Where Your Secrets Hide

SECRET 66

I slowly opens my eyes as Is aw the light on the ceiling form the room.

At first I thought it is heaven, but I know it wasn't heaven, because I don't even know if I am going there if I died. So if I felt hot like being burned in fire, and I see red, that's when I know that I am dead.

I look around as I saw the nurse inches away from me, she was checking my vitals and health.

There was no one there, even Katharina.

II don't know if she is alright, I don't know if she knew that I am here, it's just, I am not used to her not being here.

I look around and I treid to remmmeber what are the last thing happened.

Oh now I remember.

I remember hearng a gunshot, I remember that Sergeant Gerald bump into one of the car in front of us, I rmemeber the car flying and flipping arund.

And I remember being pulled out of the van and being hypnotize by the oxygen that put into my nose and mouth.

"Oh you are awake sir." The nurse said wwhen she saw me awake when she finshes checking my vitals. I just smiledat ther and I tried to sit down since I felt like my back is not there.

How mnay days am I lying here In the hospital?

"No sir, you can't move. We can't seem to find any injuries from you, but from what we aaree seeing, you are damaged because of the car crash happened a week ago."

My eyes widened as I heard her said.

"A week ago?"

I asksk her.

So, it wasn't days, it was week, I am lying ehre, in the hospital bed, a week.

Wow, just wow.

"Where's Sergeant Gerald?" I asks her. "The man that was with you in the car, is still in coma. The crash damaged his brain and his spinal, so if he woke up, he can't walk again." She said. "Does that mean, that I cannot walk too?" I asks her and she slighty laugh on what I said. "Sir, I just said to you, we didin;t find any injuries in you. But we can't believe it, since that crashed is so tragic and it could likely kill everyone nor anyone inside the car. To be honest, Sergeant won't even survive that crash, if we hadn't take the surgery on his brain. That is why we are still trying to figured out what is your difference to the other victim, how could you survive with fine breathing, and with fine bones,, and got pulled out there out of the car without any injuries in you." She asks.

I don't know if I am going to be amazed on what she just said, or going to be annoyed.

"So you are expecting for me to be dead and for me to have a lot of injury instead of being happy to your patient that he survive in that fatal car crash? Was that what you are trrying to tell me? That I shold be dead?" I asksk her and she slowly look down. "No sir." She answered. "Okay, well then, why do I feel like youa re not amazed to the miracles that I have? I am a patient so happy that I survive, so happy because of the information that you just agve me, because it might seem like impossible, but in the end, it is possible." I said.

The door opened.

"Calm down Mr. Jackson Hall."

And it was no other than Henry's father, Detective Portman Caliesto.

"Mr Portman..." Is aid.

And that is when I remembered the first eason why I cma eback here in this town that night is because Sergeant is goin to asks me question about...

Henry's murder.

"Henry... Is it true? IS it true that he's dead?" I asks him and his facial features changes into something sad, something that I cannot understand, I don't know if he is emotionless nor ad, or he doesn't really care a t all. "He is... HE's funeral and burial has be held. And as usual, no one came, since he was known as the frst murderer in our town." EH said. "But now, he wasn't... Because there is a murderer on the loose." I whispered. "Yes. You are right indeed." He said.

He gave the nurse sign that he wanted to be alone with me.

So when the nurse walk out of the room, he closes the door and locked it and walk towards me.

"But, aren't you supposed to be the one who should be called as the first murderer and not my son?" He said to me in his low light voice. "What?"

I don't know if I am going to be scred or not. But what does he mean by that?

Did he know, that I am the reason why Chase is dead/

But, even though I am the reason why, it is not called murder, because I wasn't the one who killed him. It was proven because of the autopsy report. HE was stabbed, and noty crask his neck.

"Did you do it again? Are you the one who si doing it all again?" HE asks. "TELL ME JACKSON! WHY DID YOU LEFTT THE SAME DAY MY SON IS KILLED? WHY DID YOU LEFT AND DECIDED TO STAY IN A LUXURY HOTEL? Is it because oyu wanted to escape from the truth? From the reality? IS it because you wanted to go and hide, froyo u to not pay for my son's death like what you did with CAhse Hudson?!" HE said and eh starts shaking my shoulder.

My tears starts to fall.

I can't blame him. It is all a coincidence.

And it is shis son. I already betrayed him twice, then why can't I kill him right? But no. I am not the one who is doing all these murders, I am not the one who killed Henry!

"No! I did not kill your son! I wasn't the one who is doing these all! I promise! I left the town it is ebcasue that's what Henry want. HE doesn't want me to stay in your hous,e in his house ebcasue he told me that how could I live there after what I did to him! So I had no choice but to go! I don't want to betray your son, I don't want to let him down again! I am stuck in between and I choses to go so I can never hurt him again! I promise! I swear!" Is aid and I couldn't stop my tears from falling down.

I can't get that last moment that we have with each other. Instead of us, instead of me begging for his foregiveness, I am here, crying because I felt like again, I am the responsible one for his death. I cannot ever forgive my self. I can't and I won't!

" I am so sorry. I am so sorry." HE said and he starts to cry to too. "It's just, I still can't move on to his death. He didn't even forgive me for what I did. And now, I have so many regrets regarding to my decision in life, regarding to how I treat him. Now I can't say that I love him so much. He is gone, and he won't be back until we know...." Eh said. "Now that Sergeant Gerald is in coma, I was assigned on this case. I am the one who will find this bastard serial killer that is destroying our town! And I will do anything in my power, that I will find that son of a b***h, and I don't care who that was and who twill that be. I will find him, and I will make him pay." EHs aid while his tears are still falling down on his cheeks.

I get him.

He just lost his son.