Cole's Redemption By James
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Cole's Redemption
Chapter 19
"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." The King James Bible The Psalms: Chapter 30: Verse: 5
Cole
"I had told you that my father had illegally adopted my child out," Hellen said. "I never had any way to find out where my child was, and my father made sure of that. That being said though, the testing done on your blood sample and on mine this past Friday is a match. Cole, you're my son. You're my child that was taken from me. I'm your mother."
I looked at her, and I was trying to process what she had just said. I wasn't sure if I had heard her right, and for one insane moment, I thought that I was in a coma dream and still unconscious in my hospital room, then I looked in to Hellen's eyes, and stared back at eyes that for the first time I noticed that were grey, and then noticed that they were as grey as mine, and then I knew the truth! As I stared, words continued to escape me. This could change everything!
I finally found my voice again, and I spoke after several seconds of silence.
"You're my mother?" I asked, and it was becoming more real as time went by! "You really are my mother?"
"I am," she said as I leaned towards her, and she caught me before I leaned any further which could have sent pain through my still healing chest. We held each other for a long moment as I cried with tears of joy! As she held me, and as my emotions were subsiding, I noticed a few things beginning to make more sense.
Throughout my life with the Hoffmans, they always talked about how they never wanted to deal with me, and they would never have gone through the process if they had it to do over again, and that they wished they had never made the choice to go through the process of letting me be with them. They would also yell about how I was a disgrace, and how it was amazing about how I was even their son seeing as how I didn't look one bit like them. This would all be when they would be screaming at me about the several thousand things I did wrong every day, and I just assumed at the time when they would always say things like that, that they were just trying to be hurtful. Thinking about it now, what they said made sense. They hadn't been talking about having me in the typical sexual activity that leads to bringing kids in to the world, nor were they referring to the "Process", thereof, but the process that is for adoption, then the references to my looks and me not looking anything like them, that was because I didn't actually look like them in any way, shape or form save for having brown hair like Mr. Hoffman, but it's funny how even though it was less curly than mine, how no one noticed that there was hardly any resemblance at all. It all made sense now!
"Now everything makes sense," I said as my mom and I hugged again.
I told her about what had just been going through my mind, and about how I never knew what they meant at the time.
"I'm just glad you're away from them now," she said. "Also, I'm so sorry that you ever had to go through all that you were put through. I'm sorry about how I hadn't gotten the chance to be with you and to help you learn about the world, and I'm sorry about everything that you went through when you were in that horrible man's group. I'm still really proud of you for getting out of it, and for making the changes to your life that you've made."
"Thanks," I answered. "I'm just glad you're here now, and I also want to let you know that I don't blame you for not being there in the first several years of my life. I know that none of that was your fault, and I know from what I know about you as I've gotten to know you, that you truly would have been there by my side all the way if you could have."
"I absolutely would have," she replied.
"I love you Mom," I said as we held each other once again.
"I love you too Cole," she replied.
We separated after another long moment of holding each other, and then she sat back down, and Daniel came back out to where we were. I hadn't even known that he had left, and he told us that he wanted to give us a few minutes just with each other, and we both thanked him. He then sat back down, and I waited to see what either of them would say next.
"I'm sure you've thought about some of the changes that might be coming with knowing that I'm your mother," Hellen said.
"I figured that things will change," I said.
"They will be good changes I'm sure," Daniel said. "Hellen and I have been talking while you've been resting over the last several days, and we wanted to talk to you about everything."
"Okay," I said.
"Obviously I want to spend as much time with you as I can," my mom began. "I know that you live with Daniel though, and he and Justin think of you as being a true member of their family, and I don't want to do anything to interfere with that. I also know that you and Kevin are close, and I don't want to do anything to cause any problems with your friendship and relationship. I know he really means the world to you, and you to him. Still though, I don't want to be apart from you longer than I already have."
"She's right," my dad added. "So to that end, I've asked if your mom would feel comfortable moving in, and she would be staying in one of the guest rooms in the house. Justin really seems to really like her, and she and I are becoming good friends as well."
"That really would be nice," I answered. "I think having you at home with us would really be a really nice addition to our home."
"Thank you," she answered. "That really means a lot."
"You're welcome," I said.
