Murderous Intent

Everybody turned and looked. I was the first one to get up to go and answer it. I opened the door and really expected to see Wild Heart bringing me another message, but was surprised to see a boy not very much older than me. He was a little bit shorter than I was, had short brown hair and blue eyes. At first he just stood there, probably wondering who I was.
"Is Shelby here?" he asked, breaking the silence.
"Yea, who may I say is asking?" I asked.
"My name is Matthew. I'm Shelby's boyfriend. Who are you?"
"I am Alex, Shelby's younger brother." I said.
"Oh, hey you two. Its good to see that you two have met. This is Matthew, we were supposed to go see a movie this evening. I guess I will have to see you some other time Alex." Shelby said walking past me and out the door.

She closed the door behind her. At first I was surprised, then I realized who I was talking about and my give-a-crapness level went to zero. I turned around and sat back down at the table.
"I see that Shelby still has a social life." I said.
"Yes, she has been seeing Matthew for a while now. He is a very nice boy. If you hung around more you would know more about what's going on." my mother said.
"Now dear lets not blame him for this, I'm sure Alex had a good reason for having to leave." my father said defending me.
Everybody who was left was looking at me now. They were all expecting a story or a reason for my disappearances and sudden reappearances. I took a long sip from my glass and set it back down.
"I guess its time I told you all. No matter what people may have thought happened that night, I did not go to the cliff to end my life. I went there to try and clear my head. I tripped off the cliff and fell. Luna and her sister were sitting along the banks of the river that night and found me adrift. I had bad cuts on my chest and abdomen, so they took me to a local clinic to be bandaged up. After that they brought me back to their house to recover. I was passed out and did not awake for some time, that is why they did not bring me home. When I woke up I told them where I lived and they took me home. I do not know why, but I fell in love with Luna the minute I saw her. She was the first face I saw when I came back. Surprisingly enough, she fell right back in love with me. The night I came back, we decided to get married. We ran off to Vegas and had the ceremony. We came back to town and, well, here we are." I explained.
That was the farthest thing from the truth, or somewhat, something similar to that did happen, but just in a different world and missing some minor details. Surprisingly enough, they believed it. I was guessing they were fine with it. I assumed that every family needed a "black sheep" and I guessed I was it. We finished eating and Dalton took us all home. He said that there was something that me and him had to do so we dropped the girls off and we drove back out of the neighborhood. I asked him where we were going and he said that it was something that I had to keep a secret. We drove for about an hour and came up in an abandoned warehouse. We drove around a corner and came up on some cars that were waiting for us. Dalton got out and I followed. I had no clue what was going on, but I had a pretty good idea.
"Buenos tardes, senor McGrath. It is a pleasure to see you again." a man said coming forth who I assumed was in charge. He had a strong Spanish accent.
"The pleasure is all mine." my brother replied.

"Who is the boy?" He asked.

"He is my younger brother, I decided to take him along with me." Dalton replied.
"Ha! Trying to get your brother into the business. It is good to see." the man said.
One of the mans men walked up and handed us a bag of crystals and a bag filled with stacks of cash.
"That is your pay. Make sure to deliver the product. My buyers are expecting it to be on time." he said.
"It will be done." Dalton replied.
The man got back into the car and they drove off. I turned to my brother.
"What the hell is going on, Dalton?" I asked.
"Maybe you don't know everything about me. You know how I told you I was in a business? Well, it is not exactly legal." He said.
"You sell drugs!?" I asked.
"Yes, now come along, Alex. We have to go." He said, walking back to the car.
"Hell no! I'm not going anywhere with you. I'm not getting involved with this." I said.
"You don't have to. Just keep your trap shut about this and this will be the last time I will involve you in it." he said.
I stood there for a while. I found myself walking back to the car. I got in, only because I needed a ride home. We drove in silence. I refused to say anything. I could not believe it. Dalton was always the good one of the kids. He was on the football team, did good in school, and was in both NJROTC and NHS when he was in high school. I never thought I would see him get into drugs. It just wasn't like him. When we got home, I went straight up to get a shower. I got in and turned the hot water on. I was just standing there, my tears mixing with the water. What had caused mt brother to do this? That question hung in my head. I heard the door to the bathroom open and Luna was standing there, the only thing on her whole body, was a towel covering up her midsection.

"L-Luna? What the heck are you doing here?" I asked.
"I thought I would join you. You seemed like you were bothered by something so I came to figure out what it was." she replied.
She dropped the towel and stepped in with me. I kept my face turned away, not having the guts to turn. She stepped forward and rapped her arms around me. She laid her head on my back.

"Now, tell me everything." she said.
I told her why Dalton had taken me with him. I told him about his job and what had happened. She released her grip. She grabbed my shoulders and turned me around. She leaned forward and kissed me. At first I resisted, not wanting to let this go to far, but soon found myself kissing back. We sat down on the floor of the shower and let the water run over the both of us. She curled up next to me. She laid her head on my chest and closed her eyes. I thought her here would be a bad thing, but she had calmed me down. I held her in my arms and she looked up at me.
"I love you, Alex, and I will always be there for you." she said.
"I love you too, and I will protect you from anything that would hurt you." I said.
She leaned forward and kissed me again. Her boobs pressed against my chest. She pulled back and looked down at me. I could tell where this was going. She was leaning down to kiss my neck when there was a sudden loud noise. It sounded like a gunshot. I bolted up on my feet and did the first thing that came to mind, I stood in front of Luna, ready to protect her. When I was sure the danger had passed I ran out of the shower pulling clothes on left and right as I bolted down the stairs. I came down into the kitchen to find my brother laying on the ground. His head was laying in a puddle of blood. I ran to him and turned him over. The light had faded from his eyes, there was a bullet hole in the center of his head. He was dead. I was in shock. Tears slowly began to form in my eyes. My brother, the one who truly cared about me more than anybody in the world, was gone. I closed his eyes. Luna came down with a night shirt on. She clapped her hands over her mouth and gasped. I stood up. I walked back up stairs and pulled my white hoodie over me. I grabbed a butcher knife from the knife drawer and found a six-shot revolver in my brother top drawer.
"Where are you going, Alex?" Luna asked.
"I'm going to find those sick bastards, and I'm gonna kill em'."