Acro smiled to himself as the same bird flew in through the cell window to greet him. The ribbon tied to its leg told him that things were looking better that day.
"Bat." He whispered the name of his brother as he unwrapped the ribbon, the fresh ink leaving trails of the news on the bird's leg.
"Don't worry. I'm fine. Be with you soon." Acro smiled again, knowing that his brother thought that he was alone. Never. I'm always alone now Bat… He pushed himself over to the door, taking his breakfast from the guard. But you'll never have to be, Bat. He thought of the impact his murder had caused of Regina, smiling at the thought of seeing Bat smiling again. Tears welled up in his eyes as he thought of the wedding that he would never get to go to, and the nieces and nephews he would never get to see.
All because of an accident. He smiled at how well thought out the plan was, except for him. He could have easily pulled off the job himself if he could have seen the face of the victim. Mr. Berry… The one murder that no one had a motive for, only because he wasn't meant to be killed. Regina…The person for whom the bust was meant for, yet she easily dodged the bullet with the fatherly love of Mr. Berry. He easily would have stood under the bust that night for anyone in that circus; he was a father to all of them. Now, without him, Acro was beginning to feel the burden of his crime. Mr. Berry would have visited him every day if he knew it was an accident. And it was, but it didn't matter any more. Acro placed the fork down, pushing the half-eaten plate away from him.
"Mr. Bat, you have a visitor." The guard smiled as the young man walked into the tiny cell.
"Acro, are you alright?" The man smiled underneath the floppy hair that had been growing without him.
"Fine, Bat. How've you been?"