Stranger souls - Caulscott

Chapter 4 Doubtful apology

Max

Nathan hid his phone inside his pockets and looked at me with a sad face. He set the chair opposite me and sat on it.

Nathan: "Well Max... I don't know where to start..."

Max: "Maybe you should start with untying me?"

Nathan: "Sorry Max but not until I explain to you everything... You can't leave now... didn't you just hear my phonecall with that psycho? He's looking after you outside... I-I... I can't lose you!" I can feel my heart beating now. I've never seen this side of Nathan... Is he actually care?

Max: "If that's necessary... I growled."

Nathan: "So... What do you wanna know?"

Max: "Everything... but I will start with this question... That person who called you... was that really..." He didn't let me finish

Nathan: "Jefferson? Yes... You've never thought that he has something to do with this right..."

Max: "What did he mean by he's already taken care of Victoria? And what do I have to do with it?" I asked him and he sight.

Nathan: "I've never wanted to be part of that Max... It was Jefferson and my father who drag me into this shit..." He looked down and took a long breath. "You see... They sometimes choose somebody... like Rachel or Kate... to drag them somewhere... dark..." He almost whispered.

Max: "The Dark room..." I whispered too. He raised his head and looked at me.

Nathan: "How... How the hell you know that?"

Max: "We... We found that bunker under the old barn... even saw the folders... with Kate... and Rachel..."

Nathan: "Then you know more than I expect... I'm so sorry Max but I can't talk about what they did to all of the girls... and I think I don't need to explain it since you saw the photos..."

Max: "U-um... but... why didn't you do something? You know that was so fucked up... so why are you helping Jefferson? Why did you do all of this?"

Nathan: "Max... you see me earlier how I was acting... I actually blame myself... because I can't do anything! I can't just stand up to my father. The only way to end this was to commit suicide... but I was too weak to do it. Not that I can't resist my father or Jefferson... I can't even commit a fucking suicide... I was a selfish asshole... Because of the stress, I start to use lots of medicaments... You could actually saw when you sneaked to my room and went through my stuff. And now it's even worse! Jefferson has already taken Vic... He will hurt her like he does that every poor girl before... and he was planning to take you too to the Dark room Max... That's why I'm keeping you here... even if I'm an asshole I didn't want to... to end that like this. When I saw you on the other side of the pool at the gym I started to feel upset and wanted to disappear... but you talked to me... you've been nice to me even if I don't deserve it! I just... He stops and grabs his head into his hands."

He had eyes full of tears... I-I didn't expect that I... I actually feel sorry for him... It's nice to see his good side but... Wowser...I think I started to cry too...

Nathan: "Max... Why are you crying?" Were staring at each other with eyes full of tears

Max: "I-I... I just... I just feel bad for what you had to go through... I thought you're one of the biggest assholes from Arcadia Bay. But I never imagine how fuck up is all of this..." I take a breath and whisper... ''I'm sorry..."

Nathan: "No..." He whispered... "I'm the one who has to apologize... I know I was an asshole... not even for you but for everybody... And I was doing bad things... like I didn't stand to my father, didn't stop Jefferson from... that thing didn't stop him from kidnapping Vic and..." He looked at me and saw I wasn't alright... I still had a headache from the hit and those straps were hurting me.