Cousin of the Year
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 15
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
The next few hours were little more than a blur to Lisa as she did what she felt needed to be done. It killed her inside, but she performed all the necessary mental gymnastics she had to in order to justify her actions. Tommy was dead, and his little sister Kenzie was the murderer.
As Lisa lied down in her room staring up at the ceiling, she couldn't help but think about the only bits and pieces that refused to go unnoticed. She remembered inviting Kenzie over under the false pretenses of girl time and setting her up to take the fall.
She made sure there was no video recording of her treachery and was doubly sure to cover all her bases. Everything went down like clockwork from her mentioning her dad's invention to her ever curious cousin and making sure nothing looked like it was staged.
Kenzie took the bait hook line and sinker, and that was the beginning of the end. The fallout was what became a blur afterwards. Lisa played the part of the guilty ridden older cousin which was surprisingly easy given she really was guilt ridden.
Her father and aunt were completely distressed, and Kenzie was unaware as to why. They did their best to explain why and sugar-coated things as best they could for the poor girl. Needless to say, there were a whole lot of tears and heartbreak.
Lisa had saved herself but at what cost? Tommy was dead and both she and Kenzie had a hand in that. No one besides her knew that however and the guilt from that knowledge slowly ate away at her. She'd shifted the blame and ran away from the responsibility like a coward.
Night eventually fell and Lisa was forced to endure a sleepless night. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months. Tommy's funeral had come and gone with the family still feeling the sting and Lisa feeling like the biggest piece of shit walking God's green earth.
She spent a lot of her days with Kenzie trying to make up for what she'd done without revealing anything. She'd been able to make Kenzie smile some days, but the guilt continued to gnaw away at her like a hungry coyote.
Slowly but surely, she was crumbling as the guilt grew stronger and fiercer. The night terrors, the sadness, the shame, it was all becoming too much to bear. Therapy didn't help much either. It was only a matter of time until she cracked.
More than once she thought about coming clean and just accepting the consequences but was halted by the little devil on her shoulder telling her what the repercussions of doing something so colossally stupid would do.
It was bad enough she got Tommy killed, but she'd also set up his sister. She was already in way too deep and telling the truth now would only make things worse. Her family might even abandon her all together if they knew the whole truth.
The there was the angel on her other should trying to reason with her that the truth would set her free. While that may be true it could also hurt. Sometimes the truth was better left unspoken for the good of everyone else. Herself in included.
It was a new day, and Lisa awoke from her sleeping bag with yawn. To her side was Kenzie who'd spent the night since she didn't want to go home. Lisa let her have the bed and it was just another in a long line of small gestures to ease her guilty conscience.
Lisa was going to pop if she didn't somehow regain control of herself. Maybe she really should just confess. It was better than feeling like a monster every day, right? But then again, the consequences would be great and the price she'd have to pay, she was ready.
As Lisa lied down in her room staring up at the ceiling, she couldn't help but think about the only bits and pieces that refused to go unnoticed. She remembered inviting Kenzie over under the false pretenses of girl time and setting her up to take the fall.
She made sure there was no video recording of her treachery and was doubly sure to cover all her bases. Everything went down like clockwork from her mentioning her dad's invention to her ever curious cousin and making sure nothing looked like it was staged.
Kenzie took the bait hook line and sinker, and that was the beginning of the end. The fallout was what became a blur afterwards. Lisa played the part of the guilty ridden older cousin which was surprisingly easy given she really was guilt ridden.
Her father and aunt were completely distressed, and Kenzie was unaware as to why. They did their best to explain why and sugar-coated things as best they could for the poor girl. Needless to say, there were a whole lot of tears and heartbreak.
Lisa had saved herself but at what cost? Tommy was dead and both she and Kenzie had a hand in that. No one besides her knew that however and the guilt from that knowledge slowly ate away at her. She'd shifted the blame and ran away from the responsibility like a coward.
Night eventually fell and Lisa was forced to endure a sleepless night. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months. Tommy's funeral had come and gone with the family still feeling the sting and Lisa feeling like the biggest piece of shit walking God's green earth.
She spent a lot of her days with Kenzie trying to make up for what she'd done without revealing anything. She'd been able to make Kenzie smile some days, but the guilt continued to gnaw away at her like a hungry coyote.
Slowly but surely, she was crumbling as the guilt grew stronger and fiercer. The night terrors, the sadness, the shame, it was all becoming too much to bear. Therapy didn't help much either. It was only a matter of time until she cracked.
More than once she thought about coming clean and just accepting the consequences but was halted by the little devil on her shoulder telling her what the repercussions of doing something so colossally stupid would do.
It was bad enough she got Tommy killed, but she'd also set up his sister. She was already in way too deep and telling the truth now would only make things worse. Her family might even abandon her all together if they knew the whole truth.
The there was the angel on her other should trying to reason with her that the truth would set her free. While that may be true it could also hurt. Sometimes the truth was better left unspoken for the good of everyone else. Herself in included.
It was a new day, and Lisa awoke from her sleeping bag with yawn. To her side was Kenzie who'd spent the night since she didn't want to go home. Lisa let her have the bed and it was just another in a long line of small gestures to ease her guilty conscience.
Lisa was going to pop if she didn't somehow regain control of herself. Maybe she really should just confess. It was better than feeling like a monster every day, right? But then again, the consequences would be great and the price she'd have to pay, she was ready.
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