Chapter 4- Olivia's Confession

After school they pulled up to the Cabot Estate. Olivia's jaw dropped at the size of the building ahead of her. She was in shock at how big it was. There was a giant brick wall blocking any outsiders and a huge steel gate for the entrance to the driveway. They had lamps lit all the way up the path and had white shudders on the windows. The door was a big white door with a steel knocker. Olivia was flabbergasted at how huge the place was. "Wow! Alex, you live here?"

"Yep! My dad was a famous lawyer. He was like the best prosecutor in the city. He had the most wins of any other lawyers and was just really incredible." Alex said with a faraway look in her eyes. It was the first time she had discussed her father to anyone, let alone someone she just met. Olivia saw the look in her eyes. The hurt, and pain of losing her father. She understood what it was like not to have a father and wanted to make Alex feel better.

"My dad wasn't around at all. The only thing I know about him is that he raped my mother. I don't even know what he looks like." Olivia said sadly.

"I'm sorry!" Alex said as she berated herself for her earlier comment about her dad being a criminal. It was the only reason she was alive. "I didn't mean what I said earlier, about your dad. I'm really very sorry." She tried to explain.

"Alex, I'ts okay. I've known for ever that my dad was a criminal. I just don't care anymore." She explained, then decided to ask the inevitable "How'd your dad die?"

Alex sighed and spoke softly, "Let's go inside, I'll tell you what happened after I get warmed up" and the both went into the large building and made their way through the house.

Upon entering the house, there was a spiral staircase to the right of the entrance. Then to the left was a formal dinning room with five chairs surrounding the table and a Persian rug on the floor. Walking further you come to the kitchen. The kitchen is huge, it has two refrigerators and many more cabinets then you would find any where else. The backdoor opens to a large in ground swimming pool and a twirling slide. Then there is a stable and barn off to the very far left, about a quarter of a mile out. Olivia gazed in shock at the wonders that is the Cabot Estate. She had no idea that Alex was this rich. She was completely speechless.

Minutes later, after the tour was complete, Olivia finally asked Alex a question that was really bothering her. "Um, Alex, About your dad. What happened?"

Alex sighed angrily, "Him and my mom got into a fight one night. My dad was fed up with moms controlling habits and was going to leave. My mom said that if he left not to come back and he didn't. He left and I never saw him again. A week later, a cop shows up at our doorstep and tells us that he died in a car accident and that they needed us to identify the body. My mom blamed it on me and said that I had killed him because I wasn't doing as good as I should in school. That's why she moved me to the new school." Alex explained, trying not to cry.

"That's not true. You didn't kill your father!" Olivia said loudly.