Rain's POV

It was finally quiet, Hanley had cried himself to sleep and I was sat on the kitchen counter in the cold, empty space. He had been crying all evening, and I couldn't bare it any longer. Luckily he had tired himself out and fallen asleep. Sometimes it's best to leave them when they get like that. Plus, what could I of done?

"Rain!?" Oli burst through the door and I jumped. My heart raced.

"What?" I shouted at him, slightly angry that he had burst in and scarred me like that.

"Where is Hanley?" He shouted, racing through the living room, tumbling over the edge of the sofa.

I said nothing, in shock of the moment. Slowly, creeping in through the door in the shadows, was Danny. His pale face reflected gently with the dark background. We both looked at eachother, and then he broke.

"Rain I love you." He said, eventually tipping his head forward to look at his feet.

"What's going on?" I cried, desperately trying to understand.

"I've got money stuffed under my mattress, Rain. And my books, they've got cocaine in them. Get rid of them for me. I promise, I never snorted any of it. And Anthony, I left his body out in the woods, covered it up with leaves. I just want you to know, that I love you, and Oli and that little kid. And that's why..." He swallowed hard and finished his speech there.

I looked around desperately. "Whats going on? Why are you telling me all this?" I cried.

He said nothing.

"Oh god! No!" Screamed Oli, interrupting us. I got to my feet and went straight into the nursery where he was screaming from, with Danny following behind me. And right then, I realised. And my heart dropped.

Oli was cradling Hanley's pale, lifeless body. He starred down at him with tears in his eyes.

"Holy shit." I said, stunned and breathless. "Is he... Dead?" My eyes started to tear up too, now. Oli's lip was blubbering and then he started to bawl.

It was a deadly silence now. Both our hearts were crippled. We could not say a thing. We just stood in silence, out of context and filled with sadness. The dark started to creep up on us, and I shivered on the cold, wooden floor. The lamp in the corner of the room was casting shadows of us up on the wall and I rolled my eyes around the room, desperate to un-see Hanleys poor dead body. And then, we heard a loud crack.

And Hanley gasped for air.

"Oh god..." Oli breathed heavily with relief. "My baby." He said, lifting Hanleys weak body up to his shoulder and rubbing his back. "I'm so sorry..." He whispered, rubbing his hair. He gently jerked him up and kissed his cheek.

"Where's Danny?" I asked, suddenly overwhelmed with nervoussness. "I thought he was right here?"

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