CHAPTER TWO

Sleep couldn’t come to Damien as he was in pains, emotional pains, physical pains.

The heavy footsteps on the ground, alerted Damien of the arrival of someone none other than the officer.

He immediately turned over, as he closed his eyes, silently breathing as he waited for the arrival of the person.

The  clink of the cell door and the footsteps alerted Damien that the person was close to him. Unknown to Damien, it wasn’t a person.

They were four in number.

“Wake up!” Officer one growled. Immediately startling Damien and he jumped to his feet.

When Damien had stood up, on closer look, he noticed officer one was the same officer he had encountered earlier.

“This is for fighting your superior” Officer one said and immediately landed a punch on Damien’s face, before Damien could react, punches upon punches were rained upon him giving him no time to cover up.

The four men kept on throwing punches at Damien until he finally passed out.

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Damien woke up to a banging head, it wasn’t morning yet but he wished it was as he laid there motionless and unable to do a thing.

He felt a metallic taste on his mouth and instantly he knew it was blood, his lips hurt due to the cut he had from the beat up.

Tears rolled down his eyes as the thoughts of why he was here in the first place flashed through his mind. It was all because of Kai. Kai Rivers, the sane woman he loves.

He should have known. Kai wasn’t the type of girl who ends up with his kind. She was beautiful and classy, although not too rich but she looked like she was.

On the other hand, his calloused hands were covered in cuts from all sorts of menial work he had done in his life.

Damien shivered as the little air that had entered the cell blew his clothes up, giving him out to more cold. He had never spent the night in a cell before. This was the first time and all because of the same woman he had thought that he was going to find something with but instead, it turned out ugly. 

He laid there motionless as he slid in and out of consciousness. Finally his poor soul decided to find rest for the night.

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The following morning. 

The officer returned the following money smiling widely. His day was made as he had just received a very cool cash from Parker. 

He walked with an intimidating stride as he stared at Damien who was lying still on the cold bare floor. He had suffered from cold, all through the night, and little did he know that he wasn't going to be free from trouble anytime soon.

"Hey!" The officer who had given him the punch across the face just yesterday yelled as he watched, looking down at the rough guy on the ground. In fact, he looked very unkempt and dirty as a result of the condition he was put through.

Not giving him any chance to get up, he kicked him hard on his stomach to jerk him back to reality.

"Aaaaargh!" He yelled while holding his stomach tight. He was groaning and grimacing now in pain. Who wouldn't, he thought as he looked down at the boot of the police officer.

"Wake up you Asshole!" Another cop shouted as he walked into his cell.

Damien knew he was in for it as they all left their early morning duty post to come pay him a visit in the cell that moment.

"You've got the gut...uh....young man" the officer who hit him earlier and had virtually been the one taking charge in making his life miserable said as he moved closer to him. 

Dragging him by his hair, he gave him another fresh slap which made the others bellow in laughter at him. It seemed like they were enjoying his misery.

He felt disgusted at their acts. These men were meant to be upholders of justice instead, they were meting out Injustice on a poor defenceless guy like him. Wasn't that part of the corruption that has eaten deep into the fabrics of the society. When the ones who should be protecting him are even the ones hurting him.

'What irony?' he thought loudly as be shaked his head at them.

"Hey... what are you looking at?" The Officer asked again as he caught the younger guy in front of him glaring at him. He was holding him tight by the collar promising deep within his heart to give the boy a taste of pain. Different from the one he tasted last night.

"You should know better than to fuck with Parker's chick" the other guy added laughing loudly and their sonorous laughter echoed in the cell room.

"I mean the chick doesn't know you, why try to fight for a woman who clearly doesn't want to have anything with a wretched church rat like yourself" 

They all burst into laughter again. This time he got really angry, not even at them now but at Kai who had brought him this huge shame and  embarrassment. He blamed himself for being so stupid to have thought they had a thing together. She had only got closer to him because of his brilliancy. Taking advantage of his pure heart towards her, and using him before dumping him because she felt he wasn't good enough.

She had even denied ever knowing him.

"I don't know you!" Her voice resounded that instant and his heart was filled  with turmoil traveling through a thousand places at the same time. 

Voices kept ringing in his ear, he was completely lost and drowned, sinking very deep in the oceans of their jeers, their mockery and laughter.  He just wanted to get away from all of this and go somewhere quiet. He needed to think, he felt like he was losing himself that instant.

"Let me go" he finally managed to say to the officer who was still taking delight in making him suffer.

"It's morning… already" Damien said. He wished the officers would let him go just as he had promised last night.

"And so f***king what?" The officer behind the one in front of him asked. 

"You know, you would have been doomed for life if Kai Rivers had charged you for rape and se**ual harassment" he added, giving him a very scornful glare. 

"What?" He asked, shocked. He would never do such a thing. He has always treated her like a gentleman would a lady.

"Why would she...I am honest. I would never do such a thing! I would never force myself on her, not on anyone" Damien yelled. What an outrageous thought, he would never do such a thing, he wondered why the officers would say such. Kai wouldn't do that would she?' He wondered. But then he couldn't put anything beside Kai after the stunt she had pulled the other day.

"Really?" The officer one asked, smirking at him and he felt terror run through him.

"Yes," he said  "I'm not like you all" He says again and they began to chuckle at him.

"How much did that Parker guy give you all? He put you up to this didn't he?" He asked them sadly and watched as their face morphed immediately.

"Are you calling us corrupt cops?" Officer one asked angrily, moving towards him. They knew he wasn't lying and had been bold enough to say it to their faces which pissed them off.

"You answer that yourself" he added angrily, he didn't care about what they could do to him, he didn't care if they were officers of the law or not. with blood now oozing from his already swollen lip.

"And now! We are going to get a gallon of blood out of your body at this moment" the cop number four said and rushed to him, giving him a punch again. His poor beautiful pink lips didn't look so beautiful now as they were broken and decorated in red and blue.

Removing his belt, the officer who had squeezed his shirt earlier went to him, giving him a lash.

"Aaaaargh!" Damien screamed. The voice of the unfortunate boy in the cell filled the entire station but others sat on their table silently watching, putting a deaf ear to all that was going on.

It was Parker's Smith's order, no one could dare to defy him or Interfere afterall he is the son of a rich business man.