I Cannot Forgive

One-Shot
Peter Redmond was inside his prison cell, awaiting his execution.

Janice McCormick, the mother of the late eighteen-year old Patrick McCormick, who was murdered by Peter Redmond.

"You took away my son." Janice said to him.

Janice was almost 56 years old, she wore a black funeral dress and her greying hair was tied back.

"I cannot forgive you for this." Janice said, in a strangely gentle tone.

Peter looked at her.

"Pat, he was my whole world, My beautiful child, we were in America for six years, my husband helped him with the cosplay, the last photos I took of him, he was beautiful in the cosplay he wore, he was a very sweet and funny lad, when he went to that comic convention here, he was so excited, he kissed me goodbye, that was the last time I saw him." She said.

Tears streaked down the woman's face.

"You told me my son was rioting, he didn't support the KKK, they hated Catholics, he was terrified of the KKK and Neo-Nazi groups, you made Alex, the man my son saw as his older brother, commit suicide, This does not help and added to the grief that Patrick was dead." She said.

She then looked at Peter's remorseless face, who said nothing.

"You ripped a photo of my child infront of me, infront of the people who you considered "activists", MLK would hate you, You turned tolerance into a method for evil, my son is dead, I'll miss his laugh, his smile, everything I knew." She said.

Before she left, she went inside the cell.

"You shot my lovely and sweet 18-year old in the back, he was just going to a comic convention, He wasn't a black-hating KKK supporter, he was a very sweet and nice lad, and you shot him, I acnnot forgive you for it, he was a very sweet boy, he loved life, and you ripped my family and Livingstone's apart." She said.

She walked out of the jail, then gave a small frown.

"Your bigotry led you to his, blame yourself, don't blame Mick." She said.

She close the door.