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The death of his grandmother shook Eric deeply, it was twice as hard at home and school especially the burying of his grandmother with all the family members there…well not all of them. He didn't hear from Jimmy after what happened at the house and he hoped that when the phone rang it would be him but the call never came. If he wasn't at school, Eric would be helping around the house and cleaning out his grandmothers house after the police were done searching for clues, there weren't any...this killer was different…he knew the layout of the house and he knew were everything was. Eric knew that it was his father that killed his mother Jessica, he knew it everyday….and he knew it the day that the police hauled off his mother Rebecca for the murder. Roger had made up some story about Rebecca and Jessica's rocky relationship and how she always wanted her dead…and how he had seen her car at the house before the murder. Instead of being questioned about his involvement, the Smallville Police believed him and took Rebecca away and all Roger could do was smirk as his wife was put away for murder.

Several months later

"I'm sorry he did this to you mom" said Eric on the phone from one side of the glass window

"I know son…I know" Rebecca said sadly

Eric was taken back my his mother calling him "son" it seemed that she had changed during her time in prison especially since this was his first time seeing her in months.

"Mom, why didn't you just divorce him" asked Eric after moments of silence

"I couldn't…Eric not after everything" she said

"Everything?' he pushed

"Oh Eric, years of abuse can take a toll on people's sanity and he pushed me to my breaking point right after we adopted you…I spent 3 years in Belle Reeve" she said to him tears starting to fall

"The insane asylum?" he asked her

"Yes…but you see Eric…I'm not crazy...he's the crazy one" she said

"I think we are all crazy Mom…in our own way" he said hanging up the phone

Eric made his way home from the jail in his mother's car hoping that his father wasn't home…he never visited, she didn't want him to and she made that quite clear to the jail guards. When he was closer to the house he noticed that his father wasn't home at home, since it was Saturday Eric knew that he would be at the bar his new favorite place. Pulling into the driveway and then making his way inside, Eric decided that he would start on his homework…he just wanted to get it done.

Olsen House

In Metropolis which seemed like a world away from all the goings on in Smallville, Jimmy wondered why teachers were always excited about giving homework to their students' right after winter break. He hated that….it wasn't that he hated schoolwork it was that he hated how it took him away from other important things. Jimmy thought of Eric from time to time but there was no time to over analyze the situation which is what he always did. He often thought that Roger deserved to go to jail for his actions but without real evidence Jimmy was told by his parents to "mind his own business." This statement always annoyed him especially since he believed that Eric was his business.

"This is ridiculous" Jimmy said out loud in the quiet house

Jimmy pushed his chair away from the table and picked up the phone and dialed his brother's number. After several rings, Jimmy figured that Eric being the smarter one was doing his homework and enjoying it…he left a message

"Eric…it's me…you know...your brother Jimmy. Haven't heard from you in a while, hope everything is okay…um...call me back whenever"

Summers House

Finishing his homework quickly Eric was in his room buried so far into his book that he didn't hear the phone ring. It wasn't until the answering machine started beeping that he was make aware that the phone had rung. Placing his book on his bed he went out of his bedroom to a still quiet house and stopped at the table in the hallway that had the answering machine. After pushing the button and listening to the message from Jimmy, Eric quickly erased it and made his way into the kitchen to return the message. Dialing the number that he knew by heart Eric was happy that Jimmy answered and he didn't have to leave a message. After informing his brother as truthfully as he could sound that everything is fine where he was, and that he would have to call him more often.

Sunday

Eric made his way out of his grandmothers house….it looked like a tornado had blown through it after he cleaned it all up 2 weeks earlier. Roger stated that since he "owned the house" he had the rights to everything that was in it no matter what anyone said. After taking a few items that he believed had the most value…not to him but only moneywise Roger left Eric to clean up the house again all by himself. Hoping to have a warm shower when he got home…Eric reached the driveway and noticed that his father's car wasn't there again and he sighed. Walking into the house….Eric got himself a drink of water as the phone rang.

"Eric!!!" Roger screamed into the phone

"Dad? Where are you?" Eric asked

"Airplane! Called the boss…told him that I had vacation time and I needed to use it to cope about your mother" he screamed back

"Where are you going?" Eric asked again

"Florida!" he said loudly "take care son…don't break anything"

Eric shook his head when he hung up...this was the last thing that he thought that his father should be doing but it was his screwed up life. Eric finished his shower and after getting his pajamas on, he wondered about life outside of small town Kansas…what was it like and would be end up crazy and alone like his mother?

The Next Week

While Roger was bar hopping in Florida, Eric was left to take care of everything in the house and to fend for himself, not that he minded one bit. The week of school had gone by painfully slow especially the lie that he told Jimmy…he needed to solve what happened to his grandmother and knew that Jimmy would be the perfect person to help him…so he had to admit for the first time ever what his father was really like to someone that already knew.

"We need to find a way to prove she's innocent" Eric said

"I love a good mystery…I wanted to captain my own ship" Jimmy said

"What does that have to do with anything" asked Eric

"I don't know….I just thought I'd mention it" said Jimmy

"You better just stick to taking the pictures" Eric said smiling to himself

"Sounds good to me" said Jimmy

Eric and Jimmy hung up their respective phones excited about the plans of them working together to finally bring Roger to justice once and for all. Eric believed that everyone would eventually get what they deserved in the end...whether it good or bad.

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