After we talked a little longer, I eventually returned to my room, and after about 10 minutes, I heard a knock on my door and was surprised to see Kevin there. It was a nice surprise, and I told him he could come in. He entered, and then closed the door behind himself, then took a seat beside my bed.
He told me that he had been at home resting for a bit, and I saw just how tired he looked, and then he asked me how things were going back here. I told him everything, and after I finished talking, he sat there working hard to take in everything.
"I know," I said. "It's a lot to take in. A part of me is still trying to digest what Hellen told me, and I'm just glad that she's in my life."
"She's really been good to you," Kevin agreed. "She was really worried about you also over the last few days, and though I definitely understood, and yet it seemed that her worry was extremely deep, and now that makes sense. Still though, what happens now? I know you said that she'll be living with you guys, but after that, then what? I mean, what if she wants to not continue to stay in Sangger, and how would you visit her then?"
I was starting to understand what he was getting at, and I could see the desire to be supportive of me, warring with his concern for if this would cause any issues between he and I staying together as boyfriends. I sat up, and after sitting on the edge of my bed, I motioned for him to sit beside me then we hugged for a long time as I talked to him.
"You're trying to be supportive, and you're definitely being supportive of me, and that really means a lot," I said. "I know what you're worried about though, and Hellen is supportive of you and I all the way. She's not going to do anything to take us away from each other, nor would she do anything to keep us apart. I hope you know that."
"I do know that," he replied. "I just wanted to be sure. It's just a lot that has gone on, and I'm still feeling things regarding what has already happened from what went on this past Friday. I was so scared that I was going to lose you!"
I held him as he cried, and I did my best to hold him tight without hurting my chest, and I knew he was drawing strength from me holding him, and I talked as his emotions began subsiding.
"I'm not going anywhere," I said. "I was scared that I wouldn't make it, and that you would be without me as well. I was also scared for how it would be for Justin, Daniel and Hellen if I didn't make it. I got through it though, and I'll always be here for you, and I promise you that."
"Thanks," he answered. "That really helps, and I'm just glad that you're going to be alright."
"Me too," I answered. "I love you Kevin."
"I love you too Cole," he replied.
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Kevin
I checked things on my laptop as I navigated through the Dark Web. Everything was set, and I finished the last couple of touches for putting my plan in motion, and I made sure that I had the date and time set for when it would happen. It was now evening, and after I visited with Cole earlier that afternoon, I sat with him until he fell asleep, then I returned home.
I had visited with Cody and Chance for a bit, and after they left I got back on the computer and had been checking things as I mentioned a moment ago. I then went back after the finishing touches were shown as complete, and I reviewed everything.
I had logged on to the Dark Web over that previous weekend, and it was in the early morning hours when my parents had been asleep. I couldn't hardly sleep, and I was broken-hearted at what had happened to the love of my life, and I was also consumed with hate, rage and a need to destroy those who were involved in what had happened to him. I had also been angry with Edgar Bradly's group for what they had done in terms of helping to make Cole a part of their fucked up ideas, and I especially hated Edgar Bradly for what he had personally put Cole through both with the sexual assaults, beatings and taking advantage of his shitty homelife which allowed for him to be brought so easily in to the group in the first place!
I had been thinking of a plan for a while, and just days before Cole was shot, I had wondered if these scumbags operated on the Dark Web, and with that thought in mind, I made a mental note to check, and when Cole was hurt, and I had been unable to sleep that night, I got online, installed the Tor Browser and began searching. I had researched the Dark Web in my spare time for the last several months since I found it interesting as well as really dark and disturbing. So I already knew what I would need and it didn't take me long until I came to a chat room that was connected to the White Avengers. Many of the users had screen names by which they addressed each other, and it took me a while until I saw which one of them was Edgar Bradly. He was the one who was using a lot of profanity in his messages, and he was the one clearly giving the orders, and his screen name was Hitler's Second Coming, and I knew it had to be him since he was the only one giving orders within that group. They were also talking about the attack on Cole, and they mentioned him by name!
They also mentioned that Ben Jones had been the one who did it, and then they talked about getting Cole once again at some point. I thought to myself at that moment that they weren't going to get to him if I could help it. Then I began looking all of the members up in the chat room, and after finding all of their IP Addresses which after a quick trace showed them to be at a location outside of Sangger deep in the country, I then wrote down all of their e-mail addresses which were their screen names, and the only one who had their actual name in the e-mail address was Edgar Bradly, and that's when I began composing the forged e-mail chain, and I worked over the next few days when no one was home, and when no one would be needing me for anything. I then made sure to make the e-mails look as convincing as possible, and I was sure that it would work once I sent them.
