ENDING B: BILL CONFESSES TO THE MURDER
Bill decided to confess to the horrible things he'd done. It was now 8:00 and he had three hours to prepare. Bill decided it would be best to put on his US Army blues. While waiting Bill went to the kitchen and put a frozen pizza in the oven, eating it all after it cooked. Not one crumb left! He downed it with half a two liter bottle of soda. His belly was now more bloated than usual. He put the handgun in his pocket, feeling it was the right thing to do and waited two more hours while longingly looking through a photo album with pictures of him in Highschool at the prime of his life, there he was in a picture in his uniform while five cheerleaders were around him, two kissing him on each cheek, he had a huge smile. Another one was of him leaning against a tank, still retaining his muscular physique. Bill then saw his pictures with Lenore. At a chronological order, they went from happy to sad. One was of them lovingly embracing each other at the Hill's Christmas party under the mistletoe. The other was of them at the Hill's Christmas party two years after, but just hugging and with forced smiles. Bill's shape had begun to take a toll as well as his hair. He put the album away as it was now time to head to Boomhauers.
At Boomhauer's living room was Kahn, Minh, Dale, Nancy, Lucky, and Luanne sitting around the recliners while Boomhauer leaned against the fireplace. They were all dresses in casual autumn ware as it was early November, but kept their somber looks as they sipped coffee. Bill walked in, wearing his uniform much to everyone's confusion. He was greeted and hugged by most of them. They knew Bill was affected the most by this after seeing his reaction to the charred house. He took a seat next to Kahn who was acting nicer than ever to him. Bill asked of the kids. Luanne's baby was with a sitter while Joseph and Khan Jr. were with a counselor. Boomhauer then began.
"I've gathered y'all here because I wanted to talk about this, they've already confirmed that they all perished in the fire. Y'all are my dang friends and neighbors and y'all were that of the Hills too so I feel it's appropriate for me to tell y'all some classified information. I don't care if I put myself in the line."
Bill gulped as everyone eagerly stared at Boomhauer who was now standing in the middle of the living room.
"The investigation hasn't gone into full swing but they've confirmed that everyone was in the master bedroom. But they've found irregularities as soon as it was safe to enter"
Bill then began to drip sweat.
"I don't want to jump to conclusion but more than likely it was arson. The Hills had been murdered. Nancy, Luanne, and Minh broke into weeping simultaneously as Boomhauer revealed this.
Their respective partners embraced and consoled them.
Not being able to take it any more Bill got up in front of everyone and did the unthinkable.
He got up just as Boomhauer went to try to console him, thinking that he would need consoling. He pushed Boomhauer back, stepped in the middle of the living room and started.
"It was me! I did it! I broke into their house! I tortured them and murdered them! I strangled Bobbeh, scalped Peggy, and mutilated Hank! I still don't know what came over me but I did it! I doused the house in gasoline, and let propane seep there. I ignited it by shooting at the window screen with Bobbeh's .22 rifle that I took from his bedroom. I got it in the house if y'all don't believe me! It's in my laundry room! I got blood on my damn hands! I even killed the damn dog! I Bill Fontaine De La Tour Dauterive did it! I murdered, then sodomized Bobbeh, Peggy, and then Hank! I am a monster, I'm a vision of Hell and soon it might descend onto Khans, Lucky's, Dale's, or you Boomhauer!"
Instantly Kahn stood in front of Minh protecting her, Lucky did the same with Luanne who fainted hearing Bill's confession, and Dale and Nancy backed away.
Boomhauer was awestruck.
The first one to act was Dale who took off his sunglasses revealing his bloodshot blue eyes. He pulled his 1911 and aimed it at Bill. There was much tension and nervousness for the following hour but Dale broke the silence.
"Don't move! Answer my question. Are you sure you did it and why? Damn you if you did!"
"I still don't know, but I can tell you this, I enjoyed it while I was doing it. Yes I did it!" As Bill said that, the madness that took him that night returned to his face. It was a psychotic, deranged look.
Dale grew angrier while everyone else backed away. Luanne woke up only to have Lucky pull her back.
Then Boomhauer told Dale to put the gun down. Dale didn't obey so Boomhauer pulled out his standard issue Texas Ranger 9mm pistol he had concealed. Dale then obeyed but only lowered his gun.
His neighbors still couldn't believe it was him. Faces of anger, fear, and surprise looked onto Bill.
Bill faced them with a smile, then he faced an angry Dale while smirking.
"Hey friend, don't ever pull a gun at me or I'll make you regret it"
"Why you fat son of a bitch!" relied Dale.
