The Truth Always Comes Out

 Chapter 2: The Secret Begins to Unravel

          The phone rings, Caller ID says it is Dr. Gordon calling. Angela and Tom look at each other feeling that their world may crumble after they answer this call. Tom picks up the phone and listens carefully as Dr. Gordon tells him the results of Blaine's blood test. “Thank you Dr. Gordon.” Tom says as he hangs up the phone and looks at Angela. He doesn't need to say anything. She can see the answer in Tom's eyes. Tears begin to fall from Angela's eyes knowing Blaine, her baby boy, his life is about to change forever. Tom holds Angela tightly in his arms and quietly whispers in her ear, “We will be okay, we will get through this together, I promise.” They hold each other and give themselves 30 minutes to cry and question the choices they made 19 years ago. The next few hours they were going to spend deciding on how to best tell Blaine the secret they have kept from him. Helping and protecting Blaine was their first concern now.

          Blaine was in homeroom already when Sam asked him if he had brought the CD with their song playlist for their party. Blaine searched his book bag and realized he had left it at home. “I left it in my laptop, I'll bring it tomorrow I promise.” Blaine said. “I'll text you tonight to remind you.” Sam replied as he sat down in the seat next to Blaine. Principal Figgins walks into the room and heads toward Blaine and asks. “Mr. Anderson where is the copy of your graduation speech. I need to approve it before you can give it.”  Blaine answers, “I finished it but it is on my printer at home.”  “I'll tell you what you can do Mr. Anderson. Since you have study hall after lunch I will let you leave campus at lunch time to go home and get the speech. That should be enough time for you to get home and be back in time for your history class.” Principal Figgins suggests. “That should work.” responds Blaine. At 11:45 Blaine hurries to his car and heads home to pick up his speech. He listens to music while driving to Westerville, still feeling pretty good for a Monday.

          Blaine pulls into the driveway and is surprised to see his parent's cars still parked in the garage. Blaine decides to go through the garage since it is closer to his bedroom. He opens the door to the house and hears his parents talking. He heads toward their voices coming from the living room and yells, “Mom, Dad, why are you still home?” as he enters the living room. “I forgot my Graduation speech so Principal Figgins can approve it before Graduation. Dad, why are you not at work?” Blaine asks. “Oh, I'm playing hooky with your Mom.” He says nervously, hoping Blaine doesn't notice. “She's just a little blue because you will be graduating and leaving soon.  I thought I would spend the day with her and take her out to lunch and some shopping.” Blaine commented, “That's nice Dad.” as he walks over to his Mom and gives her a hug and whispers into her ear, “I love you and I will always be in your heart and never too far away.” Blaine kissed her on her cheek and backs away saying,” I have to get going or I will not get back to McKinley in time for my history class. Blaine rushes up the stairs and grabs the speech and quickly returns down the stairs and yells, “Bye, see you for dinner later tonight.” Blaine open and shuts the door and runs to his car and heads back to McKinley.

          “That was close. I don't think he heard anything.” Tom said. “You are a fast thinker on your feet because I wouldn't have known what to say to him if he had asked about my red face.” Angela commented, as she watched Blaine pull out of the driveway heading back to school with an ache in her heart for her son.

          As Blaine got to the corner of his street he realized he had forgotten to get the CD Sam had asked for. He put the car in reverse and headed back to his house. He parked his car again and quickly retraced his previous steps and quietly opened the door not wanting to bother his parents. He heard their voices talking still but they sounded different. Are they arguing? Blaine wondered as he stopped near the door to listen more closely to find out what the problem was. “We have to tell him the truth Tom. We have lied to him for 19 years. He is older now and hopefully he will understand why we lied and forgive us.” Angela hopes.  “First, we need to talk to Jack Hill and let him know the results of Blaine's blood test and tell him how we are going to proceed.” Tom says. “Do you have his number so I can call him?” Tom asks. “Yes I do,” Angela says as she gets her phone off the table with Jack's number in it and hands it to Tom. “Before I call him we need to be sure this is what we want.” Tom tells Angela. “We are sure because we cannot continue this lie anymore. It's not fair to Blaine and there is a life at stake now.” was her response. “We also need to find out the time table we are looking at because I would like to wait until after Graduation to tell Blaine. I don't want to ruin this time for him.”

