The stage was set, this was it, I had to decide.
The looks of expectancy fell across their faces, big news had been promised and I had only a white lie. The truth much bigger and dangerous.
Hangs over me like a cloud. A hand comes across my shoulders. His voice fills my ears. “Either you tell the truth and face the consequences or I tell and kill you myself.”
I take a step forward, I take a deep breath. “Antony Halliburton did not die while I fought for his survival, I am not an hero, I did not help. I tortured him and helped his captors. We staged the video because I knew I would be connected to his death but wanted to keep a good reputation. I am ……. a monster.”
The crows gasps.
He pulls out a gun pushes it into the side of my head and whispers the last words I will ever hear. “Bye bitch.”
I am dead, I was killed by Matteo Halliburton.
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