CHAPTER 5:
Lyon opened his eyes slowly surveying the whole environment as he realized that he was in the hospital and a drip was fixed in his hand. He saw his mother sitting by the side of the bed crying, completely unaware that he had woken up
His heart skipped a beat when he saw the tears rushing down her eyes “You don’t have to cry mum, I will make things right I promise” He said lifting his body from the bed as he attempted to remove the IV Cannula from his vain
“I’m glad you’re awake,” She said forcing a smile on her face
“The doctor said, you shouldn’t attempt stressing your lungs again or your asthma might migrate to chronic lung allograft dysfunction” She added sadly
He nodded his head in understanding “Mum, don’t worry about me. I had to do what I had to do to save you all”
“Yet your dad still died, you have to report to the police Lyon, that asshole has to go behind bars for what he did,” His mother said in bitterness
“Mum, some issues are better not reported, Ethan’s father has control over the media and the police as well, if we must win this going to the police should not be an option,” He said and stood up from the bed holding her hands and looking at her deep in the eyes “Don’t worry mother, I would bring Annabel back home and avenge father’s death”
“But you have to rest Lyon, you haven’t recovered yet”
“I know Mother, but there would be no time for that”
“Then at least take some money to get a taxi,” She said handing over $20 to him.
He smiled at her, took the money, and walked away. He hated the fact that he had to cause his family so many problems. His mother didn’t have enough money yet she had to take care of his hospital bills and even give him money for a taxi, he couldn’t let her down
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Lyon came down from a taxi as he stood in front of Darlington’s family mansion. He clenched his fist and walked into the house but the gatekeeper stopped him
“Beggars are not allowed in here, this is not a charity home,” He said with a frown on his face
“I’m not a beggar; I’m here to see Ethan Darlington”
The gatekeeper x-rayed Lyon from his head to his toe, and he didn’t seem like someone Ethan would like to see “What makes you think young master Ethan would want to see someone as wretched as you?”
“You have so much guts for a gatekeeper” Lyon fired as he was starting to get angry that the gatekeeper was looking down on him.
“I’m just filling in for the gatekeeper, I’m a trained bodyguard, and I’m not on your level. Get out of here while I’m still being nice!”
Lyon scoffed in anger, “And what would you do if I refused?”
The gatekeeper frowned and was about to reach for him and punch him in his face when the voice of Ethan stopped him
“Oh Lyon what an unpleasant surprise. You must be board at home so you decided to come see me”
Lyon rushed to him and dragged him roughly on his collar “Where is my sister?”
Ethan smirked lightly “This is not how you treat a friend who decided to keep your sister for a while; you never know you might not see her again”
“Is this a joke to you Ethan? Aren’t you afraid that I might call the police?”
“Yet you haven’t done that because you seem to know that my family has control over the police” Ethan spat out. He seemed to be having fun with all that was happening
“Why are you doing this Ethan? Let her go and I would do anything”
“That might be a good idea, from now on; you would walk in this mansion as a servant. You would wash my clothes and that of Alisha whenever she comes for a sleepover, you would cook and do the dishes and if anything goes wrong your sister is dead”
“Do I get a pay?”
Ethan laughed “Do you? If you want I can keep your sister and pay you”
“You would get started today, my clothes are dirty and so is the house and the dishes, I want everywhere sparkling by the time I get back and I will be throwing a party today so I want you to ask the gatekeeper how I run my parties so you can make preparations, I want everything perfect”
“But that would stop me from coming to class early,” Lyon said with a frown
“Should I be concerned? Then work faster” Ethan said and walked into the house while Lyon followed from behind.
He walked upstairs to his room and came back with a pile of clothes as he threw them at Lyon “They are all expensive, wash them carefully” He said walking out of the house entering his car, and then zooming off.
Lyon clutched his fist boiling in anger. He didn’t for once think he would stoop so low to work for Ethan but here he was doing that. No one was at home so he had no distractions; he decided to start with the dishes.
It was about 2:00 pm when he finished everything; he exhaled in tiredness as he knew he wouldn’t be able to go to school again because lectures were already over
“I can’t believe he made me miss classes today,” He said loud enough for anyone to hear.
