Chapter #28 - A Sad News
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Uncle suspects his behavior and was a bit curious to know what they are upto , Dave tried keep things calm and tried to cover his story .
Dave again says ,
“ Don’t worry uncle ! We have our own businesses , we don’t need to do that and besides that was our past , we have to focus on present , we cannot change the past ... “
Uncle Shepherd replies ,
“ Glad to hear that you all have become mature , if you need anything , you can contact me anytime .... “
Dave says ,
“ Thank you for the help uncle , I think we will be fine .... “
Dave got up , hug uncle Shepherd and joined others outside , Jimmy was talking with others and he says ,
“ We should have hang out for a while again like the old days back then .... “
Cormack replies ,
“ Yeah yeah ! We should , Hey you know we met Jack , you remember him ? “
Jimmy face gets sad and didn’t reply , Dave came in their conversation and said ,
“ What are you guys up to ? “
Cormack replies ,
“ Nothing we were planning to hang out and we will call Jack as well to hang out with us .... “
Josh says ,
“ Hey Guys ! We have to move , we have work to do .... “
Dave replies ,
“ Yes ! Okay we will hang out with Jack and you Jimmy soon .... “
Dave turns his back to Jimmy and Jimmy says ,
“ You don’t know anything about Jack ? “
Dave stops and turn back , he replies ,
“ What ? “
Jimmy replies ,
“ Jack has been killed in the prison duty . “
Dave and others shocked , Cormack sat down on his knees , Josh asks ,
“ But how ? “
Jimmy replies ,
“ In trying to prevent the breakout in prison , a prisoner killed him .... “
Everyone was in shock and didn’t say a word , Dave hugged him and said good bye and they all leave , while walking Dave was thinking about Jack all time and was in regret , Josh ask Mason ,
“ Should we sat down for a minute ... “
They all sat down in a small public park near a*****e , Cormack have tears in his eyes but he didn’t say anything , all were very sad and depressed , Dave says ,
“ Guys ! Jack was our best friend , he helped us when we needed him the most , he was fine man .... “
No one replied , after sitting for a while , they got up and walked towards the graveyard , they found the grave of Jack but there was a woman sitting on his grave and crying , they were watching him from distance , Cormack couldn’t hold his tears and he cried , Dave and others tries to stop him crying , Ethan and Mason were standing behind him and Ethan says ,
“ This is all our fault , we destroyed the life of a happy young man ... “
Mason replies ,
“ None of this is our fault stop blaming on anyone .... “
Ethan didn’t replied and he stays silent , Dave , Connor and Lucifer approached towards the woman who was sitting on the grave of Jack , and Dave says ,
“ We are sorry for your lose ... “
Woman replies ,
“ He didn’t fought with anyone , he was always friendly to others , he was nicest guy I have ever known and now he left me with nothing in my hands .... “
Dave gave his hand to her to get her and they gave her passage and she walked away , Dave and others came near to Jacks grave and sat down on their knees and all prayed for his soul , Dave says ,
“ We are sorry to you Jack ... “
After praying everyone got up and walked away , they were walking on the street and they saw there childhood school after a long time , Ethan says ,
“ There you go our old school , doesn’t changed a bit .... “
Mason replies ,
“ But why is it close ? “
Josh replies ,
“ The owner of the school Miss Hanley died a long ago and after that their son didn’t took the responsibilities of the school and they just closed it down .... “
Mason asks ,
“ How did you know this ? “
Josh replies ,
“ I have my sources .... “
Mason and others walked inside the school , Dave and others were looking at each and everything of the school and remembering of there childhood memories back when they sit in the classes and troll each other , how they play , Dave got emotional , Mason saw him and says ,
“ Good old memories huh ... “
Dave replies ,
“ If I had a time machine , I would have return to this time period and live this life again .... “
Mason says ,
“ Unfortunately ! We can’t live the same good old times again .... “
Dave replies ,
“ That’s the harsh truth ... “
They visited the whole school , Lucifer said to Cormack ,
“ Hey man ! Remember we used to hide in toilets to bunk our classes ... “
Cormack replies ,
