I woke up to a door slamming shut. I blinked the sleep from my eyes and found Macey, Bex and Liz sitting on their beds, looking at me expectantly. Well, only Liz was. Bex and Macey looked like they were about ready to kill me. I broke the silence then, because I couldn't take it anymore.
"I'm sorry." I whispered. "For everything. I'm sorry Liz, for acting that way yesterday. It was totally uncalled for and I was completely out of my element. Bex and Macey, I knew I hurt you guys when I left and I'm sorry. I understand if you don't forgi-"
"Why didn't you just tell us, Cam?" Liz whispered so quietly I almost didn't hear it. "About your twin? About running away? You could've taken us with you."
"I don't know, okay? It was something I had to do alone and I guess I thought you guys would hate me. I thought Zach would hate me. Oh my God. Zach." I put my head in my hands and started to cry. I felt three hands rubbing circles on my back. I looked up to see Macey, Bex and Liz standing over me.
"Cam, we forgive you." Macey said with a grin.
"Just NEVER do it again!" Bex accent thickened even as she smiled.
"There's one more thing I have to tell you guys." I said a little more confident. I had my best friends back and I could tell them anything.
"What is it?" Liz asked.
"It's about Zach's dad." I paused. "I was the last person he saw before he died. I was the last person he saw because I was the one who killed him."
"WHAT?!" Bex, Macey and Liz yelled. I knew this time would come eventually. I would have to tell them the worst thing I did over the last 4 months.
"It was an accident. I didn't mean to do it." They looked at me expectantly, waiting for me to go on. "Do you remember when I told you about my dad's last mission?"
They all nodded.
"Well, I didn't tell you everything. My dad, Mr. Solomon, Zach's dad- Alex, were best friends. They went to Blackthorne together, had girlfriends together. Just like us, pretty much." I smiled at that part.
"My dad and Alex went on my dad's last mission together. They had to 'take care' of some Circle agents in Rome. They were tailing a Circle member when they were ambushed. They were up against 5 Members. They managed to take out 4, but the last one had my father in a chokehold. Alex had a gun and aimed it at the Circle member. He shot the gun, but it didn't hit the right person. He shot my father instead of his target." I was sobbing now, tears streaming down my face and onto my lap.
Liz patted my back gently. Bex had handed me a tissue. Macey had gone to get me some water. I took a sip of the water and dabbed at my eyes with the napkin.
"Alex got out of there while my father lay dead on the ground." I finished talking and grabbed the bottle of water.
"Who told you all of this?" Bex asked.
"I was actually getting to that. Alex and I had teamed up when I saw him in New York. He was there because he was in hiding. He had told me what had really happened on the mission and how there was nothing he could've done to save my dad. Just as he finished explain to me, Circle members had burst through the door. Apparently, Circle agents have been watching his hideout for weeks."
"We teamed up against the two Circle members. I had a gun, but before, I got hit in the head with a broken chair leg. It wasn't hard enough to knock me unconscious, but it did make me a little bit woozy. When I fired the shots, I thought I shot the Circle agents. I got one of them, but I had shot Alex, too. I shot the last Circle member and got Alex out of there."
"BY the time we reached somewhere semi-safe, he was already dead. I cried so hard and for so long. I knew I had to go, so I gave Alex a proper burial. Then I ran and ran. That's when I got cleaned up and met Erik. Then we came back here. But, guys, there's one thing I want you to do for me."
"Okay, Cam, what is it?" Bex asked.
"You cannot tell Zach any of this. Under ANY circumstance. I'll tell Solomon, Abby and my mother. Casey already knows about it because I had called her when I was with Erik." I looked at my watch and it was time to go to breakfast. We got up and head down to the Grand Hall.