Chapter 109

Zayden

I wrapped my hands around his neck, squeezing the breath out of him. " Do you realize what you did!"

He tapped his fingers on my hand."Let go of me Zayden. The cops are outside, you don't want to add to the charges already on your shoulders."

I gritted my teeth in anger." I'm going to jail for a crime you committed. What kind of man are you?"

He tapped my hands again this time violently." Let go of me this instant or I'll call the cops."

" You can try...they won't hear you." I tightened my grip, that dark side of me whispering in my ears to strangle the life out of him slowly.

His face was already turning red, his legs buckling underneath him. I stared at him in the eyes, letting him see the anger on my face.

And then suddenly, I let go ; he bent forward, coughing and trying to catch his breath.

He thought he was safe because I was handcuffed but he thought wrong.

When he was done catching his breath, he sat upright." Don't you want to hear the rest of the story?"

I was breathing heavily as I stared at him." You made me believe for years that I killed my own mother,!" I yelled; my heart was squeezing so violently in my chest that it hurt.

My voice echoed in the room." Aiden and I drifted apart because of you! He hated me because of you! I suffered every single day in guilt because of you!"

The amount of emotions I was feeling right now was overwhelming.

" Sit down, Zayden; I'm not done with my narration yet. There still a lot you don't know." He waved a hand at me.

I contemplated punching him in the face or just walking out of the room out of anger, but I thought better of it, so I sat down.

I cursed." Then why did you lock me up?"

He sighed, rubbing his neck that now had my fingerprint on it." When the doctor told me you had lost part of your memory due to the fall, I was beyond relieved, which meant you wouldn't remember what happened. Noah had raised an alarm and the cops were doing their investigation on her death. Your fingerprints were found on the knife, and before the cops came to question you, I made sure you were convinced that you killed her."

I bite down on my lips, swallowing all the anger and frustration that were clouding my throat. My whole body was trembling; I couldn't believe this whole time, it was all him.

He literally brainwashed me after I lost my memory.

"I spent a lot on fabricating photos and videos and then I made you watch them till you were fully convinced that it was your fault. My initial plan was to make you take the blame but then it backfired. You were the heir and the moment news got out that you murdered your mum, it almost ruined me."

He paused, coughing out spit." I lost my partnership, stocks went down, and my reputation was ruined. Everything was a huge mess; Everyone knew you as Reign, the Juvenile delinquent. It was so bad that you got expelled from school, so I had to take drastic action to save my company."

I snorted, shaking my head." Honestly, I don't know what to say anymore."

I won't lie, it hurts a lot knowing that the man I was looked up to as a father made me go through hell.

"And then the cops were supposed to take you to juvie, but that would only make things worse, so I had to make you disappear a little."

I snarled at him." A little? I was locked up for nine years."

He only shrugged." I saved you, you could have gone to Juvenile and then you'll spend the rest of your life in prison if it weren't for me."

" Can you hear yourself talk right now? You fucking killed my mother!" I yelled, veins popping up in my arms and neck.

" Look Zayden. I simply changed the name on your birth certificate and then took you away till everything settled down. The press thought you went to rehab, and of course, after a considerable amount of time, people will move on and forget. It just happened that it had to take that long for people to forget."

I shook my head again." You used me to cover up your crime!"

He sighed, rubbing his chin." We all make sacrifices. If I hadn't done that then you wouldn't have been a CEO or even had a life of luxury to return back to."

I opened my mouth to speak but closed it right back.

I swallowed painfully." Does...does Aiden know the truth?"

He shook his head." He doesn't and he won't."

I scoffed." In the end, you still lost because you'll have no one to carry on your legacy."

He looked up to the ceiling." You are right about that, but I have other plans. Sage is carrying my grandchild. I can make that child my heir when he or she comes of age."

I just had to laugh." Aiden is not your blood remember? Or do I need to remind you that you are still impotent?"

A deep frown appeared on his face." Aiden might not be my biological son but he has my last name."

" So what now?"

He stood to his feet again." Now...you'll go to jail and pay for your mother's death. If she didn't cheat on me and have you for another man, then you probably wouldn't be in this situation, so technically, it's her fault."

He's insane.

That old man is insane; he doesn't think like a human because if he does, then I don't think those words would come out of his mouth.

I can't let him get away with this. I would make him pay even if it's the last thing I do before I end up in prison.

" You won't get away with this!"

He chuckled darkly." I already did. Give up Zayden. That's your punishment for not being my blood."

I stood to my feet; I couldn't just sit here and try to suppress my anger. I'm letting it all out and I'm not holding back a single bit.

I don't care if it adds to my sentence anymore; in fact, it was no longer my fault. Any other person in my shoes would do the same thing.

My mother had a painful l death; he took her away from me, and because of him, I lost the bond I had with my brother.

He turned to face me as soon as he heard my footsteps approaching.

His eyes widened a little." Be careful what you do next."

My whole body and soul had been taken control over by that dark side of me." You tagged me a murderer so I might as well be one. You don't deserve to live, she died a painful death because of you."

He stepped back, his body shaking from light tremors.

" You Should have just divorced her and let her go since she didn't want you. I'll make you suffer tenfold for all the pain you caused me."

Slowly, I closed the distance between us just as he started yelling for the cops to come in.

I let out a loud laugh. This old lunatic was even scared of me.

Unfortunately, the cops didn't come in on time, so I fed my anger and jumped on him.

I fisted my hands and sent them flying to his face, and then I wrapped my fingers around his neck the moment he lost balance.

Everything in the background went silent, from how the door burst open to how I was dragged away from my father who was already half unconscious from me strangling his neck.

I was pushed against the wall forcefully and restrained. My father lay on the floor, trying desperately to catch his breath as he held on to his neck.

" Take him back before he commits another murder." One of the officer's orders.

" Fuck!" I cursed, closing my eyes and biting my lips to get control of my emotions.

His narration was stupid and utterly selfish. All the more reason why I should have snapped his neck.

God!

I took a deep breath as I was taken back to the van. I travelled almost four hours to listen to his bullshit.

I remained quiet till I returned back to the precinct and into my cell.

My mind was blank and numb. Tomorrow was the trial and I only just learnt the truth.

No evidence, no nothing.

I'm just going to suffer for a crime I didn't commit.