Author's Note: Present day storylines again.

Chapter Seventy-Nine

The local newspaper was out in the Leeds area. Georgina has been talking to the local rag and told them about the 'injustice' her son went through. Saying her sister and her sister's ex-husband both planned the murder. They ate it all up of cause and the woman liking the attention was all too happy to play along. Even at the expense of her grandmother's health and sanity (Rosa was besides herself). She kept asking for Henrietta, only for her granddaughter to rather nastily inform her that she's going to get 'banged up for murder'. And she was glad of it too. Ethan's young girlfriend Kelly had came round, looking rather worse for wear.

"Don't worry darling...We will get justice" Georgina told the young woman.

The girl was twenty years old, Georgina didn't think it was odd her forty odd year old son was dating her. He was 'simple' in her mind, he got on with younger people because his brain was younger. She had an answer and an excuse for everything that involved him you see.

"Ethan told me John was crazy but I never thought he would do this" Kelly replied with a sad look.

"He's had it in for my son for a long time"

"Georgina?" Rosa called.

"What now?" Georgina asked back; almost sounding annoyed that her ill grandmother dared to 'pester' her.

"I forgot now"

This reply made the woman just tut as she told the woman..."Stop calling me then!", Before turning her attention back to Kelly. Further explaining how they were going to get 'justice' for Ethan and were going to get her sister locked up. She did have other motives for doing this and they were money related. She knew her grandmother was getting old now and her money and house would no longer be given to Ethan.

"I told the police about Henrietta having a grudge against him" Kelly spoke.

"Well it ain't nothing but the truth, she's had something against him ever since her weirdo daughter made up those lies. I wish I did more damage to that girl but it doesn't matter much now...My sister though, I can get her done"

"He wouldn't have done that...He didn't do that sort of thing to underage girls"

"I know that! Now he's gone and the bitch who helped do it might be let out...We can't go letting that happen"

"She's your sister, I'm surprised you're so keen"

"Meh! Only half-sister...Listen to me, my son deserves justice. He suffered enough these last few decades. I want him to rest in peace at the very least"

The much younger woman just nodding in agreement. Kelly really was rather deluded by Ethan, even in death. She wasn't stupid by any means but she didn't believe he was a pervert. Not at all and his mother seemed to further confirm that, so she was sticking by him; even in death.

"I got another interview with the local newspaper tomorrow...They wanna know about John, so I'm going to tell them exactly what he's like. They also wanna know why my own sister would do that, I was like to them...I don't even know myself" Georgian further expressed.

Her poor grandmother having to listen to her ridiculous plans. Georgina really was willing to sell out her family for a newspaper! Just for a bit of fame. She claims it's all to get Ethan justice but where was she for him all these years? She left him when he was a baby to go travelling and would barely see him when she was in the country. Rosa was already in her fifties when she had to take over motherly duties again. While John was the one who watched him play football on the weekends and took him out for his birthdays. Georgina didn't care much then, did she? No, she just liked getting some attention; Henrietta was right.

"What about his funeral?" Kelly asked.

"I will cremate him"

"Burial...We always do burial" Rosa managed to speak out.

"Oh don't worry gran...We will do burial when it comes to you but with my son, it's cremation" Georgina stated, not giving the woman who brought him up much choice. She was selfish.

The old woman was too exhausted and ill to argue back. So she just let her dictate everything to do with it. She was going to cremate him despite it not being what the family usually did. Georgina was clearly trying to distant herself from the rest of her family and whatnot, even her grandmother Rosa.

...

Henrietta had spent the night in a cell. She was to be interviewed once again today, her ex-husband John was told this and he was fuming. He kept telling them she has done nothing wrong but his words were just not getting through. So feeling full of despair, Henrietta had sunk further into depression. She was sat in the interview room for hours and her story was getting picked apart. They didn't believe her about the abuse nor that she had no idea what John was going to do. Her tears almost looked like guilt in their eyes and they were trying to 'break her' but she really was telling them the truth. So she could never be broken, it was stressing her out beyond belief. John has been trying to tell them to leave her alone for it was all on him.

"Are you having me on Guv'nor?" John asked with disbelief.

"Why was your ex-wife in the house?"

"I didn't even know she was in so don't ask me that. Whatever she said to you is the reason, she's a good honest lass. She's practically one of you, so let her go. She hasn't got anything to do with this"

"I think you cooked this up together...Maybe she didn't want to watch but she knew exactly what you were doing"

"That is nonsensical! Are you thick, officer? Or do you just enjoy arresting distressed women? I did it all...I murdered him, I didn't want to but I did. She didn't know what I was going to do, I will swear on her life that she didn't"

"Why didn't you tell us years ago about Ethan?"

"Because he would have taken Maya when she turned sixteen! That's why! What has that got to do with this anyway? Let Ettie go right now...You can't hold her with zero evidence, that's abusing your power!" John hissed.

"Your family would know all about that" the officer muttered under his breath unprofessionally.

John never felt so mad in all his life. He did it and he confessed it but that wasn't good enough. It was like they have already made up their mind that she's guilty, it didn't matter what he said. They felt like they had enough evidence but they did not, that's the reality. They could accuse Henrietta of having involvement but they had no real proof at all.

"You made up your minds, haven't you?!" John yelled.

"Not at all"

"Just let her go! She hasn't done anything wrong!"

"Interview suspended"

"No! Don't suspend the interview! I told you everything I know! Just let her go!" John snapped. Standing up, making the officers tell him to back down slightly.

...

"She never said why she moved so suddenly" Damian explained to Jacob.

The two lads were now sitting down together besides the grave. They were the two lads Maya have destroyed, there was nobody else. Jacob was listening for the first time, she really wasn't what she seemed now. This Damian was fourteen when she started, she might not have slept with him but she did things she shouldn't have. Even at the age of sixteen, Jacob could never ever dream of doing that to a fourteen year old. That would be like him doing something with Sarah Sugden, it was wrong and he knew it.

"When did she dump you?" Jacob asked him.

"December time"

"Before or after Christmas Day?"

"Does it matter?"

"It matters to me!"

Christmas Day was the day when she first kissed him properly. So to him, it did matter. If she was still stringing some other poor lad around then he wanted to know. Damian sort of understood that the day must have been important. He knows it would kill him if he didn't know. It wouldn't matter to anyone else but they weren't in those boy's shoes, they weren't stuck with those thoughts.

"Before" Damian assured him.

"Thank you" Jacob managed to say; wiping away more tears.

"I tried to get in touch with her a bit after that but she just told me to leave her alone. She said she found somebody better"

That was the final text he got from her. She never called, nor texted him again. His number was blocked and she put all her focus onto her new victim (which was Jacob). Damian just accepted that was over however he hasn't had a girlfriend since then. He was scared of letting a girl his own age close to him these days. Jacob was in the same boat, both of them didn't feel like they could have a proper relationship again.

"I just loved her so much" Jacob confessed.

"I did too...I would have done anything for her but it doesn't matter. It was wrong, I know that now. I wish I told somebody when it was going on, I could have saved you the pain"

"No! Don't say that!" Jacob snapped before saying..."I mean, I don't...I wouldn't ever say that"

Damian just nodded, he understood that too. Jacob wasn't quite at the accepting stage yet, he was nearly there but it was still a long road. He still didn't look back and find it disgusting. Just wrong, that's all.

"Of cause not" Damian spoke softly; this lad wasn't ready for the harsh talk yet; he could see that.

...

TBC