I shot Howard through my own two hands and I have no reason why. Why did I shoot a guy who was supposed to help me? Why did I shoot a guy for no reason at all? He was my last and only clue. Tears started flowing through my eyes when I realized I didn't have any hope.
"You kid, Stop crying!", I heard a voice. It wasn't distant. He was speaking from a close distance.
I immediately went to hide.
"Stop trying to hide. I know that you killed Howard" He said.
At that moment I realized my life was doomed. A man saw me kill someone and he knows the guy.
"Who are you? What will you do to me!?" I shouted
"Relax, I won't hurt you, Not yet," He said. This time, I heard that the sound was coming from a tree. I shot at the tree.
"What do you mean NOT YET?" I shouted again.
"Put down the gun kiddo. I haven't come here to kill you. Here, take this" He showed himself from the tree and threw something. It was an ID card belonging to my father. I was shocked.
"Come with me, if you recognize the man in the ID, I'm sure I can help you"
"How will I know you won't kill me and weren't the one doing all these things? You could have just taken that ID from my dad. Throw your ID as well"
He threw it. Surprisingly, he was just an ordinary man and had the same surname as Howard.
"Ok, I'll trust you. If you can help me, I will be more than happy" I said and he took me to the place.
On the way, I asked him "Are you sure you should take a child who just murdered someone you know with you to your place or something?"
"Don't worry kid, I've been in worse situations. This is nothing." He whispered
Nothing this guy said went through my mind. I was puzzled and was in a dilemma if I should still walk with him or not.
We eventually reached a hut, an empty one. There was no trace even of an insect let alone a human being.
"Shit! He beat me to it", he said
"Who? You haven't told me a single thing, I'm clueless. Just speak up! Or else I'm leaving!", I said
A FUCKING AXE FLEW RIGHT NEXT TO ME!
"RUN!!!" The guy shouted.
My body was frozen. Not a muscle I moved due to the traumatization.
That guy was shot, three times in the head. And from the bush came a familiar face. A face almost impossible to forget!
"Don't you think you're too lucky, now? Do you have the god's luck on your side or something. First the bridge, then the grave and now my axe? You really are special. I'll give you an option. You either join me or travel straight to hell, how does this sound?", she said.
I could do nothing but laugh.
"Grace! Grace! Grace! So you really were alive. And was I supposed to not know that the girl called Grace was you, Alisa, my dear sister? Although a woman may change her face, she can't hide her hatred towards her brother!"