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 70Pedro's words seemed to have struck Shawn so hard that he thought his mother was trying to hurt his friends because she did not want to see them, or more over, she did not like any of them around her.Shawn also had been noticing her recent body language towards his friends, especially Leah and had only thought it was because she didn't know her at first but it began to make more sense.Pedro took Shawn into one of the empty rooms to speak to him after Shawn made it clear that he didn't understand what he meant by what he said earlier, about his mother.What was that about?" Shawn asked after he got into the room with Pedro.“You have to listen to me Shawn, it's no big deal and I don't want you to take this really seriously. Now! I need you to go back up there, make sure that your friends are relaxed and are satisfied. . . You know, just have fun and forget about the matter I mentioned earlier," Pedro said to Shawn.Pedro did not want to say something that was rather going