CHAPTER SEVEN. - Confessions
Matt sat back in his cell as he heard someone being thrown into the cell next to him. "Hey." The voice called out to a guard indignantly.
"Jeffro?"
"Matt?"
"Damn."
"Nice to hear you too!" Jeff laughed relieved to hear a familiar voice. "Any idea what I'm about to walk into?"
"If it's the same as mine, there's a crib on the opposite wall to the door and that's it." Matt heard his brother's footsteps and then a creak as he flopped onto the bed.
"I." Both brothers spoke at the same time.
"You first."
"I confessed."
"What?"
"That I killed Marco."
"Shit. You idiot."
"Hey I was trying to save your ass."
"So was I?"
"How do you mean?"
"I confessed too."
"You what?" Jeff had laughter in his voice at the absurdity of what he expected his brother to say.
"I said I confessed too. I said that I did it."
"They're going to find out. They can do DNA. Then they'll find out." There was silence as Jeff's comment sunk in.
"They told me, that they did DNA test on all school kids and Mollie matched as the niece of the murderer, so they think that it's you." Matt spoke.
"So the haven't figured that I'm her Dad then?"
"No but that'll come out if they test you to make sure."
"Then what?"
"Then they'll find that you're her father so it can't be you. They'll know I'm not really her Dad so they'll test me." Matt thought for a second. "You have to withdraw your confession. Tell them that you were covering for me. Do the DNA and prove it wasn't you."
"Then they'll think it was you."
"You've got to let me do this. Do the DNA so they know it wasn't you. If they know its not you they'll think it was me. They won't need my DNA then. They'll know."
"This isn't the time to be a hero Matt. You'll lose everything you've ever had and no one will thank you for it."
"There's someone out there who will thank me."
"Not me!"
"No not you." Matt's voice was soft and distracted.
"I won't do it Matt. I won't let you take the blame."
"Jeff. Do as I fucking say. Tell them the truth. Tell then it wasn't you. Then get the hell outta here." Matt exploded towards his brother. His voice was filled with such ferocity that Jeff sat up scared despite the wall between them. He knew his brother had once been feared by many people within and outside of the state and suddenly he understood why. "Do it" Matt's voice was quieter now, breathless from the shouting.
"I'll do it, but then what."
"Find her. Find them both."
Matt sat back in his cell as he heard someone being thrown into the cell next to him. "Hey." The voice called out to a guard indignantly.
"Jeffro?"
"Matt?"
"Damn."
"Nice to hear you too!" Jeff laughed relieved to hear a familiar voice. "Any idea what I'm about to walk into?"
"If it's the same as mine, there's a crib on the opposite wall to the door and that's it." Matt heard his brother's footsteps and then a creak as he flopped onto the bed.
"I." Both brothers spoke at the same time.
"You first."
"I confessed."
"What?"
"That I killed Marco."
"Shit. You idiot."
"Hey I was trying to save your ass."
"So was I?"
"How do you mean?"
"I confessed too."
"You what?" Jeff had laughter in his voice at the absurdity of what he expected his brother to say.
"I said I confessed too. I said that I did it."
"They're going to find out. They can do DNA. Then they'll find out." There was silence as Jeff's comment sunk in.
"They told me, that they did DNA test on all school kids and Mollie matched as the niece of the murderer, so they think that it's you." Matt spoke.
"So the haven't figured that I'm her Dad then?"
"No but that'll come out if they test you to make sure."
"Then what?"
"Then they'll find that you're her father so it can't be you. They'll know I'm not really her Dad so they'll test me." Matt thought for a second. "You have to withdraw your confession. Tell them that you were covering for me. Do the DNA and prove it wasn't you."
"Then they'll think it was you."
"You've got to let me do this. Do the DNA so they know it wasn't you. If they know its not you they'll think it was me. They won't need my DNA then. They'll know."
"This isn't the time to be a hero Matt. You'll lose everything you've ever had and no one will thank you for it."
"There's someone out there who will thank me."
"Not me!"
"No not you." Matt's voice was soft and distracted.
"I won't do it Matt. I won't let you take the blame."
"Jeff. Do as I fucking say. Tell them the truth. Tell then it wasn't you. Then get the hell outta here." Matt exploded towards his brother. His voice was filled with such ferocity that Jeff sat up scared despite the wall between them. He knew his brother had once been feared by many people within and outside of the state and suddenly he understood why. "Do it" Matt's voice was quieter now, breathless from the shouting.
"I'll do it, but then what."
"Find her. Find them both."