Chapter 229. By the Tree

My breath caught in my throat, and I took a step back without even thinking. I was not trying to make him feel bad or any way, but I just did it instinctively. “You…you killed your father?” My voice was barely a whisper, my mind trying to process what I was hearing. 

I knew that his parents were dead, he had told me that day and it was all over the internet. But never did the internet nor did he say that he was the one who had killed his father. So the information sort of took me off guard. 

I did not even know what to do with it. I just stood there and stared at him, waiting for him to give me an answer. 

Josh nodded, still staring at the patch of ground beneath the tree, his hands deep in his pockets. “Yeah, I did. And no one ever found out. Only my Mom knew. And we kept it a secret. This was where we had him buried. No one helped us.” He scoffed faintly. 

The moonlight cast shadows across his face, but I could still see the haunted look in his