I went to our room to pack my things. Topher went inside.
“Nate, are you alright?” he asked.
“Yeah, I think so,” I replied while I shed my tears.
“Just tell me if you need some extra money for the hospital bill,” he suggested.
“Thanks. But…” I was grateful for having Topher as my best friend. He’s always there in times of problems. But as a person with great pride, I decided to refuse his offer. Also, borrowing a lot of money from my best friend is too much.
“No more buts. I just want to help you and cheer you out,” he insisted.
“Topher, I’ve got one request for you,” I said to him.
“Sure,” he said.
“Please make sure that nobody gets in a relationship with Ash while I’m away,” I pleaded.
“I’ll do my best,” he answered.
After I packed my things, I said goodbye to Nelson family and left the venue. I waved at Ashley and she waved back. She looked so sad seeing me leaving them.
While we’re on our way back to California, I looked at the view outside the window. Suddenly, one of the tires blew. Officer Drew stopped the car at the side of the road. They changed the blown tire with the new ones. I just stayed inside because I felt like I’ve got the biggest problem in the world.
A few moments, I heard gunshots. When I looked to see what it is, I saw Uncle Sam and Officer Drew lying on the ground. There are bloods all over their body. As I realized that they were the ones who were shot, a group of masked bandits opened the car door and pulled me out. I tried to run away but they shot me on my legs. When they got me, I tried to fight back but they keep on punching and kicking me so hard. When I fell on the grassy ground, they unzipped their pants and peed on me.
When I was weak, they put me in their van. I felt the movement of the vehicle and became unconscious. When I woke, I found out that I’m already in our house. I was lying on our couch and I heard voices.
“Boss, we ran out of ammos,” a voice said.
When I opened my eyes wide, I saw one of the bandits.
“What are you waiting for, Stanley?” said another voice which could have been the boss’. “Get some knives in the kitchen.”
I pretended to be unconscious. I heard footsteps by the staircase and it was my mum.
“Who are you and what are you doing here?” my mum said. She screamed as one of the bandits caught her.
“Hey Volkner, would you see who’s coming?” the boss said.
“It’s the daughter,” Volkner said.
Oh my gosh! My sister will be in danger too. When she’s about to enter the door, mum took off Stanley’s hand over her mouth.
“Run Gemma, run. Quickly,” mum shouted.
When Gemma saw the bandits, she ran out of the balcony but another member blocked her way.
“Bring her here, Roger,” Volkner shouted.
I don’t know what to do. Should I shout for help? Should I fight these bandits and help my poor family.
But when I saw mum lying on the floor gripped by Stanley with a knife by her neck, she signaled me to be quiet. I cried quietly as I saw the condition of my mum.
Then, I saw Gemma held by Roger. He started undressing her and raped her. My tried to stop them but Stanley stabbed my mother three times and tossed her on the table. I can’t help but fight back. I kicked the boss in his crotch.
“What a sly fox,” another man said as he was about to grab me.
Stanley grabbed me also and slapped me to weakness.
“Alex, don’t let the mother escape,” Stanley said.
Then the man who I believe was Alex grabbed mum and stabbed her again. Gemma tried to escape the rapists and save mum. But the boss, who was lying on the floor, holding his hurt groin, grabbed her ankle. Roger, who was done zipping back his pants grabbed a knife and stabbed Gemma.
I gave Stanley a head butt and stopped Roger and Alex. The boss bunged me and pushed me on the wall. I bumped my head on the mirror.
“Guys, grab as many things as you can, the cops are about to come,” the boss said as he took a knife and walked towards me.
“No, stop! Please,” I shouted.
When he was about to stab me, I heard my uncle’s voice.
“Nathan, Nathan! Wake up,” my uncle said shaking my body. “You were dreaming.”
I opened up my eyes. I woke up crying and saw Uncle Sam and Officer Drew alive in the front seats.
“We’re here in LA. Just driving off to the hospital,” Officer Drew said.
“Are you alright, Nate?” Uncle Sam asked. “Must be a very bad nightmare huh?”
I couldn’t speak after all these happenings in my life. Because of the incident, I missed LA even though I was just away for a day.
We reached the hospital and I started to feel something I can’t explain. We headed to the emergency room.
“The doctor says, the two patients are still inside the emergency room,” Officer Drew said after talking with one of the doctors.
While waiting, I started to feel nervous. Uncle Sam sat beside me and comforted me. Then he opened up the conversation about my dream.
“What did you dreamed about?” he asked.
“Mum and Gemma,” I said. I told him the whole dream. “Stanley, Roger, Volkner, Alex and the one called ‘the boss’ were the five men who raped my family and stabbed us.”
“It’s exactly what we saw in the CCTV footage. Except you weren’t there in the incident,” Uncle Sam said.
The door of the emergency room opened and the doctor came out.
“Mr. Henderson,” the doctor called and I went to hear the news of the doctor. “I’ve got good news and bad news for you. Good news is; we’ve luckily saved your mother and your sister despite of their decisive condition upon their arrival here. But don’t be satisfied because the bad news is that the bodies of both your mother and sister are at critical state that’s why it may fail and collapse anytime. “
I was so crashed after I heard the news from the doctor.
(to be continued...)