"Cause I got one too!" said Bill chuckling as he quickly drew out his .357 and shot Dale in the shoulder, and then Boomhauer in the foot. Both of them still had their guns, but because they were lowered, Bill took advantage of this.
"Mah dang foot!" shouted Boomhauer collapsed as his neighbor's screamed and sought shelter behind furniture in horror!
Dale was in such pain on the floor too but he tried his best to shoot Bill but he missed twice hitting a framed picture of Boomhauer's dad and a potted plant.
Bill then ran out of the house and back to his smiling. There was a cop standing near the Hill house who heard the gunshots then looked to see Bill run out of the house, still wearing his uniform. He had recognized him from the night before. He looked at him oddly as Bill smiled back and instantly radioed re-enforcements.
"This is Officer Thompson, I'm requesting backup for 123 Rainey Street. Yea the one with the fire. Seems shots may have been fired from another residence and the possible suspect ran out. White male, balding, obese build, average height, wearing Army blues. Over!"
Back at the house:
"I call the cops!" said Kahn while dialing for them on his Iphone.
"There's one out there, I'll alert him, you call an ambulance!" shouted Lucky who was consoling a crying Luanne while Minh applied pressure to Dale's wound while Nancy did the same with Dale.
"Breathe sugg breath, you're gonna be all right!" she said while tears ran down her face. "That fat son of a bitch" said Dale.
Lucky darted out and yelled for the cop to stop Bill who was already at his house. He told the cop everything that had happened, including that Bill confessed to the murder, and the cop called the station for a Swat team.
Half an hour later, paramedics arrived at Rainey Street to tend to Dale and Boomhauer's wounds whom were just minor flesh wounds. To accompany the ambulance where four police cars and two swat vans. Each officer, not belonging to the Swat team was wearing an external Kevlar vest and handling shotguns while setting up a perimeter outside of Bill's house. The Swat had their assault rifles pointed at each window and a sniper was setting up on Dale's rooftop. A few seconds later, the Heimlich county sheriff showed up.
Inside, Bill stood smiling. "Looks like I have some company he thought. In his living room were all his weapons and boxes of ammo strewn around. The hunting rifle, waterfowl shotgun, and Bobbeh's .22 rifle were on the couch. Then he heard a megaphone
"This is the Heimlich County Sheriff, come on out with your hands up and we won't shoot. Failure to comply is endangering to both your life and ours!"
Bill peered out to see Swat team members surround the house from each side. They had a lot of firepower on them. He could clearly see the sniper that had climbed on to Dale's rooftop. He thought of acting quickly. He turned on his living room TV to the local station to see aerial footage of his house while the headline read BREAKING NEWS: DISTURBANCES AT SUBURBAN RESIDENCE NEAR HILL HOUSE FIRE. He decided that he should turn himself in. Still dressed in his army formal wear, he took a deep breath and walked out of the house, as soon as he was out, he put his hands up. Instantly eight members of the Swat went to apprehend him. Bill tried to look out but all he could see were the flashing lights of emergency vehicles. His neighbors had vacated. Bill was now handcuffed from head to toe as he sat in a Swat van headed for the police department.
A day later after holding, Bill told them what he told his neighbors the day before. Instantly the investigation turned to Arson/Homicide. As Bill sat in holding, news of his confession spread throughout the department. Even inmates knew and instantly, Bill was put in a separate cell. The rumors had also spread to the media.
A week later he was transferred to prison. A trial would begin in two months after completing the investigation.
At jail Bill told his cellmates of what he did with vivid detail. It was Bill's first week and he sat on a bench outside of his cell just smiling when other inmates approached him. It was an enclosed prison. The guards at the tower were talking amongst themselves as they looked at Bill.
"You are one sick fuck!" said a Neo Nazi inmate after Bill finished. "Hey vato you fucked in the head" said a tattooed Latino to Bill. Initially they left him alone, but then someone familiar appeared one week later while Bill was in his cell. "Holt?" said in surprise. Bill remembered him, Luanne's deadbeat father who framed Lucky and almost ruined the young family. "Holt stared him down" Prison had changed Holt, he was muscular now and shaved his head. He was covered in Neo Nazi tattoos as it was customary for inmates doing hard time to join racially affiliated prison gangs. "Did you lay a finger on my daughter?" Holt said sternly as he grabbed bill by the shoulder. "Not one dang finger, I only hurt the Hills. Peggy was your sister right?" Holt then picked up Bill from the neck and threw him to the bed
"I heard about what you did to em, now Hank had it coming, but Bobbeh and Peg, what they Hell!?" He then grabbed a lead pipe and as he got near Bill, a prison guard tased Holt from behind and put Bill in solitary confinement. "This is the summary to my life." Said Bill as he looked around his dark cell. The confinement would last until the trial.
