Chapter 32

Kane drove like a madman up to Alf's house. He was crazy angry and nothing was getting in his way. He kept remembering Kirsty's face. She was so scared. He had to do something. Her family were comforting her, meaning there was little chance he could get near her, so he'd have to do things his own way.

He pulled up and ran to the door, knocking so violently he was about to break the door down. There was no answer. Seb was obviously expecting a visit and had fled before Kane had the chance to get there. Well, thought Kane, I'll just have to go looking for you. He walked back to his car. The beach - that was his next idea. Seb will be at the beach.

Hopefully he'll drown and save us all the trouble Kane thought bitterly. He sped off, leaving Alf staring concerned behind him.

Kane arrived at the beach. He parked his car on the grass and walked down to the sand. He scanned the immediate area and couldn't see Seb, just a happy couple holding hands, looking very much in love. Kane wished that was him and Kirsty, that everything was normal. But no, Seb had changed that. Now his girlfriend wouldn't even look him in the eye. He started to walk down the beach. There was a little pier a bit further down. There was a chance he'd be there. Kane began to run, anger building up inside him, giving him the energy he needed. As he approached the pier he noticed a figure sat on the end, throwing stones into the water. He walked up the pier till her was only a few feet from Seb.

"Thinking of throwing yourself off?"

Seb jumped up, recognising Kane's voice instantly.

"Well don't let me stop you; I've just come to watch you do it"

Seb swallowed. His throat was dry, he couldn't speak.

"I'll give you a hand if you want?" Kane's voice was getting angrier. "You see, I'd do anything for Kirsty. She's back at home now, a mess."

"I didn't do anything. I never meant to hurt her. I love Kirsty."

"Don't you dare say that! If you loved Kirsty you wouldn't have done anything to hurt her."

"Did you ever stop to think that maybe she kissed me first. She was asking for it, begging me to kiss her again. Said you could never make her feel like I did"

Kane felt his face getting red with anger. Seb realised he'd taken things to far.

"You're scum, and I'm gonna make sure you never go near Kirsty ever again" Kane said through gritted teeth. Suddenly Seb knew what Kane was getting at. He knew Kane had a violent streak, and would do whatever he could to get rid of Seb. But he was too late to get out the way, Kane's fist slammed into his jaw and then into his stomach. Seb doubled over in pain. He fell onto the pier and Kane continued to kick him in the stomach. Suddenly he heard shouts. Kane turned to see Rhys Sutherland running towards them. Knowing Rhys would try to help Seb, he kicked him hard, so that Seb fell off the pier and went flying into the water. As he did Rhys grabbed his shoulder. For a while they both stood silently, staring in disbelief at the water, as Seb failed to resurface. Then Rhys grabbed Kane's arm.

"Come on, we need to get out of here quick"

"What?" Kane couldn't quite believe what he was hearing. Was Rhys Sutherland actually helping him out?

"If we get out of here, nobody will have seen what happened or have seen us. Now come on" Rhys dragged Kane along the pier and towards his car. "Leave your car here." Kane reluctantly got into the Sutherlands car. Rhys turned to face him

"Right, when we get home we tell the girls that I caught up with you and we went to find Seb together. We tell them that when we got there Seb was packing his stuff, as though he was leaving and we just made sure he did that and we also made sure he's never coming back. They don't need to know anything else"

Kane hated lying to Kirsty, but knew that if he told her what had happened, things would never be the same again. He nodded weakly in agreement. Rhys started the car and they drove silently back to the caravan park, both still trying to get their heads round what had just happened.