A Hidden Emotion

"Alex?" He choked out his name in between sniffles, eyes red and puff after rubbing them for to long trying to stop the tears from falling, he stumble into the house soaking wet from head to toe he grabbed the door handle trying to keep himself from falling.

"Jake, where have you been?" Alex asked before turning to grab a towel out of the closet.

"Those bastards....they killed her Alex, she's dead" His voice came out raspy as he chuckled darkly, tears began to fill his eyes again.

He stilled at that, feeling his heart rate increases rapidly pounding on his ribcage, the blood rush to his ears as he took in what Jake said.

They killed her?

*Crack*

Jake felt a frightening aura push off of his friend in fast waves even more terrifying than his,

*Crack*

She's dead?

Alex's muscles tensed as a burning rage and resentment gripped inside inside him a violent cracks came as he felt something destructive and deadly breaking inside of him.

Two weeks after his mother's death, he moves in with his best friend at college, between making new friends and collecting evidence on his mother's death, he is stuck with an annoying ex and others that irritated the hell out of him. When old enemies resurface and threaten the lives of the ones he cares about, how about long does it take before he finally cracks?

Remember if you keep testing the water with them, it won't take long before you hit their breaking point and they pull you in and one of you ends up drowning.

But who?

Read to find out