Lost Confused Unkind
Chapter 120
When I'd calmed down enough Shawn led me back inside. The room was quiet & the last few remaining people just looked away when we walked in. Shane came straight to us & put a hand on my shoulder.
"Bec? Is everything ok?" I tried hard to stop my tears but one rolled down my cheek as I forced a smile at him.
"Yeah fine!" I wiped my face quickly & Shane looked at Shawn for answers.
"You know which room was Jeff's?" Shawn asked.
"Erm no but I can find out! What's goin' on?"
"Nothin! Bec just got a little upset that's all! Nothing to worry about!" Shawn smiled at him but I could see it didn't reassure him at all.
"Bec?"
"Yeah um I'll be ok Shane!"
"Doesn't matter about the room!" Shawn said as he led me out of the door & closed it behind us.
"Where are we going?" I sniffed.
"My room."
"Great! Give them something else to talk about!"
"Screw them! Come on!"
We rounded the corner, Shawn still with his arm around my shoulder & we almost fell over Adam sitting on the floor outside of his door. He scrambled to his feet.
"BEC!"
"I told you once already!" Shawn pointed a finger at him.
"I just wanna talk to Bec!" He yelled. "BEC!"
"I'm sorry Adam!" I whispered & Looked away.
Shawn carried on leading me along the corridor.
"Leave it Adam!" Shawn shouted without turning around. He opened the door & quickly pushed me inside.
"Go on then! Tell me how stupid I've been!" I laughed sarcastically, "Tell me what a slut I am!"
"If that's what you think then I'm really not gonna argue with you! Have a seat!" Shawn threw his room key onto the dresser & went to the mini bar, 'Drink?" I sat down & ignored him. "Vodka? Brandy?" I still didn't answer him, "Well you look like a vodka girl to me!" He pulled a couple of little bottles from the fridge & got 2 galsses. "So, wanna talk?"
"No." I said as I took the glass from him & he sat opposite me.
"Ok well, here's the thing!" He kicked his shoes off & took a sip from his glass, "Aside from what just happened tonight, which might I add, I believe was the drink! I know a lot more about you than you think I do!"
"Yeah right!" I laughed harshly and took a drink.
"You'd be surprised!" He raised his eyebrows.
"I doubt very much that you know shit about me Shawn!"
"Hmm ok well.....I know about steve!" I stopped with the glass halfway to my mouth, "I saw your reaction tonight so I went & paid the little truck driver a visit once they'd brought him back from the dead of course!" I swallowed hard & stared at him in amazement! "Seems our mutual friend was about to make a full statement to the police just after we left about how he tampered with the ropes!"
"Shawn you don't know what you're dealing with! Don't get involved!"
"Well you're right I didn't know what I was dealing with at the time I mean this guy kept going on & on about some Mick and how he was after you...."
"Jesus!" I bit on my lip, "Shawn I am begging you to stay out of this please!"
"So....I asked Jeff a few questions!"
"Oh for fucks sake!"
"He told me about Steve & Mick. He also told me about Matt's accident!"
"Great!" I looked up at the celing "Another witness for having me commited!"
"Woah! Slow down a minute! Let me finish here!" He ran a hand through his hair, "See when I was a kid there was this old guy, evil old piece of shit he was, lived on the corner of our street..."
"Is this leading somewhere or are you just stalling until the guys in the white coats get here?" I stood up & paced the floor.
"Anyway we tortured him! All the kids did, because he put poison down in his yard......for rats he said only this killed a couple of dogs & about a half dozen cats..."
"Oh Jesus beam me up!"
"Well when you're a kid you listen to things, half a conversation here, something your best friend's older sister says there & to us it became a big deal! He was the boogie man!" He took aother drink, "Old man Flynn, the boogie man!" He smiled.
"I hope they do lock me up!" I muttered & leaned my forehead against the window.
"Well to cut a long story short..."
"Oh you can do that?" I said sarcastically but he ignored me.
"We tortured the old bastard! Threw stones at his windows, put fire crackers in his letterbox, typical kids stuff! Anyway this one night I stayed at my friend's house a little too late, it was getting dark & I had to walk a block & a half on my own!"
"My heart bleeds!"
"Billy Casey his name was!" Shawn smiled as he remembered.
"Who's name? The old guy's?"
"No!" he waved his hand dissmissively, "My friend, where I was playing." I rubbed my face & grabbed my drink. "SO anyway I had to walk past this shit head's house and it was dark, I mean I was 10 years old and about to shit my pants!" He laughed, "And just as I get past his gate he came out! Starts shouting a load of crap at me, I dunno what he was saying cause I just ran like fuck! He seemed to be right behind me though, I could smell the son of a bitch, he stank!"
"Is there a moral to this story or are you just gonna tell me about your first hard on!"
Shawn raised an eyebrow at me then continued his story. "So I ran in the house & slammed the door as quickly as I could! Thee was snot all over my face, I was cryin like a baby and my mom came rushing through shaking me & screaming for my dad! Well I eventually got it out that Old Man Flynn had just about took my ass off chasin me up the street & her face went pale & I got a whoopin from my daddy!"
"Why?" My attention had definately picked up by this point & I turned to look at him.
"For ah....for speakin ill of the dead?"
I stared at him, "What?"
"Seems Old Man Flynn popped his clogs that morning only I never knew!"
"Holy shit!"
"I swore down that I saw him that night, no one believed me but I know it was real! I know he was there!"
"What are you trying to say?"
"I'm trying to say tell me about Mick! I won't think you're crazy!"
