Anne's grandfather managed to reach for his inhaler that was inside his right chest pocket.
He wanted to sniff it but his hands were vibrating, making his inhaler fall from his hands.
Anne's grandfather slowly crept to get to his inhaler with tears falling from his eyes, wheezing.
He felt a stabbing pain in his chest as struggled to breathe.
Meanwhile, Carlos was just watching the poor old man crawl to get his inhaler with a scornful look on his face.
Anne's grandfather's hand was already a centimeter from the inhaler and Carlos kicked it away from him.
Anne's grandfather felt his life flash before his eyes.
"…please, help… I… I can't breathe" he said under his breath as he slowly began to fade.
He had no choice but to plead with Carlos for his life. After all, his life depends on Carlos at the moment.
"if I help you, I'm going to get arrested for dealing drugs and I can't afford to go to jail.
You see, I've always endured you torturing me here and there and I've been waiting for you to die a natural death for a long time now but your soul is just too stubborn." Carlos heaved a long sigh.
Sadly, Anne's grandfather could no longer bear the pain he was feeling so he gave up the ghost.
"Don't worry while you're away I'll take care of your sweet granddaughter." Carlos gave a malicious laugh.
He leaned closer to Anne's grandfather and he noticed he was no longer breathing.
"he's dead" Carlos whispered to himself.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Carlos's heart skipped.
"Mr. Robyn, the delivery man is here" yelled the delivery man who was standing outside at the door of the house.
The delivery man usually comes once in a while to deliver some tablets to Anne's grandfather so he's not a stranger to the Stewart family.
"fuck!!" Carlos cursed silently.
"Ummm... just hold on I'm coming" Carlos yelled.
"shit! shit!! what am I going to do? How am I going to get rid of the body?" Carlos panicked.
"I'll just leave him like this so everyone will think he died of asthma… which he did."
He brought out a handkerchief and carefully cleaned Anne's grandfather's face with it so that no one would know he was sprayed with the air freshener.
Even a minor knows that every asthmatic patient is allergic to cold air and the sudden splash of liquid on Anne's grandfather's face caused the asthma attack.
The delivery man was tired of waiting and he walked in.
"Sir, I've been waiting outside. I was supposed to deliver a package here…" the delivery man said to Carlos.
"….." Carlos's eyes widened when the delivery man walked in.
"what is going on here?" the delivery man muttered with a puzzled look.
He saw Anne's grandfather's lifeless body on the floor in the position trying to reach for his inhaler and Carlos wiping his nose.
He wasn't sure of what was going on.
The delivery man gave Carlos a suspicious look.
"Sir, what are you doing to Mr. Robyn," he asked but Carlos didn't respond.
"you …you let him die… didn't you?." the delivery man figured it out.
"you better shut up or you're going to be the next" Carlos said vehemently.
The delivery man froze up with fear and he ran outside.
Carlos kept his handkerchief inside his pockets and ran after the delivery man.
The delivery man ran into a quiet street and finally stopped to catch his breath when he saw that he had lost Carlos.
Bam!
From behind, Carlos hit the delivery man with a big stick on his back.
"aarrrgghh" the delivery man fell to the ground, screaming in pain.
"Please!! spare me I swear I won't tell anyone you killed Anne's grandfather".
Meanwhile, Richie who was coming back from school happened to overhear what the delivery man has just said.
He was on his way home when he saw Carlos and the delivery man.
Carlos showed no pity for the delivery man and he kept on hitting him with the stick with all his might.
"stop!!" Richie cried out but Carlos was deaf at the moment.
Like a maniac, Carlos ruthlessly continued to hit the delivery man until he dropped dead.
Blood was splattered all over Carlos's body and one could almost see the internal parts of the delivery man's dead body.
Yes, that was how bad Carlos hit him.
He had to kill him to silence him.
"you're a murderer!! You just killed this man..." Richie vehemently said in tears. "I can't believe you also killed Anne's grandfather"
Richie was lucky to have overhead the delivery man. Now he knows Carlos killed Anne's grandfather.
Carlos smirked.
He was impressed at Richie's audacity to stand up against him because a normal kid would've probably run away out of fear.
