Chapter 83“There is nothing you can do now Shawn… it's all over!” a voice from the door yelled.“Fuck!!” Shawn panicked as he began to pace around thinking what next he was going to do… There was no Pedro who would help, surely there was no one on their side and soon, one way or the other, the person behind the door from the other end was going to hit the door down.“I'm going to open the door guys, there is possibly no way we will run to now,” Shawn said to the rest of them but there was no definite reply as all of them buried their face to the ground.Shawn walked to the door slowly and calmly. He held onto the door knob wishing he did not start this in the first place, that he listened to his father the first time he mentioned this.Shawn opened the door, accepting his date, but when he opened his eyes after taking in, what looked to be his last breath of freedom, he saw a man on some rag cloth standing before him. “Umm, are you going to arrest us? Or…” Shawn stuttered in disbeli
Chapter 84Shawn could feel his heart thump hard, he felt his breath get heavy every second, and he felt his knees shake, but he dared not look at the door...“What's happening Shawn?” They both chorused.“This is not good…!!” Shawn whispered…Leah glared at Shawn from where she had been the whole time, she wondered what must have gone wrong and why he had been acting that way over a simple knock on the door.“Come on, it should be Neal who had just come back from wherever he went to, it has to be!" leah Said with no form of doubt on her face.“By sunset, that was when he said he would be back. And I just had this same dream, it's something worse and I am sure it's not Neal at the door,” Shawn said, standing by his words.“Is this some kind of vision you saw? Or a prophecy of some sort? Because that for sure isn't true. I will open the door now," Mike said boldly, springing up from his place straight to the door.”“Hey! Hey!!! Mike, don't do that... Do not do that, I promise you, we a
Chapter 85 Shawn's POV “MIKE NO!!!!” I screamed as I launched in towards Mike to get the gun from him just when he clenched his fist to the gun and pulled the trigger. There was a gunshot in the car. Leah screamed at the top of her voice, I guess someone had been killed, I thought the same too. “The kids are crazy, what is wrong with you? I guess I will just have to do what I needed to do long before now,” Neal yelled, struggling to get the gun from our hands. Luckily for everyone in the car, no one was hurt, but the driver had lost control of the car and had run the car into a building that was yet to be completed. “What the fuck!! You all are dead right now," the driver mumbled from his seat after he hit his head on the car wheels “Hey!! Better don't try shit,” I yelled, getting the gun from Mike and immediately pointing it at the man's face. “What are you doing Shawn? Do you want to shoot us? Then do it!” If there was anything I didn't like, it was getting tempted by some
Chapter 86 Shawn could not believe it... Even Leah could not stand it when she heard Erica was still alive. It felt like their whole life flashed in front of them and that they had been loving, in what looked like a lie. “How did she get to live? And how did she escape with a drug in her body?" The questions kept ringing in Shawn's mind. The guys knew there was definitely no way Erica could have woken up that fast to make these orders, except she had done it before the capture or she had someone she was working with. “Can you believe this? Cause I know he is lying... That's not possible!" Mike stated angrily as he moved closer to him for more clarification on what he said earlier. “Why are you lying? Erica was taken away, wasn't she?" Mike mumbled as his hands stuffed the collars of the driver. “Why are you not believing me? It's the truth and there is nothing else I have to tell you. That's it,” the man said but this time, with a reaction that told him that he was angry no one b
Chapter 87 The phone call changed everyone's mood. Mike and Leah looked to hear Shawn if he ea going to say anything concerning the phone call he had just received but he said nothing about it. “Shawn, come on, you know you can trust us… what's going on?” Leah persisted. “I said I am fine… we should go ahead with the cleaning before it gets dark,” Shawn opted to move to the corner to pick up the bucket he has seen there. He had chosen to mop like Mike and Leah moved to do the cleaning and sweeping so Shawn could come in and mop up the remaining part of the house. There were already bands of sweat dripping from their forehead onto their head, it wasn't going to be easy but the guys had no other choice. “Please guys, if you find something you know needs to be thrown away, you can bring it to the centre here and then we'll do justice to it instead of taking them outside!” Mike ordered. “Okay, that's fine!” Leah muttered in response. Mike kept a radio on while he did his part of the
Chapter 88 It had been night and Mike, alongside Leah had just managed to take Shawn back to the house where they stayed. They were mesmerized by what had just happened even when Shawn was reluctant to speak to them about everything that went on with the police officer. It was clear that something happened, and they deserved to know. Leah sat close to Shawn and she had his head placed on her lap while he was quiet the whole time. Mike on the other hand did the job of transporting everything they had brought back, to the dining table where they were going to sort out all of their things before they went to bed. Shawn's POV. I sat there thinking about all of the things that could have gone wrong in a matter of seconds if I had made the wrong choice or the wrong move while the policeman watched my every move. I could feel my leg get stiff the moment I tried to stand there fighting the urge to run towards where Mike and Leah had been… And if the policeman had moved a bit, I would have
