𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 (.cnco)

ten

catherine paced back and forth as richard sat at the edge of her bed.

"what good will that do?" she questioned him.

"everyone's still anxious over the fact ara's killer is still loose. and joel definitely wants a closure for this. so i think i should give them all the closure they deserve," richard said to her.

"listen, i won't tell them that you know. they won't know you were the one hiding me," he said to her.

"yeah and you'll end up in jail for something that was barely your fault? she tripped, and fell and that's it. you just happened to be there," she said to him.

"i won't let you spend the rest of your life paying for that," she said again.

"i grabbed her arm and she tried to pull away. that was how she fell," he said to her.

catherine turned back around. "what?"

"technically i did it. it was my fault," he muttered.

the girl stood there, not knowing what to say.

christopher opened the door, his eyes landing straight on richard.

"chris," richard stated, jumping to his feet.

"so this fucking nightmare happened because of you?" he questioned his friend.

"chris keep it down," catherine said to him lowly.

"he killed ara," christopher said, looking at her.

"and you've been hiding this?" he questioned the girl.

"it was an accident. he wasn't gonna spend the rest of his life paying for that simple mistake," catherine stated.

"just don't tell the others yet, that's all i ask from you," richard pleaded.

christopher stared at him. it was clear he was mad, but he wasn't going to sell him out; yet.

the ecuadorian left the room with the two siblings to figure things out.

✎ᝰ┆𝐚𝐝𝐢 ♡

okay this is short uhm yeah