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 grabbed it from his pocket and inhaled it yet he didn’t dare to stop. He held his chest in pain yet he continued, he was stressing his lungs so much but he didn’t care.
He coughed out blood vigorously causing him to fall on the floor but he stood up and continued running inhaling his inhaler to steady his breath. He finally got to the house as he dashed to the door and pushed it open only to be met with two masculine men in black, having their way with his sister simultaneously.
He rushed to their direction aggressively not caring to catch his breath, but before he could get to where she was, three other masculine men stood in front of him and pushed him backward roughly causing him to fall on the floor. He shakes his head trying to clear out the dizziness from his eyes
The scream of his sister filled the room, he clenched his fist as he washed two men aggressively rape his sister like an animal, they didn’t stop to catch their breath, nor did they stop to check how she was doing; they just hungrily had their way with her.
He stood up from the floor and rushed towards her again as he couldn’t bear the sight anymore, but just like before, the masculine men punched him in the face causing him to spit out blood from his mouth.
He took his inhaler and inhaled it as he was having difficulty breathing. He felt like he was going to die, but he needed to save his family first
“How do you feel Lyon? Do you like the feeling of being helpless, unable to do anything?” Ethan asked walking towards him holding his mother by the hair and pushing her aggressively to the floor
“Lyon! Get out of here! Get out! I don’t want to lose you” His mother said shouting at the top of her voice.
“You asshole! How dare you do this to my family! My sister doesn’t deserve to be raped, my mother doesn’t deserve to be traumatized by all this, it is me you want not them so please let them go” He shouted in frustration
Ethan laughed psychopathically as he watched Lyon shout helplessly “You forgot someone, your dad, or isn’t he part of the family anymore?” He asked mockingly as some of his men brought a man lying lifeless with blood all over his body
Lyon’s eyes widened in shock “What did you do to him asshole!” He shouted as he rushed to his dad and checked if he was breathing only to notice that he wasn’t breathing at all.
“He is dead Lyon and there is nothing you can do. He tried to put up a fight so I had to get rid of him” Ethan commented. He didn’t seem to be concerned if all he did affected Lyon, as a matter of fact, that was what he wanted
Lyon’s eyes widened in shock when he heard the words that were coming out of Ethan’s mouth “You killed my father?” Lyon asked in disbelieve
Ethan smiled nonchalantly “Yes I did, I watched him call your name and beg so hard but as you know I never forgive, so I got rid of him”
Lyon knelt on the floor in dejection. Who would have thought that Ethan could do something as iniquitous as killing his father? In a matter of minutes, his body completely felt insipid and he felt so downcast
He looked at Ethan with tears in his eyes “How could you? My father never deserved to die! He didn’t deserve to be killed by you!” Lyon burst out in a rage
“Oh, I didn’t know. Maybe if someone had minded the type of girl he met in front of the gate at night, none of this would happen, right?” He asked Lyon
“And maybe if you had stayed away from my girl it would have been better” Lyon shouted angrily
Ethan smiled smugly and walked towards Lyon “That’s the thing, Lyon, you don’t get to say what you want, you’re a mendicant, what makes you think you have the right to choose before me? You’re nothing and you will always be nothing, the quicker you realize that the better for you”
Ethan signaled for his men to bring Annabel, Lyon’s sister. They dragged her roughly as she was unable to walk. Tears flowed from her eyes as she looked at Lyon weakly “Brother, help me”
“Take her away” Ethan finally instructed
“No…” Lyon stood up wanting to go after her but Ethan pulled him by the hair and pushed him to the floor
“You need to know who is dominant here, don’t you see that I make the choices and you abide by them?”
“Please let my sister go” Lyon begged in desolation. But that only made Ethan laugh at him
“Oh, now you’ve leaned to beg? I don’t forgive so easily Lyon, taking your sister away is my way of forgiving you. Don’t you dare cross paths with me again, or I would make you regret it. This time, I won’t forgive” Ethan said and walked away while Lyon rushed to him but his men used a metal rod to hit him on the head causing him to fall on the floor
“Lyon, Lyon, you never learn” That was the last word he heard before passing out
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 upHis 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 sadlyHe 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 fath
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