Ray stepped inside the house. He firmly stood in one spot as Frank tied his hands together with a rope behind his back. Ray kept looking over to Mikey who stared back. He wanted to get through to Frank as quickly as possible but knew he couldn’t rush anything without Frank getting delusional. Ray did want to help Frank but he knew Frank would jump into assumptions.

Ray was led to sit on a chair where he was tied onto. He didn’t know he would be tied up against a chair so his eyes looked at Frank, stating he didn’t agree with this. Frank looked back as he tightened the knot on the rope, “I don’t care” is what his eyes read and Ray had no choice but to agree to the terms.

Frank sat down on the comfortable couch across from Ray on the wooden chair. Frank looked at him, “So?”

“I didn’t know you had Mikey with you.”

“It’s .. a long story.” Frank lowered his eyes.

Ray chuckled as he looked down to the ropes holding him back, “I’m sure I have time to hear it out.”

Frank didn’t smile, “Nixon is dead.”

Ray’s smile faded, “How do you know?”

Frank’s hand rubbed against his own thighs for comfort, “There was an accident.” He bit the inside of his cheek, “He came over to the Way’s house where I was already was. I invited him over using Mikey’s phone .. things escalated and,” He paused briefly, “I pushed him,” He added on, “His head hit against the corner of a table and he died.”

Ray swallowed, “Frank .. where’s the body?”

Frank buried his face into his hands, “In the river far off from the east highway.” Frank could feel his heart pounding against his chest, “His car was set on fire, the evidence was cleaned up. I burned the table pieces.”

“Okay," Ray took in small breaths, "thank you for telling me.” Ray stared at Frank, “Did you kidnap the brothers to keep them from talking?”

“N-no. I suppose that is one reason why but I brought Gerard here because I love him .. he wanted to leave and I was scared so I kidnapped Mikey too so he would stay.”

Mikey heard it all from Frank. He stuttered from the kitchen, “N-not all of it is true!”

Ray’s eyes locked onto Mikey, “What do you mean?”

Frank knew what Mikey was going to expose. He ordered Mikey to keep his mouth shut but with tears in his eyes, Mikey cried, “N-no, I won’t let you take the fall for my brother-I love you, Frank. I can’t let you do this. Detective,” Mikey cried, “Gerard was the one who pushed Nixon, he caused his death not Frank.”

Ray quickly said, “So, Frank, you covered up the murder?”

Mikey gave a weak cry as he walked over to the couch next to Frank, “I kept my mouth shut about it too-Nixon was trying to hurt me, detective. He was trying to assault me-Frank was only protecting me,”

Ray’s eyes widen a bit, “Frank, the reason why you didn’t say anything was because Nixon did the same to you, right?”

No one noticed how disturbed Frank looked. His insides were twisting up as the two blurted the truth. It was all too overwhelming for him. His hand formed into a fist before targeting Mikey. He tackled him down onto the floor. The world around Frank grew quiet as he punched Mikey against the jaw. Mikey’s head tossed the side repeatedly, spitting out blood from his mouth onto the wooden floor. Ray was screaming and begging Frank to stop but Frank was too distracted by the loud ringing in his head to listen. Frank didn’t notice the tears falling from his own eyes as he stared at the blood Mikey spat out.

Abruptly, Frank was yanked back and off Mikey. Frank’s head hit against the wooden floor, making him slightly lose his vision. He looked up to find Gerard who ran over to comfort Mikey. Frank groaned as he attempted to stand up. His vision blurred the world around him but he could see Gerard walking to him. Gerard’s fist slammed against Frank’s cheek, making him fall onto the ground again.

Frank let out a cry of anger with glassy eyes.

Frank screamed hysterically as he heard the door open and dozens of footsteps run in. His body was weak but his vocals were fierce. A glove slammed over his mouth as he muffled out in anger and being picked up from the ground. His vision became clear and he realized that police officers invaded the cabin. He saw everything collapse. Ray was being untied and the Way brothers were being led outside as he was being led inside the police car.

Frank’s cries had shut down as he watched Gerard being led inside another car. He can only hear his own intense breathing now. The sirens didn’t mean anything to him. The way Mikey looked at him didn’t mean anything. Ray and his obvious partner were in silence by the steps of the cabin, feeling astonished by what just happened.

Frank was cuffed, he didn’t realize it before. He stared out the window of the car and asked himself, "Could it all be over so soon?"

“No,” He said as he stared at the Way brothers, Ray, and his cuffs, “It can’t be over.”

Notes

This isn't the end, js xo