"M-Mom and dad.. I did that too. I ran them off the road." I feel my face morph into an image of stone, my heart beat steadies and deadly rage takes over me. I have to will my hands to stay by my side and not send them into his face. "Why." I say in an unnerving calm tone, even to me.
"He had life insurance out on them baby" Declan answers for my brother. I take a step closer to Tyler and I slap him across the face, my hands form into fits as I continue hitting him. "
You" punch "Murdered" punch "My" punch "Parents" punch.
Declan grabs my hands and pushes me backwards, my brother's blood is coating my hands and it's sprayed onto my face.
"YOU MURDERED MY PARENTS FOR MONEY!!" I scream at Tyler, spit flying from my mouth. He chuckles while blood is pouring from his nose and his mouth, he spits four of his teeth out and tries to sit up.
"And you would have been next, you little fucking bitch." He says, Declan turns around and shoots him in his other leg, Tyler screams in pain and clutches his leg.
"Y-You... you were in the car. Weren't you? You were the one who ran me off the road.. you tried to KILL ME!!" I scream the last two words.
"Why?" I say through a heaving chest and eyes full of tears.
"Why would you do this?" I cry. "They left you everything, they left you the money, and you didn't deserve it. I took life insurance from out on them, and killed the fuckers. Legally from that day on I became your guardian, so I got rich off of their deaths and the money I stole from you. I took life insurance outon you too, you were supposed to die in that accident. I would have been richer. You always have to fucking ruin everything Cora, you know that? Ever since you were little.
Always, in, the, fucking, way." I walk towards Declan and without hesitation I grab his rifle and I shoot my brother in the head. He falls backwards and a loud thump rings in the room, I toss the rifle on the floor and I walk towards him, I see his lifeless eyes staring at the ceiling and I spit on his face. Piece of shit. I wipe my face with the back of my hand, not caring about wiping the blood on my face. I turn to Declan and say "Take me home." He looks at me with love in his eyes, he cups my face and kisses my lips as he says "I love you"
Epilogue
Two years later
Declan
Coraline stands in the kitchen wearing a loose white chiffon dress shirt and a pair of my boxers, she's cooking some scrambled eggs and bacon, Rose stands next to her and rubs her pregnant belly.
She's six months pregnant with our baby boy, she's laughing with her best friend and my heart is melting. She's mine, she's my wife, she looks even more beautiful carrying our son. I walk into the kitchen and smile, "Morning baby" Coraline says sweetly, I walk over to her and kiss her forehead while stealing a piece of bacon off the plate.
"Morning, my love." I say. Rose shoos me off and I sit down at the white marble kitchen island, "You're going to give my son a fucking headache rubbing her stomach like that" I say to Rose, "Argh fuck off Declan, everyone knows I'm Coralines baby daddy" she argues, we all laugh.
After killing her brother, Coraline didn't eat for 4 days and she didn't say a word in two weeks. She cried herself to sleep for months and often started fights with me just so that she could throw a few punches at me to let her frustrations out, and I let her.
She slowly started to heal and she started forgiving herself, even though I told her she didn't have to forgive herself for anything. She started to piece herself together and rationalise her choices, she came to the conclusion that she made the right choice, and she started sleeping peacefully.
Tyler was a piece of shit, he stole her whole life from her, and she realised that. I look at her today and I see that she's brave, and capable. She's the strongest woman I know and I'm so proud of how she's moulded her life, even though I implanted myself in it. Rose leaves the kitchen to have a shower, and I walk towards my pregnant, glowing wife.
I kiss her lips softly and I steal a moan from her lips "I want this baby out of you as soon as possible, just so that I can put another one inside of you." I say, she laughs hysterically against my lips and I can't help but kiss her again.
"I agree," she says sweetly.
