Frederick Jones Sr.
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My blood raced. Never in my life have I been so scared to tell the truth, but now, I have no choice. He was on to me and there's no way out, especially since I was handcuffed to a bed. But wait...
"Sheriff, how did you get Fred's blood tested?" The Mayor asked in bewilderment. There's no way he could had. Fred was probably out of town, hell out of the state, by now. Is he bluffing?
"If you must know…" The Sheriff started, anger still glaring from his eyes, "You son… Fell off of Crystal Cove's Cliff." Even though the Sheriff hated Mayor's guts, he just didn't know how he could tell anyone that their child tried to kill themself.
The Mayor's heart skipped a beat, and then sank. "Was he hurt? Please tell me he's alright!" The Mayor couldn't help it. He just had to know what happened to his son. Praying he's not with his mother as we speak.
"Why would you care?" Sheriff asked harshly. "You've been saying he's not your son. Why would you care if your son wanted to be d... Well, was dead or not..." 'The Sheriff slipped. He hoped the Mayor didn't notice.
"Wanted?" Asked the confused mayor. Way too confused to think it through what he just heard. "He wanted what?"
The room fell silent around them as the Sheriff tried to think of an excuse…
'Damn' the Sheriff thought. 'Now I have to tell this bastard what happened.' The Sheriff took a few seconds to think it thought what he was going to say, but he could tell the Mayor had enough time to think and knew by the way his face looked…
"Dead?" The Mayor asked quietly. "He wanted to be… dead?" Tears started to fill his eyes. He waited, wanted, for the Sheriff to reject, to say no that's not what he wanted, but he didn't. Instead he just looked at him with anger and now, some sorrow in his eyes. "No, that can't be. He loved life too much to end i…"
"He loved life at one point." The Sheriff started, "Then you messed it up! For him, for yourself, and for his friends who were going to college with him once they graduated and GOD knows to become what!" The Sheriff's eyes then shifted, coldly, from him to the door. He just realized the door been opened the whole time. He slowly closed the door and stared at the Mayor, who now had his hands over his face, crying.
"Enough with the tears." The Sheriff said, "We all know you don't care what happens. You didn't care enough about your son leaving to search for his 'real father' so you could search for a treasure that might not even be real, why would you care if…"
"I was trying to protect him!" The Mayor shouted amounts' his crying. 'My son is dead, all because of me' He thought. 'But now, I can tell someone about all of the things I had to suffer because of this curse and not have to worry about my son being killed. Even though I would soon die soon and the Sheriff hated me now, he was better than no one. Besides…' The Mayor wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, 'I always wanted to be dead too.'
The Sheriff was taken back. 'Wait, protect him? How the hell was this protecting him from anything? Does he think his son is dead? But now that he believes his son was dead, he wanted to talk?" The Sheriff stiffens. He didn't like where this was going, but he waited for the crying Mayor to clear his tears so he could start talking.
He remembered when he was integrating the Mayor…
"FLASHBACK"
"Possum eating catfish Sheriff, I want to tell you." The Mayor said, who was seated in a wooden chair and handcuffed, "But I can't."
He and the Sheriff have been in the integration room for 5 hours strait. It was now midnight and the Sheriff had enough with the empty excuses.
"Mayor, why can't you just tell me what's going on?" Said the Sheriff, who wants to go home and wake up hoping all of this was a nightmare. "We've been friends for years, ever since collage. And you're telling me this whole time you just used everyone for a treasure that may not even exists? I don't buy it and neither do you, Mayor. Now, what are you really hiding?"
The Mayor refused to answer. The Sheriff just sighs as he sat down in his chair, exhausted. He looked at his watch…
'Five hours strait.' The Sheriff thought. He wished he would just wake up and all of this would be a distant memory. That he and the Mayor would still be best friends like they always had been. Of course, though, that's too much to wish for… Cause this is a nightmare and he's living it. For once, he actually wished he wasn't a cop.
"Can I leave now?" The Mayor asked who knew about the integrating limit thanks to the Sheriff back when they were friends. That's when an officer came in with a disgusted look on his face. He's been behind the two-way mirror and heard everything which wasn't much. He just stood at the doorway. That answered the Mayor's question, and then the Mayor stood up and waited for the Sheriff to take him to his cell.
The Sheriff was relieved he could go home, but at the same time he wanted to know more. 'What's going on?' He thought…
"ENDS FLASHBACK"
His flashback was ended by the nurse…
The nurse was running franticly to the Sheriff and shouted, "Sheriff! Sheriff! It's Fred… H.. He's gone! He ran away after the doctor left and wrote this note!" She handed Sheriff the note. The Sheriff took a quick look at the Mayor, whose face has flushed red with anger. 'Well, there went that plan.' The Sheriff thought as he looked at the note.
The note said…
Listen, whoever reads this whether it's the doctor, Sheriff, or even the Freak. I'm sick and tired of this, of everything. I just want to be left alone. I don't want anyone to look for me! I just want to be forgotten, like I was never born. I don't know why Sheriff had to save me and I still wish he hadn't. I don't even know who I am, but it is my life. Just leave me alone, I had enough!
The Sheriff finished reading the note and glanced over at the Mayor, who now had his head down but wasn't crying. His hand-cuffs were long enough so he had his hands in his lap. The Sheriff threw the note on his bed so he could read it then walked outside with the nurse to talk with her about what to do next…
"Dammit!" Sheriff swore under his breath. He couldn't believe Fred was able to escape! He had to go look for him, but knew that if he did, Fred may kill himself. Although he knew if he didn't, Fred would kill himself. He had to sneak up on him and get him some help, but how?
He and the Nurse talked about it for a while. This Nurse seemed like the only one who cared in the whole hospital… They worked out a few kinks in the plan and, all in all, it seemed like it would really work. The Sheriff walked into the Mayor's room and froze.
He… Was gone. All that was there was his hand-cuffs, unlocked, and Fred's note…
I know, I know… Not one of my best Chapters, but it works… Anyways, um, ENJOY