Beautiful End

A CLOSE SHOVE WITH DEATH

Elvis:
At the Inn
Sometimes when death looks you close in the face it changes who you are and your perspective towards life.
Enjoy!.

It was a very uncomfortable and crazy drive to the lnn we are  presently in, Paulo and I had gone out previously before all this crazy driving to get Sandra and ourselves something to eat, our stocks of snacks was done thanks to Paulo  who couldn't live a second without eating something.

We were rounding a corner to go over to a shopping mart when suddenly gunshots rung out.
It took us moments to realize we were being fired at.
Paulo took action and dragged me back to where we had the car parked and shoved me inside, as he also got inside and began driving.

It took us sometime to evade them. After, we abandoned the car we were in far from the building where Sandra was being kept and run all the way there to avoid those chasing us from following us.

As soon as we got to where Sandra was, I asked her to hurry up because we needed to leave at that moment because we were in danger. She was being difficult asking me where we were going and why we needed to leave, so without hesitation, I dragged her gently and shoved her into the back of the car as I sat beside her, we had changed the previous car inoder to escape from the men chasing us but it seemed it was useless since they began following us as soon as we got to the highways.

Paulo drove at the speed of lightening while we hanged on at the backseat for dear life as shots rung out towards us from all directions.
Paulo shouted for us to get down as he drove on, suddenly the car bumped up and then down as we were thrown against each other, "If we make it out of this alive,you owe me big time men",Paulo said as he suddenly pulled away from a ditch we almost got in, causing some of the men chasing us to get into the ditch instead of us.

The car suddenly exploded as I covered Sandra's eyes to prevent her from seeing what was happening., she  had already been  through enough.

As we drove of at top speed from the exploded car, all the other cars chasing us stopped one after the other to glance at the burning car. We took this opportunity and drove of to lose them.

As we drove on and on, Paulo kept complaining of fatigue and hunger and we all know fatigue, hunger and driving does not go hand in hand, so we were grateful when we suddenly chanced upon a small Inn along the road.

We pulled over, not bothering the shabby nature of the place. Hunger has a way of dictating to the stomach. We ordered two small cappuccino's and one large one for Paulo as we all sat down awaiting our chicken and salad.
We all ate in silence, even Sandra for once kept quiet. I guess facing death did a lot of things to make people change. After the meal, Paulo suggested we headed right back to the car and continue our journey since those chasing us might find us out if we stayed.

Surely as we tried to leave, a tall man in all black whom we hadn't taken note of earlier as we came into the Inn tried to stop us saying we couldn't leave, when we asked why, he claimed that was his orders. Just then Paulo started laughing and took out a gun from his pocket. Surprised, I looked on unperturbed as I waited for him to scare away the man with the gun, but instead he pointed it at us meanwhile still laughing. Shit! I didn't see this one coming.

"Sorry Elvis, but this is where the journey ends,I am the boss, the head of this whole corporation which took weak girls and made them strong and you just made a huge mistake by stepping on my toes",.   You can't just budge into my camp and take my best fighter away, and with that, he ripped of the moustache and beard that I knew Paulo had and then he ripped of the make up too, what  was left was a very fat and tall man,who looked very angry. He had deceived us all.

Where is Paulo?, I asked him as he laughed out, his belly bouncing in the process, "that glutton friend of yours?", he asked as he laughed some more, well he is in the hotel room where you guys were spending the night after leaving Accra, we caught up with you guys there when the news of your escape in the hospital spread like wildfire.

We kept ourselves hidden in the shadows until the perfect moment when Paulo slipped outside to have a romantic evening with one of the girl's I am sure he had met at the hotel, we immediately grabbed him and shoved him into our waiting van, but not until we had knocked him out first, then we I came to take his place, after a few makeups and finding a good artist.

Later I followed you pretending to be Paulo and making sure I never slipped a hint that will make you notice I was not Paulo. You see my acting skills are quite good too seeing as how I was able to convince you.

Then after I had left with you in your search for your sweetheart, I ordered my men through my phone to bring Paulo back to the hotel room, bounded and gagged. " The idiot didn't see it coming".
And so that's how we got to knock you down".

"Game over Elvis",he said as he laughed a very deep belly bobbing laughter.
Suddenly, I tried to snatch the gun from Paulo's made believe but at that moment a shot rung out towards me  as Sandra threw herself in front of me.

A sharp pain tore through my chest as I watched the bullet tear  through her chest. I cried out with "what have you done?", as I sobbed on Sandra who lay motionless on the ground.

Suddenly there was nothing to fight for again, I prepared myself to die too as I threw myself at the man who had just shot the woman of my life, he will never get away with it.  I heard gunshots again and thought, " this is my end", but then I realized the guy who I was holding on to and threatening to pluck out his eyeballs suddenly went limb and fell to the ground as the people in the Inn rushed out  in fear.

Confusion settled in as the people in the lnn who had previously been commanded by the man who called himself the boss to stay glued to thier seats or he would shoot them rushed out of the lnn in various directions.

I looked up, ready for any form of attack when the real Paulo smiled up at me as he came closer to me, I hugged him as if my life depended on it.
"How did you get here?,"and how did you know we were here?,"also, how did you escape?". l asked him as he looked at me and down to Sandra who still lay motionless on the floor, "I will answer you, but first let us get your sweetheart to the hospital ",he said as he picked up Sandra like a dolly and headed towards the car, I followed behind like a schoolboy, emptied of words and feelings.

Ok so this is the second update for today and yeah there will be a third one but trust me am famished so will add up the third later,enjoy this update,and look forward for more much love.kisses....