Family Trust
Uploaded by persian_king on Jan 21, 2002
“But I told you to keep it a secret. How can I ever trust you now,” I showted.
“You don’t understand the situation, I was given no choice but to reveil your secrets to the police,” Robert calmy attempted to explain to me.
“I expected more from my cousin, which I have known and trusted all my life. So, tell me, how is it that you were given no choice?” I asked.
“They were under the impression that I was driving my parents car and I refuse to take the blame for your mistakes and be unable to obtain my liscence until I am in my twenties.”
“After over fifteen years of friendship, my own cousin has betrayed me, you could have easily said that you don’t know who was driving the car because you were not there,” I expained.
“Well, its too late to think about what should have been said. Everything has been done and cannot be reversed,” he explained.
I began to believe that he honestly did not think he had done me wrong. There was no way I was going to convince him otherwise. This was never expected from my long time friend and cousin which I have known and been close to for over fifteen years. Ever since I had moved to Australia as a one year old, I have trusted and been close friends with my cousin, believing that other friends come and go, but family stays loyal forever.
The rest of the conversation that night seemed pointless, all my thoughts were concentrated on what action should be taken next, and if I could ever forgive or trust my unloyal cousin. I felt a deep anger towards Robert, at the time, considering the act of murder before that of forgiveness.
A week earlier, while my uncle had gone on holiday to visit family in America, a few of us had thought about taking the car out for a short drive. After long thought and contemplating the concequences of our actions, we foolishly decided to take the car for a short drive just around the area. We decided that the chance of being caught was slim enough to risk the consequences of such actions.
At first, we were all afraid of the consequences and this caused us to stay local and not venture out of the area which we thought would keep us undetected. After a number of small cruises around the...