I was sat in the waiting room still; Sienna had gone to the bathroom. My Dad, Dirk, came to sit beside me.
"Hey Dirk" I said and he looked hurt.
"Son..."
Today made me realise that he wasn't my Dad, not really and it was time I started calling Patrick Dad, because he was my real Dad.
"Sorry..." I mumbled.
He put his hand on my shoulder "It's okay..."
I looked at him and gave him a little smile.
"Why wouldn't he tell us when he found out?"
"Patrick?" he asked.
I nodded.
"I don't know son, but Will said something to me before" I looked at him in thought "He's awake, you should go see him" he added, breaking me from my thoughts.
"I don't know if I can" I said in a whisper.
"He's still your brother"
...
I walked into Will's hospital room. He looked very weak and pale.
I stood at the door, hesitating.
"You can come in" Will said in a small voice.
I walked in slowly and sat on the chair that was near the edge of his bed.
"It was Doug" he said all off a sudden.
I looked at him, clearly confused.
"The body" he clarified.
Silence fall between us for a moment.
"Tell Leanne I'm sorry" he said in a groggy vioce.
He gave me a weak smile but I just looked away from him.
"Why didn't my Dad say anything about you?" I suddenly asked, wanting to know why my Dad would keep it from us.
"Because I know about his secret"
"What?" I asked.
"Ask Sienna" was his simple reply.
I looked at him, processing what he just said.
"Why Mum? She was our Mum" I suddenly asked.
"She knew too much"
"So you took her away from us all, we just got her back, we started to forgive her and you took her away from us again"
"I'm sorry" he said.
He killed our Mum and he was sorry, like it was an accident. I couldn't forgive him, for Texas, for Mum, for almost killing Sienna, everything...
I got up and walked out of the room, but before leaving I turned back to him and said "It will take time, but you're still my brother" he smiled at me, a genuine smile, but I couldn't bring myself to return it. A lone tear fall down my face as I turned and walked away.
...
"No" I screamed "No, he can't be gone" Sienna was holding me, while I cried over our brother.
"They did everything they could; he was too weak, I'm sorry" she told me softly.
"I need to see him" I suddenly said.
"I don't think that's a good idea, not right now"
"HE WAS MY BROTHER" I shouted, I wasn't really shouting at her though.
"I know he was, he was my brother too"
...
I walked into the gloomy hospital room and saw my brother laying there, he still had all wires attached to him, he looked like he was asleep, but I knew he wasn't. He's dead.
I didn't know what to do but I needed him to know something, so I spoke softly.
"I hated what you did, I still do" I paused, looking at his unmoving form, I grabbed his hand "But I loved you, despite everything, you where my baby brother and we always forgave each other no matter what" I smiled, remembering the times from when we were kids "We were the Savage brothers, us against the world" I wiped my fallen tears away and walked out of the room, for the last time.
...
I found Sienna outside in the waiting room.
"Hey" she said, giving me a gently smile.
"I can't believe he's gone" I whispered.
"I know" she walked over to me and took my hand "For the record, I love you too and I'm sorry, but we'll get through this, together"
"Together" I agreed with a smile.
"Where's Dirk?" Sienna asked after a moment.
"He's gone to say goodbye" I told her softly.
"So, we going to see Dad now?" I asked her after a minute.
"He doesn't want any visitors" she sighed.
I looked at her strangely. Why?
"My guess is that it has something to do with finding out about us" she added.
My hand was still in hers and I gave it a gently squeeze.
"It'll be okay" I told her.
"Will it?" she asked, sounding worried "You don't know what Dads like"
"No, I don't" I mumbled quietly, as we walked out of the hospital...