Chapter 120
When I'd calmed down enough Shawn led me back inside. The room was quiet & the last few remaining people just looked away when we walked in. Shane came straight to us & put a hand on my shoulder.
"Bec? Is everything ok?" I tried hard to stop my tears but one rolled down my cheek as I forced a smile at him.
"Yeah fine!" I wiped my face quickly & Shane looked at Shawn for answers.
"You know which room was Jeff's?" Shawn asked.
"Erm no but I can find out! What's goin' on?"
"Nothin! Bec just got a little upset that's all! Nothing to worry about!" Shawn smiled at him but I could see it didn't reassure him at all.
"Bec?"
"Yeah um I'll be ok Shane!"
"Doesn't matter about the room!" Shawn said as he led me out of the door & closed it behind us.
"Where are we going?" I sniffed.
"My room."
"Great! Give them something else to talk about!"
"Screw them! Come on!"
We rounded the corner, Shawn still with his arm around my shoulder & we almost fell over Adam sitting on the floor outside of his door. He scrambled to his feet.
"BEC!"
"I told you once already!" Shawn pointed a finger at him.
"I just wanna talk to Bec!" He yelled. "BEC!"
"I'm sorry Adam!" I whispered & Looked away.
Shawn carried on leading me along the corridor.
"Leave it Adam!" Shawn shouted without turning around. He opened the door & quickly pushed me inside.
"Go on then! Tell me how stupid I've been!" I laughed sarcastically, "Tell me what a slut I am!"
"If that's what you think then I'm really not gonna argue with you! Have a seat!" Shawn threw his room key onto the dresser & went to the mini bar, 'Drink?" I sat down & ignored him. "Vodka? Brandy?" I still didn't answer him, "Well you look like a vodka girl to me!" He pulled a couple of little bottles from the fridge & got 2 galsses. "So, wanna talk?"
"No." I said as I took the glass from him & he sat opposite me.
"Ok well, here's the thing!" He kicked his shoes off & took a sip from his glass, "Aside from what just happened tonight, which might I add, I believe was the drink! I know a lot more about you than you think I do!"
"Yeah right!" I laughed harshly and took a drink.
"You'd be surprised!" He raised his eyebrows.
"I doubt very much that you know shit about me Shawn!"
"Hmm ok well.....I know about steve!" I stopped with the glass halfway to my mouth, "I saw your reaction tonight so I went & paid the little truck driver a visit once they'd brought him back from the dead of course!" I swallowed hard & stared at him in amazement! "Seems our mutual friend was about to make a full statement to the police just after we left about how he tampered with the ropes!"
"Shawn you don't know what you're dealing with! Don't get involved!"
"Well you're right I didn't know what I was dealing with at the time I mean this guy kept going on & on about some Mick and how he was after you...."
"Jesus!" I bit on my lip, "Shawn I am begging you to stay out of this please!"
"So....I asked Jeff a few questions!"
"Oh for fucks sake!"
"He told me about Steve & Mick. He also told me about Matt's accident!"
"Great!" I looked up at the celing "Another witness for having me commited!"
"Woah! Slow down a minute! Let me finish here!" He ran a hand through his hair, "See when I was a kid there was this old guy, evil old piece of shit he was, lived on the corner of our street..."
"Is this leading somewhere or are you just stalling until the guys in the white coats get here?" I stood up & paced the floor.
"Anyway we tortured him! All the kids did, because he put poison down in his yard......for rats he said only this killed a couple of dogs & about a half dozen cats..."
"Oh Jesus beam me up!"
"Well when you're a kid you listen to things, half a conversation here, something your best friend's older sister says there & to us it became a big deal! He was the boogie man!" He took aother drink, "Old man Flynn, the boogie man!" He smiled.
"I hope they do lock me up!" I muttered & leaned my forehead against the window.
"Well to cut a long story short..."
"Oh you can do that?" I said sarcastically but he ignored me.
"We tortured the old bastard! Threw stones at his windows, put fire crackers in his letterbox, typical kids stuff! Anyway this one night I stayed at my friend's house a little too late, it was getting dark & I had to walk a block & a half on my own!"
"My heart bleeds!"
"Billy Casey his name was!" Shawn smiled as he remembered.
"Who's name? The old guy's?"
"No!" he waved his hand dissmissively, "My friend, where I was playing." I rubbed my face & grabbed my drink. "SO anyway I had to walk past this shit head's house and it was dark, I mean I was 10 years old and about to shit my pants!" He laughed, "And just as I get past his gate he came out! Starts shouting a load of crap at me, I dunno what he was saying cause I just ran like fuck! He seemed to be right behind me though, I could smell the son of a bitch, he stank!"
"Is there a moral to this story or are you just gonna tell me about your first hard on!"
Shawn raised an eyebrow at me then continued his story. "So I ran in the house & slammed the door as quickly as I could! Thee was snot all over my face, I was cryin like a baby and my mom came rushing through shaking me & screaming for my dad! Well I eventually got it out that Old Man Flynn had just about took my ass off chasin me up the street & her face went pale & I got a whoopin from my daddy!"
"Why?" My attention had definately picked up by this point & I turned to look at him.
"For ah....for speakin ill of the dead?"
I stared at him, "What?"
"Seems Old Man Flynn popped his clogs that morning only I never knew!"
"Holy shit!"
"I swore down that I saw him that night, no one believed me but I know it was real! I know he was there!"
"What are you trying to say?"
"I'm trying to say tell me about Mick! I won't think you're crazy!"