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CHAPTER 24
“Morning Roll call!” A voice rolled out, strong from the speakers that were embedded in the roofs, followed by a deafening alarm that kept echoing throughout the prison yard; even the dead would lose their appetite for sleep after absorbing such a nuisance.“Darn these people, I will relieve one of them of their balls once I get my freedom.”“Nonsense!” the oldest man in the prison yard thundered with sleepy eyes, half shut. All he could behold was a fellow inmate curled up on the bed like the roll call was not his business.“Hey slughead, you think this is your home? Get in line or you lose a tooth,” the old man barked at Kairo, who was struggling to wake after cleaning the whole prison yard, as a new inmate, and the tradition remains that every new inmate, awaiting trial or conviction, must clean everywhere for a week, as a way of initiation.In a blink, every inmate took a spot at the centre, standing beside their bunks which had flat, well-fitted beddings on them.Each inmate st
CHAPTER 23
“Who else did the surveillance capture? He is responsible for this atrocity! Relieve his head of his body if you can!” Silence fell on the room as Lord Julius sparked in rage, lifting his weight from the movable 24—year-old made of gold chair onto his feet. His eyes burned with disgust. “For now, we can not label him the perpetrator of the act until proven guilty, Lord Julius.” The Inspector of the Interpol responded, his eyes fixed on the paper, as he was taking notes. The crime scene had been marked ‘out of bounds for unauthorised people’, and the investigators flooded the guard room areas, taking photographs of the deceased, who was at the time passing sticky—white foam from every visible natural opening on his head. “Mr. Kairo, you are a prime suspect until proven innocent.” The inspector said, turning to meet Kairo, who looked unperturbed. Kairo knew it was baseless to make efforts to clear his name at that point. He remained silent, not because he lost his voice, but he
CHAPTER 22
Some broken hearts never truly mend.Each cut on his skin had a story, one that ignited flames in his blood streams, tore his heart to shreds, the pain of growing in the slums, the melodious voice of his first love who had returned to dust by the trigger of an enemy, the wreck that caused his heart to skip faster than a broken electric circuit.Every passing minute subtracted a unit of the determination that once flamed in his heart, dread fell on his eyes, and bitterness became his best wine.Not now, ‘will I ever set my eyes on my little pumpkins’ –he thought, lost in his reverie, torn between reclaiming his inheritance, and finding his girls.Kairo’s mission had grown into something nearly impossible since Zacchaeus had made an outrageous demand to Lord over the other wing of the estate.Deceitful Lord Julius had since then placed that wing under heavy security men and surveillance.The torn part of the estate documents hinted that a treasure was in that wing of the estate. But wh
CHAPTER 21
“I know what cards anyone holds by reading their faces, but Lord Dune Wycliffe was the black mamba that could play on any table, with his cards laid bare on the table, yet, he wins it all, and the loser stands small. Unfortunately for him, his trickery dug his shallow grave.” He lifted the cup to his lips and drank down his last swallow. “Father, you're saying this Estate is rightfully mine?”His mouth flinched immediately his father spat the cup and threw the glass mug against the marble, and shot a glaring stare into his eyes.“Bite your tongue, you silly child of a former drunkard.No one decides what Lord Julius will make of his wealth till death knocks.”Lord Julius rolled his eyes to the side, to meet Kairo, who had been on his knees holding up above his head, a 24-karat gold goblet, filled with expensive wine, stretched to the new owner of the Estate, who emerged soon after the assassination of Lord Roland.The ownership clause for the estate was simple, ‘In case the inevitab
CHAPTER 20
“Late Lord Dune Wycliffe was cursed…”Adira’s voice reduced to whispers, now breathing almost nothingness from her lips, “Oh, no, Lord Dune has doomed us all,” she cursed under her breath moving her head from side to side, her jaws dropped, her eyes shot out, and her face lost all expression while blotting sweat converged on countless spots around her fur.Her eyes darted to behold the troop of terror marching from the opposite direction toward where she was narrating the tale.All eyes began bouncing on each other, to Adira and back, until they traced her eyes to behold what held her spellbound, an unpleasant surprise it was.Just when they also absorbed the reality coming from the direction of the estate’s garden, a loud gunshot pierced through the air. No, not through the air, rather, through Adira’s breathing pipe, escaping through her spine, onto the flesh on the back of her neck.“Run!!!!!!!!!!!!” Kairo let out a deafening cry as he swept himself across the floor, seeking cover
CHAPTER 19
A masked man fired two loud shots, like a god of war, into the main hall. The maids screamed and ducked and Lord Roland froze mid-speech. The man’s voice roared through the hall: “Where is the money! Ten million dollars! You know what this is about!” Baron ducked behind the curtains, heart hammering hard against his chest. Adira dropped behind an armchair, Baron quietly dropped his cigarette and turned to the man; While Kairo, calm, sharp, and unusually alert dropped the cloth and faced the intruder. The masked man aimed at him. “I’ll blow your head off, you crooked piece of slave.” Like lightning, Baron tackled the masked man and rolled on the floor. He gave him an uppercut on the throat and he yelped in pain. Baron stood above him, gun steady. “FBI. Stand down!” He flipped a badge from inside his coat and gasps erupted in the room. Kairo stumbled back in surprise. Roland’s mouth moved, but he was too shocked to shout. The masked man turned and looked up
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