The Accident
“Clinking champagne glasses” My sister is now ready for the world! Nero announced at a local pub where he invited his friends to celebrate Anas' college completion.
The two siblings were two peas in a pod. They have got each other right from a tender age when they lost their father through a fire accident and their mother dying after the shock of her husband's untimely death. Frank was just ten years and Anas had barely started walking, a year and half old when they experienced such a tragedy.
Frank took full responsibility for his little sister, he worked all kinds of menial jobs just to sustain them and now Anas is a graduate with a good class. No one could be happier than him. His joy knew no bounds.
Congratulations Anas!!! Jonathan, Stephen and Rex chorused. Let the music flow, Perp and Rhoda yelled happily. They're Anas' buddies from college.
Anas and Frank took the dancing floor.
“I want to be the only hand you ever need to hold”, Frank whispered as he took his sister's hand to kiss.
Their eyes were beaming with love and uncontrollably danced harmoniously to the tune of music played by the DJ of the pub.
The music and dance were not enough to exhibit their contentments. They resorted to different wines and became highly intoxicated. Poor naive Anas got carried and drunk heavy doses of the liquor. The world spinning around them , everything turning upside down for them, the falling and rising in their movement, their sceptical loud laughs drew attention to them. All present understood it was their moment.
“Where are you off to bro?” Anas questioned as he saw his brother grab his car keys from the stand they stood on.
“Have fun with the girls, going to get more money for partying, I'll be back before you know”, Frank answered as he left the pub.
Foster nudged his friends into his black corolla wheel to continue celebrating at their favourite casino which was almost twenty minutes drive away at a normal speed.
Anas on the other hand stayed at the pub with her buddies and explored the pub world their own way. Mindlessly, Anas reaches random guys and takes their wine and talks cheaply with them. She even drew her lips to some and sweetly talked to them. She is an easy prey for the predators but her friends managed to protect her.
Indeed Anas is having a good time. One waiter wondered. Amazingly, it's Anas’ first pub entry and no one can tell because she blended and flowed with all the naughtiness around.
On the driveway, drunk Frank and his intoxicated friends play loud music in the car, he drives beyond 100 km/h. The abnormal turns of the car attracted the attention of road users and in a jiffy, the road police sirens to stop the car.
At least fear should arrest Frank with the police trailing and cautioning them to stop, rather the siren ignited him to drive at the toppest speed his sleek car could take him.
Slow down , James said slightly above whisper. Rex yelled Slow down dude! I need to throw up. Before Frank could respond to the “Slow down”, he ran into something causing him to lose control of the steering wheels and the pedals. The black car somersaulted and they were saved by a deep rooted tree.
With the assistance of the police, they brought them out of the partly damaged car, rang the city's ambulance and after thorough examination of the drunkards, they were unscathed.
After they had sobered and regained consciousness from the narrowly escaped death accident , they were handcuffed and taken to police custody from the hospital.
“Who killed my brother!” One could feel the vibration in the building.
Unaware of what he's done. Frank was thrown at the feet of one of the world 's richest men, Mr Foster Miller Park.
Never in his wildest dreams did he think he could come face to face, eyes to eyes, inhale the air exhaled by the world's richest man . He watched him on televisions, magazines, always making headlines in the national newspaper. He loved his sense of fashion, Mr Park was always spotted in a neatly stacked tuxedo with his shoes brighter than the sun. The prize of his watch could feed a family for their lifetime. In the limelight, Mr Park always wore a business face, Frank admired him for that. He will say that's me in a few years to come. Frank really looked up to such a great man since he aspires to be part of the Billionaire club.
Frank was taken aback , wondering what he's done to be brought before “the earthly God”. Mr Park was very powerful and had connections globally.
Mr Park held Frank by his shirt collars to put him on his feet, nearly collapsed of the alcohol stench emitting from his shirt, shook him vigorously and a series of questions followed, Who hired you to kill my brother? "Why did you kill my only brother? How much were you paid? He dropped him to the grounds. I'll make sure you rot in jail, Mr Park interrogated repeatedly.
What have I done? flashes of the accident played in his mind and inadvertently knelt and fell his head on Mr Park’s glittering shoes. Forgive me sir! It was an accident
Silly boy! Mr Park's voice is very sharp, you call that an accident, run over my brother with that cheap car . Read my lips, together with those idiots' company, you will rot in jail.
Sir !Sir! Sir!Before Frank could put words together, Mr Park's guards pushed him away from him and the police dropped him back in the cell.
Jonathan, Rex and Stephen witnessing what just happened in front of the cell all couldn't hold their tears back. The men wept!
Mr Park in a serious meeting with the police about his brother's killer, Prepare them for court now. They must rot in jail.
All eyes switched swiftly to the entrance of the station, a beautiful tall sleek lady entered.