"It's been a minute," Tony sparkle says as Laura slowly wakes up, not remembering much from the incident she looks all around her and notices an elderly nurse smiling at her in order not to scare her. She tried to lift her right arm and feels very intense sharp pain standing by the door is Tony we watching her in the company of his men.
"What happened?"
She asked and Tony gives her a somewhat surprised yet affectionate look before returning to his stoic look, he had always been like that. needing to show that he cares without wanting to be too vulnerable and Laura already understood him now.
"You got shot" he responded sounding very professional, for a brief moment she could spot the genuine tenderness in his eyes, and the need to protect her before he abruptly turns his face.
"Where is Jamal?" She asked still staring at him, he turns back to look at her rather briefly and responds
"Jamal is out with the men guiding the building, I will back to check on you and if you need anything Dwayne here will get it for you" he pats the shoulder of a giant white officer standing beside him, Laura looks at the man and his extremely muscular figure and wonders how men like Tony can get these huge men to follow his lead.
"I prefer you stay here with me," She said as she noticed him about to leave in a hurry and she saw that concerned look again as he decided to stay a bit so she could feel safe.
"Tell me a story," she says softly
"Do you know the story of the big bad wolf and the hen?" Tony asked amid their conversation
"Yes, I think I heard it one or two times when I was a kid" Laura responded
"One of my friend's father loved to tell stories" she was briefly interrupted by one of the federal agents who comes in with a plate of sandwich 🥪 and a bottle of juice. Laura feels much better now and takes the sandwich while she sips her juice.
She remembers when she was little before the demise of her parents, an elderly man whom she was very fond of was well versed in telling stories and also loved to tell them. he visited her parents more often and had a little girl her age living with him, everyone considered the girl his daughter as he and his wife were elderly and that was what they made everyone believe.
It was however after his death that she realized the girl in question was adopted, being of the same age both girls became friends and grew together before tragedy struck and the man passed.
The man was called Papie Milan and he was well loved by children, he was very fair and had great hair which gives many the impression that he must have been extremely handsome in his youth. his brown eyes were very sharp and precise and he had a way of looking at the world from a bright perspective as he was very unassuming.
Laura still remembers like it is yesterday, him walking with his fine red walking stick and his white outfit which was very particular of him. He was always dressed in white regardless of what outfit he was wearing and he loved to fear dark shades. Papie Milan was always ready to answer her questions and she is a very inquisitive child who had lots of them which never seemed to end.
She remembers the last time she saw him and what he told her which she would never forget, she could still hear his baritone voice as if he was there with her.
"The truth as we see it comes with its poison, the more you know the more you wish you don't know"
"What does that mean?" she asked amid the other children and he smiled and tells her
" You will understand with time"
She did not get it then but she understands more now, the truth that she knows is what has put her in danger and the more she knew, the more endangered she would be thus we are taken back to the present.
"I would like to hear the story," she said and Tony sparkle went on.
We see a scenario of a black wolf with its thick black fur and saliva dripping from its mouth and we also see a white hen with a mini red comb on its head. Their friendship grew tremendously and they were both doing things together like two peas in a pod.
The hen would play in the sand with her friend the wolf and two regardless of their different biological makeovers hung out and turned out to be great friends. however, the hen noticed something, the wolf despite being stronger and faster than she was feared her in some way and revered her as well and she wondered why.
So one day while they were running around the sand, playing together and rolling in the deep, the curious hen asked the wolf
"I noticed you have been a bit afraid of me, and I wonder why"
At first, the wolf was reluctant to respond and instead tried to change the topic. the hen however insisted on the issue and the wolf responded after a while.
"I appreciate you my great friend but I am also cautious of the comb on your head, I have been told it's very dangerous"
The hen laughed and touched the red comb on her head
"What is dangerous about this?"
she said as she fiddled with the comb even more
The wolf responded
"Well since you insist, I have been told your comb burns people and I don't want to be burned. that is why other animals also respect and stay clear of you"
Upon hearing this, the hen laughed out loud so long it was becoming embarrassing to the wolf at this point.
Then she said to him
"There is nothing dangerous about my red comb, you can come to touch it if you want"
The hen said while still fiddling with her red comb
The wolf initially is very scared but after much persuasion touches the comb, upon realizing nothing happened to him. he grabs the hen by the neck and chokes her.
The hen pleads for her life as she sees the end coming upon her, reminding the wolf of their moments together as best friends.
The wolf doesn't listen and instead in a swift moment bites the head of the hen off in an instant.