Chapter 59

~Richard

When I returned home from my trip, I stormed up the stairs with every other person following behind as I headed to my room where the supposed corpse of my brother lay.

On my way back, i had a lot to think about.

It still felt so unreal, almost as if they were all playing a prank on me. This was probably a ploy for them to get me to return back home. My brother was dead? My wife had disappeared with no trace?. There was no way that was true. It was an evil scheme by everyone, including my brother. He had willingly given himself to be used for the prank, i had thought.

But as soon as I entered my room and saw my brother still lying on the floor, very cold. I realized it hadn't been a prank. It was real! My only brother was dead!

It felt as though my entire world had come crashing to the ground. How did this happen? How could he let himself die this way, leaving me, his only brother? How could he be so wicked?

I rent my clothes and growled in pain.

I bent down, carrying up his