There it was .
As if the devil was sitting infront of me ,talking about my sins today .
Rupert Hunter ..he really was the devil himself.He knew where it hurt the most . He knew my weakness .
" Or haven't you given it a much thought yet," he smirked ," Isn't that too cruel ?"
" Is that any of your business?"
" Well , it is my son's business," he had the same smile as my husband," Tell me , are you going to report him to the police ?"
I closed my eyes . I really had not thought about it .
Liam , in my eyes ,was a pure angel . An abused ,broken child , a handsome heartbreaker , a lukewarm husband - anything but a murderer .
I could not imagine him as a murderer .
" Now that your father is gone , you were crying for him in your sleep ," Hunter said , I felt like ants were crawling on my skin ," Only if you had listened to him , then none of this would have happened."
" That's not my fault," I said , denying the guilt of my father's death strongly .
" Then whose fault is is that ? ," he asked ," Your husband's ?"
His gaze weighed me . He wanted me to break down infront of him .
" He ...Liam is an abused child ...he has been through a lot ," I fumbled through my excuse ," If..if we can later talk about it slowly .."
" What a filal child you are ," Rupert chuckled ," You are just like your mother-in-law, denying to see things clearly when you are benefitting from it but later , what about later then ?"
" I am seeing things clearly," I hissed at him.
" No , you are not !," his voice boomed , making me flinch ," Admit it then ! Admit it !"
" What to admit ?"
I looked up .
It was Liam who was standing on the doorway . He was still wearing the funeral clothes .
" What does my wife have to admit to you ?," Liam sneered at his father .
With the two of them in the same room , I could see how similar they look .
" Her fear obviously.... and disgust ," Rupert told him smoothly , as if he was not startled by his son's sudden arrival at all , almost like he was even waiting for him to arrive .
" What does that have to do with you ?," Liam swiftly came to stand between us so I was hiding behind him .
I stood up , backing away .
But Rupert Hunter looked in no hurry to stand up .
" Because that way you will see how useless it is to do all that work only to be abondoned later ," he said .
" I am not like you ," Liam said in a bitter voice ," I will never put my family through pain like you did. "
" You are exactly like me ," he said ," You can not let go of things that is yours . Isn't that right ? Isn't that why you murdered your wife's father just because he was trying to seperate you two ?"
Haahh .....I just needed to hold on longer ..
" I am telling you again that it is fucking none of your business," I hissed at him .
Rupert chuckled ," Tell me Autumn Dane, can you still looking at your husband the same way ?"
Could I? Could I ever ?
" I will figure this out with him ," I hid behind my husband," This is not a place where you have been invited. Please leave ."
" Over times you two will realise how wrong you are . You , my son , you can never let go of the things or people you have coveted as yours ....but will your wife understand that ? They never do . She will judge you , she will fear you and eventually leave you someday !," Rupert's voice was like he was ordering a death sentence," You will then understand why I have become like this . You will know my pain ."
Liam flinched. I could see the tremor than ran through his muscles.
I grabbed his arm tightly ," I am never going to leave him ."
" Oh , but you don't know half of his past yet ," Rupert whisphered," I bet he told you about his pain and grief to earn your sympathy just so you are bound to him for the guilt . But he will never tell you about the other things ! Liam ! Say my boy ! Tell her about the secrets of two of us !
" I don't need to know your secrets," I sneered at him ," LEAVE !"
I was scared ....I was scared to know the darkness ..the invisible terror that lied in knowing my husband's past .
My father was a monster . He would have killed me someday . Liam knew it. He knew it and that's why he did whatever he could to protect me .
And being brought up by a devil , he had learnt to act like one himself. He did what he thought was right , cause he was desparate to keep me safe .
If we could stay together , if we could talk it out , maybe he would get better .
And I liked him as he was now .
Rupert Hunter took his time to walk out of the door .
I kept holding onto Liam cause I feared that a part of him still wanted to follow his father's footsteps.
" Since when have he been here ?," Liam asked me .
" I don't know ," I thought about it ," I think that he was watching me sleep."
Liam turned back ,wrapping his arms around me , burying his face in my hair .
" Aren't you going to ask me something?," he said ," Don't you want to know about it ? I can tell you anything, you know that right ?"
" Yes , " I noded ," But I am content with us now . I don't think that I need to know ."
" Alright ," there was relief in his voice but his grip around me grew tighter and tighter ..
Rupert's voice was still ringing inside my head -
' You , my son , you can never let go of the things you have coveted '