’I saw you’
Jake is rocked to the core by this revelation. He thought his secret was well-kept- but it seems he was wrong.
‘Damien, what are you talking about?’ He panics, wondering exactly what his foster son means. Is his secret safe no longer?
‘I saw you. talking to yourself up at Stoney Falls. You wanted her gone. She was having too many kids. You were glad that she couldn’t have any more now, you selfish old man. You think the killer did you a great favour- or maybe that was you as well, looking after number one- as always. Seems everyone goes there to think about mum, eh?’
‘You what?’
‘Er.. nothing. Forget it dad.’
‘No. You’ve said it now. Who was thinking about her up there before?’
‘Well I didn’t want to say, but.. Grandad Lucas. Just before he- just before he died. He told me…’ Damien’s voice shakes ever so slightly as he speaks- perhaps Lucas’ death hit him harder than people thought. . It had always been Lucas who had that bond with Jake, and Jake who had that bond with Damien. But there had never been any sign of a bond between Lucas and Damien. It shocked Jake that his foster son was confided in about this but not him.
‘Do you know why? What exactly was he thinking about And why didn’t you tell me?’
‘I- He…’
‘Did he kill Georgia? Did he kill your mum?’
‘Dad… He…’
‘I knew it! He couldn’t stand me being happy could he? I bet he told you straight away, and you both kept it on me! And then just to rub it in after he died, he confessedby carving it in her gravestone. The coward! And you didn’t even care? You just covered for him this whole time!’ Jake was shaking with rage, and was overwhelmed by a feeling of deep hatred, burning right thought him like an inferno.
‘I wanted to tell you some other way, but…’
‘You didn’t though! You lied to me! You lied to all of us. I’ll never forgive you for this. Covering up your grandad’s lies? You may as well have killed her yourself-’
‘I DID!
IT WAS ME!!’
