I Need You

41. The Intruder

"Dad." I say putting the gun back in my pocket and approaching him. He looks at me surprised. And I am more surprised to see him here. "What are you doing here?" I ask him. 

"I saw a man getting in here. He looked suspicious. So, I followed him in, I was close to get everything but then he escaped" he says leaning on the wall behind him. I look at his leg and it is bleeding. I give him support and he walks to the car. 

A loud noise erupts again and the whole building infront of us is in flames. We could have got something. Atleast a clue. 

"What's happened to your leg?" I ask when we are in the car. Damon is sitting between me and my dad. He looks at me vaguely and doesn't speak anything. Something is surely wrong with him today. "I was trying to save a girl from the kidnappers and I got shot" he says looking out from the window. 

He has always been like that. Damon keeps looking at us. He holds my hand to calm me down. I am in an unknown state and emotion. I don't know what to name it. Memories of Aaron keep coming back to me. He is hard to resist. I should find him.

We drop dad at home. He doesn't complain about it. He needs someone to take care of him now. He can't stay alone. I give him a quick hug and watch him go inside.

I get into the car and sit silent. Stephen and Dylan don't  speak a word. They just stay silent. But Damon is not like that. He knows me from my childhood. He has seen me grow up. "If you want to cry, just cry Mia. Don't hold up any emotion. Smile if you like to, cry if you feel like or shout if you are mad" he says holding my hand.

But these few days without Aaron made me emotionless. I just shake my head in denial. I don't want to.

"How long will you wait for a dead person. He is dead. Even if you don't accept the fact he is dead" he shouts.

"He isn't" I shout back.

"He is" all the three shout back to me. I look at Dylan through the mirror. His eyes are red. And Stephen is clenching his fists .

"Stop the car" I say in a firm voice, but Dylan don't.

"Stop the fucking car Dylan. Or I am gonna jump out of the car " he stops the car immediately after I say these words. I slam the door hard after me and walk on the road.

My men stop their car beside me to get in. But I am not going to do that. I just say them to go. I need a walk. A very long and tiring walk. I am not wearing the suitable clothes for the weather but I am okay. I want to feel the pain. I want everything that has happened to be a dream.

But this isn't a dream. I don't want to go home. I turn back. I want to go somewhere else. I can't stay in that house tonight. I walk towards my parent's house.

I ring the doorbell and my mom answers it. She is happy to see me. I give her a quick hug and head to my room. I lay on my bed. Danny is the only hope I have now. But he is still in comatose. I need to avenge for Aiden's death. For Emily. For Uncle Ben and for everyone.

Maybe we are going in a wrong way. We ain't looking for the killer in the right way. There is clearly something wrong. But what. What did we miss. What did he miss mentioning in the files. I hear my parent's room door closing.

I head downstairs to get some milk. But I am not alone. There is someone in here. I take the gun out from my back pocket. I go into the living room to check. I get this eerie feeling everytime I am home.

The drawers open and close. I point the gun directly to the person's head. He slowly turns back. I switch on the lights.

A stranger is standing before me. I pin the gun to his head. He terrors beneath the gun. Sweat is rolling down from his eyebrows. He looks up at me. He is more tensed now.

"Do I know you?" I ask him. He is still in his tensed state. He shakes his head sideways after sometime.

"Then who are you?" I ask him with a sarcastic tone. What the hell am I doing. I don't know. Maybe I have gone crazy.

He keeps looking behind me. I wanted to know what is so attractive behind me for him. He takes this as a chance to escape. But I shoot him in the back. He runs through the front door. I run, but I missed him. I look around but he is nowhere.

I go to check on Em and the baby. The lights in the house are turned off. So I sit out side.

Morning when aunt Lisa opens the door, I go in and head to Em's room. She and the baby are still asleep. I was about to leave but Ethan wakes up. He smiles. This small baby is the only reason I have got to live for. I have to save him no matter what. I take him to Aaron's room and put him on the bed. I pull over a sweat shirt and it still smells like him. I pick Ethan into my arms again. But this time, he cries.

I coo him but nothing is working. He keeps crying. I take him to Em's room and put him beside her. I feel warm now. So I pull the sweatshirt off and pick him up again. This time he doesn't cry. Even he is missing Aaron.

Em feeds him and we go downstairs. I called Stephen to check the security cameras and call me back.

"There is no one recorded on the camera. Only you were in the living room and the weird thing is you have been speaking to yourself" he says when he calls.