Chapter 89 It was a very sunny day, such a day Shawn would have perceived to be one of his best days but the only thing was that he would not be able to leave the comfort of his room. Since he woke up early in the morning, he stayed in his room while he played around, fiddling with his little buttoned phone which he was once given as a gift from his mother when he was little and had since learnt to treasure because it was his first birthday gift. Mike had earlier arrived at his room to make sure he had gotten food when he needed it and Leah too whenever she woke up. During this time, one of the things Shawn tried to do with his little buttoned phone was playing the popular outdated sudoku, which he was once a master of before he grew up to play newer games. He had been playing there for more than half an hour when he suddenly heard some knock in the other room closer to his. “What is really going on?" Shawn thought to himself, as it was already beginning to become rampant, minute a
Chapter 90 5 Months Later It was the beginning of the end for Shawn. One of the things he could not get past, the memories kept on coming, time after time like he had been watching a whole review of his life with Leah and Mike. And each time the flashes of memories came, it came alongside a drop of tears. “Hey Shawn, breakfast is ready!” a voice called Shawn. He had been in the living room with his journal, writing down things, things those he lived with saw as creepy. He spent most of his time and days with his book like it was some company and once, he heard people mention that he was obsessed with some letter his lover had sent to him, maybe that was why he couldn't let go of the book, wherever he went. “I am coming, give me a minute!" Shawn replied, tidying up what he had been doing to go have his food. He had found a way to run away from the area he had been to somewhere where no one knew him. He knew there was no life for him back in his city. He needed to let go of his fam
Chapter 120The alarms sounded, shimmering into the ears of the inmates waking them up from their sleep. It was quite earlier than the rest of the days and that was because it was a special day. Most of the Inmates that had been in the prison for years were finally getting their freedom back and they would be going home finally, after a long, long wait.The timetables for the day had been set and the inmates were made aware of what was going to happen today. New inmates were going to roll in either from a transfer from another prison or sentencing. And at the same time, a few people were going to leave— only those that survived though.It had been said that most of the inmates that would have gotten their freedom the next day were likely killed by their fellow inmates because of envy and other reasons which weren't made known to the General public.Mike and Leah after hearing all of the horrors had their eyes and their ears open throughout the night. They knew they had no excuse for n
Chapter 119(Hours Before The Mission)Pedro had been in constant communication with Grace. She had something Pedro needed and that was to be able to know what was happening even when he was with Shawn, and what was going to happen with his friends in the prison.Grace was the only one who Pedro had seen with such a gift, and in a long time, nothing had been heard of them until now. Pedro knew there was a big reason why she had offered to help him with Shawn's issue, even at the same time offering to help Mike and Leah out.She had an idea of how she was going to get them out of the prison. It was not convincing enough but Pedro had a much bigger reason to believe in what she had told him.Pedro was out of town and did not need Shawn's parents, who were in constant communication with him to know what was going on. He had to handle this alone and find a way not to involve or put any of his people in trouble.Shawn's parents needed to see Shawn as soon as possible. They feared that some
Chapter 118"Erica!! How are you still alive?" Shawn voiced, taking in a deep breath."Did you expect me to be dead? So much for the plan you had set up…" she said with a big smile as she gave Shawn a glance from head to toe. It seemed she was liking all that she had seen at the moment."Why are you in these ropes?" Erica asked, pretending to have nothing to do with this, she had on a pitiful face"Ohh fuck! Why is she acting like she has no idea what I am going through? She ordered the guards to do this to me and now she's here acting all innocent. Girls!!! Never to be trusted!" Shawn thought to himself as he shook his head in disapproval.It was just unbelievable. The news had been everywhere that he was the one who murdered her, but here she was standing before him with a scary wicked grin. "Why are you acting like you did not have a hand in this? I know you are the sole reason why I am tied in this fucking—" Shawn spoke furiously as he lifted his hands to show Erica what she had
