STREET RUCKUS 2
1286 Words
Red's POV
I woke up due to the water that was splashing on my face and saw a group of men staring at me, I tried to move but my hands and legs were tied.
“Let me go” I pleaded, and they all made way for the leader to come to the front.
“What’s your name miss?" He asks, staring into my face.
“What do you need my name for?" I asked rudely. He came closer and put his hands on my neck, trying to choke me to death.
“I will talk” I insisted.
“What are you waiting for? tell me!" he yelled, annoyed.
“Red ivy" I muttered in fear.
“What did you say?"
“RED IVY!" I yelled, getting pissed off.
“What kind of name is that? are you kidding me?”
“Red like she is red right now” a gang said, giggling.
“What’s the meaning” he asks in a weird way.
“Red is also Rose, my name means comfort and happiness, my mum loves me because….."
“enough!! Don’t tell me your family history, what gives you the mind to intervene in my affairs. Now I have lost 30 million dollars because of you, how will you compensate me for my loss” he asked angrily.
“How did I make you lose money?” I protested.
“You are playing dumb huh! he exclaimed, getting annoyed. He smashed a mirror in anger and his hand started bleeding."
“The man you saw us beating on the street was going to die anyway so we could get paid for his death” another gang,, muttered.
“I am so sorry I didn’t know, I just couldn’t stand and see someone being maltreated” I replied, facing down.
“Ash! Are you a hero or something” he said, lifting up my face.
“I said am sorry”
“It's too late now. The damage is already done!" he exclaimed.
“So why did you kidnap me” I asked.
“So you can help me catch the man you saved and if you don’t find him you will have to pay me back my money in one way or the other.”
“ I am so poor I haven’t seen that much money in my life.”
“ I'm so poor.” another gang member replied, mimicking me.
“Let me see the solution to this problem” he paced around the room for a minute or two.
“There is no way you can find that man. He is long gone. I just received information that he has gone to another country with his family. The only solution is, can you cook?"
“ Yes" I replied.
“Can you fight?" He asks.
“No, why are you asking?”
“You are hired. I will train you, you will work with me and pay me back my money!” he replied.
“What!! Work with you, are you kidding me?”
“After all, you did you still have the audacity to talk back at me?" he gave me a resounding slap.
I spit on the floor.
“I can’t work with you. I will find a way to pay you”
“You are quite stubborn. Will you pay me your entire life or will you work as a night worker?”
“I will do my regular jobs and pay you back” I replied.
They all laugh.
“How much are you earning a month?”
“Huh?
“Answer me!!" he yelled.
“500,000 thousand dollars”
They all burst into laughter.
“And in a year, that is how much?" He inquired, glaring at me.
“18 million dollars.” I replied.
“That’s too little, I make more than that money a day” he replied.
“No wonder you asked at your house, what kind of work do you guys actually do.” I asked in a shameless way.
“He moves closer to me. We kill people for a living can you kill?"
“What? And you call that a profession? I grinned.
“Starting from tomorrow, you will come and cook for me and my gang and sometimes you will follow them to rob” he stated.
“I can’t. I already have two jobs” I replied.
He put a knife in my neck.
“You have no choice. Just quit your jobs. The pay here is worth your entire life.”
“But you say I am working here for the settlement of debt."
“Yes, and you can pay your debt in just a blink of an eye” he replied, snapping his fingers.
“ What's your name Sir, can you let me go now” I insisted?
“My name is Lion Richard aka demon of the streets” he said with a bad gaze.
“No wonder a man was calling you a demon.”
“Release her let her go”
They untied me and I tried to leave the room when he stopped me.
“Come tomorrow at precise 8 am on the dot, Steve will take her home in the car.”
“No need I can manage,” I insisted Steve, dragging me violently by the arm and tossed me into the car.
I arrived home after a long drive, I still needed to pick up my phone from the restaurant or I would just ask Ella to bring it for me.
Annie walked into the living room.
“Hey big sis, (she hugs me) thank you for taking care of me" she, perks me.
“That doesn’t mean you will always party out all night.”
“Sorry sis, that will never happen again and, besides, you are back home early.”
I glanced at my wristwatch, "that’s true."
“So did you bring any snacks home?”
“No, but I have lost my job.”
“ How are we going to survive?” she asked me, joining me on the couch.
“Actually, I have got another job, but it's cooking for the “demon”
“You mean the demon, the street lord?” she asks.
“Yes wait, do you know him?"
“Who doesn't know him? How did this happen?"
“It’s a long story. I made him lose 30 million dollars and now he wants me to be his slave.”
“Is he going to be paying you?"
“Yes he will, but he will be removing a certain amount from my paycheck every month.”
“That total wickedness!!" Annie exclaimed.
“Why do you have to get involved in his life now, look at the mess you are in?”
“I think its high time you also looked for a job.” I replied, heading to my room.
“I have tried, you know, but no company is hiring now.”
“Try harder!” I replied and she hurried to her room to end the conversation. I walked into my room and hopped on my bed when I heard the sound of the doorbell.
“Who could be knocking at this time of the day!” I walked downstairs and opened the door. Ella walk-in
“Thank goodness! You are alive. I am sorry I couldn’t do anything when they were taking you away.”
“It's not your fault, where is my phone?”
“Here I almost forgot" she handed me the phone.
“So goodbye, I am sleepy. Tell my boss I have quit.” I stated courageously.
Rate and comment my lovely readers
- Writer
