Omniscient~
Katherine, Joseph, and Rebbie are currently seated in the police station late at night. They were just informed about Michael's arrest. Katherine sat there shaking her head in disappointment—while Jospeh sat there already knowing this was to come
The officer comes back into the room and sits on the seat across from them. He folds his arms and connects a hard glare to them, catching their attention immediately. "So what is it? What really happened?" Katherine impatiently asks before the officer could say anything
He holds out a lap top, sliding it to their view . "Your son murdered Scott Anderson." He simply said. It's all he has said, and the repetition was getting nerve racking
Rebbie exhales. "Do you have proof? That's what you guys have been saying since we got here."
"Take a look at this. This is a video of Michael beating Scott to death." He says, and the 3 of them leaned into the laptop, watching with watchful eyes.
They watched a bit closer at the video of Michael brutally kicking and punching Scott with no mercy. Scott is seen to be lying on the hard concrete ground, taking his final breaths as Michael wipes his lip, looking down at Scott with a look that everyone knows too well
Katherine closes her eyes, she can't watch anymore. The brutality she never knew existed in her son. "Turn it off." She softly orders, turning her head the opposite direction
"The security footage was found behind an abandoned hardware store at which it happened. Scott's body has been rotting there for months."
A shiver runs down Katherine's back as she realizes that this happened all the way back to when Scott was first declared missing. It was Michael all along. For months.
"What's gonna happen to him?" Rebbie asks, clearing her throat afterwards. This was one of her biggest fears. She knew Michael wouldn't get his life together anytime soon.
He sighed and looked around the room before answering. "He's not going to jail." The officer says. They all look up at him with furrowed brows—confused brows at that
"What?" Jospeh asks looking up from the ceiling, praying to God his sentence won't be severe
"He's going to the Asylum for the criminally insane." He adds and they all look at each other
"Is that better than jail?" They thought
"He's gonna be in a mental institution basically?" Rebbie clarifies, squinting her eyes
He nods his head. "The judge ruled him as unstable. He's not a stable person. He was not in his right mind. He needs assistance immediately. He might be too dangerous to keep in a jail cell."
They're relieved that he's finally going to get some help, but he may never have the same life again.
his arms
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Meanwhile, Hayden has also gotten the news. She's currently at Aliyah's house with the rest of her family. She had no words. She's in pure shock.
She tries not to let the tears that threaten to fall from her eyes fall. Her eyes sting from the feeling. She sat there on the couch, staring at the floor with watery eyes. Her throat is dry and she wants to so badly break down. But she keeps it together
"I fucking told y'all. I told y'all it was him. An nobody believed me. Nobody fuckin believed me. I was right all along!" Aliyah exclaims as she sat in solitude on the couch across from Hayden.
She had been crying nonstop, mainly because Scott was her best friends. She was angry, and at Hayden for subtle reasons
All of her cries were echos to Hayden's ears. It's all being drowned out by her own thoughts. Her brain is trying so hard to process all this. But it just can't
Hayden's father then looks at Hayden with anger and disappointment. "What did we tell you about him huh? You see what happened?" He questions her
Hayden doesn't answer, as she feels her throat closing in at the feeling of crying
"He was a murderer all this time!" Another voice says
"No he wasn't." Hayden finally and firmly says. The room got quiet. Those were the first words she's said since she found out
They were all over at Aliyah's house at the moment. Late at night. Not in slumber
Hayden heard the news from Aliyah herself. There's no question that Aliyah would be the first person to find out considering she knows about everything that goes on around town and soon after, everyone just gathered at Aliyah's house since she's in distress about Scott. But Hayden was there for her distress about Michael
"He killed Scott, Hayden! How can you say he's not dangerous?! You've been dating a felon!" Her father continues
"No I haven't!" Hayden exclaims. She's was fed up. "He's not a bad person. You don't understand him." She says and sniffles, wiping her wet eyes on her sleeves. Once her eyes get watery, she wipes the threatening tears away. She has not once really cried
"Hayden, you're in denial." Kaalena comments.
"I just knew that boy was gonna snap. My therapy sessions failed. Nothin could help him." Marcus says shaking his head, looking over at Aliyah who refuses to calm down
"You shoulda tried harder. You shoulda gotten to the bottom of him. But you didn't." Hayden muttered, referring to Marcus' failed attempts to help Michael.
"Hayden!" Her mother scolds, looking over at her with crossed arms and wide eyes. Marcus shakes it off ignoring her, knowing she's just upset
Hayden swallowed back more tears and got up, going to the bathroom to be alone. She stood there, staring at herself in the mirror. She took deep breaths to calm down.
She thought Michael didn't do it. Everyone was so sure it was Tony.
