“Do you think that you can no longer trust me? Even our son, Dilan doesn't understand what has been up with you lately. You don’t even play with him again as you used to. He feels so lonely right now and I am left with no option but to be a shadow of myself.”“Do you have any idea how this affects me? You don’t go to work during the daytime anymore but now at night time. If not that I found a way to monitor you a little bit, I would have been engulfed with the idea that you are probably cheating. Or is that what you are doing?Ralph’s words were a shield of defiance, his tone a rebuke of suspicion. “Hmm, to think that you have been monitoring me. Why then do you have so many questions?”“Don’t even try to pin this one on me,” Linda fired back. “I am not the one who has been kept in the dark for a long time. I am not the one who has had to deal with persistent questions from your son who doesn't have an idea what has become of his father. All of that is on me so don’t even try to act f
Dilan turned his gaze toward the wall clock to ascertain properly the time.Linda was frozen in indecision, her mind a mainstream of indecision as she was unable to answer any of the questions Dilan was asking.She turned her gaze towards her husband, Dilan, and noticed that he was opening the curtains again and staring outside very intently. His face was filled with terror and Linda knew that there was so much trouble looming around for them.She darted towards Dilan again and her persistence was a relentless tide of interrogation. “What exactly is outside that you are scared of? Who is waiting for us? Are you sure that we will be safe when we pack our luggage? You still haven’t told us where we are going?”Dilan was standing just there at the entrance between his room and the sitting room. His gaze was a hesitant candle in the darkness. He wanted to speak but his voice was locked behind the gates of his nervousness.He was worried about how his father had been behaving recently. Ral
Dilan nodded his head affirmatively in response.“Now, that’s my boy,” Ralph had a bleak but frightened smile escape his lips as he patted his son on the head.Their little moment was interrupted by a loud voice they heard from the sitting room where the assassin spoke loudly.The voice was loud and dripping with sick humor as he slurred his tone to produce a melodious threat. “Raaaalphhhh! It's your time now. Come on don’t hide like a coward. I don’t have time to play games. Save me the stress, big man.”The assassin was a masked figure of death, his mask a faceless shroud of horror as he glided through the room with a gun in his hand. Ralph, who was compressed in the wardrobe obviously recognized the voice. He was trembling with fear as he heard that it was Grady Daug.Grady Daug was one of the miners along with Ralph and 5 others who Alan made a private pact with on mining a large heap of gold. They were mining for Alan so he was going to take the largest share but he promised a c
“I told you, we had a pact. None of us could tell even our family members about it.”Linda was going to express her disappointment when she was interrupted by the loud taunting threats of the assassin.“Ralph, I am beginning to get upset at your cowardice. I will just have to tear this place apart little by little if you don’t come outside now,” Grady spoke loudly, his voice laced with a threat.Grady’s threats were with a high-pitched laughter that depicted the menacing nature of his soul. “For example, your little pet dog here could feel the heat of my wrath. But I want to believe that you would hate for something to happen to your lovely dog, wouldn't you? Oh, I would actually hate to do something to him but you are leaving me with no choice.”Dilan, who had a special affection for the pet dog turned towards Ralph in the dark atmosphere of the wardrobe, his face a heartbreaking canvas of sorrow. “Dad, is that—”Before Dilan could complete his words, Ralph patted him on his feather
The sound of a gunshot soon exploded through the wardrobe as Ralph and his family all had their heart skipping in fear.Ralph jumped out of the wardrobe desperately. He couldn't afford that Grady would fire another bullet that would hit his wife or kid. His eyes were pleading as he looked straight on at Grady, his two hands raised in the air in surrender.“Alright, this is me. You can have me. Please leave my family alone. They have no part in this,” Ralph spoke, his words tumbling over each other in desperation as he sought to put an end to the whole tension.“Haha, you thought you were so smart that you could hide here right?” Grady spoke, his words a dangerous roar of destruction.Ralph’s face was reddened in desperation as his mind raced fast. “Please, don’t hurt my family. Please, just leave us alone. I am not sure threat to you. I will just surrender all the money to you. I don’t want the money from the gold. Just leave my family alone.”Linda and her son were two souls lost in
Linda pointed the gun towards Della who raised her hands in surrender.“Please be a little calm, Ma. I am just here to help. Where is your husband? Apparently, he is involved in something very risky.”Linda’s heart was a shattered and bleeding mess as she broke down in pain, dropping the shotgun in her hand and weeping uncontrollably.She could barely even talk as she clutched her hands to her chest. Life was never going to be meaningful to her anymore. She wasn’t going to be the same without Ralph.Dilan, noticing that his mother was in so much pain took up the mantle of the conversation. “Well, if it is true that you came to help us, then you are late. A man in a mask came in just now and killed my father.”“What?!” Della explained, her eyes bulging in surprise. “Who was he? Have you seen him before? Do you recognize him?Dilan responded dismissively and harshly. “I told you already. He was wearing a mask.”Della gritted her teeth in frustration. “How long ago was he here.”“He left
The woman scratched her hair again in embarrassment not wanting to reveal the obvious - that she had been cheating on Gregory and was just about to welcome the man she was sleeping with.“Errm, erm, Gregory is not here. He is most likely not coming home tonight as usual,” The woman responded, her lips quivering.It soon dawned on Alan that the reason for her embarrassment was because she was cheating on Gregory.Alan shrugged off the awkward feeling. He wasn't there to interrogate his wife for cheating. What he came for was to protect Gregory. If only the woman knew that her husband was in great danger, he thought.“So, do you have any idea where your husband is?” Alan asked, his eyes wide open in anticipation.“He is always at the clubhouse especially when he is not having a good time at work so I guess that is where he would be. It's not my fault that I decide to make my own decisions too and pick a man for myself,” the woman spoke, her voice laced with an eagerness to defend hersel
He went about searching for Gregory. If he could scream his name, he would have but it wouldn't solve anything. The loud music was always going to overshadow his voice.Alan was getting tired of being on the constant move and looking for any sign of Gregory or the assassin. He was beginning to think that perhaps the idea of giving up wasn't so bad. Perhaps all he had to do was to divert his attention to the address of another one of the miners.But just as Alan was about to head for the exit, his eyes caught up with Gregory.Gregory had wine in his hands, his lips swirling with vain enjoyment as he was dancing with a young girl. Alan noticed that the young girl was the same girl who blocked him a few moments ago and asked him to dance with her. What a surprise?! Alan exclaimed in his mind.Alan quickly rushed over to Gregory and tapped him on the shoulder.“Hey, Gregory. Come on, I need to talk to you now,” Alan spoke hastily ignoring the lady that he was dancing with.Gregory’s sens