Vengeance

26. David cries

Never...

I had never seen David cry. He looked pale and whitish as tears rolled down his cheek. Luke grabbed him by the shoulder and tried consoling him but I was pretty sure it wasn't working. I thought that there was that faintest of chances that he was going to change his mind but by the looks of it, I was not sure that was ever going to happen.

We spoke for a very long time. This was probably the most serious and the longest conversation we have had in days. Everything was in turmoil but we never gave up on anything and more importantly anyone. We never lost faith in anyone while trying to solve David's problem but what are the odds? David is trying to cancel off the investigation all by himself.

Many questions began rising in me. What was his agenda? What was he thinking? At one point of time, I felt like someone might have talked him out or even forced him to do so. However, the problem was that no one knew anything about what we were doing so how? Could it have been Luke? Could it have been Jonathan? Maybe it was Mr Rick?

Gradually I felt like I was losing trust from these people I called my own. How could this happen? I literally felt like an idiot. I did not know what I was doing or what i was thinking. How could I distrust my own mates? Ohh I felt really bad that day. I was extremely lost that day. I was lost in my thoughts and flooded by questions inside my mind.

I was lost.

I just felt as lost as I had felt on the day i had seen David's beat up body on the hospital bed.

It must have been a couple of hours since we were entangled in this very serious conversation. We were not reaching an agreement and thank the lucky stars that visiting hours were over or else this might have turned into a war.

We left.

We left in the hopes that maybe he will reconcile what he had just said and maybe take back his words. Maybe when we come visit him tomorrow, he might be a changed man and that maybe he will not try to stop us from what we are doing.

The whole ride home, it was very weird.

We both kept very quiet and still. We were lost in our own thoughts. I did not talk to Luke on the way back home but i knew what he was thinking. It was very odd and strange why David would want to cancel everything that we have built on. I know it is something little but that does not give him the liberty to do what he likes whenever he wants.

We reached home just before 10 at night. We were starving so i decided to heat up some food for the two of us. I was busy preparing our food when Luke approached me.

"Hey Omar, i have got something to say to you bro."

"Ya go ahead dude. I am listening"

"Bro I gotta go tomorrow. There is some training classes i need to go and since they assigned it from work, i can't refuse. So I would not be able to stick around for the next few days. Plus, by the time i return, your semester is going to start so I don't think we can meet eh"

That was something i was not expecting.

i just plainly assured him that I will be able to take care of everything here and that he does not have to worry so much about me or David.

I just lied.

Its not that I do not lie but that just lie that I just said sent a chilly feeling down to my backbone. I just felt like I was all alone. I did not know what to do at that very point of time. On one hand, there was David who was pressuring us to drop this case and now on the other hand Luke, he is now leaving. I was left stranded on crosshairs and was lost.

I wanted to cry out all my problems and that was the time someone came to my mind.

My mom...