After the assembly and another boring period of school lesson, the school was dismissed, and I quickly paced myself towards the train station to head home. The day had been quite a taxing one and I was eager to return to my sanctuary to rest. An afternoon nap sounded appealing.
When I arrived home, I saw a black convertible parked before the house. Having never seen that vehicle before, my curiosity was aroused. I hastily rushed towards our front door to ask my mother.
My mother noticed me then from the window and beckoned me in. Before I entered, she whispered to me:
“Try to act pleasant. This man is a prominent member at your dad’s work.”
I noticed father in a deep conversation with another man, whose vehicle I have just seen. In a second glance, I recognised him as Dilawar Perez, the right-hand man of Christian Exalski. He also saw me looking at him and gave me a friendly nod.
“Ah, you must be James Gradshore? I have heard a great deal about you from your parents. They seem to be very proud you. Seeing you, however, I am not surprised.”
I quickly noticed that this man was full of flattering words, none of which came from his sincere heart.
“Why don’t you excuse us while we discuss something confidential? I am sure it’ll only be a moment.”
Knowing that it will take more than a “moment”, I still headed towards my room. For some reason, a part of me wanted to avoid this man. Something about him seemed dangerous.
Whilst I stayed inside the confines of my room, I kept my ear close to the door to take in snippets of their conversation.
“…yes, yes, Mr. Perez but surely you must realise that – “
“This is one of your downsides, Thomas, why must you always question the motives? The only thing that should be in your mind is that I am F1, you are A3, thus you are obliged to follow my orders unquestioningly.”
“But how, how could I arrange such a thing?”
“Here’s the details of what I have arranged. This will happen as soon as possible.”
“When would that be?”
“Mr. Exalski and I will see to that.”
“I see…but I still cannot see why he wants such arrangements?”
“There is no need for you to know that. Just follow my instructions.”
His voice was cold and stern. Somehow, his voice sounded like another man’s. It did not resemble the voice that I have heard before I entered my room. Suddenly, there was a sound of ringtone on someone’s cell phone.
“Yes sir? You require my presence now? Yes? Okay, I will proceed to that right away.”
Perez made a small cough before addressing my father.
“I have something to do, so I must be going. This will be the last time I will talk about that. I am now expecting that you will do as you are told. Adieu.”
He cleared away into his convertible and started the engine.
As the vehicle went along the road, I noticed something strange. It was leaning a little too much to the right.
He couldn’t weight that much, I thought, before turning away.
Then I felt a vibrating shockwave hit my back immediately followed by a loud sound of explosion that temporarily deafened my ears.
When I recovered from the shock, I turned around to see what had happened.
The convertible was no more. Now, it only existed as shreds of its former glory. I predicted that the same fate had been for the man behind the wheel.
You are seriously shit.
While it is perfectly fine for anybody to post such comments, I would appreciate it if you actually gave me reasons why it is bad. Maybe I could improve.
LOL AS IF KILL ME OFF!
This is the most delightful and insightful story that I read to my kids before I put them to sleep. To sleep….sorri I meant put them to death
haha oh dear. its very realistic but maybe a bit too realistic and people are reading it and not getting anything out of it because it reminds them of their daily mundane boring lives?
lol funny how story stopped here…”Smart Guy” is obviously gurpreet