Chapter 117Shawn had been arrested and was taken to a detention center where he was going to get interrogated by some policemen about the murder of Erica.The news and rumors had been put to bed for a long time since Shawn and the rest of his friends had moved away from the home and anywhere possible where they would have been found.Someone was responsible for this because none of the police officers had wanted to go in search of Shawn, knowing fully well that he wasn't going to be found that easily.The police had been informed that someone was coming to speak to Shawn as they had locked him up in the dark so he would have no idea where he was. He had been there for over two days and was weak. No food, no water, and in the most heated hours of the day when he would find himself sleeping for no reason, he had nightmares, much more times than he would have ever imagined. But the part that got him upset was the fact that he would wake up and not remember what the dream was about. Th
Chapter 116"Hey, you!!" A loud voice uttered pointing towards her as she turned her face in the direction of the voice."Huh…!!" Those were the only words she uttered as her heart shook when she knew she was the one being called."Come with me!! The voice commanded and Leah could feel her legs already tickling to get going before something happened to her.She could feel waves of shivers through her spine. As though it was her fate, her heart pounded like this day would be her last.She rose from where she had sat and tried to clean herself up but there was simply no time for that as the man quickly grabbed her arm ferociously and moved her in the direction where she had seen them take Mike.Now it was getting scary and she could not bear this on her own. She tried to be calm as they approached the area in the yard where there were no lights, and the closer they moved in the more there was a noise up front in the building ahead of them."Where are you taking me?" Leah voiced out afte
Chapter 115Mike's return from the president's office to the yard had caused a lot of problems and had brought so much trouble to him. He had not been told by anyone that he wasn't supposed to get any information from the president because whatever he was going to promise to give was just a scam… it wasn't real.He was not the kind of person who kept to his word, and if Mike had known this, for sure he would not have shaken hands with him. He, for sure, had made a huge blunder on his part. All eyes were on Mike and Leah now. Everyone had their eyes and ears on him just in case he had reasons to be suspected of anything. The men who stayed in the prison longer than Mike did have given an order to the rest of the guys in the prison to watch out for him… when Mike's bunkmate was no exception to this.It had been a few weeks now, and nothing had been mentioned to Shawn by anyone. Plans had been made to escape prison in 4 months when the digging was going to be completed but Mike this tim
Chapter 114Shawn had his eyes on the door now. There were only two things that would be if all he thought of truly happened. One was that he was going to see himself in jail sooner than he expected, or just maybe he was in some serious trouble.Ava took the bold step to twist the doorknob as she opened it. She poked her face slowly through the little space she had created, checking to see who knocked on the door and what they wanted."Bring the boy out… we need to take him with us now!" They ordered, and Shawn could feel the anger and authority in their voice."Who are you talking about? We do not know who you mean, we have not heard that name around here before," Ava said to them with a glare, showing them that she was not afraid of them or the guns they carried around in the name of security."Are you sure you are telling us the truth? We need to know the truth and as citizens you need to be truthful else you will face the law," the officer who stood before Ava lectured her."Crazy
Chapter 113It had been 5 hours since the girls last saw Shawn. 5 hours after the man that came in to look for Shawn walked out. Still, they had no idea who he was and what he came for. Shawn refused to speak to them about Pedro, who they knew nothing about. They waited for him to come out of his room, and when he finally did, they knew they would have the chance to ask him whatever they needed to know.Shawn stepped out of his room in an attempt to head for the kitchen when the girls walked up on him, blocking him before he could sneak in and out back to his room."What the hell? You shared the shit out of me," Shawn yelled as he held his heart in his hands."We did not scare you, we only noticed that you were trying to sneak to the kitchen to do whatever it is you wanted to do…" they both chorused as they gave Shawn a stern look."No, no! That isn't what I was doing… I only tried to dash to the kitchen because I needed to get something and immediately return to my room, that's all,
Chapter 112Shawn's eyes lighted up as tears filled in. He felt his body freeze for a minute until he heard his voice mutter."Hello, young master!”It was really Pedro… and how he got to his house, Shawn had no idea but at that moment, there were mixed feelings."I am supposed to hug him? Or I'm just going to stand here and see what unfolds next?" Shawn whispered to himself as he let out a tear."What's going on?" Ava's voice asked just behind Shawn and she placed her hands on Shawn's shoulders."Who is there?" Amelia joined to ask as she walked towards the door where Shawn stood to check why Shawn stood still like a plank of wood."How are you doing, young master?" Pedro asked with a shaky voice and just then, Shawn lifted his face to meet his teary eyes of Pedro. This was a surprise and at the same time an emotional moment for Shawn and Pedro. The two couldn't even hug themselves with the level of emotions that flooded the air.“I… I… am okay!" Shawn responded with a stutter as h