REHASHING THE PAST

Part 2

As night fell Klayton thanked his friend and second family for the support. "Don't worry if you need us we're here for yea" Criss replied. When Klayton got home his neighbor Carrie was waiting at the door. "Klay where have you been I thought you were coming over to my house" she asked. "I'm sorry it totally slipped my mind". "It's all right we have those days but I have a surprise for you. I cleaned your studio for you". 

Klayton hated cleaning but he knew it was getting to the point where his home would of been deemed uninhabitable. "I threw away all your pizza boxes, got rid of all the spider webs and their tenants, and your collections of dust rabbits. I have to say one thing five brother's pizza should name a pizza after you with all the pizza boxes I found. I could of made the leaning tower of Pizza boxes". Klayton chuckled and went down to his studio.

He was amazed at how clean it is but he noticed the picture was missing. "CARRIE!!!!" he bellowed. Carrie came down and asked what was wrong. "The picture that was there where is it?" ready to blow. "I'm sorry I broke the frame when I was dusting I put the picture in a book so it wouldn't get lost". Klayton calmed down. "Which book did you put it in?" he asked. "The book marked songs. Klayton who is the girl in the picture is she an old girlfriend?".

Klayton found the picture than put it back. "She's my sister" he replied. "You two look happy together maybe I can meet her". "Can we talk about this later I'm tired". "Sure we'll talk tomorrow I'll buy a new frame for the picture too. Before I forget this letter came for you from Clark County jail in Albany New York".

Klayton grabbed the letter, turned on the stove and burned it. "Klayton why are you doing that?" Carrie asked shocked. "I don't want to talk about it Carrie". "Klayton does this have to do with your child hood?". PLEASE CARRIE GO HOME"Klayton yelled at her. "OK" and left. That night as Klayton slept his child hood came back to haunt him. You ungrateful child I'll teach you to talk back. Dad stop it please!!. This is how I was discipline  Daddy leave him alone.

Klayton woke up in a sweat with his heart pounding in his chest. He went into the kitchen and made some tea for himself even thou he was dying for a shot of Jack Daniels instead. He sat at the table as the water boiled. He thought back some of the fun time in his childhood before his mother passed away and the fun he had with his family, but when his mother died of cancer his life turned into a nightmare of beatings and emotional let downs from his father. The only thing that kept him from killing himself was his sister. The whistling of the kettle got him out of his thoughts.

 He poured himself some tea than went outside and sat on the stairs outside. The next day Klayton was outside fixing his bike when a man walked up. "Scott Carnston".  "He's dead" Klayton replied not looking at the man. "Do you mind coming out from under the bike I know it's you". Klayton came out and got up. "Detective Windberg what do you want?". "Come on Scott it's been twenty year why can't you forgive me". "Because if you didn't turn in my father for what he was doing to me and my sister. She'd still be alive"Scott replied with anger.

"He was my partner Scott besides he had stuff on me and threated to turn me in if I didn't keep his secret" the detective stated.  "Guess what your secrets came out and you were fired and me I have to live with the fact I came home to find my father with a bloody knife in his hand and my little sister on the ground covered in her own blood and my father blaming me for it. Just get the fuck out of here and never come back!!". "All right but I wanted to warn you your father's verdict was over turned last night" he stated and walked off.

At Criss's house Criss was getting ready to leave when Costa came running down the stairs. "We have a problem!!!". "What are you talking about?" Criss asked as Dimitra walked in. "I just heard on the news Clark Carnston, Klayton's father his verdict was overturned last night". "Are you serious?" Dimitra inquired. "Yes". "I'll be right back" and Criss left in a hurry.