Chapter 1: A man with no dream.

A man with no dreams has no direction in life, that's what Anthony's high-school teacher would always say in class, even though Anthony didn't understand his words back than, now he does

Anthony's dream is to get promoted at work, so he can become a manager and finally get enough money to buy a house and not pay rent anymore. 

He knew that his family would be so happy. 

That was the one thing that kept him going no matter what he had to endure in the office , which was a lot.

In the early morning of Tuesday.

Anthony was getting ready for work and he looked at my wristwatch and clicked his tongue in annoyance. 

He woke up late again, because he didn't get up from the bed when the alarm went off the first time. It wasn't the first time it happened ,so he was sure he would get to work on time.

He has already put on his suit and shoe, the one thing that was giving him a hard time was this awful tie that refused to do its job.

Anthony was struggling with his tie when the door opened and his wife Amelia , a blond and petite woman who was often mistaken as a high-school student, walked in.

"Baby, I packed your lunch, come let's go and eat breakfast." Amelia informed him, as she closed the door and saw her husband struggling with a toe and she shook her head.

"Anthony, you really are something else, " She said with a small smile, as she approached him and he couldn't help, but scratch the back of his head nervously ,as she got to him and gently pushed his hand away, so she could help him with his tie.

“My dear husband can fix anything in this house, he can work from morning till night without getting tired, but why are you struggling with a silly tie?" She asked him with an amusing smile, as she was done tying his suit tie and brushed off invisible dust from his suit.

Anthony leaned down to her level with a smile and peeked her lips.

“Thank you baby," Anthony thanked her, as he wrapped his hand around her waist and they both went to the dining table to eat.

Anthony's mother and younger brother were already seated at the four chair dining table waiting for them to arrive.

After eating breakfast Anthony and his younger brother were the first to leave ,so they could take a bus to their destination.

Anthony paid for the bus fare of him and his younger brother and he was happy there were still seats available. 

He sat with his brother. 

The ride was silent for a while, until his younger brother decided to speak up.

“Big bro, I want to ask you something." Chris said drawing Anthony's attention and he turned to him.

"Okay ,what is it?" Anthony inquired curiously. 

Chris is the type to keep to himself and rarely talks, so Anthony knew this was important.

“What should I do if a friend is getting bullied in school?" Chris inquired while looking down to his laps and Anthony narrowed his eyes and looked at his brother sitting beside him, silently wondering why he was asking this.

His brother is nerdy , and he knows high-school students. Chris can be easily picked on because he keeps to himself and is a bookworm obsessed with getting good grades.

“Who is bullying you?" Anthony asked in a low voice and Chris flinched and raised his head , seeing the murderous glare on Anthony's face, he waved his hands dismissively and forced a smile. 

“I am not the one getting bullied, I was just asking for a friend." Chris, his younger brother, defended ,but Chris averted his eyes at Anthony's heated look and refused to make eye contact again..

Even though Anthony didn't believe it, he let it go.

“Have you reported to the principal or a teacher?" Anthony inquired. 

“The boy who is bullying my friend, his father donates funds to our school, so no one is doing anything to the bully even though they know about it.''Chris replied as he bit his lower lips.

“Tell him to inform his parents , so they can pay a visit to the school, or they can get the police involved.” Anthony advised his brothers.

Chris sighed audibly. 

“That would just make matters worse.”Chris mumbled but Anthony heard him. 

“Why do you think so?” Anthony inquired and Chris' eyes widened, as if he had been caught in a lie.

“I…I didn't say anything .” Chris stammered. 

Anthony sighed, he knew his brother would not want to make things difficult for him if he was getting bullied at school and wouldn't tell him ,so he would have to go to the school and see for himself what was wrong.

“Don't forget to tell me if you have problems in school.” Anthony reminded Chris who just nodded with a blank expression. 

Chris did not want to trouble his older brother in any way since he knows he was already too stressed and tired from work, so no matter what is happening he can't tell him.

“Okay.” Chris replied in a small voice, even though he had made up his mind on what to do. 

Anthony made a mental note to ask his brother's best friend if there was anything going on at school later,since he knows it's the only friend his brother has,he has to ask if he is getting bullied or if it was Chris getting bullied. 

Chris was the first person to drop off the bus and then Anthony dropped at his stop and walked the rest of the way to the company he worked at.

Anthony was working on a project with his teammate and his lazy boss called him.

“Anthony Martin ,come here.” His boss called him, as he beckoned on him to come closer.

Anthony stood up and walked to his boss's desk.

“Here's my key, go to my car and the parking lot, open the boot of my car. You see a fancy gift bag there,bring it here to me." He ordered and even though Anthony wanted to refuse this request, he couldn't do it since this was his boss. 

His boss who likes to use his employees as errand boys, even though his boss is also an employee. 

Anthony did not complain ,as he took his boss's car key and went off and got into the elevator as he went to the parking lot, he knew his boss's car, since this wasn't the first time he had asked him to get something from his car, he walked up to the car, he opened the car boot took the gift bag ,slammed the car boot shut.

“I wonder if I came here to run errands everyday when I have something important to do.” He mumbled annoyed by his boss's pestering whenever he had something important to do.

He couldn't say no ,because his boss has gotten many people fired before for irrelevant reasons just because they refused to go on errands for him.

He will just find a fault in a project and pin it on the person he hates and get then fired.

Anthony didn't notice that someone else was in the parking lot and was complaining about his bad boss to no one in particular ,until he heard the voices in the parking lot and he paused and turned to see who it was.

“Did you make sure that the CCTV camera in the parking lot isn't working?" The unknown voice asked.

“Yes sir, it's already done, you don't have to worry about it." A second voice replied and he found there conversations strange ,but brushed it off and wanted to walk back to the elevator ,when he saw the two men dressed in black with face mask covering their identity talking and then there was a red liquid on the floor ,not just red liquid but blood gushing out from a garbage bag that the two men were carrying and he didn't need to be told, as he bent down and hid behind the car, because they would see him if he decided to go to the elevator now.

“Get something and wipe off this floor, so we can leave." A hoarse voice ordered ,as Anthony wondered if he should stay there until they left or just rush to the elevator and risk getting caught.

“Hey ! What are you doing over there?" Anthony heard a voice ask from behind him and he didn't need to be told his cover was blown ,so he stood up and ran towards the elevator door, as footsteps ran after him.