          Blaine is confused about what he just heard. He quietly sneaks up to his bedroom to grab the CD Sam wanted out of his laptop. Jack Hill… Jack Hill… Jack Hill… that name repeats in his head. Blaine decides he needs to find out about Jack Hill. Blaine opens up his laptop and googles Jack Hill Westerville Ohio. Within seconds a picture appears before him.” He looks familiar,” Blaine thought. “Where have I seen this man before?” Then it came to him. “He is the man he saw hanging out at school and the mall.” Blaine said. “Has he been following me? Why?” Blaine thought. Looking at his watch Blaine realizes he has to get going or he won't get back to school on time. Closing his laptop he quietly heads back downstairs and sneaks his way to the garage door in the kitchen as he hears his Father talking.

          ”No Hill, we will do this our way or not at all!” his Dad shouts. “You need to be here at 3:30 so we can tell you what we're going to do. We are not going to let you hurt Blaine or be involved in his life. He is our main concern, do you understand!” Tom finished.

          Blaine's head is spinning and he is frozen in his tracks. He doesn't know what he should do. He decides to head back to McKinley. He heads towards his car and starts the engine.       He starts driving toward McKinley while his brain races with numerous and confusing questions. At school Blaine gives Principal Figgins his speech to approve and then hurries to history class. Blaine struggles to focus on the history lesson that is being taught and is thrilled when the bell finally rings bringing class to an end. He gets up quickly and heads to the Glee Club so he can give Sam the CD he wants. He tells them he can't stay, that something has come up and he needs to leave. He walks out saying. ”See you tomorrow!”  He runs to his car once he is outside of school. He drives straight home not knowing what he will discover but knowing he has to find out. Maybe it is something that he could easily understand, but in his gut he senses his world will forever be changed. As he pulled into the driveway he only saw his parent's cars. Jack Hill was not here yet. “Perfect!” Blaine said. “This will give me time to do some more research on Jack Hill and find out who he is.”

Not wanting his parents to know he is home Blaine sneaks into his house like a thief and heads up to his room where he opens his laptop and googles Jack Hill again. An article titled Jack Hill Sentenced to Prison attracts his attention. Blaine clicks on the article and begins to read. As he skims reading it quickly he finds out that 19 years ago Jack Hill was charged for rape and assaulting a woman. “He's a loser,” Blaine thought. It happened in an alley across from the Anderson Law Firm Office. “How strange my parents have never mentioned this,” he thought as he continued to read the article. The woman was described as petite in size and of Asian descent. The article even said a jury member got sick to their stomach as the woman testified about the ordeal that terrible night of July 13, 1995. The jury had found him guilty and sentenced him to 15 years in prison with no chance of parole. As Blaine continued reading he found out that Jack Hill had a 3 year old son. “Too bad for that kid,” Blaine thought. He figured he was around 22 years old now. Blaine continued searching and reading more articles about Jack Hill when an article appeared on the screen that he never expected to see. “Angela Anderson 5 Years Later” was the title. Blaine clicked on the title. Tears formed in his eyes and rolled down his cheeks as he read the article. The article is about a woman who had survived being raped and was able to carry on with her life. As Blaine continued to read he realized the victim in the article was his Mom and Jack Hill was the man who had raped her. “Oh my God, no, no, no, this cannot be true.” Blaine cries. He moves quickly to lie down on his bed and he covers his mouth with his pillow so he can scream without being heard. He thinks about what his Mother must have gone through. He continues to sob while his heart breaks for his Mother. Blaine suddenly freezes and his eyes are opened wide as his heart beats increase. “When did the rape occur?” he thought to himself. July 13, 1995 was the answer. I was born April 5th 1996. Blaine started breathing faster as he counted the months using his fingers. August , September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April. He looked at his hands and saw nine fingers raised. “OH MY GOD!  NO! NO! NO! He can't be my father.” Blaine said over and over in his head. Blaine gets up and starts to pace around his bedroom. He starts mumbling. “Is that the secret? Why are they talking with Jack Hill after what he did? As he continues to pace, questions continue to fill his mind until the chime from the front door rings and Blaine freezes. Blaine looks at his clock. It says 3:30. Jack Hill is here.