Kimbley's Little Bomber
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"Mom? What's a state alchemist?" Jason asked. Sara's eyes widened at her son's question. "What sweetie?" she said as she made lunch. "What's a state alchemist?" Jason repeated. Katie was in her room playing with her friends while Jason was at the kitchen table with a dictionary in front of him. Sara had never expected her nine year old son to ask a question like this. "Honey don't ask questions like that please." Jason gave his mother a puzzled look. "Mom? Where's Dad?" "Jason please don't talk about your father," she snapped. Jason looked down at the floor sadly. "But Mom, I wanna know about my Dad," he whined. Sara sighed and put the hotdogs down on the plates. "Jason, I don't want to have anything do do with your father," she explained. "But I wanna know why," Jason continued. "Alright. Well honey...your father..is a murderer. Do you know what that means?" Jason flipped through the pages of the dictionary. "It says 'In criminal law, murder is the crime of causing the death of another human being, without lawful excuse, and with intent to kill or with an intent to cause grievous bodily harm, which is traditionally termed "malice aforethought". In attempted murder, the mens rea requirement, Latin for "guilty mind", is limited. In some common law jurisdictions, an accused is not guilty of murder if the victim lives for longer than a year and a day after the attack. This reflects the likelihood that, if the victim has survived so long after the initial attack, there will be other factors contributing to the cause of death and so break the chain of causation. Subject to the local statute of limitation the accused can still be charged with an offense representing the seriousness of the initial assault. But, with the advance of modern medicine, the majority of countries have abandoned a fixed time period and test causation on the facts. In most countries murder is considered the most serious crime, and invokes the highest punishment available under the law. As with most legal terms, the precise definition varies between jurisdictions.' Right?" Sara sat there staring at him, her mouth agape. "Uhh...Yes Jason that's right. You see your father isn't the man I fell in love with anymore. He's a completly different person now. Jason, please try to understand. I know it's been hard for you and Katie to grow up without you father, but he's not coming home." Jason's emerald eyes filled with tears as he slammed the dictionary shut and ran up to his room. "Jason! Honey come here!" Sara followed him up to his room as she heard his door slam and lock. She knocked gently on the door as she heard her son cry. "Jason? Sweetie can I come in?" Jason cried harder as he unlocked his door for his mother. Sara turned the knob and saw Jason on his bed crying. "Mom, I want Dad to come home! I want you and Dad to be together!" Sara's eyes filled with tears as she heard his words. "Jason, I know you were a baby when he left, but I know you miss him. I miss him too."