. >> alex, did you have a sexual relationship with ricky chavis?sir. >> when did that begin? >> i don't know. >> did you at some point believe you were in love with ricky chavis? >> yes, sir. >> prosecutor david rimmer laid out the theory that chavis had killed the boys' father to get him out of the way so he could have alex to himself. alex testified on the night of the murder, he and derek were asleep in their house, their father was asleep, too, when rick sneaked in. >> rick came in our room and he woke derek up and told us to be quiet. >> it was just after midnight, alex testified. he said he and his brother went out to chavis' car and waited. then chavis came out of the house and drove then to his house. it was there, said alex, that chavis told the boys he had killed their father. >> he said he had done it for us, like he said that my dad would have killed us before he let us go live with him. >> derek king told jurors essentially the same story, then answered a question about his relationship with his father. >> i did like it with him. when