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|• Chapter Four: Part One •|

"Evans has his own cases to do with Devin,"

"Actually he doesn't," William smiled, he clicked his fingers,"Devin is locked up. I got the notice last night, she's sentenced for Homicide and Collateral Damage. I figured it out since she put me on her contact list...I assume she didn't put you or Ella, but the jail called me to tell the news since they were told that I was her brother-in-law, but I played it off,"

"I'm glad she's locked up," I scoffed. "She took my kid, and she made Ella's mental health plummet. How long does she have?"

"I mean...her crime of euthanasia, was just like ours...but it wasn't on the list. I'm glad it wasn't because if she did tell them that about that...we all would've been taken too," Will explained,"uhmmm I think she has about twenty years? Maybe?" He knocked his head to the side and squinted his eyes.

"Twenty? Are you sure?" I sat up a bit in my seat, moving my legs from his desk,"I was thinking at least a decade,"

"I could be wrong... hold on, let me look it up," William turned back to his computer, typing and then he scrolled the page,"uhmmm, yeah it says here ten to fifteen years depending on what your charged for,"

He pushed away from the computer,"So, with that being said, whatcha come in here for?"

"Oh—" I cut myself off, glancing behind me,"I was talking to Ella about what happened with Brandy. I uh, told her about Devin and Evans kidnapping Brandy,"

"Oh. You did?" William rose his eyebrows,"Did she take it well?"

"She took it how I expected," I sighed,"Crying not understanding, filled with distraught, all of that stuff,"

"I bet she was mad that you never told her about it," William smiled, laughing softly. He looked down at the pen, messing with the flap on it.

"She was pretty mad...but she was more disappointed from what I understand," I picked up one of Williams books, eyeing for the Edger Allen Poe one,"I told her that they did it, and she didn't really seem like she believed me at first, but I told her pretty much..it was the truth," I shrugged, flipping though the pages of the book.

"well...that's good, I'm glad she knows now. It just hurts that she's in so much pain with her not taking her medications anymore...She's willingly making herself miserable"

I paused,"Wait. What? Repeat that," I shut the book, sitting it in front of me. Ella did not. I swear to God she better not of—

"Shes in a lot of pain from not taking her medications anymore...?" William looked at me confused,"I thought you knew....?"

"No! I didn't know! How long have you know about this?!" I sat up in my seat,"Will, how long have you know about this? She needs the medications! They're make her stable! She cannot be off of them!"

"Look, Anson, I thought you knew...Brother. I thought Ella told you about quitting them," William seized, I scoffed.

I shook my head. How dare she do that. I can't fucking deal with her anyways. I should've just left then when Brandy was missing... I-I I should've just shoved the bottle of pills down her throat and let her OD.