As I continued working that Friday night after having come back from talking with Cole about the news about his mom and everything else, I then ran another search on the Dark /Web, and I was able to find the location of the compound at which Edgar Bradly and his group were located. According to the chat they all had last Friday, they mentioned how things were going good at the new compound they were staying at now, and they mentioned about how it was more isolated in this one rather than the one they were at before, and it had clearly been the one at which they were at originally when Cole had been with them before he got out of the group, and they also mentioned about how glad they were that the move from the old place hadn't taken too long.
Once I got pictures of the place, I saved them, and then logged off of the Dark Web for the night, powered down the laptop then after saying good night to my parents, then talking to Cole for a bit, I went to bed, and fell asleep extremely fast.
The next day I was alone since my parents were going out to spend the day together. After going to visit Cole for a bit, I then returned to the house and logged back on to the Dark Web. I visited a site that had different weapons, as well as weapon-related items, and after I checked the account who's name and password I had swiped which was Edgar Bradly's, I browsed, then purchased the items I would need, and then I made sure that they would be delivered to the post office I had opened up under Bradly's name. After confirming everything, I then closed everything down, then busied myself with relaxing for a bit.
Monday was when the e-mail came in on the Dark Web letting me know that my package arrived. Since my parents were working, and thus out of the house, I went to the post office after putting on clothes and a scarf that would obscure my features, and once at the building, I retrieved my packages, then left to go back home.
Once back home, I set up everything, and after going deep in the woods, I tested the equipment, and after about 20 minutes of testing, I still had seven boxes of ammo left, and I saw that everything worked perfectly! Satisfied, I returned to the house and went about my day glad that things were coming together concerning what I had planned for Edgar Bradly and his group of scumbags.
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Cole
Wednesday of the week after Hellen told me about being my mother, I was released from the hospital, and with Kevin by my side along with Justin, Hellen and Daniel, we returned home and after inviting Cody and Chance over, we had lunch from one of the cafes nearest the house. After lunch, Cody, Chance, Kevin and I went to my room to hang out for a bit after we finished lunch.
Once in my room, I told Cody and Chance everything regarding Hellen being my mom.
"I really am glad you guys found each other," Cody said. "She's really nice, and I'm glad that she's here for you."
"I can imagine that having her support has really helped with going through what had happened to you," Chance added.
"It really has," I answered.
"I'm glad that I'm getting a chance to get to know her," Kevin said. "She's been really nice to me as well."
"I'm glad to hear that," I replied.
After we all listened to some music, and continued talking for a while, I felt myself getting tired, and after we all said goodbye, Chance and Cody left, and Kevin and I lay down on the bed together. It felt really nice to be in Kevin's arms in my own bed, and another added bonus was that Dr. Smith removed my stitches earlier that morning before I was released which was really good.
As I lay in Kevin's arms, he held me and I rested my head on his chest. It was silent in the room as we cuddled, and I felt myself drifting off to sleep, and so I looked up at him.
"I love you Kevin," I said. "It's really good to be back home, and lying here in your arms like this."
"I love you too Cole," he answered. "I'm also really glad that we're here and in one another's arms now. I'm also glad that you were able to go home today."
"Me too," I replied.
We eventually woke up later that afternoon, and Kevin returned home leaving me with Justin and my parents. We hung out for a bit, and after enjoying a quiet dinner at home, we all settled down to watch TV for a while, then I eventually said goodnight to everyone, then showered and got to bed.
I drifted off to sleep, and dreamed about Kevin for most of the night, and I felt truly peaceful for the first time in a long time!
Author's Notes
Some of you probably saw this coming about Hellen being Cole's mom, and for those who didn't, I hope it was a nice surprise. I can imagine that you guys were all wondering how this would change things between all of them, especially with Cole and Kevin, but you'll see how that happens starting in this chapter, as well as going forward.
There's also what Kevin has planned for Edgar Bradly and his group of criminals. You'll see what happens in the next chapter regarding that, and I hope everyone enjoys what I have in store for them.
All that being said, I hope everyone is staying safe, is having a good evening and I'll see everyone in Chapter 20.