Naia now feels regret for accusing Tony. He's being released later on from jail now that they have the right person
"It couldn't have been him. They have it wrong." Hayden told herself. She's in deep denial. She doesn't want to believe that Michael could've killed somebody
But sadly... he did
"It couldn't have been." She says again and her eyes get watery again, but she wipes it away with her sleeve.
She exhales deeply and runs a hand through her hair. Feeling his touch, as his fingers always combed through her hair when he's in peace
She closes her eyes, and takes another deep breath before just exiting the bathroom.
She walked past the commotion in the living room, in her own world. Her eyes looked dryly beneath her as she took herself out of the conversation and left.
She needs something to get her mind off things.
As she takes her walk in the dark, humid air of Philly, she hears the various conversations of people:
"Did you hear it was Michael?"
"It was him all along!"
"Man I always knew that boy was a looney."
All types of dirty gossip around town. She tries her hardest to keep her anger together, not liking what they're saying
Worst of all, Aliyah was right the whole time.
She can't shake that thought from her mind
She walked home and buried herself in her bed. The covers over her head, and her door locked. She closes her eyes
In distress.
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The next morning
Hayden~
I'm awoken to the sound of someone knocking on my door. Everyone must've came back.
My eyes were a little puffy from my lack of sleep and I didn't have the energy to even move. I stared at the door for a seemingly long time before pulling the covers off my body to answer my door.
My hair probably looks a mess, and my eyes probably have bags under them, but I didn't care about my looks or appearance.
I opened the door to see my mother looking at me sympathetically. She glanced behind her before smiling lightly at me. "Hayden....there's an officer here that wants to talk to you." She softly says to me, rubbing my shoulder. I furrowed my brows not wanting to talk about anything, but I accepted it and I tidied myself up a little before walking into the living room.
I stood there for a moment as he saw me and waved. I forced a smile and lightly waved back, taking a seat on the couch across from him.
My eyes stayed on the floor after he told me everything that happened.
I can't believe he beat him to death. And it wasn't long after Scott punched Michael that one day
That one stupid day
If he just would've walked away instead of making Scott angrier and punching him. If Scott didn't punch him, this wouldn't have happened.
"So what now?" I asked as my voice was a little hoarse from not talking in a while.
He then tells me he's gonna be in an Asylum for the criminally insane which had me taken back a bit.
"So...he's not going to be in jail for life?" I asked hopefully, taking my eyes off the floor, raising a hopeful brow at the officer
He hesitate answer but spoke anyway. "No, but he will be closely watched at this Asylum. He's there right now."
I exhaled and ran another hand through my hair in frustration. I bit my lip in anticipation and glanced up at him again. "Can I see him?" I quietly asked
The officer nods his head "But you won't get to talk to him. You can't go near him. He will be locked up in a room by himself, being watched closely through a glass window sometimes. If he behaves, they let him stay in a bedroom."
I nodded my head slowly. That must mean he hasn't been behaving since he's in the glass window room-
"Okay." I simply and quietly mutter. I have no words at this time.
I was disappointed and speechless. I really didn't know what else to say.
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Omniscient~
"Aye give me anotha shot!" Trey laughs, as him and his buddies celebrate Michael's captivity in their house.
"He's gone!" They cheered, clashing their drinks together, turning up the R&B music playing loudly on the stereo.
"Aye aye aye wass goin' on here?" Damien asks, pushing his way into the loud house full of celebrating boys. He found out about it too, and isn't really surprised one bit.
Trey lowered his drink and smiled. "We celebratin' his arrest bro! He's finally gone!" He cheered again, walking over to Damien and handing him a drink but he declines
Damien shook his head. "Y'all are wrong fo dis man. He ain't even in jail. He's in a mental asylum." He reminds them, as he walks over to the stereo to turn down the music. They scoffed like they didn't care and proceeded to raise their drinks
"Even better. The boy is crazy!" Trey emphasizes before taking another shot, throwing his SnapBack into the air, catching it.
"Why y'all celebratin'? I know y'all ain't like him but this ain't necessary. You ain't gotta do him like this." Damien continues
- "He deserves this! What I been tellin y'all this whole time? That it was him. Me and Aliyah told y'all and ain't nobody wanna listen right? That nigga beat me up 2 times and finally got locked up in an Asylum or whateva. He deserves it." Trey taunts and laughs obnoxiously afterwards
Damien exhaled deeply and just turned on his feet walking out of the house. Benny and Devon haven't said anything about this yet. They're probably in as much denial as Hayden is in.
"Damn Michael. And I even had faith in you." Damien said to himself, before placing his hands in his pockets and walking off into the distance.
