Chapter 62It had been ending of the term and all the students were packing their baggage, preparing to get back to their different homes, those from far and near. They needed to go back to see their mothers, fathers, and even their best friends after about 4 straight months in school.Mike, Leah and Shawn were not exempted from this as they all had stayed away from the eyes of their family, it was one of those times they needed to take advantage of because there was never going to be another in the next four to five months.They guys had planned out everything. . . They agreed that they were definitely going to meet together to see themselves out after packing their things before they travelled back to their different towns to visit home.Shawn was the first to finish packing and he had to go to their favourite spot which had been really close to the school to wait for the rest of the crew, Leah and Mike.It wasn't long now before the rest of them arrived with their room keys ready t
Chapter 63Shawn had been sitting in a chair for over an hour, and there was no way for him to get a breath or a walk after the interrogation he had been getting minute after minute.Shawn knew he was saying the same thing over and over again but no one believed him. . . No one considered that he might be saying the truth, and this was the one thing that bothered Shawn. The man he had seen in the room when the fire had almost razed the building. . . It was now the words he spoke that gave meaning to Shawn's ears."If only I had listened to Mike and Leah. . . It wouldn't have gotten to this, I believe I would have been home right now, we would have been at home having some fun. . ." Shawm mumbled to himself as he shook his head.With mixed feelings in the air, Shawn got quiet almost immediately, trying too hard not to regret his actions after all he had been told, to be careful. . . He gave deaf ears.Shawn was pretty careful that he answered the men who asked him the questions. . . I
Chapter 64Everything seemed to have happened too fast. One time Shawn had been warned not to go close to the fire, the next time he got arrested and was interrogated and in less than a day he was released to see his friends.It got even more confusing when he kept remembering that he couldn't tell them he wasn't the one who caused the fire but someone else who had put Shawn into trouble when all he was trying to do was help.Shawn had no idea how he was going to explain to the next person who asked him how he managed to get arrested when all he tried to do was help put out the fire.Shawn had laid down on the couch in the living room when Mike and Leah came back out to the living room with some plate of food“Here, you really have to eat something. . . You haven't really taken something since the day you were let out. . . What's the problem?” Leah asked.“I can't explain. . . I just need more rest," Shawn said to them as he laid back on the bed like he needed some more sleep.“Okay,
Chapter 65Shawn's POVI took in a deep breath, as I held on tight to Pedro's legs. I had no idea what would have happened to me if I had gone in earlier, but one thing I knew is that I would not have come out either.I was still on the ground, left in shock. . . I still wanted to go over there and see what must have caused the explosion, but then I considered the dangers I would be facing, another interrogation and another frightening experience. I wasn't just ready for that yet. I turned to look at Pedro and gave me a quick stare. I was okay, but I just needed him to ask how I was doing. I felt unhappy and afraid at some point because if he didn't come around, I wasn't sure if there was anyone else that could have stopped me or walked me to where I had been going."Are you okay. . .?" Pedro asked, with a clear indication on his face that he was really calm even after he heard the explosion.At that point, I felt a bit peaceful because he was calm. . . It meant there was nothing els
Chapter 66Mike and Leah had been discussing when they suddenly heard the knock on the door and Leah quickly moved to the door to check who had been at the door."Umm! Who's there. . . ?" Leah asked."Hey, it's Shawn. . . Please let us in!" Shawn said.Leah opened the door and Shawn walked in tiredly. Leah gave him a stare as he walked in slowly like he had been carrying some heavy load."Is everything okay with Shawn. . .?" Leah Pedro, who was smiling the whole time. "I think he's fine. . . There's nothing wrong. I mean, he would tell you if there was anything wrong, so you can ask him," Pedro gave her the perfect response and walked past her into the house.“Umm! Okay. . . Not what I was expecting though," Leah mumbled, closing the door behind her."So how did it go guys. . .?" Mike asked with a big smile. . . And then turned to look at Shawn wasn't face wasn't speaking the best at the moment"What's going on Shawn? What happened?" Mike asked."I'm good, there's absolutely nothin
Chapter 67Pedro had received a call from Shawn. . . From the look of things, it sounded terrible and Pedro was not comfortable with it one bit. He had to find a way to either force it on Shawn's father or convince him of the plan he had come up with. Either way, Pedro knew Shawn's father had to agree to accept Shawn's return. There was never going to be another way about it.Pedro walked to the kitchen to put the plates in the kitchen sink when he saw Shawn's mom alongside the maid speaking to each other and tight after that, she was going to be out of the house. . . It was the right time and Pedro had those words stuck at the back of his mind.“Can I speak to you now. . .?" Pedro asked, giving the maid a stare to get the hell out and when she did, Pedro moved closer to her."What's the matter, Pedro. . .?" She asked."I need to speak to you about your son. . ." Pedro said."Shawn. . .?""Yes, Shawn. . .""What's wrong with him. . .? I thought I overheard you telling my husband that
Chapter 68Shawn and Mike had been holding up with the smoke and everything coming closer and closer to where they had been. They kept on hoping that someone was going to come to their aid soon. Leah had been in between them, she could not breathe so Mike had Shawn decided to try to keep her as far away from the smoke as they could."What if he doesn't find us?" Mike asked, terrified of what was going to happen to him if eventually, things did not play out well."Don't say that. . . Let us just wait for some time, if he doesn't find us then we run," Shawn said to Mike.“Run? But where? We are not even sure of who is out there ready to rip our heads apart and now we'll get to run without even knowing where we will get help from!" Mike said to him."Umm! I don't know. . . I literally have no idea," Shawn said."We can not be here for long... The smoke is getting in here faster and faster and we need to try to get ourselves out of here before that. . .""Let's just remain calm guys. . .
Chapter 69It was a long drive but Pedro had arrived smoothly back home. The boys and Leah at the back had been asleep when he arrived home but were greeted by Shawn's mother who had been waiting for a long time to see his son come home to his arms.After everything Pedro had reported to Shawn's father on his way home, Pedro thought that he would be anxious about his son's life, but that was not the case. . . He left all the worry to his woman, Shawn's mother. That was exactly how Pedro pictured it.The guards were ordered to help Shawn and his friends out of the car to the rooms that were set and ready for them to use. They were not going to share the same bed with Shawn in his room, but they had renovated Shawn's room in a way that all three of them could stay together and have their own space to themselves. Leah, on the other hand, had been given a choice as a lady to sleep separately, but she took and chose to stay with her friends. She had been with them for a longer time than sh
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