The gatekeeper walked up to him with a frown on his face “The boss said you should prepare Italian cosines, his Italian friend would be coming for the boy’s hangout today. You should get started” He said and walked away
He walked into the kitchen and googled some nice and traditional Italian food so he settled for Lasagne alla Bolognese. It is an Italian dish that comprises beef, tomato, and onion Bolognese sauce, and other special ingredients
He got to work, as he skillfully added the ingredients while he followed the videos and articles he could get about the dish. He was able to finish everything at exactly 7:00 pm
At this time, he had dished out and prepared the dining table. The sound of people entering the house attracted him and he figured that Ethan and his friends had arrived. He picked up an expensive campaign and turned into some glass cups and then walked out of the kitchen unknown to him that his inhaler fell from his pocket. He served the Champaign to some of Ethan’s friends
“Oh, it’s the loser, Lyon, what is he doing here?” One of the boys asked with a frown on his face
“Well, I decided to do one good thing in the world by allowing him to be my servant, he is still the loser you know him as” Ethan mocked as Lyon dared not give anyone eye contact because he was too ashamed to see their reactions
He attempted to avoid the situation by walking away but Ethan stopped him “Where do you think you’re going to? You don’t get to make a choice; until I say you can go you don’t make a move. Got it?”
He nodded as he stood there with his head bowed while one of Ethan’s friends took his wine and emptied the content on his whole body “I figured you might not be able to drink the wine so how about drinking it this way?” He said with a smirk on his face
The whole boys laughed mockingly.
“Bring her” Ethan instructed one of his men. They nodded and brought his sister naked as she tried covering up but a gun was pointed at her head
Lyon's eyes widened in shock as he attempted to rush to his sister but Ethan’s words stopped him “Take one more step close to her and I promise she won’t come out of here alive” He said, giving him a deadly glare
“I must say your sister might be wretched just like you, but her body costs a lot,” One of the boys said as he stood up and lustfully observed Annabel’s body licking his lips in hunger “How much would you go for a night darling?”
Lyon clenched, an air of helplessness engulfed him yet he could not do anything. And the next word of Ethan rendered him speechless
“Let’s take a bid for her body, whoever has the highest bid gets to spend a whole night with her,” He said smiling at looking at Lyon “This how I vent my anger”
CHAPTER 6: “Please don’t do this Ethan” Lyon said pushing his pride aside as he knelt down holding Ethan’s leg as hot tears flowed from his eyes. Looking at him one would see the pain that danced deep in his eyes, the anger that came with the tears could burn down any building if it were to be fireEthan looked at him with a smile “Haven’t you heard Lyon? When you beg me it fuels my hunger to make you beg more and I know you don’t want that, do you?” He asked Lyon“We are in Ethan, we should totally do a bid, and I need her in bed right now”“I agree, I’m ready to bid any amount in as much I can have her for a night”Annabel and Lyon listened as they deliberated on auctioning her body as if it were a commodity. Annabel was in her senior year in high school and she was fare skinned that men couldn’t help but look back when she was anywhere and here she was been auctioned like a slave.Lyon had always protected every member of his family like a diamond because they meant the whole worl
CHAPTER 7: The feeling of cold liquid flowing through his body woke him up as he opened his eyes with much difficulty trying to see the person who was pouring the liquid on him.The sun shined its glory on his pale face as he saw Ethan looking at him irritated “You fool, you had the guts to sleep here” He said mockinglyLyon cleaned his eyes still trying to stabilize his eyesight, which was when he saw an almost lifeless body in front of him; it was his sister’s body. He rushed to her as she struggled to raise her body but she was too weak“Are you okay Annabel? I need to take you to the hospital” He asked in fear as he saw that she was almost lifeless“You know I won’t let you do that right?” Ethan said crossing his hands in indifference“But Ethan she is almost lifeless, you can see that yourself,” Lyon said in confusion“And does it look like I care? You poor people think the rich are always obliged to help you” Ethan spat out in irritation“Brother!” Annabel said in a cracked and