The court date was finally here. Bill walked in, wearing a black suit and tie as he sat he looked at everyone in court. Dale was sitting there without his glasses or hat staring down Bill along with Kahn, Boomhauer, and Lucky. Of the women only Minh and Nancy showed up. Luanne was too fragile for this. Hank's co-workers such as Buck Strickland, Enrique, Jo-Jack, Donna, and also Principal Moss were present.
Bill shot a smile back at all those familiar to him who looked back in disgust.
"Give him the chair" shouted Buck who was warned of his outburst by the bailiff.
The trail ended with Bill being declared guilty and sentenced to death by lethal injection the following month.
"We find the defendant Bill Fontaine De La Tour Dauterive guilty of three counts of homicide, arson, and two counts of attempted manslaughter. The State of Texas has decided that Mr. Dauterive will be given the death penalty by lethal injection on the first of December."
The date had finally arrived and Bill's last meal consisted of a Cajun seafood platter. He was then given the injection. His last words to the public were "The Billdozer dozes no more!"
As the injection was applied to him by the county sheriff, he looked at him and said, I'm quite content with myself now! Bill's facial expression throughout the process and after it was a smile as wide as his belly.
He was cremated and since no one claimed him, not even his cousin Gilbert, and the ashes were thrown into a landfill.
The Hill funeral is exactly the same as ending C. Hank's mother passes away, various relatives and friends attend.
AFTERMATH
Gilbert, after suffering such public humiliation for the first half year, leaves for France, where he lived with his gay lover on the country side till the end of his days. Before leaving, he ends up selling that barbeque recipe which Bill had wanted to sell, but wasn't allowed by Gilbert to a rich investor who gives him annual royalties. Gilbert lamented not letting Bill sell it thinking that if he had, Bill would have been very rich, famous, happy and maybe he wouldn't have gone on his murderous rampage. It is quite successful, and since it was sold under a different name, no one knew it was almost made famous by a homicidal maniac. For the following five years, he sends 45,000 dollars of the royalties to Luanne whom he knew was directly related to Peggy in apology for what his cousin had done.
Buck Strickland, after losing his best employee, gave Strickland Propane to Enrique, made Joe Jack the assistant manager, and eloped with Donna to El Paso where he invested in a Strip Club chain. The chain was successful but after three years, he got caught up with drug money and backdoor dealings with dangerous criminal organizations. The DEA issued a warrant for him. While Donna ran the clubs on low key, Buck hid out in rural Canada, with a fake identity while Donna wired him money on a weekly basis. He would never ever step foot in the United States.
Strickland Propane actually flourished more under Enrique's ownership, so much more that they opened up a branch in Oklahoma and Arizona.
Joe Jack, the poor delivery driver who shared a similar life and appearance to Bill's obtained a life coach, changed his life, lost weight, and married one of Enrique's cousins whom he fathered two children with. He feared that he would have ended up becoming next Bill after news of what happened was revealed.
Enrique went on to becoming one of the top Latino businessmen in all of Texas. With his wealth, he helped Arlen's Little Mexico thrive.
John Redcorn becomes a popular activist amongst the native populations of the West. He starts small but gains influence the ladies after launching a public campaign featuring him displaying his physique. After wooing and marrying the daughter of a major Texas congressman in her late 20's, he spearheads a campaign in which many of the reservations receive better utilities and education systems. This helps him forget about Nancy and Joseph, he finally convinced himself that Dale was Joseph's true dad.
One year later, Dale after being shot by what he considered to be his best friend, still moves to Austin, but he quits exterminating and starts a popular government conspiracy website mirroring that of Alex Jones, Jesse Ventura, and Jim Marrs. It becomes very popular amongst Texans and then nationwide. His conspiracy theories although redundant, matured more than the back alley banter with the guys. Nancy was a week-end weather girl and news investigator for two networks. It paid a little more than her last job.
Dale later becomes a nationally renowned conspiracy theorist after publishing a bestselling book on how Nixon, an opponent of the Civil Rights movements killed JFK and MLK, and on how the global elite plan to use the Great Lakes as the container for the world's last water supplies. He goes on to make a documentary about how pharmaceuticals create abnormal behaviors in people and lead them to become mass murderers, while mentioning the occurrence with his neighbor Bill Dauterive, blaming the US Military for his descent into madness. It was viewed by millions across the globe. Jesse Ventura partnered with him.
At this point he launched a successful media war against Alex Jones, accusing him of making over hyped and absurd conspiracies to keep himself relevant and rich, causing Alex to lose 1/4th of his fanbase. Dale now a two time best selling author, with an Emmy winning Documentary, and a columnist at Al Jazeera and Vice, was now richer than ever and lived in a gated community in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Two years had now passed. He now leads a global Anti GMO campaign.
