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Heath and Kyle find out about Casey, and in the following chapter Casey starts to take action on his feelings.

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Chapter 4 – Telling the truth

NORMAL POV

Casey stayed silent the entire way back to the Braxton house. Walking inside Brax and Casey were greeted by Kyle and Heath.

"Where did you two get to?" Heath asked.

Brax rubbed Casey's arm. "You alright?" Brax asked.

"Yeah. I just want to be alone. I'm going to my room." Casey replied in a whisper and avoided all eye contact with the three strangers in the house.

"Okay, just yell if you need anything." Brax replied softly.

Casey walked off into his room, leaving Heath and Kyle confused.

"What was all that about?" Kyle asked. Brax sighed and joined his brothers at the kitchen table.

"Case and I just went to see Mum." Brax explained.

"What for?" Heath asked.

"To find out the truth." Brax continued in a low voice.

"About what?" Kyle questioned.

Brax let out a heavy sigh and cupped his hands out in front of him on the table.

"Casey wasn't Dad's son."

"Huh?" Heath questioned and Kyle gave a confused look.

"He was actually Johnny Barrett's son."

Heath stood up in shock. "What? You have to be kidding me? What kind of sick joke is this?" Heath exclaimed.

"It's no joke Heath. I honestly wish it was, but it's true. Mum confirmed it today." Brax confirmed.

"Wh...Where did all this come from?" Kyle asked completely baffled by the news.

"Apparently Johnny had a baby photo of Casey in his wallet and Andy confronted or should I say teased Casey about it." Brax continued.

"I can't believe that scumbag would do that! I'm gonna smash his face in!" Heath yelled.

Brax shook his head. "No, it won't help the situation Heath, believe me. I want to kill Andy Barrett too, but we have to think about Casey."

Heath sighed and sat back down at the table. "Geez poor Casey." Kyle said.

"What do we do now?" Heath asked.

"I don't know. We just have to treat Casey the same. I mean after all he still is our brother and our family." Brax replied.

"Right, we don't need to be related by blood for Casey to be our little brother." Kyle added.

Brax stood up and headed towards the front door. "Where you going?" Heath asked.

"For a surf. Need to clear my head."

"Wait, I'll come with you." Heath replied and got out of his chair and headed out of the house and down to the beach with his older brother, leaving Kyle at home with Casey.

Casey came out of his room to get a drink and saw Kyle on the couch reading through a music magazine. Kyle glanced over at Casey as he walked towards the kitchen.

"Hey Case you alright?" Kyle asked but Casey just stood in a daze. He was too numb to realise what was going on around him.

"Case?" Kyle called. Casey turned to the sound. "Huh? What? Sorry." Casey mumbled.

"That's okay. I just asked if you were okay. I mean the news is huge, how are you taking it?"

Casey just stood still. He did not want to talk about this it just made it all too real. Facing Kyle, Casey spoke in a matter of fact tone. "I don't have a choice, it's my life."

With that, Casey walked into the kitchen to get his drink. Kyle was left confused and concerned for his brother he seemed way too calm for the situation.

"Casey? Casey? You can talk to us if you need to, we're all still your brothers and we're here for you. You don't have to go through all this on your own." Kyle called out.

Casey just ignored Kyle. How could he say they were all still brothers? He wasn't related to Kyle at all.

Casey stopped and turned back to Kyle. "You know, you were right." Casey spoke with a blank tone.

"Huh? Right about what?" Kyle asked confused.

"When you told me in the desert that Danny said I was a mistake. You were right."

Kyle stood up and approached Casey, concerned for his brother who was clearly upset.

"Casey I never meant any of that. You know I was in a bad place and was only trying to hurt you. You're not a mistake." Kyle explained, trying to reassure his brother.

"How can you say that? I was the one who killed your father! Brax and Heath's father!" Casey yelled and turned his back to Kyle.

He had always blamed Danny's influences on him for his behavior but all along it was all him. He had murdered someone. Now he knew he was now and always had been a bad person at heart.

"Look why don't you come and sit down and we can talk. I'm sure Brax and Heath will be home soon." Kyle encouraged.

Casey had so many mixed feelings inside him, he didn't know what to feel, and his mind was going crazy.

"No! Just leave me alone!" Casey shouted and slammed down his drink on the cupboard and ran out the door.

When Heath and Brax returned from the surf they noticed Kyle sitting on the couch with a worried expression.

"What's up?" Heath asked.

"I don't know. I'm really worried about Casey. I know this is hard on him but he came out saying stuff about me being right about him being a mistake when I'd taken him to the desert and started yelling how he murdered Dad." Kyle told the events of what had just transpired.

"Is he in his room?" Brax asked.

"No. When I tried to get him to sit down and talk he just yelled at me to leave him alone and ran out." Heath and Brax swapped a glance.

"Should we go look for him?" Heath asked. Brax sighed.

"Nah, knowing Casey it'll just make things worse. Let him cool off and clear his head. He'll come back when he's ready." Brax turned to walk into his bedroom, full of worry over his baby brother, but hiding it the best he could.

"Alright, well I better get back home to the Misses. Let me know if you need anything." Heath said. Kyle nodded.

"Yeah thanks mate." Brax replied. "Bye." Kyle added.

Heath walked out and across the hall to the extension unit he and Bianca shared.