It was Andrew looking lifeless on his knees with his face bloodied from the bruise and cuts which made me wonder just how long he endured being tortured and beaten by the two guys who flanged him on both sides with one of them pulling his hair back so his face could be visible to the phone camera. I couldn't lie that I wasn't moved on seeing him in that condition - infact, I was weak with my knees knocking eachother in trembling fright. Did he get himself into a bad debt with someone that they came after him? This was the question running through my mind because I couldn't see any reason for these guys to have held my best friend captive. Suddenly, my eyes widened in suspicion when I realised that none of the two guys were holding Andrew's phone to make the phone call - meaning there was a third person behind the camera. "What do you want!?" I yelled with a furious frown on my face when I noticed one of the guys place a knife on Andrew's throat with a mischievous smirk on his face.

"So um... How's your mom?" Andrew's low voice broke out after a few minute of silence, trying to change the main subject of our discussion."She's fine" I chuckled with an awkward shake of my head before standing up from the sofa. "Look man, I need to um -- get going to work, maybe I'll stop by later in the evening" "Yea sure... You do your thing -- I'll be here till I get discharged" He replied, giving me a vigorous nod of his head as he spoke. Then I scoffed and turned to leave when Andrew called back to me again. "Hey Liam""Uh huh" I hummed lowly and turned around to face him. "Look man, I never really thanked you for saving me last night...and it's selfish of me. So thank you -- for having my back" Andrew heaved in a much remorseful voice that broadened the smile on my face. "You would have done the same for me bro. Now -- if you'll excuse me, I have some gardening to attend to" I replied, concluding my response with an amused laugh that also got Andrew laughing -- and witho

So without warning, I moved forward with both hands clenched hard on the wooden stick and swung it hard, hitting him on the side of his face that got the guy wincing in pain. His other brother was quite furious at my sudden action and was about raising himself to come at me when Ramirez moved forward and slammed the butt of his gun hard on his forehead - sending the Jamaican guy crashing down on his knees.I turned my head to look at Andrew as I retreated two steps from the thugs. I could tell he was pleased by what I'd just done by the way he nodded at me with a brief smile. Then the smile on Andrew's face faded into a stern look as he moved forward with his right hand outstretched, pointing the gun at the two thugs who were groaning with an angry look on their faces. "Now where does your boy Kelvin normally frequent -- like a club or mall?" Andrew asked in a demanding voice.But all the Jamaican brothers did was laugh at Andrew's inquisition, as if was a joke. What even got me sta

We dodged incoming passersby, running like our lives depended on it with our arms spread evenly apart, swaying front and back like a pendulum. We had no single clue as to where we were actually heading to; all we wanted was to be out of sight from the stranger who was gradually closing in on us. Then straight ahead, we saw a crowd of teenagers approaching our direction. They looked like high school students on excursion with an adult male, leading the way with his hands pointing occasionally at buildings. "Quick, there's a path on your left" Andrew notified me in short breaths and rocked me hard to the bending with his left shoulder as we entered and continued running. The path was a bit narrow with walls of tall storey buildings line up - making it rather impossible for me and Andrew to run side by side. So he took to my front and led the way."Andrew?... Hey, there's a -- wired fence in front of us. What -- will we do?" I called out in worry with my voice slightly breaking in shor

I lowered myself very slowly to sit on the couch next to hers. "Aha, Liam... Why are you here and not at work?" Shelly inquired in a surprised tone the moment she noticed my presence on entering the palour from the corridor. Then she sat on the same couch as my mom."He just got fired" My mom blurted plainly, expressing her disappointment as she turned to face Shelly who casted a shocked look at me."Why were you fired Liam?" Shelly asked with my mom now returning her gaze back at me. "I got -- Chloe pregnant, and she's my boss's daughter" I confessed to my mom under clenched jaw with my head sagged in cowardice. "What!" My mom's loud exclaim rose my head up at an instant. She seemed very shocked and raged at the same time. Then, her expression turned to that of surprise curiousity when she noticed how reserved and quiet Shelly was; after all, it was no big news to her since I already told her this morning before leaving the house."So -- you knew about this too?" She turned her bo