He who was once the lowest salary earning man on Rainey street, even lower than Bill and so low that often Nancy was the breadwinner for many years, was now earning more than them annually in just royalties. Nancy's salary now just went all for herself to spend on makeup and designer clothing.
Boomhauer who was also shot, still moves to Suburban Denver, settles down from his bachelor lady's man life and marries his French-Canadian girlfriend, has a baby, but gives up his badge and law enforcement for good.
Instead with the help of his good friend Dale and his generous funding, he opens up a garage shop specialized in building custom muscle cars, vintage customs, and trucks. It has a rocky start but later becomes quite successful and popular amongst vintage and muscle car enthusiasts nationwide. One of their custom built Corvettes is later featured in a Fast and Furious movie. Various celebrities order vehicles built at their garage shop named Boom's. Lucky seeking to leave Arlen and to find work joins them while bringing Luanne and their daughter Gracie along. Boom's become a well-known custom garage like Dub Auto. They eventually make their own products like rims, vented truck hoods, waxes, and other accessories and even release bi-annual magazine. They are later offered a TV show similar to American Chopper but theirs features vintage muscle cars rather than choppers.
Luanne ends up similarly to Luanne from Ending C, the manager of a posh hair salon in downtown Denver with Gracie as a pageant toddler. With both their salaries combined they move to a four room, one story with a pool in a gated community in Northern Denver. They end up becoming neighbors with Boomhauer, his now wife, and two year old child who live on a two story right next door.
Khan, Minh and Connie also move to Denver a year later where Kahn gets a well-paying engineering job at a nuclear plant. They lived in a downtown apartment for the first two years but later move to the same gated community where Boomhauer and Lucky have their families as Kahn's salary increases. They move to a five room two story with a pool. This of course was right across from Boomhauer's. Minh gave birth to two twins a year ago. A boy and a girl named Lee and Mihn respectively.
Dale later finds out that they live in the same gated community, near each other and decides to buy the modern style mini mansion next to Khan's after selling his Ft. Collins McMansion. By now, Nancy had a one year old child named Nancy Joanna Gribble and was planning on having another. After her husband's newfound success Nancy now only did weather reporting on the week-ends and as a hobby and for the fame, although thanks' to her husband's national influence, she could be anywhere in the news media world she wanted. She was considered a town socialite.
Deciding to surprise them, on a weekend morning, Dale shows up with a cooler full of cold Alamo's. Boomhauer who woke up get the paper, notices him and runs towards him smiling!
Dale was still very white and very skinny but now he had hair plugs which gave him shaggy brown hair while sporting a goatee. He was wearing black jeans and a dark green military style coat, in this way resembling a White, American Che Guevara. He still wore his trademark aviators.
"Dang ole Dale! Look at you all hairy man, I thought y'all was up in Ft. Collins kicking Alex Jone's fat ass!"
"Are you kidding man? I'd rather be here with you guys!" He hands Boomhauer a cold one and then hugs him!
Boomhauer was wearing a brown leather coat with a red flannel shirt under it and blue jeans. He now sported a short blonde beard as that was the trend at the time and as a TV star, he had to follow.
Khan and Lucky also wake up to get the Sunday papers when they notice Dale.
Khan was wearing a Denver Broncos hoodie, hat, and black jeans. He had become an avid fan of the team, buying season passes and such!
Lucky now had dirty blonde, shoulder length hair with an American flag headwrap and had a hillbilly beard. He was wearing a woodland pattern hunting jacket, blue jeans, and hunting pattern boots. He has visible tattoos in both his neck and hands.
Both laugh, hug each other and share a cold one in the morning. Lucky suggest that they have a barbeque in the afternoon and get the families together.
"Hell yea man!" says Boomhauer! A new state, a new beginning for them!
"But first let's finish off a cold one!" suggested Dale. From left to right stood Lucky, Khan, Dale, and Boomhauer. From left to right: Yeah huh, yah, yup, mhmm!
Dale once considered a social lackey had now taken Hank's place as the leader of the gang. Boomhour and he were the only remaining men that made up the original Rainey Street back alley beer drinking buddies. Now Khan and Lucky were their new inductees.
It is now the end of senior year for both Joseph and Connie. At graduation, Joseph had a full ride football scholarship for the University of Colorado while Connie got an engineering scholarship for Colorado State. The year after the murder, Joseph and Connie had been lightly dating and after each family moved, they had a long distant relationship and they were finally together on their last two years of High school. They dated while in college and well, that's all I'm good for!
The End!
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