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Max dialed the number he knew to be the house phone number and hoped it had not changed. His father did answer the phone. “Hello?”
“Hi. This is detective Max Anderson with the local police department.” Max said, and he hated to sound so formal when talking to his own father. He didn’t know, though, how else to be.
“Max?” his father asked. “As in Max, my son?”
“Yes, dad,” Max said as he sighed for a moment. “I have a few questions while dealing with a case.”
“Max, why haven’t you come home?” he asked. “Why don’t you come over?”
“Dad. Please not now. I need to ask these questions for the case.” Max said.
“Alright.” His father said as he seemed to be okay with the fact that Max was on the other end of the phone. That surprised him. Maybe things were not as bad as h
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After he cleaned himself up and then managed to make it look like he had not completely lost his mind. He went out into the main room. The conversations were too much as they all rattled around in his mind. He needed air. He walked outside and looked around. The sun was almost blinding. His eyes hurt. His head hurt more.The case was one thing, but this was now his life as well. He had to put all of this to bed and quickly before it ripped him apart even more than it already was. He knew that time was supposed to fix all the wrongs, but he wasn’t sure he could ever be fixed to the point that he would be able to trust people again. That was his problem, though. He was trying. He was really trying, but he doubted himself.He went back in and decided it was too much for today. He needed to stop and think for a little bit. As he went to his office, he went in and looked around and started to pack up the entire case and place
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He watched the people in the park as memories of being here with his own parents flooded his mind. As they ran around, he could see himself and Michael also doing the same. His parents never let Michael out of their sights. He smiled as he thought of it. It was kind of ironic the way his parents would watch over the older brother so much. They never seemed to have that much feeling when it came to their younger son. Though their eyes told a completely different story.They couldn’t leave the sight of their two sons. The two looked like so much that it hurt. One was slightly a little smaller than the other, but that was the two years between them. They never let Michael get too close to him. His mother had been distant for as long as he could remember. He thought it was because she just didn’t like him, but when she thought, he wasn’t looking. Her eyes w
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He was blocked. There seemed to be things that were missing. He was trying to focus on things that he could see, but then they would disappear. He didn’t know what was going on. He had holes in his memories. He didn’t know if it was his own block or something he could really remember. He could have been too young or only heard a few things, and he made the memories.This was too much for him right now. He took his deep breath in, and then he looked up. The family that was there was loading up in a car. He looked as he saw the girls in the back of the car. They almost looked happy but scared at the same time. He noticed it, but there was nothing out of place that he could say anything. It was the detective in him.The happy family that was in front of him was an illusion, much like his own. He then heard his phone buzzing. He looked down at it, and he saw the number that was calling. It was the one person he had never felt really close to.
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“What is that supposed to mean?” his mother asked on the phone. That was the tone he knew well. The coldness was there again.“Never worry about Michael,” Max said with a sigh. “That is how it has always been.”“What do you mean?” his mother said.“You had two sons, mom,” Max said. “I was just the replacement for Michael.”“You were never a replacement. How could you even think that? Michael stayed with us, and you left!” His mother raised her voice. “That deserves some respect.”“Of course it does, mom,” Max said with a sigh. “I don’t want to really argue right now. Things aren’t really good right now. I need to figure a few things out.”“How about you come home for dinner?” his mother asked. “No one else but us and Michael.
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It was three days later as he sat in the staff meeting with all of the professors for the department. He hated these more than everything else. As the dean of students and the one for the department were talking at the front of the room, he was earning a few looks as well from the other professors.He knew his appearance had changed slightly. The two cuts on his face that he had made when he tried shaving a few days before had only made it, so he couldn’t really shave for the next few days. Though he preferred to be clean-shaven right now, the look slightly rugged. He had seen the females on campus looking at him even more as well.He didn’t want the attention. He wanted them to heal so he could shave all the hair off. He was listening half-heartedly to the two men in the front of the room speak. It was when they started talking about the next year. “We do have some re
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He leaned back in the chair, reading the emails. He remembered the tiny clue that Deanna had found that broke open the last major case he had worked on. He knew that this would be the same as that one. One small thing would unravel the entire case.He had the financials of Samantha’s father. He knew that the older man was involved. His wife had been the one to actually hand them over. It was like she had wanted the older man who was her husband to go down in flames. There was no love lost between the couple from everything that Max could see.She hated the man she was married to. It all had to do with the incident ten years ago. The one that Max featured the main part in. He knew that the woman kept saying things about it. They managed not to get an actual answer from her, but he knew. She wanted this. She needed him to finish this for her.It was now a race to the finish.Max tho
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“Would you like to take a seat?” Max asked.“Actually, would you mind taking a walk? It was a drive to get here, and I would like to stretch my legs.” Rita said. “My mother called me when I landed from getting into the country. She asked me to come and find you. Where she might have a conflict of interest in talking to you openly with you, she knew that I would not have the same issue.”“We can walk outside,” Max said as he looked at her and he stood up. He stepped over the piles and made it to the door. He shut the door and locked it. Then he motioned for her to walk out of the building. As they moved up the stairs, Max waited for her to talk. He opened the door for her, and she chuckled.“A man with good manners.” She said as she looked at him. “If I were you,
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“Do you know who she was involved with?” he asked as he looked at her.“My guess it was someone close because she couldn’t ever let that out. Not everyone would have accepted her lifestyle.” Rita said. “My father probably used them as well. I hate to say it, but it wouldn’t surprise me to think he would have enjoyed watching and taking part in things that most would consider taboo.”“I understand why your mother wouldn’t say anything,” Max said. “She must be torn.”“Not in the way that you think. Don’t think my mother was doing anything other than protecting herself.” Rita laughed. “I didn’t like my sister. She was the favorite one growing up, and then I felt sorry for her. I knew she was being used from the time she started to lie. That was maybe the year before your
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