Still Drakes POV
It turns out that I have been a lie. I know I said the problem may not be as high as they make it look. But I was wrong, it is even worse than I thought it would be. I kept looking at my parents in surprise, I couldn’t understand how they could do such a thing. They look so innocent, they are too honorable to be caught committing such hideous crimes and I just couldn’t believe that they are telling me the truth. Dad accept to share their secret with me, and I breathed a sigh of relief because I thought I was about to find out why our lives is so messed up, who would have thought that my father would try to play with my intelligence
“You can’t blame your mother, son. It is not her fault, it’s all my fault, I was so stupid and I did something so terrible, Drake. I had no idea it would turn out to be this way, I have no idea what came over me.” Dad let out sadly, bowing his head in shame.
“You fucking traitor!
What the hell are you doing, and what is that supposed to mean?
Are you saying you regret doing what we did to save…”
“Don’t listen to her, Drake. She loves blaming herself for it, but I take full responsibility for my actions and I know she would never have gotten into that car if I didn’t push her away with my filthy desires.” He let out firmly, stopping my mom from saying anything else. She was taken aback by his words, and I knew she wanted to say something, but he turned and gave her a stern gaze, and that was all it took to keep her shut. I don’t know why I’m having this feeling that they are both lying to me, but I did not try to argue with him, I kept calm and listened to him. I wanted to see where he is going with this.
He told me that he had a fling with one of the maids after I left the country. He said he was hurt and heartbroken when I left, and he couldn’t turn to any member of the family for solace because everyone was dealing with the news, and they were still trying to accept my decision to leave and also adjust their lives and learn to live without me.
“I found comfort in the arms of another woman, and when your mom found out about my secret affairs, she couldn’t accept it. She left the house in anger, and she hit someone. She hit a car carrying a man and his family. It was a fatal accident and several lives were lost because of my actions. I couldn’t let her for such a mistake, especially when I know that it is my fault. I used my influence in society to sweep the case under the carpet, and I got rid of every piece of evidence that could taint our family name.
No one knows about this, secret, we have to do everything we can to protect our families secret. If this gets out, I would go to jail, and your mum and your siblings would go to jail as well. If you leave your brother in jail, he could spill out our secrets just to spite us and bring us down to his level. This is our family’s secret, Drake. We are not heroes in this society, we are criminals and we deserve to be punished for our crimes. Now that you know our secret, now that you know that we are nothing but heartless murderers, are you going to get your brother out, or do you plan to get us all arrested for murder?” he asked me.
I couldn’t say a word in response to his question, I’m still trying to process everything he had just told me, and sad to say, I think they are still lying, but I just don’t understand why they would be lying to me when our family is falling apart. It seems there is more to this story and I need to uncover it. At least he has given . e a clue, now I know what searching for, so I can dig up information about that incident and find out if they are lying to me or not.
“I need more information dad, I need dates, and names and if possible, I also need the address of the family that mom claimed to hit…”
“It is not mere claims son!
It fucking happened, and I covered it up!” dad scolded me harshly, warning me not to say anything that would insinuate that he is lying.
“Fine dad, I get it. But still need more details about this case. If this is what our enemies are going to use to hurt and destroy our family, then I need to find a way to make it go away.” I coaxed him, but he still wouldn’t say anything about it to me again.
“I took care of all that several years ago, son. You are not the only one with a strong connection with the underground. I have my own ways of handling issues like this. Our secret has been safe for as long as I can remember. All you have to do is to get Riley out of there, then we can continue living our lives as we used to and we can keep our pretense and continue acting as if it never happens.” My father instructed me firmly.
“Just let it go, Drake. Get your brother out as soon as possible and we can go back to our lives.” My mom added promptly, supporting my dad’s decisions. I knew they would never tell me anything, even if I pestered them all day. I decided to leave them with their secrets, I have my own ways of finding out what I need to know.
They both walked me to the exits, and they kept repeating their request for me to get Riley out of jail. And as usual, I remained silent, I refuses to accept or decline their request, I just got into my car and I drove off without sparring them a second glance. I circled the block a couple of times, waiting for them to get back into the house. I parked a few distances away, then I walked back home to speak with one of our most trusted security guards that have been in this family for several years.
I couldn’t let him know that I am trying to investigate my parents and siblings, I simply told him that I need this to be between us because I do not want to upset my parents. He believed me and agreed to keep his mouth shut, then I asked him about my family. I wanted to know who was using a new car, who has been involved in an accident, and who has been acting a bit strange since I left the country.
He answered my questions with ease and accuracy. I’m surprised that he recalls many of these incidents that even the people involved must have already forgotten about it. I got more information from him than I got from my father. I took his personal mobile number before I left the premises, then I set out to carry out my own personal investigations. I would have handed this case to Liam or anyone else, but I wanted to do it myself. I want to solve this mystery by myself, and it is not because I want to hide their damn secret or anything like that,
No…
I just wanted to keep myself busy with the kind of work that I enjoy doing. It takes my mind away from Mia and her health condition. I don’t want to think about the pain she is going through at the moment, and I certainly do not want to imagine how she would feel when she finds out that her sister is dead. They were not just sisters, they were close friends as well. She would go crazy if she found out that she is the reason why her sister was killed. She had been stupid, and naive and now her sister has paid the price for her naivete.
I do t want to be there when she finds out the truth, I don’t even want to be there when her parents are explaining her surgeries to her. I would rather sneak in the shadows like a fucking spy, investigating a case that has already been closed. I was able to locate the family that my dad was referring to. I found them, and it was so easy. Dad said he had shut down this case, I’m guessing that he doesn’t know that his secrets can be uncovered if someone looks a bit harder.
All I had to do is to identify the car that was destroyed during the incident, I found the date it was destroyed, then I narrowed down my search area to a particular vicinity. I searched all the places on my mind, searching for a family that was involved in an accident on that same night. I thought it was getting too difficult and I thought I would give it a rest for now. But fate smiled on me when I found him in a new house address that was given to me by the occupant of his former apartment.
“I heard you have been searching for me, what do you want from me and my son, Drake Osborne?” he asked me smugly, making me feel like he has been looking into my family as well. That has to be the case because I haven’t met this guy before and he just called me by my full name. Is this what my father meant when he said he has handled the situation, I mean, is this how a situation like this is handled?
From what I can see here, this situation is far from being handled because this guy standing in front of me looks vengeful. I’m guessing that he is out to get us as well, and I’m curious to know what he has been planning to do with me and my family. Has he been targeting us all along?