CHAPTER 2: Flash back

No! !!! He wasn't going to let himself be killed as well. If he allows that, it would only mean that his mum's effort at saving him was in vain and he wouldn't be able to pay those men back for what they have done. So without thinking further, he jumped off from the window and ran as never before. He didn't even turn back or stop at any point.

He just kept running and running till he wasn't able to continue due to exhaustion and so he fell and fainted.

By the time he regained consciousness, he found himself in an unfamiliar place and he was laying on the bed. Just as he moved his body and tried to stand up, he was stopped.

" You can't do that now. Your leg is so weak and just recovering" the person who had stopped him said as he quickly looked up only to see a middle-aged woman sitting across him on the bed.

" Who are you? And where are mine? How did I get here?" Willams asked, his eyes popping out.

"There is no need to be that shocked, and I'll answer all your questions as well.

I'm, or will I say, my name is Sharon. You can address me as madam Sharon and I'm a retired medical doctor. I was on my way home when I spotted you laying flat on the ground. At first, I was so startled and didn't know what to do. But then, I felt that I should do something which is why I brought you over to my house and treated you. I think these have answered your question of how you got here and now, it's my turn to ask you questions" Madam Sharon replied.

As he burst into tears. He has just remembered the sight of his mother in the pool of her blood. What would have become of her by now? And about the men, did they chase after him? Was he safe now, or was he also going to die?

"What is it? Why are you crying?" Madam Sharon asked.

" My mum………. My mum….." Willams exclaimed as he intensified his tears.

"Your mum? What happened to her? Where is your house and why did you fall unconscious on the ground? Where were you going?" Madam Sharon asked.

" I need to contact the police immediately! My mum is lying dead in our house…… they wanted to kill me too, but then I fled" Williams replied hazily.

" Who are they and what is your house location so I would know what to tell the police," madam Sharon asked.

" I don't know any of them. There were three, and they were putting on a mask so I didn't see their faces. My house address is….." Willams told her the location of the place.

" Very well then, I've just finished calling the police and they will be there a few moments from now. You should stay here and get some rest while I quickly go to your house. Don't leave the house. I'll be back soon" madam Sharon replied as she quickly dressed up and left.

The house of the woman which he was staying in now, was so far from his house that he wondered how he had run to that town.

After that day, Willams life never became the same again. At times, he blamed himself for his mother's death.

Her mother's corpse was taken to the mortuary after which she was buried the next day without even a reasonable funeral. The investigation of who her killers were, died down after a while. Even though those men at that time had been confused that they were the ones that had killed his mum and wanted to kill him too, it wasn't enough evidence according to the persecutor that had handled the case and so the case was closed without even him receiving any compassion from anyone. That was when he vowed to make it to the top and become so powerful and rich because back then, the case became a closed one. After all, the instigators of the murder were of a high class and powerful to have shut the mouths of the officers and prosecutors concerning the case.

And for many years, Willams mourned the death of his mother and made sure to hold her funeral memorial.

Since he didn't have any place or anyone to go back then, and because the murderers of her mum could be at a sketch out for him as well, he decided to leave for overseas and vowed never to come back till he has made it to the top.

Madam Sharon gave him a helping hand by housing him for some time in her house and when he was leaving the country, she made sure to give him some pocket money and foodstuff.

" You should remember to stay in touch with me and please take good care of yourself. Only then will you be able to pay back those murderers for what they have done" that was what madam Sharon had told him back then while bidding him goodbye.

He also wasn't going to forget the woman in a hurry. She was his savior and a comforter to him and even till this moment he still kept in touch with her and she became his foster mother.

Life was not easy for him while overseas, especially for a young boy like him. He took in all manner of jobs, and before he was able to get an apartment for himself, he spent his nights on the street then little by little, doors began to open for him and he got a really good job over there which he worked for some time before he became a boss and from there, rose to fame. It's been five years now and he was already making plans to come back to his home country and take revenge on those who had killed his mother that was probably what got him going.