Shocks and Lies
Mickey tried to process this news, but the shock had numbed his senses, and he couldn't really accept what he was hearing.
'Phil's dead? I haven't heard of this. When? How?' Mickey rubbed his hand with his face, feeling now, like he had been hit by a train.
'You knew him? You knew my Dad? Why didn't you tell me?' She looked at him, anger in her eyes, that he had hid this from her.
'I only just found out from Stuart, that Phil was your Dad, but I didn't know he was dead. Do you know how?'
Hunter shook her head. 'Stuart didn't say. Just that he found out that my Dad was dead.' Mickey was puzzled he hadn't heard anything of this. Phil was one of his best mates, surely he had a right to know, if he was dead.
Just at that moment Sam walked past.
'Sam! I've just heard from Hunter that Phil's dead.' Sam looked at him. Her face crumbled and drained of its colour. Collapsed to the floor in a heap.
'H…h..Ho..How?' She choked.
'I don't know. Stuart just told Hunter.' Mickey hated the fact that he had just destroyed Sam's world. She wasn't just his Boss, she was also a friend, and he hated seeing her like this.
'Stuart knew? I've just been with him, he didn't say anything.' Sam looked up at Mickey, her eyes scarlet from crying so hard.
'That's strange.' Mickey ran out into the actual reception area, and was heading towards CID to find out if anyone knew about this, when he bumped into Stuart.
'Stu, what's this about Phil being dead?' Mickey tried to keep his emotions out of his voice, but he was finding it near impossible.
'He's dead!' Despite Stuart despising the guy he was still shocked to hear of his death.
'Well that's what you told Hunter.' Mickey glared at Stuart, hoping his suspicions were incorrect. Surely no one would be that cruel? Not even Stuart was that eveil.
'I never said Phil was dead.' Stuart started.
'You told her, her Dad was dead. Her Dad is Phil.' Mickey was angry that Stuart could lie so easily. And to tell such a cruel, life destroying one and to a girl he was supposed to love. A girl so sweet, and caring, and as beautiful as Hunter, Didn't she deserve some happiness or hope in her life? Stuart's actions infuriated Mickey, making his blood boil over with fury.
'I wanted to protect her.' Stuart tried to defend himself, stepping back towards the stairs.
'You've just broke her heart.' Mickey yelled, his anger boiling over. Because of this man, the girl he was falling for was crying her heart out, his friend thought the love of her life was dead, and he also thought his best mate had died.
'He would do the same.' Stuart tried to argue back.
'What's going on?' Sam had appeared, with her arm around a distraught Hunter to see what the noise was about. She couldn't fully understand why Hunter was crying. She hadn't even met Phil, only heard the stories she had told about him. The way he made her laugh and cry at the same time. How he could make her angry, but happy at the same time.
Surely that wasn't enough to cause this sort of grief?
'Phil isn't dead. He lied.' Mickey pointed accusingly at Stuart, who backed further up the stairs.
'My Dad's not dead?' Hunter looked at Mickey hopefully.
'That's right.'
'Stuart, why would you… hang on Phil's your Dad?' Sam turned to look at Hunter. In a matter of minutes she had gone from thinking that the man she loved with all her heart was dead, to discovering her 18year old friend was his daughter.
'It would seem that way.' Mickey answered for them.
'Stuart, why did you lie?' Hunter was hurt by his betrayal. She'd thought he cared about her and yet he had told her, that her Dad was dead.
'I was protecting you. He'd hurt you.' Stuart walked further up the stairs as Hunter stepped towards him. All sadness in her eyes, now replaced with anger.
'I don't need protecting from him, and if I do I don't need you to do it for me. I'm perfectly capable of defending myself. But how dare you take the chance of me knowing my real Dad away from me! How dare you tell me he's dead?' She punctuated each statement with a smack. Stuart stepped further up the stairs. She followed him, glaring at him. She was to quick for him to escape. As he tried to make a run for the door, she stepped in front of him trapping him. She stared straight into his eyes, allowing him to see the full force of her rage. He tried to back off as she stepped even closer to him, but there was only one way to go, and she was blocking it. There was only one other way. He took a step back, but missed the stair. He over-balanced, and fell backwards. Hunter watched, helpless as her boyfriends body rolled down the stairs, limbs flailing, and landed in a crumpled heap at the bottom of the stairs.
