Cellmate

Chapter 15

They were at Heathrow Airport. "Well, I brought the inspector with me and the detective," said the officer. The detective gave a good stare. It was already midnight. The detective walked through the crowd. Slowly. Carefully. He looked at everyone's faces. Some of them, lifeless, some neutral. The detective saw a man. He was quite familiar. The detective had saw him before. "Anything Mark? "asked the officer. "Yes, indeed. There's a gentleman right here" he doubted.

The officer was puzzled. "You need anything?" asked the officer. "Inspector Dave, can you come here?" called Mark . The inspector briskly walked towards him. He came up to him.

"Can you remember him?"asked Mark. The inspector gave him a good look. He had seen him before, with another man. Possibly a friend of Jake.
"Come on sir, try to remember! " stressed the inspector. This was the final hope. Without this, all the effort they had put had been wasted. The inspector's face lit up suddenly." I know him! "he exclaimed. The officer and the detective had a ray of hope in thier eyes." It's Henry! A friend of Jake! " Henry tried to run but was already surrounded." Sir, you're under arrest! " said the inspector. The inspector, officer and the detective brought him to another room.

It was an interrogation going on. They tied him up. You have a lot of explaining to do, young man" said the detective. "Tell me the truth or I can find other ways to tackle this problem" the inspector threatened.

" So where's that friend of yours?" he asked Henry. He was silent for a moment. "Is it Jake?" he asked Mark , the detective . Henry was silent for a while. Something went over him.

His past, blurred. He didn't what it was like to be free. He decided at that instant not to tell Jake 's whereabouts. "I'm asking a question here!" he shouted. Henry was stiff as a rock. "I'm not gonna tell you where he is," said Henry, gritting his teeth. "Is that so?" challenged Dave. "Time for four sticks" he bellowed.

Four sticks were common in Britain. It was a brutal punishment for whoever goes against the government or the government official will get hit by four sticks until four of them are broken.

Inspector Dave, pushed him into a table "Hmpf" clashed Henry. The held him tight with his face pressed in the long wooden table. "First stick," mumbled Dave. He struck it hard. "Aaaaah!" he screamed in pain. But the first stick broke.

" Let's see how the second one goes"
said Dave. Henry was still stiff with the pain. He just kept everything in. Dave struck twice this time. "YOU LITTLE PIECE OF..." he cried in anger. Henry had enough of this.

He managed to kick in the inspector from the back. The inspector was hit in the nuts."Why YOU LITTLE... " he squealed. Dave was starting to swing his arm towards Henry. But Henry ducked and tried to headbutt him. Dave slumped against the wall. " What are you looking at? Get him! " Dave said to the detective and the officer .