Chapter 10: The Beginning of the End
The gunshot rings in my ears and almost deafens me. A sharp pain rips through my heart like I've never experienced before. I drop to my knees, unable to move another fiber in my body. I try not to look, but there's so much blood in front of my eyes, warm and flowing and gushing, melting a pattern in the glittering, pure blanket of snow covering the rooftop. Time seems to have stopped and I can't quite catch my breath, but the pain is more than physical, because the man who has just pulled the trigger is someone I've feared and loved and revered my entire life.
"Finney! Fin, are you alright?" Davis' voice is drifting my way from the stairs. Even though my senses are numbing me, I can hear Sully on the radio, "Central, this is 55- Charlie, shots fired on the roof of IAB headquarters, requesting backup now!" He sounds almost out of breath. It's too late, I thought, and it's not suppose to end like this…
When they finally reached the roof and saw the scene they stopped dead in their tracks. What they saw was me looking virtually paralyzed with shock and my father lying motionless on the ground, the gun fell just beside his outstretched hand.
"Oh my god." Davis whispered softly.
Sully came towards me and tried to hold me up. "What happened, Finney? Are you hurt? Just hanging there, Carlos and Grace are right behind us."
"He confessed." My voice was barely audible, "to everything. I'm sorry, Davis."
Davis looked at me gravely. "It's okay, Fin, it's not your fault."
Carlos was soon on the scene and raced toward the body- my great, proud, and above all, flawed father who loved me in his own twisted way. Carlos didn't have to say anything. I knew he was already gone.
It finally stopped snowing and I could see everything clearly now, and what I saw was Grace. I pulled myself up and she ran towards me. I didn't mind the pain anymore. All I wanted to do was to hold her and never let go.
The end, finally.
This is my first story, and I hope you enjoyed it. I've planned this ending since the beginning and I hope you weren't able to guess it, but you should know I'd never kill Finney.
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