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Michelle watched in silence as Alex was being led out of her house by the paramedics. Juliet glanced at her for a few seconds before she followed Alex out and before Patrick could follow, she stopped him. "wait. I have something to tell you," Michelle said to him, and he stopped in his tracks and turned to look at her... She started to walk away, and Patrick followed her towards the stairs, when they got to her room, he stopped by the door and watched as Michelle disappeared into her room. She came back about a minute late and handed something to him. It was in a zip lock bag, and Patrick's eyes immediately grew wide when he saw what it was. "he thought he disposed of it, but it was just a replica. I kept it with me all these years," Michelle explained as Patrick took it from her. A knife was in there, and there could still be a bit of blood on it. "I will go to the police myself you don't have to worry. Just make sure Alex is fine," Michelle said, and Patrick nodded. He couldn't say anything to her. he simply turned and left leaving Michelle all alone. Michelle walked back into her room and locked herself in. She sat on her bed and sat there silently as the memories of the past invaded her mind. It was true that she had an affair with Daniel... because he was the only one who tried to console her when she and her late husband had been going through a marital crisis. He was always there when her husband wasn't. He was the best uncle to Alex and always tried to cheer her up And he had eventually swayed her... she had made a terrible mistake and knew it was wrong. But on that faithful day, Alex's father had returned to the house earlier than expected and she had invited Daniel over. Thankfully by the time he arrived, her husband had left in a fit of rage... leaving her devasted Daniel had tried to console her but Glenda ended up witnessing this and before she could process what was happening, Daniel had broken a vase on her head causing her to pass out. she had freaked out and checked if Glenda was still breathing when Daniel had left briefly and she was but things took a dark turn when Daniel came back with a knife and ended Glenda's life... Michelle started to tremble as the memories invaded her mind... Glenda's lifeless body... the way she watched as life left her and couldn't do a thing because she was scared of Daniel. he had looked exactly like a monster that day not the man she knew... She had left the room with him and led him to an exit in the house which nobody knew about; it was after he left that she learned of her husband's accident and then Alex... Her son has stumbled upon the lifeless body of Glenda... He was so young back then and what she had been worried about was if Alex had seen his uncle... but he never said a word about what happened, and she had thought it was better if he tried to forget and overcome his trauma... Every day after had been a bad day for her... and there wasn't a day she didn't think about it... maybe if she had tried to work things out with her husband and not have an affair with his brother, then none of that would have happened... Glenda would still be alive and her son wouldn't despise her... Maybe, just maybe... Daniel had taken it upon himself to torment her by being close to Alex, and she hated him for it... he was a monster, and she was glad that he was finally going to be put away for good. She had kept the murder weapon, maybe as a reminder of what they had done; Michelle wasn't sure, but now, maybe she had always known that the day would come when she would face the truth. The day had finally arrived and she had not been prepared for what would happen... Michelle sat there pondering on her life and how it was going to be from then on...what would become of her. Would Alex ever forgive her for what she did... "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." Michelle sobbed as she sat in her room... her heart heavy.... Michelle ran her hand through her hair and tugged in it a little, her mind was in shambles... she got up from her bed and walked to her drawer... Michelle opened it and took out a picture of her family that she had ruined with her own hands... They looked so happy in the picture that it made a sad smile appear on her face... She wished she could go back in time to fix everything but she knew she couldn't and the only thing she could try to do was make things right by coming clean ________________________ ________________________ Joy stood outside the house as she watched the policemen walk out with Daniel. His eyes met with her and he tried to walk to where she was, but the men held him back. "You f*cking b*tch!" he cursed at her, and Joy started to tremble in fear as she stared at him because she knew if the men weren't there to hold him back, he would have attacked her and probably tried to kill her... shs fisted her hand as she stared at him. "Go back home right now", Daniel said to her, and Joy shook her head. "I'm not going back there, I'm never going back there", Joy said firmly. She no longer wanted to be afraid of him, and she was tired of living her life in constant fear of him... "Joy, listen to Me. I'm your husband! Get my lawyer on the phone!" he said and Joy said nothing. She simply stood there and watched in silence as the policemen led him away... she was finally going to be free from him and she regretted that she hadn't revealed the whole truth sooner... she was finally going to get her son back... she let out a breath of relief but this relief didn't last when Joy watched as the paramedics rushed into the house, and she became worried they came back out a few minutes later with Alex on a stretcher and Juliet by his side. "What happened to him?" Joy asked, and Juliet couldn't even say a word because of the tears that kept coming out of her eyes. She shook her head, and Joy nodded, understanding that Juliet was in a panic mood. "I will be right behind you, you don't have to worry,", Joy said, and Juliet nodded and followed Alex into the ambulance... "Alex..." Juliet muttered as she got into the ambulance and sat beside Alex... he had passed out and the paramedic was checking his pulse to make sure he was doing fine... she told him the hospital that Patrick had told her about the paramedic informed the driver... her heart raced in fear because Alex's hand was cold... she held his hand and hoped he would open his eyes and tell her he was alright... she shouldn't have let him leave on his own. If she had been faster maybe this wouldn't have happened... Maybe if she had heard him walk into the house because joy told her everything maybe she could have stopped this from happening and found a better way to tell him everything but deep down Juliet knew there was no better way for someone to know something like that... it was shocking and she knew Alex would have been affected by it either way... She was afraid he was never going to recover from this... she wanted him to be okay...