Blog #8 - Hope and a Knife

After leaving The Maitland, Nik headed to Alice’s 24 Hour Diner. By the time he arrived, Nate was already sitting in a booth in the back of the restaurant. Nik was grateful for the privacy the booth offered, as he had decided to show Nate the bloodstained knife that had been deposited at his door. Despite the fact that they were estranged, Nate was his best option for help.

Nik slid into the booth across from his brother. Before he got the chance to say anything, Alice sauntered over to them.

“Nate!” she exclaimed. “After you left, I didn’t think that I would see you again.”

“I didn’t expect to come back,” Nate replied, smiling.

“Well it’s good to see you two together again. I’ll be back in a bit.”

As soon as she was gone, Nate leaned across the table and took my hand.

“Nik, I want you to know that leaving town was one hardest things I’ve done in my life. Not because of Mom or Dad, but because of you. I love you and I should have taken you with me.”

Nik’s heart twisted at Nate’s sincerity. If he tried, he could probably think of a thousand reasons not to trust Nate, but right now all he could think of was how tired he was of being alone.

“I want to believe that you care Nate. I want to have a family again. Trusting you after everything that has happened will be hard, but I don’t want to live with this pain. I want to believe that things will get better, I want to have hope.” Nik confessed.

“I’ll earn your trust, Nik,” Nate said smiling. “I promise.”

“Then I need at your help. You can’t tell anyone about this, but I found this in front of my door this morning. I think Mr. Evans’ killer used it.”

Nik pulled out the bloodstained knife from his pocket and placed it on the table. Nate’s eyebrows shot up.

“If the cops catch you with this, you’ll become a suspect. So let’s figure out who the actual murderer is.”

“Okay,” Nik agreed. “What about Jack Stars? He’s seems strange.”

“Me? Really?” a voice said from behind him. Nik turned to see Jack smiling at him.

Before Nik could respond, the door of the diner slammed open as man with silver hair and red eyes entered and turned towards them.