Liam's vision was blurry at first when he flicked his eyes open. He could feel his body against something hard and cold, indicating that he was on the floor. And he could make out someone moving in the background through the haziness.His hand moved to hold the back of his head because he could feel a sharp pain there and it wasn't even a headache.Liam blinked until his eyes were free of the blurriness, and he could spot funny shoes that were obviously worn by the clown."You're up, Liam Price," it was the first time he was hearing the clown speak. And the clown's voice sounded rather mature, like a man in his forties."What have you done to me?" Liam groaned as he stroked the back of his head once more."Nothing, Mr. Price. I just made you pass out for two hours," replied the clown."With a baseball bat," Liam gritted out as he sat up right. He couldn't hear any noise from outside, which meant the party was over and people had already left."You got that right," The clown hunkered d
When Liam went to the plaza by noon the following day, the shop owners agreed to have a meeting with him. And as he was invited into an open space for the meeting, he scanned through the people, wondering who portrayed himself as a clown on the previous day evening."Who is Henry Mobster here?" He inquired."There's no one who bears that name," someone replied after they had all put their heads together to talk.And Liam knew he had lost his chances of knowing the clown. Everyone seemed unusually calm and the only way he could figure out the real identity of the clown was if he listened to their voices with caution."We saw what you did yesterday," another shop owner pointed out."And you're?" Liam asked."The owner of shop number five," the man stepped forward and folded his arms across his chest. He had broad shoulders and it was clear he was trying to seem intimidating to Liam. Only to find out that Liam was even burlier than him.This made him feel less of himself, that he had to
Liam was having a hard time thinking straight upon reaching home. He couldn't return to continue the meeting with the rest shop owners, after what Samuel Roderick told him. How was it possible that someone else knew about the gold apart from him and Gibson?And the same Samuel Roderick stated that his father, Brandon Price, killed all the men who buried the gold underground. It was obvious this person knew a lot even more than his former butler, Gibson. "Liam, you've been acting strange," It was Avery who had shown up unannounced at Liam's place and she was standing at the doorway."It's nothing," Liam sighed. He was in his gym, sitting on the floor after working out."It's actually something," Avery lowered her eyes in their sockets as she observed him.Liam paused for a moment and contemplated telling Avery about the gold. It was such a huge thing that he was meant to not disclose to anyone, but Avery was now like a part of him, even though he never admired such."Come," he quietl
Liam cursed deeply under his breath as he stood on the small queue, hating the fact that he was playing that role once more. It made him remember Wang Lui An, Charks An son."First Time here?" The bouncer who was dressed in a female outfit smirked at Liam, and Liam just rolled his eyes in their sockets. They searched him to see if he was carrying pepper spray or anything to hurt someone because it was widely known that straight men made their way into that club just to torture some gays for being gay.Liam walked into the club and immediately felt repulsed when he found two men locking lips at some corner, and a few dancing and grinding on themselves.The urge to throw up was overwhelming, but he just held himself."Just take a deep breath and relax," Avery jabbed her shoulder into Liam's stomach. She was there too after they had spent hours arguing since Liam disagreed with going to the gay club alone until she agreed to tag along.She was dressed like a man. Wearing a cap and a hoo
Samuel Roderick's eyelids fluttered until they finally flickered open and the first his eyes registered was a darkness.Help! His voice was rough when he bellowed this word at the top of his lungs. He tried to move, yet it seemed as though he was tied to a wooden chair. His neck also hurt because he had spent hours sleeping on his side."Someone get me out of here! I've been kidnapped," he yelled once more. "Oh my..fuck! Am I blind or something? Did I lose my sight?" He could not even pull his hands to touch his eyes because his hands were tied at his back to the chair.Suddenly, he heard footsteps moving above him, and his brain immediately registered that he was in a dark basement.The door creaked open a few seconds later and a torch light was flashed in his face."Who are you, what are you trying to do to me?"The response was a grunt and it instilled even more fear in Samuel Roderick.Thankfully he wasn't blind, he knew that through the torch light that was pointed at him earlie
"Now's the right time, the shop owners aren't here," Liam said. All four of them were in his car which was packed a block away from the Plaza."Well, a few of them sleep in," Samuel made this known to them."What!?" Liam and Avery exclaimed at once because such a thing never crossed their mind."It's true, they spend the nights here more than even their homes. And I am aware because I sleep in too," Samuel explained carefully."That means we have to be extra careful so no one can hear us," Liam gave this order as he looked from one person to the other. They had a serious business after all, and it would be troublesome to risk getting caught.After a few minutes of staying in the car, they all hopped out of it and started taking slow steps towards the Plaza, with Samuel leading the way, followed by Avery and then Big Tony."Wait, which shop exactly?" Liam whispered to Samuel."Shop number three," the man responded and pointed at the shop, "it's over there." He added pointing at the sho
Avery was the one who figured out the hard spot on the floor. "I found it," Avery almost yelled, and they all rushed to her side.Liam put his feet there and realized it was extremely harder than he ever thought. And he blinked incredulously, wondering if the gold was truly there."Get working already," Liam ordered.However, Samuel Roderick held up his hands to silence."I don't have my tools with me," he said."What do you mean you don't have your tools with you?" Liam inquired, staring at him intently."I need to go get it," Samuel let this out with a low sigh.And Liam pushed him against the wall once more."Are you trying to outsmart me?" Liam growled."No, you're reading wrong. Have you forgotten you kidnapped me from the club? How am I supposed to be with my working tools when I have nothing on me?" Samuel frowned at Liam. And it was true.Liam clenched his jaw at this and let a few seconds run by before eventually saying."Big Tony will go with you to get them, and trust me
After spending an hour staring at marveling at the ton of gold, they made their way out through the ladders.Earlier, Liam and the rest of them descended the ladders to take a proper look at the gold to check if it was in fact real gold and not a prank all along. But the gold was real, even Samuel Roderick's machine confirmed it right.They couldn't take anything out of it since each gold was heavy and there were probably over five hundred of them.It would take days to transport the gold out of there, so Liam wanted to tread with caution and not rush things.Liam was still shocked, he could barely believe that he had seen the gold sooner than he expected. If Samuel Roderick had not approached him as a clown that night, he would have still thought that the plaza required demolition to get the gold.Liam couldn't believe his father left so much for him. He was still so touched that tears brimmed in his eyes."We have to close it and join heads together to think of a way to get the go