sweet caroline

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO.

- EXPLANATION

" so why'd you do it?
found a good kid just
to kill him,
and on his birthday
for god sakes. "

" i did what i had to! "

" drop the shit, alec. "

alec rodgers.
first went as bobby richards,
then matt capaldi
and finally zach dean.

the detective got in his face,
intimidating the boy who was
about to face a life sentence.

"were there others?
more people you found
who were stupid enough
to fall in your trap. "

" he was stupid enough
to fall in love. that's not
my fault. "

the detective scoffed,
lunging back from
the psychotic teen in
front of him.

" so you mean to tell me
you didn't feel an inch of
regret after you shot him? "

alec ( zach ) sat back in his seat,
visions of jack washing over him.

the boy was smiling and laughing.
the corners of his chocolate eyes
being wrinkled and his mouth
being wide open, showing his
pearly white teeth.

just him being him.

jack avery was a soul
that forever lingered
in zachs mind.

" it was hard to kill him. "

he whispered out,
the detective almost not
being able to hear him.

" but i sent him to a better place.
somewhere clean and kind.
where no one except me could
ever hurt him. "

" so you did it out of love?
so you did love him? "

" i shot jack avery because
a boy like him
was too good for a world like this."

alec zachary rodgers was
faced with fifty six years
in prison.
never to see the light of day
for the rest of his life.

only to be left with hallucinations of jack robert avery.

his sweet,
stupid boy.