Chapter 25Shawn was still in surprise as to how Pedro came to his rescue even when they were far out. He needed answers. . . Everything looked genius, but he didn't want to conclude until he got the answers that he needed.He had been sitting, waiting in the living room when Pedro walked by."Hi, uncle Pedro! Umm. . ." Shawn said, leaving Pedro in confusion. Shawn had not called him uncle in a long time which meant he needed something, so he kept his patience and listened to what he had to say.About the incident that happened, you never told me how you were so quick to discover where we had been, and as a matter of fact, you promised to tell me remember?" Shawn was troubled."Okay. . . So this is going to be fast. The thing is, I always had eyes on you, and of course an inside man. . .!" Pedro said"An Inside man. . .?" Shawn was perplexed, he had no idea what he meant by that."Okay, I had someone working for me from the inside, that's how we got our information. And don't even try
Chapter 26It was his favorite day. . . Shawn's favorite day. It was Friday, one of the best days he ever experienced. It was one of the days he knew that when it was over, he would have all the rest he needed and had ever imagined.With all the workload he had on his head, it was the day he waited for the most to come to an end. . ."Aren't you heading to school?" Shawn's mom asked as Shawn sat at the dining table watching a TV series."I am, mom. . .!" Shawn replied lazily."Hey! I know that voice. . . You need to put it behind you and dress up for school, and I mean right now. You know why you need to go to school right. . .? You need to graduate with good grades and come out on top!" Shawn's mom always said.It was one which he always heard every time, and every time he heard it, he detested it. He never wanted to be the top guy in school or show off for having the best results. He just wanted to be on his own, quiet and successful without anyone's help. . . But this was one part
Chapter 27"Mike! Mike. . . You've got to wake up bro!" Shawn called "Hey, bro. . . I'm not ready to go to school today, I really need some rest. . . please, you can stand in for me if you can, thanks," Mike said, covering back the blanket over his head."Are you serious right now? It is. . ." Shawn tried to speak but got interrupted immediately."Yeah, I know they'll be a check. . . You can stand in for me, is that. . ." Mike said a second ago but immediately began snoring loudly."What? Bro, it's Saturday. . . What were you thinking?" Shawn yelled."Ughh I thought it was Thursday. . . My bad," Mike replied as he quickly stood up from Shawn's bed into the bathroom to get a pee.Mike and Shawn had stayed up late because it was a Friday night. They knew pretty well that there was nothing that would stop them from having the fun of their lives, even though they still needed to be careful with how they thread. Shawn had been allowed to bring his friend over to the house after their par
Chapter 28Leah has been out of the picture for a very long time. It seemed like they had forgotten everything about her and she felt she didn't need to go back to rejoin them since everything happened the way it did. She had been lonely the whole time thinking of what would happen if she went back to apologize to Shawn and Mike. They were the only friends she had and she could not afford to lose them, especially not when she needed help with the dreams she had been getting recently. Mike and Shawn had found a way to become the best buddies anyone would wish for and most definitely they had begun finding a way to face the challenge at school against the vice-chancellor. They knew it was not going to be an easy fight but it was worth the try. They have been about ready to move when they suddenly received a message. Shawn picked up his phone immediately and checked who it had been."It's Leah. . .!" Shawn muttered in surprise.He had never thought of seeing her anymore since she had t
Chapter 29Leah's Pov.I had no idea if what I was told to do would work, it was not my idea, I never wanted to do this, but I had to. The guys had turned their backs on me leaving me with no one to hold on to. . . I could live that way, I couldn't survive that way. I had to do something, I had to meet someone who I knew would help me live the kind of life I wanted.I knew Mike was going to hate me even more because of what had happened, I only hoped that Shawn called earlier or did something but they all forgot who I was and continued on their mission without me, Leah. . . I helped them in most of the situations.I had met Karl, not because of his money but because I wanted to make Mike and Shawn pay for leaving me. I wanted to hurt them badly just so they could learn that I am the best person for them, and I could have helped them if at all they helped me and cared for me like their own.Karl had given me an assignment, he had told me what to do and how I was going to do it. It felt
Chapter 30It had been a very hot afternoon, with the sun shining at its peak. There was a gentle cool breeze that followed with the wind making the environment soothing for Shawn who had been sitting under one of the shades.It was a break, and he needed to avoid the heat of the class and made sure to clear his head. He was not really sure what it was, but he was disturbed by a thought, a feeling he had no idea how to get past it. Mike was the one person who understood him but wasn't there. . . And then Leah who had promised to be there whenever he needed her was no way to be found, and for the whole time he stayed in the class, he lost count of how many times he had checked her seat, waiting for her to be present."I'm going to do this, one way or the other. . . Even if Mike is not here, I need to go ahead with this!" Shawn muttered words to himself.He had caught someone who had been smoking weed. It was prohibited and punishable by expulsion, but Shawn wondered why the guy had not
Chapter 31The whole time Shawn had been at home, he had been worried, and sad at the same time for Pedro. . . He knew he had been fired by his father, but he didn't know why his dad did that.A lot of thoughts came crashing into his head, and it was hard to focus on one. He was thinking of confronting his father who had been watching TV but at the same time, he thought of what would happen if he got angry and what his parents' response would be.He didn't want to get kicked out because of his stubbornness but still had to do something, at least get to know why his father had been sacked. . . Just maybe it would enough reason to let go of the pain he had been feeling."I'm going to do it now!" Shawn was even more determined. He walked to the sitting room but stood at the door once he saw his father sitting on the sofa."Hey Dad. . .!" Shawn said as he walked into the living room as his dad had been watching a reality show."Yes, son! What's the problem. . .!" Shawn's father asked as h
Chapter 32Shawn stood there in silence waiting patiently for Pedro to tell him everything that had happened. He looked like he would open up to him so he could understand all that was happening behind him, including the thing she's father and mother refused to share with him.Pedro had been standing there waiting for the right moment and Shawn stood there waiting, even though he was afraid Pedro would say something concerning his mother and father. . . maybe they had something they never told him. Shawn still wanted to hear it."Look, Shawn. . . I don't ever want you to get this wrong, I had to move away because I was not good enough to protect you anymore, I had to!""Good enough. . .? You are the best and why the hell are you saying this? Did my father tell you to say that to me?" Shawn said angrily."Not that. . . Look sometimes you will need to leave after a long time of staying, find new adventures and live your dreams, and you know, that is just what I'm doing. . .!" He said, t
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