Gabe and his friends froze as three men approached them. They were masked and dressed in all-black. "What...what...do you want from us?" Gabe stammered, trembling. "Who is Gabe Peterson?" The man in the middle asked. His voice was so deep that it sent shivers down their spine. Without hesitation, they all pointed at Gabe. "Take him." The man ordered. Gabe's heart skipped a beat. "What? What did I do?" The other two men drew closer to him and grabbed his shoulders. "Follow us if you don't want any problems." One of them said. Gabe gulped and glanced at his friends. Fright was evidently etched on their faces. They didn't make any move to come to his aid at all. Seeing there was no point fighting, Gabe reluctantly allowed himself to be pushed by the men. At the doorway, Gabe looked back at his friends. They still made no move. He sighed and walked out. It was almost midnight. Their house was located in a neighborhood secluded from the highway, so the area was quiet except fo
"Brian Ashton and Melanie Spears, the chancellor called for the both of you." An unknown student announced in Brian's Financial Accounting class. Brian sighed. He had been expecting the announcement since he came to school that day. After getting permission from the Financial Accounting lecturer, they left the class amidst the stares from the whole class. They walked in silence to the building where the office was located. They climbed the staircase to the office and entered when they arrived. Gabe, his friends, Charlene, Raymond, and Dalton were already in the office. Miss Claudine stood beside the chancellor who was seated on his swivel chair. The office was quiet except for the creaking of the ceiling fan and the vibrations from the water dispenser. Brian could see a view of the school from the window behind the chancellor. "So, can anyone tell me how the bloody fight started?" The chancellor joined his hands and interlocked his fingers immediately the door slammed shut. His
Silence fell immediately in the cafeteria. The whole students gaped at Brian with their hung open or eyes widened. Dalton froze the moment he felt Brian's lips touch his cheek and faced him in shock. Even Melanie and Charlene stared at Brian dumbstruck. Brian smiled at the reaction of everyone and wrapped his arms around Dalton's shoulder. "Let's go." Brian gently nudged Dalton out of the cafeteria. Melanie and Charlene followed shortly. The students, still silent, watched them walk out before the murmur increased its tempo. They only used the gay stuff to make jest of Brian but was Brian truly gay? The next hot topic was slowly brewing. As they walked to their car, Charlene demanded. "What did you that for?" Brian merely shrugged. "They want something to gossip about, they got something to gossip about. After all, everyone thinks I'm gay." "A little warning will be appreciated next time," Dalton said. "Yeah. Sorry about that." "Next time?" Charlene raised her brows. Bria
Christabel emerged from the taxi when it arrived at the rental apartment building. After paying the taxi driver, she turned and looked at the building. She frowned. This was Brian's old apartment building. She wondered where Brian lived now. Probably somewhere rich. Hmph, lucky him. She thought. She tucked some strands of hair behind before walking in. She climbed the stairs to the next floor and headed to apartment 25 and knocked on the door. "I'll be there in a minute." Margaret's voice responded from inside. Some minutes later, the door opened. "Welcome, Christa." Margaret beamed at her. Christabel became dumbstruck at Margaret's new appearance. Her dark skin seemed to have become lighter, almost fair. Her hairstyle was now a round afro hairstyle. Makeup beautified her face greatly. Two gold round earrings hung on her ears and she wore a crop top and bum shorts. "Are you coming in?" Margaret's voice snapped out of her daze. "Uh...yeah." Christabr got a hold of her
Hip-hop music blasted from Richard's car stereo, lightening up the mood as he drove the Mercedes Benz. Brian sat next to the driver's seat while the rest of them – Melanie, Charlene, and Dalton – sat at the back Except for the music, the car was silent as it made its journey to Wesville. Brian wondered what awaited him at the manor. He was elated to see his mother but what of his father? He hadn't spoken to him for about a month. Wouldn't it be awkward? How would he get along with him? He was also nervous about the reaction of his father's men and workers towards him. Melanie told him his father had a lot of men working for him. Would they like and accept him as the heir? Not that they had a choice but he wanted them to accept him in their free will. What would they think of him? That he was weak and unfit to be the heir of the family? He ran his hand on his face and puffed. This was overwhelming. "Hey, see this," Charlene called his attention towards her. "Look at what you c
Richard walked up to him and patted Brian's shoulder. "Welcome to the Addams Manor, kiddo." Brian gazed with amazement. How can this magnificence be secluded in an isolated place like this? No one should be deprived of this magnificence. It's like walking into a castle. "Brian, your jaw is practically on the ground," Richard told him. Brian closed his mouth before drool could slide out. "This is amazing." He couldn't believe he was going to own this one day. "Yeah. I'll give you a tour around tomorrow. Let's go in. Everyone must be waiting for us." They walked past the hedges to the front door. It was a large double gold metal door with a lion's face design on it. Two guards stood beside the door. They opened the door for them to walk into the entrance hallway. The hallway was large, and dimly lit, with a red carpet covering the floor. The left wall held portraits of abstract art while the right displayed portraits of different men. Brian guessed the men were from the Addams
"You have a nice manor," Brian remarked as they made their way upstairs. Edward hummed. "Hmm-mmm. I built this one since our last one was destroyed." "Destroyed? How?" "Bombing." Brian paused as his mind processed something. "Was it the bombing that...killed our family?" Edward nodded. Brian pursed his lips and remained silent. Edward started. "Well, there are lots of rooms in the house, so let's get started. Brian agreed. Starting from the top, Edward began the tour in the manor. He showed him the rooftop which had a low brick wall around it to prevent anyone from falling. Then he proceeded inside and showed him each room. The top floor occupied his study. It was just like the study at Richard's mansion, only that this one was wider and had more books. After the study was the weapons room, where weapons, mostly guns, were kept. Brian was amazed by the sight of the different types of guns – revolvers, pistols, revolvers, shotguns, and the like – hung on hooks attache
The backyard wasn't your typical backyard, whether common or wealthy. It was more like a military training area.The backyard was filled with different training equipment and facilities. It was like an outdoor version of the training rooms, only wider. Edward said this was the main training area, where everyone comes to train together. The area was brimming with training activities. Different groups trained in different areas, either hand-to-hand combat, sword fighting, gun shooting, and the rest. There were about twenty people in the area now.The perimeter of the training area was marked out by one-step bricks. Beyond the training area, two buildings were constructed, one in each corner of the fence. Brian noticed that the building on the left was too small for someone to do anything inside. Two guards stood by this building.Brian followed Edward as he walked behind the row of Grey Guardians practicing gun shooting. None of them missed their target dummies. They seemed so good at