We got home and I turned to Killian for some answers.

"So?" I asked.

"I am going to kill that son of a bitch." he said.

Killian's words hung in the air, a chilling revelation that shattered the fragile reality I had known.

"It's all a lie," he said, his eyes betraying a truth I was unprepared to accept. Yet, his urgency begged for compliance.

"Stay in the house," he urged, a desperate plea etched across his face. "It's not safe out there. Trust me, you don't ...