06

I LAUGHED IN his face.

I couldn't help it, I laughed in his face. That's how absurd it was.

Justin's serious look didn't even falter once. Drake clenched his jaw, and even Parker looked uncomfortable.

"Is this some kind of joke to you?" I asked Justin. "My dad would never-"

"Kill someone?" Justin's words were a snarl. "Guess what? He did."

"No," I gritted out. "Someone was already arrested for the murder of your father and-"

"Those are lies," Justin cut me off. "William Snow did nothing but-"

"How do you know that my father did it? What proof do you-"

"I saw it, goddamnit!"

I reeled back at force in his voice. "What?"

"I saw it myself," he grounded out again.

I didn't know what to say. If he was saying the truth, it would be horrible. No one should have to live with that. Especially a kid.

But if he was lying...

"I don't believe you, Justin Black," I whispered. "I don't believe you."

There was no way that my father would do something that heinous. I knew that he would do many things fo