Suffer In Silence

Chapter 2

All rights go to Ben Bocquelet.

I realized that something wasn't quite right. I opened the door and turned on the lights and I felt tears come down my face, something I hadn't felt in a while. I screamed as loud as possible. "NO! WHY HIM?" I yelled. The reason I was crying was because I saw Darwin, hanging by the head, with the walls scribbled on in red. Darwin had slash marks against his head, and his leg was half off. I saw a note on the floor beneath Darwin's stool.

Dear Gumball,

I realized I coudn't take the rejection from Carrie.

If she wanted me dead, so be it.

Tell her that I did this all for her...

I love you, bro.

-Darwin A. Watterson

I began to cry as hard as I could. I screamed at Mom to call 911. I told her and everyone came up to see. Anais began to well up tears. Mom covered her mouth while Dad covered his eyes. Mom called 911 and told them the whole thing. I shoved the note in my pocket. Not soon enough, the police came. "We'll need him for questioning," a woman officer said, waiting for Mom to nod. She did, and soon I was in the front of a squad car. Some time later, we arrived at the station. They asked me why and I took out the note. "Carrie Krueger. 665 Raven Lane." I said emotionlessly. "Darwin, my brother got rejected. He got bullied until he uh, you know." The lady dismissed me and I began to walk home. I stared at the once colorful sky, and sighed.

It was a dark day in Elmore for me.