The watch on my wrist

THE ORIGIN OF THE WATCH

It was very dark, about to rain heavily in the city. Thunder strikes, we could see the  street lights twinkling. It was 6:30 pm,we could nearly find nobody by the streets because it was about to rain.
    An old man, Philemon,about 60 years old, wearing a large and long coat with a homburg hat and black suit,  was spotted  walking in a haste towards his house,coming from the supermarket. On both of his hands were two light-weight bags of groceries.
    On his way, he came across four junky boys aged between 16 to 25 years old, who were apparently drunk.
    Sam,the youngest,16 years old had just join the group. He is the type: coming from a rich family, goes to prestigious schools but puberty and stubborness make him drink and risk his life.
    Jay, 18 years old has just dropped from school after the death of his father, he is the type: serving at a restaurant in the morning and bandit in the evening.
    Ben, 23 years old,drug addict and seller.
    The oldest, Ray,25 years old, the chief of their gang, left the parent's house in search of freedom.
    Sam was new in the gang and needed to prove himself worthy of the group.
    When they had by-passed the old man, Ray proposed to Sam.....
    "You said your biggest desire is to be part of us, so this is the deal.......Ray said".
    "Do you see this old man? Seize his two bags of groceries and bring them to us........he continued".
    All of them were drunk, not really aware of what they were about to do. Sam seized the opportunity to prove his worth to the gang members, so he went to the man and discovered he was very old, older than his grandfather.
    Sam ran back to them and told them it was an old man, he couldnot do that but none of them listened to him.
    Jay and Ben went to the old man, seized his bags and were about to run away when the old man said.....
    " Please my children, do not do that. I am an old man, living alone. Those groceries are all i have to feed myself,please spare me".
     The old man knelt down, begging the boys to give him back his bags but they refused. He even proposed to give them his shoes and his coat but they still refused.
    Ray, came by the old man, pushed him on the floor and when the man fell, he saw a very beautiful watch on his wrist.
    " Ray said: What about your watch? Give us your watch and we shall spare your life".
      " I can't do that.....the old man replied. My wife gave this to me for our 50th anniversary before she passed-away. It is all i have left of her. Take the groceries, the shoes and the coat but leave my watch".
    " I do not need your coat, nor your shoes nor even your groceries. We want your watch. Give it to us before it becomes too hard for us".
    While Ray, Jay and Ben were around the old man, Sam was afraid and stayed  a little bit far from them.
      Thunder strikes, a few rain drops are felt,the old man stands up and says: i can't give you my watch.
    Ray got angry, took a knife from his trouser's pocket and cut off the old man's hand, took the watch while Jay and Ben ran away with the groceries.
      The old man was lying by the street, with his five-finger hand separated from his forearm with blood all over the place.
     Ray, Ben and Jay ran away in the same direction but Sam took the opposite direction, he was not glad about what had been done but couldnot do anything to save this man because he could be arrested.
    The rain started heavily,street lights twinkling,thunder striking and the old man's blood was flowing on the road.
    The old man is in pain, calling on his  late wife's name "Jenny,Jenny my love! Oh God! See what these kids have done to me".
     "May this watch never leaves the owner's........the old man continued ".

Fade out.