Erik's P.O.V.
Great, I could already tell this was going to take longer than expected. Mom just smiled as he laughed. Dad always liked to joke with mom, telling her she was a smiling tiger. He wasn't wrong though.
"Hahaha. You finally figured it out!" Ruben's face was red. I wasn't sure if it was due to laughing or pain. "To be honest, I didn't want to kill him. But he was just too damn nosy. No one told him to investigate their deaths!"
"Their deaths?" Mom asked. This time, she was not smiling. "Whose deaths? Eliza and Allister?" My face went pale. What did Aunt and Uncle's death have to do with my dad's?
"That bastard just wouldn't stop. He just had to keep digging. I had to kill him. Once he found out what I'd done, he was going to tell Silver" Ruben said frantically.
"So, you played a part in their deaths. You asshole. You piece of shit. Why? They treated you like family. We all did." Mom said in a calm voice. The calmer she was, the scarier she got.