“ haha ! Yeah that was the best days when you proposed the teacher and she gave a stick in your ass .... “
Lucifer replies ,
“ That teacher was my crush dude ... “
Cormack says ,
“ You were 13 dude ! I mean what the f**k .... “
After visiting the whole school , they got out and walked away from the school to their playground and saw their playground was destroyed . Dave says ,
“ What happened here ? “
Josh replies ,
“ No one visited this play ground for years and after that the management pulled off their workers and they left the park in this state for years .... “
Ethan says ,
“ It’s sad to see , our childhood memories have become dumb .... “
Lucifer asks ,
“ What do we do ? Why are we here after all ? “
Mason replies ,
“ Come with me ... “
Everyone follows Mason , Mason led them to Dave’s house and says ,
“ Do you guys remember this .... “
Lucifer replies ,
“ How can we forget this . This was our house , we lived here .... “
Mason led them inside and opens the basement door and led them inside , everyone shocked to see , a big room with lightings , boards and many other things . Dave asks ,
“ When did you build all this ? “
Mason replies ,
“ Let it be for another day Story .... “
Lucifer says ,
“ This is huge man ! It’s like you have created a whole ground here .... “
Mason replies ,
“ Yes ! But keep that in mind , it’s highly confidential place don’t let anyone knew about it .... “
Ethan and Josh saw cameras all over the place and asks ,
“ Why is here cameras all over the place ? “
Mason replies ,
“ Because of the intruders ... “
Josh asks ,
“ But you said this place is confidential then how come there are intruders in this place ? “
Mason replies ,
“ It’s in case their is a intruder we detect him just a normal security cameras no big deal Alright .... “
Dave gets angry and says ,
“ ENOUGH ! “
But they didn’t know that they were spayed by someone through those CCTV , Mason says to Dave ,
“ You ready ? “
Dave replies ,
“ Yeah ready but let them rest for a while ... “
Dave says to all ,
“ Guys rest here for a while and we will gather up after 2 hours .... “
All agrees and Mason showed them their beds and washrooms . Josh was sitting on his bed and he took a picture out of his pocket , the picture belongs to his girlfriend , he had tears in his eyes by looking at the picture and when Lucifer and Cormack walked towards him , he quickly hides the picture and wiped his tears , Lucifer and Cormack sat near him and says ,
“ Hey Josh ! Tell me one thing , who was more naughty back when we were kids , he or me ? “
Josh replies ,
“ Does it matter ? You both were because you always did those things that other kids couldn’t think of ....
Lucifer asks ,
“ No ! Just choose one .... “
Josh replies ,
“ Okay fine . Lucifer was the most ... “
Lucifer punched Cormack lightly in his face and says ,
“ See you motherfucker ... “
Cormack replies by holding his hand on his cheek ,
“ Dude ! That hurts ... “
Dave was standing outside and Mason walked outside , he saw him and asked ,
“ What are you doing here ? “
Dave replies ,
“ Disturbed so I thought I should have some fresh air .... “
Mason says ,
“ I know what’s bothering you , it’s Jack ... “
Dave replies ,
“ I mean that’s true I let him killed ... “
Mason says ,
“ You didn’t let him killed , it was the guard who killed him .... “
Dave replies ,
“ We let those guards , we made them suspicious to us that is why the guard followed us to the block and he killed Jack there .... “
Mason says ,
“ Listen Dave ! There is nothing much we can do for him , we have to keep our focus on what’s in front of us .... “
Dave replies ,
“ Guess we don’t have other choice, “
Dave asks ,
“ How come you build this place ? I mean you didn’t told me .... “
Mason replies ,
“ Sometimes you have to keep secretes .... “
Dave says ,
“ That’s too much secrets ... “
Mason replies ,
“ Chill out ! Dave now we have to explain the plan to others and get them on the same page as we are .... “
Dave says ,
“ Are you sure ? You don’t wanna lead the plan I mean this is your plan not mine , you know this better ... “
Mason replies ,
“ This plan was yours back then , I made changes into this plan ... “
Dave says ,
“ Back then , I didn’t decide that we rob one of the biggest banks all over world ... “
Mason replies ,
“ Just trust me Dave , I knew you can do it , you are the born leader , you can do anything .... “
Dave replies ,
“ I hope so ... “
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