CHAPTER 8: 5 YEARS LATER“Inmate 412 you won’t be getting any food today because you haven’t been meeting up to expectations, the government can’t be wasting its time on liabilities like you” The prison wader spat out arrogantly at a man with an oxygen tank by his side and a nasal cannula on his nose, aiding his breathing. The man was no other person than LyonAfter the incident five years back, he was diagnosed with chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD), as the fire damaged his lungs. He didn’t have any money to do a lung transplant so he resolved to live on the oxygen tank as the doctor said he had just seven years to live. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for a crime he saw someone else commit yet he was framed for it. Was the government blind and slow-witted? How can a man kill his parents for no reason? Is that even possible?He finally came out of his thoughts and looked at the prison warder “But sir that was the same thing you said yesterday” He said sadly. He hasn’t
CHAPTER 1: Lyon pants heavily as he ran none stop trying to meet up with his final year presentation at school; he checked the time and found out he was an hour late for his presentation. He wondered why everything was against him today of all days.First, his bike broke down on his way, and then the client he went to make a delivery to didn’t pay simply because the product packaging wasn’t his best color. Who the fuck cares about colors these days?He rushed into the school as Mr. Bails the gatekeeper frowned at him “Oh child, you’re late again, if you continue like this you might miss an important lecture” Mr. Bails commented sadlyLyon understood completely but he could do nothing. He was a wretched delivery guy who had to move around the city delivering goods to anyone even if it risked his life.If he didn’t work, he wouldn’t be able to fund his basic needs. He did not want to go about begging or be a burden on his parents as they also had his little sister to take care of and s
CHAPTER 2:After gathering so much courage Lyon raised his head to look at the person who just spoke and as he suspected it was Alisha his girlfriend.He looked at her in shock, maybe he didn’t hear what she said correctly, and maybe he was just hearing things. But Ethan didn’t give him enough time to doubt as his next line of action rendered him speechless.He walked towards Alisha holding her waist and kissing her on her forehead “Hey babe, didn’t expect you to come”“Babe! Did he just call you babe?” Lyon asked Alisha as he tried to put himself together“Oh! So you’re not just poor but also deaf?” Alisha said mocking him while everyone laughed at him“Did you really think I would date someone like you? A scumbag who can’t even afford to get me a decent gift! You must really dream big Lyon” She added disgustfullyLyon smirked as everything became clear to him. What was he expecting? That the richest girl in school would fall in love with a wretched guy like him? He thought she loved
CHAPTER 3: Lyon winced in pain as Mr. Bails cleaned the injuries on his face and placed a bandage on his nose “You really need to go to the hospital Lyon, you don’t seem well and your nose needs proper treatment so it can get back in shape”Lyon shivered as the pain in his body became even more severe “That would cost a lot, Mr. Bails, I would just do some massage but for now I have to meet with Alisha”Mr. Bails frowned “After all she did to you; you still want to foolishly meet with her?”Lyon bent his head in shame, he knew he was making a foolish decision but he also wanted to be sure if all she did to him was intentional or if she was ashamed to be seen with him in public.Like every normal relationship, they didn’t even have a proper breakup, he wanted to know what she thought about him, he wanted to know if he did something wrong that made her so angry so he could apologize.He provided everything she asked for even if he delayed but he made sure she got it. She had the money
CHAPTER 4:Lyon ran none stop as he kept on coughing and panting heavily, yet he wasn’t bold enough to take a break or stop to catch his breath. The entire life of his family was in danger all because he was a fool to fall in love with a total ingrate, someone who he wasn’t permitted to love.“Why do you have to be an asshole Lyon?” He asked himself disappointedly. His nose began to bleed because the bandages Mr. Bails placed on it were all socked by the rain so it was gradually removed from his nose.The rain did a good job at washing away the blood from his nose but he couldn’t breathe anymore, he didn’t want to stop even if every single sign his body was giving him was saying otherwise. He had asthma, and he wasn’t supposed to be taking such a long run but here he was running because he knew if he was a minute late his entire life would change.He ransacked his pocket as he continued running, his view became hazy yet he didn’t want to stop. He finally found his inhaler as he grabbe