The Truth Of It

The room was filled with the violent howling and flailing of the torrential storm and the bitter sobbing of Minister McGinley, his head in his trembling hands. Near him, Zeke put his arm around his father's shoulders as fear and confusion fell in the tears from his eyes.
"If you've finished now, Joshua - " Lucy McGinley began.
"I h-haven't finished," McGinley replied, his voice now barely a hoarse whisper. "I killed them, Cole. That's the truth of it. I did it! Not Ezekiel. Not Samuel. Not nobody else. I murdered them. In the name of God, let me hang."