Chap 3 Jeb's Confession 2 yrs later.
Jeb's point of view
The rest of the staff had believed me when I told them that I needed to bring Max out into the moonlight to see the results of the newest experiment. I don't know how those morons those morons were able to trick me. I opened Max's cage and after quite a a struggle, carried her outside. As /i placed her a ground I passed her a loaf of bread which she relunctantly took but happily ate. This was as good as time to talk to her.
"Now Maximim, I'm just going to talk you listen. Agreed? You'll get your chance to talk when I'm all done." I looked over at her he nodded in reply.
I wish that I didn't have to say that and make her sound like she was two but she had an opinionated mind even in the worst conditions. She would easily interupt me to to get her say in if I didn't get her to promise not to first.
"I understand that you feel that I betrayed you. I'm not going to lie to you or myself, I did. But not consciencely. While we were living in our e-house I was contacted by the school and told that if I didn't come back they would hunt the flock down and kill them." Just the thought of it brought tears to my eyes. "So of course I agreed. I'm not going to bore you with the details, but they were somehow able to convince me that if I brought you back here it would be the best thing for you. That it would make it would you happy and keep you safe and healthy. When you firwst came here it was true, but then as things went on they kept making things worse and worse for you. I noticed your loss of weight and abundance of scars; emotional and physical.
Max's point of view.
As Jeb spoke each word hit me like a ton of bricks. I had had no idea that he actually cared. I realized that he wasn't talking anymore. I looked over to see that he was all choked up. He looked so deeply troubles at what had happened to me. He really had loved me. He really did care about what happened to me. A sudden notion came over me. I had a dad. Not a mean evil backstabbing one, but one that was easily manipulated, but really did care.
I walked over to Jeb and gave him a hug. Not a fake half hug but a real i love you so much hug. He brought his hand up and grabbed my arm, holding on to me as hard as I was him.
"I'm so sorry Max."
"It' s okay dad. I forgive you."
Author's note: Sorry for how short it is but I'm going fo rthe deep meaningful short chapters right now.