It was a sunny bright morning, with birds chirping and bees buzzing nothing seemed to be the problem. At least to most people waking up wasn't a bad day to wake to. But for Justus's family, it was the worst.
Justus was unconscious on the long hospital bed, covered in a frail cotton cover, with his body attached to wires and all of them to huge life support to the right of his bed. *beep beep beep* A sound so clear yet so vague, Justus father who was asleep on the couch woke up. He immediately looked at his son then he gazed at his wife who was seated at a chair beside him but had rested her head on the long bed.
Her rounded head with perfectly shaped ears was peacefully rested on the white sheet as her golden hair slid down to her shoulder then made its way to the white sheet. Her hand clutched her son's right hand with a lot of force. Samantha had still worn her yoga clothes which she had the day before as her husband stared at her and felt guilty once more. He stared at everything around the room, the state in which his son was, the pipes in his mouth, the wide cut on his forehead which was stitched, the immense bandages all over his body made him feel sympathy, pettiness and agony. Amidst all the pity, agony and remorse Justuss' dad, Tyler's phone rang.
He put his hands into his suit (which he had worn the last day to work) and took out his expensive black iPhone. "Hello" he thundered with his enormous voice even though he was just waking up.
" Hello, Good morning boss. I was just wondering if you're going to work today," a little voice on the other side lamented.
" Yes. Come pick me up from the hospital, I will be proceeding to work shortly after going home. Also look into the accident, anyone, anything and everything even the tiniest little details I want you to report it to me. Understand?"
"Yes Sir. Understood"
He then hangs up as he watched his wife wake up from the slumber she was in. He watched her waking up and looking at Justus and then covering him with the white cotton cover-up until his neck. Then he watched her yawn with her hands thrown all over the place. He felt sinful, blameworthy that he could not deliver the only thing his loving wife ever asked. The only thing she asked was his son Justus to be safe despite knowing the drug business his husband was into. All she asked for was her sons' safety. Mr Tyler thought for quite some time and zoned out from the present as his wife Samantha called out his name.
"Darling, Darling are you okay?"
" Yeah..... Yeah, am fine don't worry about anything." Samantha looked at the floor then back at her husband she wanted to tell him something but she was hesitant. She wanted to let him know that it was not his fault and that she was sorry for bringing it up the day before but she kept quiet, she didn't know how to tell him to ignore her words.
She took a deep breath and looked around while biting her lower lip. Her husband who was watching her the whole time noticed her behaviour and decided to engage in casual conversation.
"So..... are you going home, Samantha? "
"No... No Am just gonna stay here and watch Justus although am gonna tell the maids to bring me something to wear."
"Okay, am going to go now. I have to stop by at home before going to work."
Samantha quickly stood up from the wooden chair she was seated on and proceeded to the couch onto which Tyler was seated on. She sat near her husband on his right side and slightly touched his right arm as she took a deep breath with her eyes looking directly at her husband.
"Am sorry. About what I said yesterday. I know it wasn't right. it wasn't your fault and you don't have to find whoever did this to Justus. Because I don't want to lose you too."
"It's okay, Samantha. It isn't your fault you said that, and you ain't wrong either... I mean I am the reason why this happened...."
"No, no it isn't your fault mi amor. And Justus is going to be just fine plus he got his strong genes from his father."
They looked at each other and smiled to let the strong feeling towards each other just go away but both of them knew Tyler wasn't one to give up. He would find whoever did that to his son and make sure he paid for his actions sternly.
After the short conversation, Tyler's secretary entered the door and informed him that the car had already arrived and that they would shortly proceed to his home. Tyler stood up and kissed his wife before leaving the room.
He spent the day as any normal drug dealer would but only this time with much less of any kind of concentration. Nothing seemed to be working on this particular day either but he tried to keep his emotions and feelings aside as he was dealing with business.
At the beginning of the day he was fine until he got a call. The call changed his perception of the world around him.
It was around 10 pm when he was in his office staring at his computer trying to figure out how to increase the stocks in his company, Zrethe pharmaceuticals. He looked at the bright screen and squinted his eyes then at the file he had on top of his desk for quite some time. As sudden as a disease his phone rang. He gently picked it up and answered the phone.
"Hello." he boomed.
"Hello, is this Justus's father?" a small voice of a lady said.
Tyler paused for a minute. No one besides his family and secretary knew his personal phone number. He used plenty of phones with other people concerning his businesses but the black iPhone only had five contacts on it. His wife and Justus, his Secretary, his informant and family security guard at his house. He continued answering the woman on the phone"...Yes it is. May I know who am talking to?"
"Yeah. My name is Clare. And am Justus's friend. I was wondering if Justus is okay?"
"How did you get this number, Clare?"
"From Justus. He gave it to me."
"Oh, well he's still in the hospital so I can't tell you anything specific yet but he is going to be fine."
"Okay.....Well you know there is something you should know sir."
"Yes go on."
"Yesterday he said a girl in our school had warned him about the accident a few minutes before it happened. Her name is Kaylee and she is a very smart student although she is a friend of Ricardo the small boy who did not get along with Justus."
Tyler listened to whatever Clare was saying with tremendous attention. And after a few seconds of the awkward silence between them, Tyler sounded.
"Okay, thank you very much....."
"....Clare, sir,"
"Yeah, Clare"
"Can I visit him? which hospital is he in?"
"He's in krodi hospital and yes you can visit," he said and just after he finished he hung up without letting Clare finish her word. Tyler felt distressed, he knew that one of his enemies had done made the accident occur. But which one, he had too many to even count them one by one. and if he tried grouping them they would be as many as grains of sand on the beach. But then he thought about the lead he got.
A girl. A small school girl who was clever and smart. She was a friend of the bullied bot meaning she would do anything possible even if it meant colluding with a gang. The only one who can tell whatever gang or person hit Justus and instigated the accident is the small school girl, Kaylee. She knows everything. Tyler thought about her for the whole day and asked his secretary to look into her. Her home, family, friends and even what she ate and where she had been should be written in a report and presented to Tyler before the next morning. The secretary simply bowed at the request and went on to find out about Kaylee.
This was only the start as Tyler thought of the things he could not do with his son, his rage increased. He wanted to destroy those who had hurt his son. Whomever they may be and wherever they were, he thought about sticking a bullet into their heads as they were tied to chairs. But then shunned the idea as it was weak but came up with a better idea of trampling on them and looking them up in a freezer until they freeze to their death. Whatever it was he was about to make them suffer indefinitely for their actions.