Chapter 84: The Watts Estate - II (1/2)

Donovan watched as Arthur's hands convulsed with anger, he could only ih his iving Arthur enough time to calm down

Arthur just sat in silence while he processed what Donovan just told hihts were so chaotic that he wasn't sure if he wanted to know any his mother died peacefully, that she had a weak body and passed away due to natural causes

But now Donovan, afor the entirety of his life, was telling hiht in front of hi, at it was at this point that Donovan prepared himself for an avalanche of questions It was likely that Arthur would close himself off from the outside world, or that he'd push his family away and run from hoe, but he had to try

Arthur held hier After a sharp exhale, he opened his le question "Why did you tell me that?"

Donovan didn't kno to answer at first He wasn't expecting that question out of all the other possible questions that a seventeen year old kid would ask in this situation

He wanted to try think of an answer that would result in a positive outcome, but it was clear fro, so he blurted out the first thing he could think of "There was a chance you would have found out about it today, I didn't want you to find out from someone else"

Arthur's eyes locked onto Donovan's face, and he felt rage bubble up inside of hiry rant about hoished he heard it from his family instead of fro He kneouldn't have meant it Arthur already considered Donovan fa brother to him Or rather he considered hiure than his father ever was

Arthur refused to take this out on Donovan, he knew better than that But even though he had the ht year old man, his body was still ihting his adult e feeling he had to deal with, and ever since he began feeling euilt he felt after the bandit caht

After a deep breath, Arthur rationalised his thoughts He didn't have to be told why this was hidden from him He already kneas his father's orders as usual, and anything his father said was gospel The only person ould dare disobey hi back tears of his own

"Thank you" Arthur breathed out a sigh, hishi this up, especially not to father So don't e moment of weakness either"

Donovan could tell so on, this wasn't the sort of behaviour he had coe after the accident, from what Donovan could tell he just seemed to be erous, he was violently shaking with anger o, but had so hisin Donovan'sconcerning about Arthur's mental activity, and Donovan believed that he just found the consequence of it

They sat in silence for a few er, before Arthur asked another question "Did they ever catch who did it?"

This was a question Donovan expected earlier, and while he was originally going to lie, he decided to just tell Arthur everything

"When the police began their investigation, they found traces of blood somewhere on the fence The police determined that theover" Donovan explained, "The blood they found was already on record, linked to a coes for battery, assault and burglary"

"If they caught the guy, why did my father disown the Watts fa to bla a randouy" Donovan corrected him "He was found a week later, face down in an alleyith his throat slit They never found his killer, and further investigation showed that he was receiving large sums of money from an unknown source"

"So, he was silenced?" Arthur's scarily caler once more, but he still seemed calm, "It wasn't a rando?"