Chapter Five

                       (Flashback)

“I’m sorry this is happening,”

“Uxie they’re coming quick!!!!”

“We love you”

                      (Flashback ends)

“Hey wake up, Kid wake up you can’t sleep here"

“Ngghh, where am I, what’s going on?”

“Get up and leave, this place is not a hotel , go home"

Marcel woke up not knowing where he was till he looked around and saw that he was still at the park, the person who woke him up was a man in police uniform looking very annoyed, he looked around him and noticed that it was already dark and the strange people he met earlier in the day were no longer there .

“Can’t you understand me?, I said go home you idiot" the gruff voice of the police officer brought him back to his senses

“Umm what happened, where did they go" he said still looking around for any signs of the woman or man he’d met, the park bench was fixed and his face no longer hurt from the punch he received 

“Look kid I don’t have time for this, leave this place there's been enough murders in this city as it is and I don’t think you want to be one of them”

“Okay but what time is it"

“Its 11:47pm, better get going, I don’t want to see you back here again when I return" the policeman said before walking away.

“Ok, thank you sir. He said 11:47 wow...... 11:47 OH MY GOD!!!!” He jumped up and turned around and didn’t see any cars on the streets or anyone on the roads, just the police man that woke him up as he walked away. Marcel couldn’t believe what’s happening, it went from skipping school to going to his new place of work to almost getting killed, meeting a girl that saved his life and now waking up hours later at night with no evidence that something happened. He decided to leave it all and think about it when he gets home. 

                               XXXXX

On getting to his house, he approached the window to his room and knocked on the glass calling on his friend “Jacob, Jacob, Jake it’s me open up" the window slides open as Jacob looks out and saw marcel crouching a bit,

“Marcel urgh again, dude you have to stop doing this. I was already asleep everyone is"

“Sorry I didn’t mean to this time, it was out of my control” 

“whatever just get in” Marcel climbed inside and closed the window shut, looked at Jacob who was still standing and looking very sleepy before he dropped on his bed. Marcel did just the same and soon enough both of them fell asleep.

     The next morning which was a Saturday Marcel woke up with a slight headache, he looked at the clock which showed 8:45 he turned to Jacob’s bed which was empty, he sat up to think about the previous days events. It still seemed strange to him that someone he’s never met would just pop up from nowhere claiming that he knew him from somewhere and then tried to kill him then a girl saves his life and he kills the unknown assassin who’s body vanishes into thin air, he just couldn’t believe it and he didn’t think anyone would either. He didn’t know if he should tell Jacob about it or keep it to himself cause it’ll sound crazy . He finally made up his mind to keep it to himself and see what happens next, as he tried to get up he felt something in his pocket, he got it out and saw it was the same dagger that saved his life, “what is this doing here, I don’t remember having that with me” he wondered “I should hide this before someone else sees it" he said looking for his bag and stuffed it deep inside beneath his clothes. He went downstairs and saw Jacob in the sitting room watching Television with Rose. 

“Hey man, morning Rose" he greeted 

“Sup"

Morning marcel, you really slept in today” They greeted with Rose commenting on his waking up late 

“Yea I’m just tired, anything to eat I’m starving"

“In a bit, how was work yesterday?” she asked him

“Work?” he replied looking puzzled 

“Yea, Jake here said you got to work in a hotel or something” she kept looking at the Television, Marcel looked at Jacob with a questioning look and Jacob gave him a sign

"yeah, work was great, a bit stressful but I pulled through" he replied with an uneasy smile

“Good, make some money cause you know we need it, I’ll go make breakfast” she stood up and left leaving marcel and Jacob alone, when they heard her enter the kitchen marcel turned to Jacob 

“Hey what did you tell her?”

“What do you mean what did I tell her?”

“You told her I was working in a hotel, why’d you do that"

“ I can’t tell her that it was a brothel and your job is to deliver illegal stuffs around the city now can I?”

“Oh.. ok.. sorry man I just have a lot on my mind that’s all” he said down tiredly and stared at the Television 

“So how was your first day, how’d it go?”

“I didn’t go there" he replied 

“What do you mean you didn’t go, you said you were meant to start yesterday did you not?”

“Yes I said that but I couldn’t, something came up”

“What was so important that you missed your first day on the job"

Something, c’mon man can you drop it I’m not feeling too well today” he winced in pain due to his headache

“Ok whatever” jacob resigned from the questions 

“Where’s your dad"

“Umm he already left”

“Ohhh thank god, I don’t think I’ll be able to sit here if he was around"

“Yea none of us would” they spent the rest of the morning in silence till Rose called them to eat breakfast. Marcel and Jacob sat down to eat with Rose, not a word was said till she remembered something 

“So marcel who is she?

“Who is who?” he replied looking confused 

“The girl"

“What girl?”

“A girl came here yesterday looking for you, said her name was Kim or something”

“Kim?... oh Kim yes uhhh she’s uh a friend from work, she works in the hotel with me”

“Waut when did this happen, I didn’t see anyone and I was at home all day?” jacob had to ask Rose since no one came by the house since he came back from school

“I met her on my way out just outside the front porch . She said she hasn’t seen marcel and I told her that he’s probably on his way since he didn’t come back with Jacob and she thanked me and left, she was quite gorgeous if you ask me".

“ Well yes I met up with her later at the hotel"

“marcel you never said she knew where you lived" Jacob asked him

“It slipped my mind...... what time do you leave Rose?” he tried to change the topic

“in an hour, eat up I have to wash the plates before i leave”

“Dont worry I’ll do it" jacob offered

“Awwwn aren’t you the best brother" she teased him

“Dont make me change my mind" he warned, they traded a bit of banter while marcel watched without saying a word till it was time for them to leave.