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I look at the dead body on the floor and the what I did finally registers in my pounding skull and I throw my gun at the wall and I run.
I run far far away from this place. Forever leaving my princess—no, not my princess, she isn't mine anymore. I left Courtney to the life she really deserves without me. I have no fucking idea where I'm going just someplace far away from here.
I really regret killing Jake; he was twice the man I was. I know that now.
Ten years later
I'm back from Berkeley. Man college is killer for one twenty-two year-old to handle and I can't believe some of the teachers remember my mom from her years at Berkeley and love me just because I'm her son.
Some of the teachers even remember Dad, they said I have all of his potential to be a successful lawyer and are proud of me for following in his footsteps. They give me their consoles for his death and Mr. Fletcher left his office empty for me when I come to work for him when I finish my masters at law.
When I came home Rose and Jenny weren't home, they with my grandparents. My mom was sitting at the table, just sitting there, crying. I walk over to the table, put my arms around her, and just sit there until she finished.
She looks up at me and her onyx eyes are full of sadness and so starts the longest day of my life. My mom finally told me about the jerk that broke her heart and what happened that one Halloween night that left Jenny, Rose, and me without a dad. Rose and Jenny still love the holiday but for me, it was ruined.
I finally know the full truth about my birth father, and what happened that night after Mom finally stood up to him. He shot the wall, one inch away from Mom's head. Then he looked her in the eyes with crying eyes and said, "I'm sorry Courtney." Then he ran away, and he hasn't come back.
Until today.
I finally told David about Duncan. How Jake really died and why. I had to tell David because he has a right to know. I never expected Duncan to come back. But as I finished my door and kissed David on his forehead, a knock at the door interrupted my train of thought.
David went to open the door but I stopped him because I had this weird feeling that it had to me who opened the door.
When I did open the solid oak door I felt this feeling of nausea go through me as unlocked the door, then slowly opened the door to reveal the man who had haunted my dreams for so long, the killer of the man who had made my heart complete again, the father of the son I loved to death.
Duncan had come back.
I came back after ten long years. I had gotten my life together. I moved to a nowhere town and got my life together. I went to counseling and rehab and all that shit until I was sure I could handle meeting Courtney again.
As she opened the door, I could see the surprise in her eyes and although I expected the venom in her voice, knowing it could happen didn't lessen the pain I felt when she spat, "What do you want?"
I looked her in the eyes and said, "I just want to talk."
"Mom who's at the door?" I hear a voice so like mine with a hint of Courtney's strong commanding tone. I see Courtney turn around and look over her shoulder to see the boy that I helped make. Regret fills me as I see him grown up and to see his eyes look into mine with rage and hatred.
I don't blame either of them for hating me. I killed the man that made their life perfect. Even I don't forgive myself for what I did. I turn to go when I feel a soft warm small hand on my shoulder keep me back.
I hear that sweet voice tell me, "Come in." I walk inside following Courtney and looking at the son I abandoned. He looks so like Courtney that it amazes me when I think back to how I thought he was a brat. I was so blind not to see the beautiful child I helped create with an angel like Courtney.
"What do you want?" He asks with a venom even deadly than his mother. Again I don't blame him.
"I just wanted to talk," I replied looking at him.
"And do WHAT! Kill my mother just like you did my dad! My real dad! The one who actually helped raise me and guide me through life when all you did was break my mother's heart and destroy the perfect life she had after you! Can't you just get the hint that she is better off without you?"
"David," Courtney said trying to stop him but he brushed her hand off his shoulder and continued.
"Are you hear to mess up her life again? Are you hear to mess with my life? Or the twins? Did you come to murderer more of our family? You aren't welcome here Duncan! You may have helped conceive me but you are not my dad, my real Dad was murdered at your filthy hands!"
David stopped and his chest was moving up and down rapidly from his speech. I couldn't help but compare him to his mother when she stood me up on that Halloween night.
"No, I didn't. David after today I wouldn't blame you if you never wanted to see me after all the pain I put you and your mother through. I'm sorry. I truly am sorry for taking the Dad I never was, the man in your life who was there for you when I never was. I am sorry David. I just came here to say that to you and to you Courtney. I am sorry for everything I did to you. You are right, you don't need me in your life. And now, I won't ever bother you again."
I walk out the door only and never look. I never go back. That was the last time I ever saw Courtney and David.
But it wouldn't be the last time they saw me.
Epilogue:
I'm 40 now, and with a wife, three kids and the owner of Fletcher's Law Firm, or should I say, Collins' Law Firm. Mom helps me out with the business when she can and even takes a case on from time to time. Now that I have kids of my own, I think I can finally understand Duncan.
I think back to the day Duncan came back. My mother was silent after he left and when I asked her why she said, "He called me Courtney… He didn't say, Princess…" I never understood why that one thing hit my mother so hard but I guess it signified that Duncan finally gave my mother up and let her free of his bond.
I will never understand the strange relationship between Mom and Duncan but I guess it was strong enough for my mother to come every year on this day, October 31 to visit his grave along with Dad's.
I will never forget the next Halloween after Duncan visited us. It was in the news that a man had died in a car crash in San Francisco and they found a will in his car that gave Mom everything and his wish to be buried in the same cemetery as Dad. Mom paid for the entire funeral and even placed Duncan two graves away from Dad.
Mom cried but never in front of the twins and barely ever in front of me. She also never dated after Duncan died. She went one or two dates after Dad died but when Duncan passed away I guess she lost all the romantic love she had for men.
I can't forgive Duncan for killing my dad but I have finally come to terms with him. I forgive him for abandoning me because he never knew I existed. I can't blame him for trying to get my mom back, even if I didn't like it. He was a desperate man who would do anything for the women he loved.. He gave it everything he had to keep moving forward to his goal of trying to have a life with my mom. I admire his determination, strength and drive
I wish that when I die, I meet Duncan in heaven and maybe then, we can repair our broken relationship. I sure hope Duncan will forgive me for shunning him all my life.
I feel blessed to have two unique dads, some people don't even have one and I have two. I'm proud to be Duncan's and Jake's son, and even more proud to be the son of my powerful, strong, and confident mom, Courtney Collins.
My name is David Antonio Collins and Dads if you guys are up there in heaven, keep looking out for Mom. She needs all the support you guys gave her when you guys were alive. And when she does join you up there, I'm making your jobs to look after her. I trust you guys with that job so don't let me done.
Forever your dedicated son, David. I love you Jake and you too Duncan.
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