Nico sat at the dining room table with his parents in silence waiting for his parents to explain. His mom and dad looked at each other having a conversation with their eyes. "Are you going to tell me what happened to him?" Nico asked impatiently.
"We're trying to find the words to tell you," his mom said.
"You could start by telling me why I have no memory of him," Nico suggested. His parents looked at each other for a few seconds.
"We took you to a hypnotist who buried your memory of him," his dad explained.
"We also had Ethan's and Evan's memory buried. All three of you had traumatic experiences with him, but you Nico had it the worst," his mom added, "Since you two were babies, he would hit you and torture you. A few months after we sent him away, you would have night terrors of him. Night after night you would scream and cry. It was heartbreaking to watch." His mom wiped her eyes as she began to tear up. Her husband rubbed her back to comfort her.
"When you two turned twelve we sent him to a youth detention center in hope that he'll change for the better," his dad said. Nico listened taking in everything his parents told him. Nico had learned Rico was a child who caused trouble and would make it his personal mission to make Nico's life miserable.
"If I never learned about him would you had ever told me about him?" Nico asked.
"How did you find out about him in the first place?" his dad asked without answering his son's question. Nico pulled out the picture and showed it to his parents.
"Ethan and Evan accidentally knocked the frame off the table. I pulled the picture out of the frame and noticed him in the picture." Nico didn't tell them Ethan and Evan had done more research on Rico and found out he was missing from the youth center.
"Nico, Rico was a terrible child and we both thought he would be better off someplace else," his dad said.
"So you tried to erase him from our family?" Nico asked in shock, "You gave up on him."
"We tried Nico. He wouldn't listen to anyone. He was unmanageable. You'll understand when you have kids of your own," his dad said defensively. He stood up from the table showing the talk was over. "It's better if you forget about him, Nico."
"Please Nico," his mom pleaded, "I don't want you to relive what he did to you when you were little, but if you had remembered you would accept our decision." Nico nodded to show he understood.
"I'm going to my room to start my homework," Nico said getting up. His parents let him go hopeful he would forget about Rico. But Nico had the opposite intention. He was going to find him.
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