After the funeral, Audrey walked next to Miranda to the car with her arm supporting and comforting her. It had been a rough two weeks and Audrey was uncomfortable with her sister’s decision to move to the city to start a new life there. She knew that Miranda had so much potential and took comfort in the fact that she would have her focus on the cooking show instead of falling back into the depression she was in after Jack’s death.
For two weeks, Miranda never spoke to anyone. She kept to herself and never even told her sister about what happened that night. It was humiliating and she blamed herself for Jack’s decision to hang himself in the shower that morning. Even if she had believed in him, the humiliation for Jack would still have gotten under his skin. Of course there was no suicide note or any time for him to tell his version of the story, but that didn’t matter to Miranda anymore.
The envelope that she found in the back of his closet was enough proof that he was guilty. When the police questioned her about his death, she remembered about the envelope that Fischer brought home the night before and she searched everywhere for it until she found it after they left. By that time, she already knew that he was to give a statement about the incident at work. Although she found Cindy's statement a little vague, her mind was already made up.
Fischer came to their home during the week and she just didn’t have the courage to speak to him. She did not want to know or hear anything about what happened. Jack should never have put himself in a situation like that, she thought. It didn’t matter.
The house just wasn’t the same anymore. Miranda knew that she had to get out of there. All she could think about was packing. It kept her mind off Jack and his lies. She didn’t even touch his clothes or any of his belongings. When Tracey returned from her grieving period, she packed all of Jack’s things and donated it to charity before packing her own belongings and then moved out.
Except for a few pieces of furniture, the house stood empty. She didn’t have the courage yet to sell it and knew that she would have to do it at some point but she thought of leaving it to Audrey. Jack’s last will and testament left her with the house, everything in it and his car. He wasn’t a rich man so there was no money to be inherited but Miranda didn’t care as she didn’t need his money or any of his things to survive.
To Miranda, he was a coward for taking his own life instead of coming clean with the truth. He could have just told her what happened. The main question that remained in her mind was why he was so angry…Was it because she caught him? Was it because he felt too guilty to explain? Was it something that Fischer said? Was it because he was innocent? She never even thought that there could be any other explanation and that’s why she never told Audrey about it. Audrey would have given her too many scenarios to think about and Miranda didn’t want that.
“I know what I know!” Miranda said to herself as she pulled out of the graveyard. “He was guilty, bloody excuse of a man!”
Previous Chapters:
Chapter 1: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-1-fiction
Chapter 2: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-2-fiction
Chapter 3: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-3-fiction
Chapter 4: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-4-fiction
Chapter 5: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-5-fiction
Chapter 6: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-6-fiction
Chapter 7: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-7-fiction
Chapter 8: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-8-fiction
Chapter 9: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-9-fiction
Chapter 10: https://steemit.com/fiction/@bdmomuae/the-mistake-of-jack-chapter-10-fiction
