Confinement [Alex's Finale] (Part 8/8)
Blood had been spilled and Kevin and Luke were now free to move on. It felt free for the first time in months. Whatever Luke had used to put an end to this had already been properly disposed of, and anything else had been planted to point to Marcus. I was able to clean myself up after going home, my mother had been worried sick and was shocked at my state. I told her I didn't know what had happened and woke up in the park nearby, which she ruled up to me grieving Luke's death which, she wasn't entirely wrong. It hadn't been long until Marcus was found dead in City Park in the same place Luke had been found. The news reported on the case, seems like the case was closed shortly after due to Luke covering our tracks though you never know what could happen in the future. A few months later Luke's family or well, Luke's dad, Travis, came over to give me some of Luke's old stuff like his rock collection, drawing supplies, old clothes, jewelry Luke made, and most importantly... The computer we built together. Luke and I weren't the best at tech but one summer we figured out how to slap together a computer (with the help of his dad) and got it to run. Luke was so excited so I let him keep it instead but I got it back today. Travis had always been welcoming of me in his home despite his wife having a different view I always considered him family like Luke and he seemed to have felt the same. I remember the hug he gave me after he told me he was moving away, honestly, I couldn't blame him for leaving. He and his wife had raised Luke together here in Denver for years so to stay in the same town his son had been killed in was most likely salt in the wound seeing the old places he used to take us on the weekends when he had time to drive us around. Travis had helped Luke figure out who he was (with my help of course :))) ) and even gave Luke the idea for his new name. Which was funny, since apparently, Luke's dad was the one who originally thought of my best friend's birth name. I took care of Luke's old things and even made a data base of the rocks Luke had on the computer while also filing new ones I found. I know Luke would have loved that so I do it in his memory. While I won't stop trying to achieve my dream of becoming a biologist I will always continue to honor Luke's memory until I one day die. Sometimes I think I see the computer turn on when I'm in the other room but I think it's the computer coming out of sleep mode or something. Dunno never was a tech guy but I try my best to keep it in the best condition I can. There was something I always wanted to admit to Luke when he was alive, and I'm pretty sure his dad could read me like a book LOL... Goodbye, Luke... I love you, Alex.