Chapter 4

Discovery

Coleman Household 8:25 AM 10/5/22

Light needed Ben's true name.

This shouldn't be hard. There's no way his whole family could be 'in' on his little scheme. This kid isn't as smart as L, fortunately. He's smart, but no where near close to L.

He walked down stairs looking to see if Mrs. Coleman was anywhere near. He found her in the kitchen starting breakfast for the youngest Coleman, Iann.

"Hello Mrs. Coleman." He said cheerfully.

"Oh, good morning, Light. Sleep well last night?"

"I slept okay, I suppose. You know how it is getting used to sleeping somewhere other then home."

"Oh, yeah. That's true."

"Did Bentley go to school?"

"I think you mean Benjamin." She laughed.

"How could you forget Benny's name!?" Iann exclaimed

Score.

"Oh, oops, I'm not so good with names." He mimicked the same happiness that was showing on Mrs. Coleman's face.

"Why, did you want to talk to him? He should be home in about a half hour."

"Yeah, he's pretty smart. We get along well."

"Oh, I'm so glad to hear that."

"Thank you, Mrs. Coleman." His voice had lost it's enthusiasm as he walked up the stairs.

Is what I'm doing really right? I'm about to kill her son. It's okay. He needs to be eliminated.* He has a chance at putting me to death and I can't allow it. I am protector of this world. I need to stay that way. I'll write down his name and he will die by accident at the university. It's that simple.

Light walked quickly into his room. Misa was in the shower. He pulled out the small piece of the notebook from his wallet and wrote:

Benjamin Coleman is to die of an accident.

There it's done. He will die in 40 seconds. Goodbye Ben. It was actually kind of refreshing to have something exciting happen, but a refresher is all I need.

Light slipped the note into the small pocket inside his wallet then proceeded to finish unpacking his things.

~*~

8:56 AM

Light had just finished breakfast and was feeling somewhat relaxed. He thought it was kind of odd that the university hadn't called Ben's mother to tell her the news yet. He didn't really want to deal with someone crying right now, but if he left, there might be someone who would realize that he had left right when the University called. That would have been suspicious. He figured it wouldn't be too weird of him to go into his room though. Once he shut the door he realized that he had left his cell on the table. He sighed and turned around to go pick it up. He opened the door and started walking toward the stairs when he heard the door slam.

What in the world??

Ben came running up the stairs and pushed Light to the side as he went to his room.

Light stood still looking at the door that Benjamin had just went through.

How is this possible?! If his mother didn't tell the truth... but would a 5 year old kid lie about that?? No. This is insane! Did he know that I was going to kill him?

Light went to his phone then his room. He was shaken.

Maybe this kid is smarter then I thought.

~*~

Coleman Household 10:14 AM 10/6/22

Ben had woken up 23 minutes ago and was now studying the letters intently with his music blaring loudly in his ears.

Name's MC, my band's the Lee Majors.
Put us on the bill, and boy ya hit paydirt.
When I'm on the mic, girlies wanna flizzirt,
but I tell' em chill like a DQ Blizzard.
Help me like a DQ Blizzard, D-DQ Blizzard.
Help me like a DQ Blizzard, D-DQ Blizzard.

These letters are getting more interesting as I read.

While Ben was sifting through the papers, he glanced across one that caught his attention. It read:

November 10, 2006

I think I'm in a lot of trouble now. I just got a phone call... from her... Why she didn't tell me this news to begin with I'm unsure. It's really unnerving.

I am a father.

How strange. I never thought that it would happen. He was born on November 7, 2006 at 3:23 AM. He doesn't have a name yet. She wants me to come up with something. I do have a name, but I don't think she will like it much. It symbolizes something that I'm going through at the moment. Or, I should say a accomplishment I hope to achieve. I won't write his name here. The only place that it will be written is on his birth certificate.

Ben stared blankly at the page for what seemed like several minutes.

November 7th.....2006.... 3:23.... my....exact... birth.. date. Is it a coincidence? That would mean that these letters would be telling me about this child's birth for no reason applicable at the moment. There's no way this happened by chance.

This man is my father.

Ben was now interested beyond return of what the next letters said.