Re: The Edwards Family's Herfordshire Estate... Part 5

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:19 pm

Jillian uncrosses her legs and stands in front of Micah, the book she was holding before...open to a single page. It's an image...of Stu cutting someone's brakes...

Jillian: Your father...Stuart St. Clair was a monster in human skin. This picture was taken by security cameras. Micah...that's my car. I crashed...and ended up the hospital. I don't think I need to document what happened to you and your mother. The Age of the Fallen, that cult, that church...all...because Stu craved one thing. Control. The fact that you sit here today means...he has never...and will never control you. But my question to you is this...

...Are you that same monster? Are you that hot blooded creature that almost killed Milkens in the kitchen that one day, when Alex had to pull you off of him? The one who sends black roses to Alex and Alexis...?

You did all those things, didn't you?

Micah: I....don't deny them. I did...all of those things. I cannot change who gave birth to me...or who fathered me, but what I can do...is attempt to rise above it. It's the same reason you love Jayden, Gabriel and Alexis...despite their backgrounds. I can only be me....and that's enough for Amanda. That's all I care about.

Jillian: Hmmm....interesting answer. You...observe a lot, don't you?

Micah: One of my...habits...that never goes away.

Jillian: Ewan and I will ask you a couple of questions. You will answer truthfully. Are you still in love with Alexis?

Micah: No. She's always been like a sister to me...it's just reverted back to that.

Jillian: Are you jealous of Alex?

Micah: ....yes.

Jillian: Why?

Micah: Cause....he's everything I'd ever wanted to be...and can't be. I have to live with that....but, it's slowly getting better.

Jillian: Did that stem from the situation with Alexis.

Micah: It...had a lot to do with it, yes.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:23 pm

Ewan: You took Alexis' feelings as a signal that he was better than you?

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:25 pm

Micah: Yes.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:28 pm

Ewan: If Alexis were to walk through that door right now..... saying that she wanted you back..... what would you do?

In the shadows Alex snarls at the line of questioning.

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:30 pm

Micah: She wouldn't....but in a hypothetical situation or real life....all I can see now, is Amanda.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:32 pm

Ewan smirks.

Ewan: Does that mean you are better than Alexis or does it simply mean that you've found the one person you wish to spend the rest of your life with?

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:34 pm

Micah: I've found that one person...I never thought I'd find. She's your daughter. It's as you say...I want to spend the rest of my life with her.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:35 pm

Ewan: Then you have no reason to feel inferior to Alex...... do you?

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:37 pm

Micah smiles to himself...seeing what Ewan did...

Micah: Heh...I suppose not.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:39 pm

Ewan: You spend so much time berating yourself for your heritage......

.....or is it the voice in your head you're berating?

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:42 pm

Micah: Doubt creeps in from time to time, I can't deny that.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:43 pm

Ewan: What is it that makes you doubt yourself?

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:48 pm

Micah is quiet for a long time...but then...

Micah: Fear...of what I might become. My father...scares the crap out of me...and when people tell me I have his...demeanor...his...look...it frightens me. My mother told me once...that standing in the dark one night in the house, she couldn't tell the difference. Amanda, Alexis, Nikki and Carmella have all told me before...there is...something 'sinister' hiding in my eyes...it almost makes them 'glow'. I'm afraid that I am a monster.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:50 pm

Ewan: Look into my wife's eyes Micah..... do they look familiar?

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:55 pm

Micah looks...

Micah: Curious....they look a lot like...

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:01 pm

Ewan: Amanda..... and Alex..... it's a family resemblence..... but that's no reason to think you're a monster..... is there something you're not telling us? A reason you scare yourself?

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:06 pm

Micah: Within the last five years...I attempted to kill my father. In doing so, I became him. I failed. My fear is failing again...and losing this...equity I've built up with people. I've seen people make mistakes...and get...cut off totally from those they love. That scares me.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:10 pm

Ewan: Did you set out to kill him? Or did he come to you spewing threats and venom? Did you try and kill him..... or did you try and protect the only family you've ever known?

Pockets Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:11 pm

Alexis winces at Micah's "I've seen people make mistakes...and get...cut off totally from those they love."

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:13 pm

Alex takes Lexis' hand.

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:13 pm

Micah: Yes. He...invaded Jenny and Gabrielle's house. He...had a knife and...

Micah exhales...

Micah: ...and all I could think of was keeping Jenny, Carmella and Gabrielle safe.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:19 pm

Ewan: Just as all I could think about for the longest time was getting my hands on Ashley O'Ryan.... just as to this day..... I refuse to allow a man who was once one of my dearest friends to come anywhere near my family....

Family must be protected Micah... at all costs.... that does not make you a monster...

If the day comes when you and Amanda have children..... you think I would hesitate for a second to slit a man's throat to protect them?

Pockets Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:20 pm

Alexis squeezes Alex's hand.

Cryonix Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:20 pm

Micah: You wouldn't get the chance. I will protect them.

Cruel Britannia Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:23 pm

Ewan: So why feel guilty about protecting your family?

Sponsored content