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“Your grandfather, Mr Vaughn Ronald has been arrested and is being detained in police custody.”

He was torn between feeling happy, relief, sad and regret.

Happy and relief because his grandpa was alive.

Sad because he was arrested.

Regret for accepting the stupid offer and for not completing it.

He checked the time on his wrist watch. It was already half past 11pm.

He sighed deeply and started towards the police station. He felt tired and weak. He had not eaten anything all day.

By the time he had reached. It was already past midnight.

“Good evening officer” he greeted. “I want to see Mr Vaughn. He is my grandfather”

“Oh, I’m sorry Mr Ajax, he had been detained for forging computer parts amongst other things in his previous company.” The police officer said. “You would need to pay before we grant him bail”

“That is not an issue” Ajax said. “How much?”

“Fifty thousand dollars”

“That is not an issue” Ajax said as he fished out his phone.

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As he read the message he knew everything was falling apart.

He sighed deeply and chuckled. Chuckling turned to giggles and then laughter.

He fell to his knees laughing hysterically. The officers at the station stared at him like he had gone mad.

Ajax could not believe what was happening. The whole money was gone. He never spent a dime on his grandfather.

It felt so surreal, he remembered how he spent the money, on himself, Caroline, her friends, the man on the street that was picking from a dumpster, the guards. Now he had nothing while they were all having the best night of their life.

He remembered his boss. Cam would definitely fire him. How could he even be thinking of his boss firing him when his grandpa was in jail.

The hurricane and whirlwind of thoughts running in his head made him to fall into laughter.

As he laughed, he began to feel a lump grow in his throat and his chest feel heavy. He fell to the floor and burst out into tears. The laughter turned into tears.

Bitter tears.

“Ajax? Are you alright?” One of the female officers asked him.

“Am I fine?” he repeated. “Hell yeah! I am superb, I am awesome, I am super fine! I a..m the finest” he yelled as his voice broke.

He did not want to lose his only family l “Can I see him?”

“Sure” the lady said as she helped him up. “just a second”

After making a call, she took him down to a room where his grandpa was sitted and cuffed to a chair.

The sight of his grandpa, Vaughn, in that state, made him tear up.

He felt stupid and used. This was the exact thing that happened to his parents.

Seeing his gramps's here reminded him of those painful memories.

His parents were also detained like this. They were tried in the court and sentenced to spend some years in prison.

Few years down the line, they died in the prison cell.

“Jax” , Vaughn whispered softly as soon as Ajax entered the room.

“Vaughn, what's going on?”

“Are you okay? I have been worried about you.” Vaughn said. “Caroline picked your phone and said you were with her. Then I saw all these new stuffs in your room and….”

“I'm alright Vaughn. Do not worry about me.”

“…I got worried”

Ajax rolled his eyes in amusement. “They said you forged computer parts amongst other things”

“They are lying Ajax, I need you to believe me” Vaughn said.

Ajax could see it in his eyes how much he needed his belief. Of course he believed him.

“I believe you, I just want to know why they would do something like that.”

“I have no idea, one minute I was disposing trash, the next I'm being arrested.” Vaughn said.

“Everything will be fine” Ajax assured him. “Right?”

“ First they dropped me because of a failed experiment, now they frame me just as….”

“they did My parents” Ajax said interrupting him.

“…they did your parents”

“I would get you out, I promise, I can't lose you the same way I lost my parents” Ajax said, voice laced with determination.

Vaughn nodded at him. “Please be careful Ajax, do not do anything crazy”

“Ah, the little Ronald” an unfamiliar voice said from the door.

“Umm, who are you?” Ajax asked staring at him in confusion.

“The bastard that put me here” Vaughn spat.

“Oh c'mon Vaughn, that's not how to greet an old friend” the man said as he let himself in and walked to them.

“I’m Nicholas. An old family friend_” he paused as his eyes spotted something on Ajax. Ajax followed his eyesight.

“Now, isn't that interesting.” Nicholas said as he pulled the necklace that hung on Ajax’s neck.

“Give it back!” Ajax sneered as he stood up to face him.

“This is mine. Your parents stole this pendant from my company.” Nicholas said smirking.

“Give. It. Back!” Ajax yelled as he dragged Nicholas by his collar.

All these while, Vaughn was quiet watching everything unfold.

The noise attracted the officers that stood outside.

“Stop” One of them ordered as they came to separate them.

“My pendant! The bloody bastard took my pendant!” Ajax yelled as he tried to take it from Nicholas. The officers held him back and carried him out while he was kicking the air.

They threw him out of the station and apologized to Nicholas.

Ajax could see how obvious it was. Nicholas had them under his control.

He remained on the floor as he watched them escort him to his car. He watched Nicholas leave with the last piece of his parents that he had left.

With tears in his eyes, he picked himself up. He had to continue with his life, job and career. He needed money to bail Vaughn.

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