Typical Old Abandoned House

Chapter 12: The past

ALEX POV

I groan again while hitting my head on my knees.

I shift from my crouching position.
Might as well find the others.

I suddenly hear a screeching sound in the background.

That can't be good.

It sounded just like the he-

I started sprinting, desperate to find  the others.

This can't be good, I thought they shut of that project.

I don't stop, I keep running, turning left and right.

I wanted to tell Claire the rest of the story. She's the only one I trust right now. When your friends with someone from the start, they are bound to find more about you.

*Flashback two years ago*

"give me the damn money!" My father shouts out at the person while pointing a gun out.
Typical. This is all he ever does, making money by threatening their life.

I didn't bother staying to watch the rest of the show. I guess it wasn't healthy for a 16 year old to go through this, actually scratch that. It's not normal for a 16 year old to go through this.

"son where are you going?" he asks me turning away from the victim.

"none of your damn business" I turned away, not looking at his face. I head to get out of the basement.

"get back here right now! It's your job to keep the family business" He starts cursing, but I blocked him out when I closed the door. No wonder my mum left him.

The door bell rings.

I check my phone to see 59 messages. I smile, there is only one person who seems to keep my normal lifestyle.

I break my thought when she starts Knocking at the door furiously.

"OK OK i'm coming!" I shout out, enough for her to hear.

I open the door to see her cheerfull excited smile. Claire. She has always been with me through my tough times.

"Guess what" she eyes sparkles while admiring the mansion when she steps in.

"I don't know" I shrug, I'm in a dull mood today, no time for rainbows and sunshine's.

"you seem in a bad mood" she observes me. Wow she knows me more than I thought.

"yeah, just stuff with me da-"

"too bad!, I invited Tina and you and of course me, to go to laser skirmish!" she starts jumping around while nudging me.

My eyes lit up.

"No I can't, I'm busy" I'm lying, I really wanna go.

"But Tina would be there!" she pleads, while putting out a puppy dog face

"No, I don't think so, I'm bad at these stuff" I am putting my hand on the back of my head.

"No boy! Time to make your move to Tina" she starts pulling me.

"OK OK fine I'll come, but don't ditch me alone with her like last time" I narrow my eyes on her.

A mischievous smile crawls on her face.

BANG!

I hear a shot go off, down at the basement.

I look at Claire, he face pull of confusion and fear. Dang, I forgot that she was here.

I curse at myself.

"what was that?" her face turns to the basement door at me.

"um it's probably the cat. Let's go" I try nudging her out of the door. But she resists.

"I don't think cats sound like a gun shot!" she's been suspicious of my for weeks. With my dad weighing me with his speeches on taking over the business, I came to a conclusion with myself shutting of the world.

"look Alex, tell me what's going on, I know you haven't been yourself lately" she pleads with her concerned face.

"I, uh, can we please talk about this another time" I'm afraid, afraid that she would leave me. She was the only friend who sticked with me. She standed up for me when everyone else was spoting out my difference.

"No! If you gonna shut out the world just because of your problems, then your not gonna get anywhere" I can see her determination to help me.

The door opens from the basment.
My father steps out while fixing his suit.

Claire glares at him.

"ah Miss Rose, nice to see you here" my dad gives her a creepy smile.

"you too uh Mr sole" she responded.

Awkward tension rises in the air.

"I'm heading out" I grab Claire's hand, pulling her out the door.

"I need to talk to you first" His serious voice and face can give nightmares to anyone.

"can't I'm busy" I glare at him.

"Alex can you get your girlfriend out of here for a minute" He stares at my eyes.

"uh we are not girlfriends or boyfriends" Claire try's to say.

"I don't care" He gives her a cold response.

"No I dont want to talk to you" I narrow my eyes at him.

"its ok, I'll just wait outside" Claire looks at me, understanding. She gives me a look that she wants to know what's going on before she headed out.

"look I have a dealer coming in a hour" He looks at his gold watch.

"just hurry up and get this over with" I cross my arms.

"I know I've been telling you this for while"

I already know where this is heading.

"its time you come with me with my business meetings"

"so I can watch you threaten their Life's?!"

"it is the sake of the company, it will be too dangerous without keeping your side safe" He answers me.

"see! That's what you all care about. The company! Evertime it's for the company. Have you ever thought about mum! Have you ever thought about me! That's right, that's probably why mum left you" A huge weight lifted off my shoulders. I've been wanting to tell that to him for a while.

"you better watch your mouth young man" He shouts angrily at me.

"No you watch what your doing" I get out the house, shutting the door at his face before he could say something else back at me.

Claire quickly gives me a hug.

My eyes goes glassy.

She holds my hand assuring me it's ok, that I can tell her what i'm going through.

I sigh.

"it started when I was 10-"

*Flashback ended (back to present)*

I face at the old stone wall.

I'm not gonna let my past haunt me for this. I glance at the camera that was in the corner.

"I'm coming for you Antonio!" I shout out angrily before I punched it. A light flashes before it shut downed.

My attention turns towards by something else.

TINA! It was her scream that heard in the distance.

My head turns, with a new noise interrupting my thoughts. Couple of footsteps coming towards me.

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