snow day

The snow started coming down pretty hard, it grew really quickly so school got cancelled for the kids. I got a call a few minutes later from my older brother, Jonathan. He asked me to watch his two middle school kids, Tom and Mandy. I couldn't drive over there because my car wasn't strong enough to get through all this snow, so I walked. His house was only ten houses down from mine so I got there pretty quickly. He left for work because even though the snow was building up quickly, government jobs still had to work today. He didn't feed them breakfast because he was in a rush so when they woke up, I explained everything and fixed them breakfast. They had pancakes, eggs, bacon, and orange juice, sounded pretty good! "Why didn't dad call out of work?" Mandy asked. "Well, I'm not sure. He works in the government so there's probably a lot going on that they have to deal with." I told her. "He never spends any time with us, it sucks." Tim said, "That's why we found out his secret. Probably why he decided not to call out of work." Mandy said. I gave her a weird look, "What do you mean 'his secret'" I asked her. "We've already said too much." Mandy said and they ran out of the room, outside. I brushed that off my shoulder and sat down by the fire place to watch some TV. Almost an hour later, the kids came downstairs and sat down beside me, "Do you really want to know dads secret?" Mandy asked, "Sure." I said. "Well.." Then the phone rang, "Hold on." I answered the phone, "Hello?" it was Jonathan. "Hey, this is Jonathan. Do you mind telling the kids I won't be able to make it home tonight? and do you mind staying the night there so they aren't alone? I'll pay extra." I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, sure." I told him then I hung up and walked over to the kids, "Tom, Mandy, Your dad said he won't be able to make it home tonight, he has some things he has to take care of." Tom got mad and stormed up to his room, "Um.. okay?" I said and looked at Mandy. "So his secret.. The case they're working on at his job right now is about a murderer but what they don't know is that dad is the murderer that's why they can't find out who it was because they wouldn't expect someone who works with the government." Then Mandy got up and stormed to her room also. I sat for almost twenty minutes, still in shock. I ordered the kids dinner, pizza and they had soda for a drink. The next morning when Jonathan got home, i was already awake. He went to hand me my money for babysitting his helpful children. I snatched the money and walked out of the house and ran through the snow to my house. He called me almost two hours later asking me what's wrong and I told him to never call me for anything again because he's a murderer then I hung up. He called back again and I told him if he didn't stop calling me, I would have him arrested because I knew he was the murderer for his case at work. He was silent for a few minutes then asked me how I knew it was him, I didn't answer, I hung up. I decided not to tell the police or any one but to hold this against him. I called him that night because I was going to ask for money so that I can buy some new clothes for parties and concerts. When I called him, the kids answered and they told me he wasn't home, they didn't know where he was or when he left. I turned around to go get my car to go find him but I didn't make it far because there he was, a knife at my throat and a smile on his face.