GAP: THE DARK THEORY

Before she got to the house Mich had taken some peanuts. She was allergic to peanuts, and she knew if she consumed it she was going to pass out. So when she passed out she really fainted. But it was because of her allergy, not because of Tan.

They had a family doctor. So when she fainted, she had carried into a separate room and a doctor was called quickly. By the time she woke up she had a drip attached through her arm. When Mich woke up and saw the doctor, she burst into fake tears. The doctor consoled her and she calmed down after some time.

"Where is my son?" She asked.

Nop did not come home often. But she knew that he must have heard the news by now and so he must've come.

"He is not here yet. " The doctor said, but before he could complete his sentence the door was pushed open and Nop walked in, looking crest fallen.

"Mom." He called as he walked into his mother on the bed.

Mich turned to the doctor sitting beside her and she smiled faintly.
"Can you give us some time alone?"

"Sure." The doctor nodded and left the room.

Nop didn't say anything until he's out of the room. Then he turned to his mother and peered at her, scrutinyzingly.

Even if he wasn't sure of anything, the one thing he knew was that his mother didn't love his father. So when he heard his mother fainted after she heard the news he had a feeling that she must've done something. He did not want to believe that she was capable of killing someone. So he came to ask himself, and hear her tell the truth while looking her in the eyes.

When Mich saw the look on her son's eyes, she knew what he wanted to ask. But she waited for him to say it.

"How are you?" Nop asked as he sat down on the empty couch in front of her.

"I'm fine, it was just a minor breakdown. That's all." She replied weakly. Sitting up on the bed.

"How did he die?" He didn't want to ask directly, so he beat around the bush waiting for her to tell  him herself.

Mich sighed.
"They say he consumed poison, no one knows if it suicide or homicide. Nop, he is gone. Your father is gone." Tears clouded her gaze as she spoke.

Nop was surprised. Was she crying for a man she had cursed for over twenty years?
"Mom, did you do it? You can tell me the truth." Seeing that she wasn't going to talk, he asked her.

Even if Tan was butchered into tiny pieces with everything he had done to her, she would not flinch.
"Forget crying over him."

Mich looked at Nop with surprise in her eyes.
"Do what?" She asked, shakily.

"Mom." Nop said, "You know you can trust me." He wasn't going to blame her if she killed him. Damn, he had not seen someone as wicked as his father in all his life. But what he didn't want was her lying to him.
"Did you?"

Her jaw tightened as she watched her son for a few seconds.
"No, I did not. I didn't kill him." She reached out to hold him. Looking hurt and sincere.

Nop was surprised. Did she really not kill him?

"I didn't, don't you trust me?" She asked, looking hurt by the fact that he did not trust her.

"I-I do. I just wanted to know." Nop said after a few seconds.

Mich smiled and opened her arms.
"Come, let me hold you."

He hesitated before he leaned and hugged her.

"I'm sorry." She said, patting his back.

Although she was sure that he wouldn't hurt her she didn't want to tell him anything that implicated him. In case she got caught. Therefore, she would lie to him. If anyone had to leave with that, it should be her.