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"You're not visiting that boy!" Eli says, turning down Hayden's wishes to go see him. She stood before them crossing her arms stubbornly.
"Why not?" She asked, "I wanna go see him! Is that so bad?" She asks, as she already has her jacket and boots on. It started storming again and she wants to go quickly
"You're not allowed to see him anymore! We warned you about him, and you chose not to listen. That monster killed Scott! Aliyah's best friend, Hayden! How can you still have pity for him?" Her mother exclaims
Hayden peered over her shoulder and bit her lip anxiously. "I don't have pity for him, I have love for him. I love him. I don't care if he's locked up somewhere—that's not gonna stop me from wanting to see him. And he's not a monster. He's just broken. I'm gonna see him." She says and walks off and out the house despite her parent's orders
As we all know, Hayden's disobedient.
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It's a far drive to the Asylum but she makes it there in about an hour and thirty minutes. Her broken boyfriend is an hour away from her....
She walks into the tall, cold building, having to sign in first.
"He's not permitted to see visitors right now." A nurse, that happens to be Michael's personal nurse and therapist, said to her. Hayden's face dropped a bit and she placed her hands solemnly into her pockets. "Oh.." she quietly hummed before she heard a voice in the distance, causing her to look up again-
"Come on Nina. Let the girl see her boyfriend one last time. They're in love." The receptionist swoons, while typing ferociously on her computer, lowering her glasses
Hayden shivers at the statement "One last time"
The woman sighed and glanced up at Hayden. "Alright fine." She gave in. "But you can't talk to him. He's currently in the padded cell." She bossily says and walks away swaying her wide hips, expecting Hayden to follow
Hayden can tell she's a show off. The way her uniform is buttoned down to just where someone could see her breasts. She knows she volunteered to be Michael's nurse. Simply because of her dirty desires.
She nodded her head, and followed the woman down the hall before rolling her eyes at her behind her back
The padded cell is the room with the one way window/mirror, where the room has cushioned floors and cushioned walls, so the patients can't hurt themselves. The whole room looks like a bouncy house.
She leads Hayden to the room where they can look into the padded cell and her heart beats faster once she first sees Michael
He's seated on the cushioned floor, with his knees to his chest. His head was leaned onto the soft wall behind him. He's dressed in an all black medical gown that they gave him. His hair was pulled back into a low pony tail. He still manages to keep his good looks, even in the state of insanity
"That's your boyfriend huh?" Nina, his nurse, asks as she brushes her black hair off her shoulders and straightens her uniform out.
Hayden looked over at her briefly before nodding her head. "Mmh." She hummed
"Lucky." She lowly mumbles, but just loud enough for Hayden to hear
She ignored the nurse's remarks and just watched him closely, wishing he wasn't here, that he didn't have to be in this place.
He looked up finally, but he can't see her through the one way mirror, but she can see him.
She wished he could see her
He then sits up and starts to yell profanity. He kicked the air with his bare feet in pure anger.
He punched the walls with all his strength, grunting, and panting. "Let me out! Let me out! I'm not fuckin' crazy!" He repeats. And it breaks Hayden's heart every time he says it, because she knows he is
"Michael, sweetie, settle down, and then you can go back to the room okay?" Nina softly says into the speaker, that can echo through the room so he can hear her—but that angered him more and he continued with his psychotic episode that only one person knows how to stop
Hayden turned her head. "Can I say something?" She asks, looking over at Nina.
Nina raises a brow. "..well okay. But make it fast."
Hayden steps closer to the speaker. "Michael." She timidly said, thinking of more to say, but she lost her voice halfway.
He immediately stops his fit, and looks up around the room anxiously. His eyes danced everywhere, looking for the source of the sweet voice he loved to hear. "Hayden?" He breathes, calming down.
"Yes. Michael it's me." Hayden smiles through watery eyes. She lightly laughed and wiped at her eyes with her sleeves.
She sees him smile too. "Fuck Hayden....is it really you?" He asks with his heaving chest, and unsteady breathing
His smile is a crooked one
Nina exchanged looks between them and stood up from her seat to end it all. "That's enough. We need to get him showered for the day." She interrupts
Hayden sighed and sadly looked back at the broken boy before leaning into the speaker to speak again. "Michael I gotta go." She says and his face instantly drops
"No....Hayden no! Don't leave me here!" She hears him yell as she's escorted out the room to leave
- "Michael, baby, calm down. I'm here now okay?" She hears Nina say into the speaker. And the last thing she heard was that same psychotic scream again. And she cringes at it
She already dislikes his nurse, Nina. She seemed a little too seductive with him. The thought of her being his nurse sickened her.
Hayden holds in her tears until she gets into the car, where she lets it all out.
All her tears fall, matching the rain falling from the sky
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