Richie has known Carlos all his life and he never expected or even imagined Carlos to be capable of killing someone.
"good thing my brother is a police prosecutor, just wait until I tell him everything and you'll be so screwed!!." Richie said, bringing out his expensive phone to call Carl.
Carlos immediately slapped Richie's phone off his hands and the phone fell to the ground, causing the screen to crack.
Richie gulped.
"Hey, Richie listen to me." Carlos squatted down to match Richie's height.
"You can't do that, 'cause if you do, I'm going to kill your beloved mother and I might as well kill your brother," Carlos said, rubbing Richie's shoulders and staring deep into his eyes like he was staring at his soul.
Richie whimpered and his eyes were red.
"no you can't kill my mom, you can't kill Carl. Carl is your best friend." Richie shook his head aggressively.
"you're right, I can't kill Carl, Carl is my best friend… But you know very well I can get rid of your mom if I want to..."
Richie trembled in fear.
From what he has just witnessed, he was convinced that Carlos wasn't bluffing.
"…so you better not test me, Richie, you don't want to ever see this side of me again," Carlos warned.
"Now promise me you'll keep our dirty little secret. Don't tell anyone what you saw especially your brother okay?" Carlos threatened and Richie nodded.
"PROMISE ME!!" Carlos said firmly with a cold expression on his face.
"I… I... I promise" Richie whimpered.
He has never been scared like that in his entire life.
"good boy," Carlos grinned.
He gave Richie back his phone that was on the ground.
"here's your phone, the screen is a little cracked. You can tell your big brother to get you a new one. Besides he's super rich" Carlos said to Richie.
Richie took his phone still feeling anxious.
"you can leave now," Carlos said, standing up to his feet.
He watched Richie departing figure until he left the scene.
He would've also killed Richie if he wanted to but he choose not to because if he did, Carl would find him, hunt him down and kill him.
Carlos dug a grave and buried the delivery man and the stick he used in hitting him.
He made sure the grave wasn't obvious so no one would suspect a thing.
He quickly rushed home, had a bath, and burnt his clothes to avoid any trace of evidence.
***
"Grandpa I'm home!" Anne yelled, coming inside her house.
"what is going on here?" Anne muttered to herself, seeing her grandfather's dead body on the floor.
"grandpa??"
Anne knelt down and gently tapped her grandfather's face.
"grandpa, get up, I'm home"
She noticed something was off and she leaned closer to his chest to hear his heartbeat.
"grandpa!!" Anne said in a shaky voice with her heart beating faster after realizing her grandfather wasn't breathing.
"grandpa please wake up, please you're scaring me"
She searched for his inhaler in his pockets but she couldn't find it which was weird because his inhaler was never far from him. It was always in his pockets.
Anne looked around and saw his inhaler a few inches away from him and her eyes welled up with tears.
The bitter truth of her grandfather being dead made her heart sink.
"grandpa, please!!! Don't do this to me" Anne cried with her chest heaved.
Everything still looked unreal to her. She now knows her grandfather is dead but it was too hard to accept it.
Anne went outside her house and ran as fast as she could without any direction. She didn't know where she was heading to. She just kept on running, running with pains in her chest.
She finally stopped, panting and crying loudly out of control like a baby.
Since her parents died in a fatal accident, her grandfather has been her only guardian and he supports her with everything. He loved her dearly and now, he's no more.
Meanwhile, Carl who was driving back home saw Anne crying profusely by the roadside.
He immediately parked his car and ran towards Anne.
Seeing Anne cry like that made his heart tighten. He couldn't just leave her like that. He wanted to hold her and comfort her.
Carl placed his hands around her neck giving her a searching look.
This same woman who has a sharp tongue and sometimes acts like a bitch looked like the most innocent and pure soul he has ever met.
"I.. I… I…" Anne wanted to speak but she couldn't find her words as tears immensely roll down her cheeks.
However, Carl pulled Anne into a very tight hug with her face buried in his chest.
She returned the hug with her hands clutching his shirt, crying till she found it difficult to breathe.
Her tears soaked his shirt but he cared less and hugged her more tightly pressing her to his chest till she could hear his heartbeat and was covered with his cologne.