun. I guess Carter was involved too. After the accident, they pushed Chris's elder brother into the river. From then his mother stopped speaking. She just stares out of the window all damn day" oh God. I can't hear any more of it. People are stronger than they seem. Even after all of these kinds of past, they behave like a normal person. They stand and work for their families. They are just so damn strong.

This town has taught me so much about life. Hearing and watching these situations in movies and series is so different from here. All I know is from now on I'll always be satisfied with what I get. Why do we don't care about anything until it's gone?

"Alec, I have one more question....who was the guy that night whom you guys murdered?" This is the only question I haven't asked him. I should have asked this one long time ago.

"That was Jonny Rae Taylor" he said as my jaw dropped. He is son of the mayor Howard Rae Taylor. Actually, was. Ok......so now I get it, how  necessary it is for them to kill me. God! I have witnessed the murder of Mayor's son.

"But why?" I asked.

"They told me that he got late in giving them thier part of the money. Couple of months ago they had a deal with him regarding a murder. So maybe Johnny got a little late in giving them the money" he said, as if it was no big deal.

I don't want to panic or anything, so I'll just pretend I didn't hear this Murder story.

We reached the house before the sun was fully set.
I went inside the house and sat on the floor as I started adjusting all the things with today's shopping items. Alec went outside, probably for some work.

Suddenly I heard footsteps. I guess Alec is back.
"So what's on today's lunch menu?" I asked him casually. I got no reply. It's little weird. I can feel him standing right behind me. Then why isn't he replying?
I saw his shadow on the floor on my left. The face of the shadow had a lot of hair around his cheeks. Alec, beard? No it's......

"Carter!!" I shouted in fear as I turned and saw him.

"I knew that son of a bitch was hiding something. Time to die sweetheart" he caught my neck.

I don't see Alec anywhere. Where is he? What if all of this was a game? What if it was all planned from the starting and Alec was lying to me? Or even worse. What if Carter has already killed him outside....