confession
Michael's nightmare had woken up Orion. Orion cradled Michael as Michael told him everything. About his small and sweet family. His sister, who wanted to be an architect, his brother Marcus, was business-minded in the family. Mostly about his Mother. Who had been a nurse? He had loved his mom more than anything in the world. Michael relayed how he was rescued from the rumble by a police car after all those cars had left. Michael sat in the interrogation room, his hands shaking as he clutched a cup of coffee. His eyes were red-rimmed and overly dry, evidence of the sleepless nights and endless tears that had consumed his conscience since the day his family was lost in a blazing trail of smoke. The detective across from him regarded him with a mixture of pity and suspicion. Michael had an
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