Unforgiven Past

Chapter Thirteen

Skip forward Ten years and here we are.

If you try and find just ONE positive out of all the shitty things Cameron put us through and took from us- Then the only good thing would be, that Ben and Mum ended together. They had been married for six years now. Mum works as an accountant for Ben’s concreting business, and she was finally happy. They were happy. I was proud to call Ben ‘Dad’.

I don’t know how long I had been laying down looking at the concrete roof. My back was hurting from the firm metal bed bed frame, and the extremely thin mattress. I was freezing cold, I just want to go back home and be with Leah, in our warm bed, with our comfortable mattress and out warm blankets. I felt horrible for putting her through this. It was supposed to be a normal night, I loved taking her out and showing her how much she means to me.

It was one of our ‘Date Night’s’ which we tried hard to make a regular thing, because we both worked hard, and hardly got time together. We tried to make sure we spent one night a fortnight together, enjoying each other’s company. It was a nice relaxing night, we had been to a fancy restaurant. Leah was dressed in a sexy black dress showing a bit of cleavage, and I couldn’t wait to get home and take that dress off her.

We were walking back to the car and I was playfully slapping her on her booty and she was laughing and telling me to stop. I interlocked my finger with hers and leant down to give her a kiss. Suddenly someone barged into me, the forced pushed me backwards, but I managed to keep my balance,

“Hey dude, watch where your going” I said bluntly,

The guy was clearly drunk, he couldn’t even stand up straight. He lifted his head, and squinted his eyes. I couldn’t believe who it was. IT WAS CAMERON!

A rush of fear and anger came over me. I was in shock, I didn’t know what to do or say. I was just standing there, staring.

Cameron was standing there swaying and smiling. He obviously recognised me,

“What boy?! Don’t you remember me?” He growled at me,

He had not changed one bit, he was still bald and had a face full of wrinkles. He looked horrible. I wanted to kill him. I wanted to grab his throat between my two hands and use every bit of strength I had to choke him until the light left his eyes. I wanted to snap his neck. I wanted him dead.

“If you know what’s good for you Cameron, you best walk the f**k away” I said it softly but firming, you could hear the anger in my voice.

“CAM!?!” Leah screamed “Is that Cam!?” She asked,

I managed to nod my head, but I couldn’t talk.

“Babe walk away. Please Pete. Let’s go home.” Leah begged holding my hand tightly,

“Please Peter!” She pleaded tugging my arm,

I took a breath, and looked around. People had stopped to look, because of Leah crying. My hands were shaking, I felt terrified, but I started to walk,

“Don’t piss yourself on your way.” I hear Cameron snarled at me, he was laughing as he said it. He was mocking my dead brother! My brother that he had killed!

That was it. I snapped. I grabbed Cameron White by his T-shirt, picked him up and slammed him up against a brick building. I held him up with one hand and I punched him with every ounce of strength I had, I felt a bone crunch. I continued to hit him, I couldn’t bring myself to stop. He killed my brother, I had ever intention to kill him. I could hear Leah screaming in the background but it was a blur, I kept going.

Cameron collapsed to the floor, he was unconscious, but I didn’t stop. How dare he talk about Harry like that. I continued to kick him. I felt this stinging burning pain in back and my muscles went into a spasm-I fell to the floor, and I blacked out.

Waking up I was in hospital. My arm was handcuffed to a hospital bed and there was a police office sitting beside me,

“Your awake now Mr Greene” He said with a smile,

I looked at him confused, then I remembered. Cameron- I beat the s**t out of him, he deserved it though.

“We had to use a police Taser on you Mr Greene, you weren’t backing down. Geez you really let loose on Mr White” He was actually being nice to me, but I didn’t want to talk to him,

“Off the record” He said “Your girlfriend told us about what he done to your brother. I would of done the same. But that is between us” He said with a wink and a smile.

“I’m in a lot of trouble aren’t I ?” I asked him, now that I realised the gravity of the situation,

“You f****d him up pretty bad buddy. They don’t know if his going to make it yet. His pretty messed up.” He told me,

“Well isn’t he lucky you guys saved him” I snickered sarcastically,

“Yeah. Your parents and girlfriend are outside. Would u like me to send them in? Your not going anywhere just yet” He said pointing at the handcuffs,

“Yeah please” I said,

He got up and walked out. Mum came running in and leant over the bed sobbing and giving me a big cuddle. Leah was behind her waiting for her turn. They were both crying. Ben was behind them standing there quietly,

“Oh Pete. I understand why you done it son” Mum said sobbing “You are going to be in a lot of trouble though” she sighed,

“I tried to walk away Mum. I was going too, as hard as it was to see him after all these years-But he had to be smart- He had to bring Harry into it- ‘Don’t piss yourself’ that’s what he said!” I was crying now, and I wasn’t ashamed of it.

Mum gasped as I said it.

“We will fight the charges son, and we will win” Ben said quietly. “I don’t care if I have to sell everything we own bud, we will sort this out”

That’s how I got here. I had no excuses, I didn’t need any, and I didn’t feel any remorse at all. Cameron said something that set me off, he said it knowing I would snap, he got what he deserved, and I would do it again. Laying there with my eyes shut while I thought about all of this, I finally managed to fall asleep. Tomorrow was the day I would find out my fate.