Revenge After Divorce Novel by Black Rose

Chapter 331

ETHAN

I could tell the question caught him off guard, which was good, he had no time to ponder and come up with excuses as to why he did it. He poured himself a generous amount of alcohol and drank it in one go. “Why would you ask me that?” He couldn’t even look me in the eyes and that told me, he didn’t enjoy or was proud of what he did as Luke seemed to think.

His hesitation told me that he didn’t do it as effortlessly as Luke made it sound. “It was a different time back then and I did what I had to do.” That was a very vague thing to say, why did he have to do it? nobody pointed a gun to his head and insisted he do it.

“Stop making excuses, Nick. I want to know the real reason you did it.” He glared at me. “I did it because I wanted to punish the bastard in the worst way possible. What he did to Olivia was inhumane and then his people shooting up her house with my son outside? That was the last straw. I wanted him dead.”

His eyes were blood shot red, cold, and distant. Looking at them sent a shiver running down my spine and I realized at the moment that I might have been afraid of my good friend. “After pealing off his skin, I wanted to strangle him to death with my bare hands. I wanted to look at him in the eyes as I do, I wanted to see the life drain out of his eyes and I wanted him to cease to exist.”

The anger. He was not loud or anything. Just his clenched fists, his cold and distant eyes, his voice cold and stern promising nothing but danger. It was all there, he was still angry, and my question just pushed that anger right to the surface.

I should have listened to Luke and not asked any questions. But then again, how was I supposed to help him if I didn’t ask questions? “Nick, calm down. I know what happened must have made you incredibly angry. However, what you did to that man is not something a normal person does.”

I let my words hang in the air, letting him think about what he did, hoping that he would see his mistake and meet me halfway and ask for help. “Then I guess I am not normal, in fact, I want to do it again and again. Just to make sure he learns his lesson, if he dies, even better.” noveldrama

I was taken back by what he said but then I thought about it, those were the words of an angry man and father. it did not mean he actually wanted to do those things. “I know you don’t mean that, also, I think you need help.” He laughed.

“I did get help Ethan, every time I feel angry, I go to the freezer downstairs and look at Xander’s skin.” I took a stap back shocked by the revelation. What kind of sick game was Nick playing?

“What? you want to know something else about me Ethan?” I wasn’t sure I wanted to know what else he was thinking, the man needed serious help!

“I killed Sandra, I showed her mercy since she was Lilly’s mother, if not. I don’t know what kind of hell I would have put her through.” My mouth hung open in shock, people said taking a life changed a person, but I didn’t think it was the same with Nick.

I think he had always been that way but had no reason to kill until Sandra happened then Xander. Lord! I was worried about him skinning Xander alive but that was just the tip of the iceberg. Why didn’t I know about this.

Who else knew? “Who knows about you killing Sandra?” I was worried sick about my friend. I never thought I would go through shit like that.

Nick just smiled. “Luke and Marcus. I think they didn’t tell you because, well…you are weak? No, you can’t handle these things, you are too sensitive. Look at you now.”

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I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, what was Nick saying “Last I checked, you didn’t do these things as well. What changed?”

He chuckled darkly. I looked in his eyes, but I only saw cold distant and darkness swirling behind those eyes. That was when I realized the man standing in front of me was not my friend. Something in him changed and it was scaring the shit out of me.

“Where have you been these past couple of years of me suffering? You were there when I sent my innocent wife to jail because of Sandra. How she suffered in there because of Sandra and my grandfather. When Xander happened and did what he did. How are you asking me what changed as if you were not there experiencing everything with me.”

He sounded like someone who had been thinking about that for a long time. Xander and Sandra just gave him a push. What else was the man capable of.

“Okay, I get why you did it but why keep the skin? That is sick man, you must know at least that much.” He laughed.

“Oh, but I can’t get rid of the skin, it makes me feel better when I start to get angry about what those two did. So, I am getting help you can say the skin provides me with some sort of therapy.”

I couldn’t stay there anymore. I rounded the counter then rushed out of there like a bat out of hell. the way Nick was laughing as I left told me that he was too far gone.

I drove like a mad man to Olivia’s place hoping to catch them before they left for the new place. It was a bit further, and I didn’t think I could wait that long. When I got there, the moving truck was leaving. I stopped in front of Luke and got out.

I took his hand and pulled him away from others. “What are you doing here?” I ignored him and continued to pull him away. When we were further away, I stopped. “Nick is a psychopath.”