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..…….. FIVE YEARS LATER……….

OSWALD Dino Escobar stood by the French window in the semi dark room, overlooking the environment, he was sipping wine from a glass tumbler as he did.

For five years now, he has been away from home, away from family, away from his parents, away from business, just away from anything that is gonna distract or stop him from mourning his Sophia. Five solid years.

How the companies has been going on he doesn't know, he doesn't care to. How his parents are fairing, is never even in the least of his priorities.

As long as they possess the mind, the guts, the nerves to take the only soul he had come to love away from him, how they faired never mattered to him.

All through these years, no one have been able to spot him or find him, no one knew where he had fled to, he had tried his possible best to keep himself hiding and besides, they wouldn't even come looking for him, he had left a stern warning behind, that they shouldn't.

But everyone back at his home country was eagerly waiting for him to return home, everyone was expecting him home anytime, the media houses has been talking about it, the business world aren't left out as it had made topics whenever they present a show, everyone was eagerly waiting for him.

Was he ready to go home now? The answer is yes. But, he wasn't going back the same, wasn't going back as an easy going person, he was going home a changed human, changed for the worse.

The death of Sophia has changed him a great deal, and he just couldn't wait to mete out his anger on his very next victim.

He slowly turned away from the window and went into the inner room.

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The Grimes family had woken up that morning, joyfully going about their normal duties and carrying out their chores with a fast speed.

Everyone was working, it was all hands on deck, except for little King, the baby of the house.

Father was fixing the bathroom door, mother was in the kitchen, Kate was doing the dishes, Orlanda was doing the laundry and Ken was fixing the kitchen sink. 

But for little King, he was trying to do his school work. Five, yet so adroit and brilliant like a ten year old. He was a whiz kid.

At times, when he finds any of his work difficult, he takes up his book to meet big sister, Kate, who would either shout at him for disturbing her, or ask him to leave.

Dejectedly, he would leave and go meet big bro, Ken, who actually would look into the book, then ask him to go meet Orlanda, second big sis.

It was Orlanda, who would finally put him through and teach him everything that he needed to know. 

Orlanda loves him so much, he was the baby of the house and besides, he was a whiz kid, and she loves whiz kids.

Soon, all other persons except Orlanda was done. The laundry was huge, clothes of the whole family that has been worn for over a week.

There was no washing machine, and even if they were, there was no electricity to power it. Dad and mum are really trying just their best to make ends meet.

She was still washing when Kate came by the garden where she was, she was carrying some clothes and when she got to her, she added them to the heap close by.

"Thank you sis, just a few left", she winked and walked away.

Orlanda just smiled and continued her work, it wasn't stressful to her at all, because it was her normal routine.

Then Mr Grimes, her dad came into the garden as well, carrying with him a plastic white chair, his favourite chair and holding a small radio close to him.

He walked to a particular spot, under the only umbrella tree in the garden and sat. Then he tuned on the radio and began changing from channels to channels until he got to his favourite, and he began listening.

A programme was ongoing and he held the radio closer to his ear and listened with rapt attention.

🎬🎬: Woah, I still can't believe that Oswald Dino is back, my gee!