Chapter Seventeen"I am stunned that Scrawny is your brother." Ben said as he watched Henry dribble past a defender. "Is that what he is called in the street?" Kyle asked."No! I was the one who gave him that name because he looksscrawny." Ben replied with a smirk."*Laugh*" you are cracking me up." Kyle said."Am I?" Ben asked and joined in the laughter. This would be the first time Ben was laughing heartily."Actually his name is Joshua and you don't need to still be amazed that he is my brother."Kyle said."You are kidding me right?" Ben asked."Nah! I am not mate. That is my bro's name." Kyle said with so much conviction."Goal!" Someone who sat near them yelled.Henry was the one that scored the goal. His team mates were giving him a thumbs up and congratulating him."Are you saying he shouldn't be bearing such a name?" Kyle asked curiously."No! That is not what I meant. It's just that I have a different view of him and thatname looks strange on him.""Its all good though." K
Chapter Eighteen"What is getting you upset?" Mary asked Ben immediately she sat down."The reason why we are in here is because of that asshole over there." Henry said pointing at Scrawny."Who is he?" Mary asked. "He is the reason why my mom is dead." He said with so much vehemence. "Oh!" Mary exclaimed. She sighed,"it's all in the past now. You have to let it go Ben.""I can't because he always finds a way of been an obstacle to ny existence." There was thiscoldness in his eyes.Mary stared at him and turned her gaze from Ben to Henry. She was askingHenry questions with her gaze but she got no answer from him.Henry just shrugged and she got the message."Henry you look and sound different." She said."I am good aunty." He bowed down his head."How have you guys been?""We are good aunty." Henry replied. "You have less than a month to leave this place?"She said rethorically."We know aunt." Henry said."So please keep your head down and do not do anything to jeapodize it." S
Ben woke up with a lot of joy and happiness because he was going to be released today. Henry would be there for one month more because he got into a fight with someone."So how do you feel right about now?" Kyle asked Ben cheerfully. Kyle was happyfor him. "I don't know how to explain it but I feel unsure.""About what exactly?" Kyle asked him, as a frown appeared on his face."I don't know what to do when I leave here." Ben replied."Hmmm. I know how you feel but you have to first of all enjoy the moment."Ben looked up to the ceiling and said nothing.His mind was thinking of how he would carry on with life after what had happenedto him and his sister who is dead now."I will first of all go and see where my sister was buried." Ben said."I am sorry for your loss." Kyle said.Ben was about to leave to where he would he cleared to leave whenHenry came to him and gave him a hug."Take care bruv. Don't do anything stupid." Henry said"Same to you bruv. Don't extend your stay here."
Shelly was moving around on the bed. She was still sleeping while James was keeping watch by the window.As he did this he kept checking his phone as though he was expecting a call fromsomeone. "Did you sleep well?" Jackson asked as Shelly woke up."I did. Thank you." Shelly replied as she wiped her eyes and gave a loud yawn."How long have you been up"? She asked. "All through the night." He replied as he checked his phone again that was placed on the small table that was close to the small sized bed.They were in a discrete town in Miami. The motel was run by a couple who justgot married. You could see the lady showing off her wedding ring to the new lodgers.Suddenly the phone rang and Jackson hurriedly picked it up.Shelly was just stepping out of the bathroom as she had just finished brushing her teeth."Okay then. Thanks mate." Jackson replied as he cut the call."Who was that?" Shelly asked."It's a friend of mine who specialises in creating new identity for people."Jacks
pter Twenty-one"What is wrong? Who was the person that called that has gotten you spooked again?" Shelly asked, looking scared and terrified.Jackson, sank to the bed. Guilt written all over his face. "I shouldn't have involved him."He said more to himself."What happened?" Shelly asked again. This time she yelled at him to speak up and notput her in suspense."He killed Ramsey's daughter as punishment because he helped me." Jackson said and he began to cry. He knew Ramsey's daughter. He was like a second dad to her."I am sorry." Shelly offered. Shelly was amazed at the emotional side of Jackson. She never thought that someone who did the kind of job that he did would have such emotional nature."So what do we do now? My friend wants to kill me and your former boss is also after you."Shelly said."First of all we have to leave here before we are discovered." Jackson said and as he opened the door, Joe was there to meet him.....................................................
Ben's flight landed in Miami, Florida. His Aunt's friend, Irvin's mother hada brother who could help Ben settle down and go about searching for his dad.At the airport he was alone. This was the first time he was leaving his country and the realization dawned on him that he was going to be a brave boy from here on.After going through the arrival area, he was expecting the person who was suppose tobe staying with to be there to pick him up but he saw no one in particular waiting for him.So he sat down and took all the activity at the airport into his mind.He saw a couple sitting down not too far from where he was. The lady was holding the guy's arm as her head fell on his shoulder and she was smiling at the same time.Then her smile turned to laughter as the guy said something that made her laugh.This made Ben to think of his late sister, Betsy. All of a sudden he wished they were both heretogether to embark on this journey of finding and meeting their dad.After, sitting for tw
Ben did not know how to react when he heard the news from the woman. He felt sorry for hisaunt's friend who had lost a son without her even knowing it. "Does his mom know about his death?" Ben asked the chubby looking woman who was getting a bit tired of standing and talking to Ben."I want to believe the mother knows about it right now." The woman said. Ben was confused as to what to do next.He was in a foreign land with no place to stay and no one to help out. "Is that all?" The woman asked.Ben was lost in thought as to what to do and he didn't hear the woman speak."Young man I am talking to you." The woman said, her voice jogging him back to the present. "Yes! yes!" Ben said.The woman looked him over and closed the door, leaving Ben standing and looking at the building as if with great expectation, the dead person he came to stay with, will suddenly come out of the house and take him inside."Oh God! What am I going to do?" He asked himself. He had nowhere to go and he knew n
Rose was pacing in her room. She was ill at ease after speaking with Joe. She wondered how after all this while Shelly was still alive."How could Jackson lie and betray her like that?" She thought.She began to recall the conversation she had with Joe in her mind and it got her angrier and this made her throw her phone against the dressing mirror."Hope you are okay ma?" Mrs. Mendoza asked. Rose breath in and out and then waved her away, indicating she was okay. Mrs. Mendoza carried on with what she was doing and left her alone."I need to do something about Shelly and Jackson." She spoke out loud to herself. Rose knew the implications of Shelly being alive.Shelly was mad at Roser in the first place; the reason why she told her secret to James. Rose knew it will it be easy since the person she thought that would carry out the job for her now was actually helping Shelly."How did he side with her?" Rose thought. She poured herself a drink and began to ponder why Jackson was helping h