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Chapter 23 - Chapter twenty three: Micheal's second murder attempt

Charles's pov:

I've finally updated all my pending chapters. I will finish the story tomorrow. I think l've made Micheal waited for too long. I went downstairs and found him staring blankly at the table. He seems to be troubled. "Micheal" l called him as l tapped his shoulder and he jolted on his seat. "Are you okay?" I asked worryly. "Yeah l'm alright" he said while breathing heavily. " Are you sure?" , He nodded his head. "Are you done?" He asked . "Yes, l am. I'm sorry l took so long". " It's okay, don't worry about it" he said politely. "Okay let's go for a walk" l suggested. He nodded his and stood up. "Mom l'm leaving now" l kissed her cheeks. And with that, the both of us left the restaurant.

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Micheal and Charles walked down the streets. Charles was talking the whole time but Micheal wasn't listening, his mind is somewhere else. Charles realized that he wasn't listening to him when he asked him a question and didn't get any reply. " Hey Mike" he snapped his fingers at his face. Snapping him out of his daze. "What's up with you?" Charles asked. "Nothing, it's a personal matter " he said while trying to calm down. " Okay, but take care of yourself, don't think too much, it is bad for your health", Charles said. " Thank you" Micheal smiled. Then Charles took a turn into an alley and Micheal went with him reluctantly. 'No, no, no , why would he go into an alley now', Micheal thought. A quiet alley is the perfect place to kill someone without getting caught, Micheal knows that Mr Chen goons would be near by watching him, waiting for him to take action. "I have updated today's chapter" Charles said bringing him out of his thoughts. "Oh, let me see", Micheal brought out his phone to view it. "It's not loading" he said." That's because the network around here have been having some problems recently" Charles explained. "Oh l see" Micheal sighed.

The both of them, went through a path that led to an open field. Charles took a deep breathe and sighed, " this place reminds me of my childhood, l used to love playing in open fields, that was before father died". "How did he died" Micheal asked. "He died in an accident" he said simply. "Hey, l think l'm getting something for my next chapter" Charles said as he brought out his small note book. He squatted and began to jot down his points. Micheal sighed and went to hide behind a wall. He gathered a few large stones to shoot. He watched Charles as he writes for a while. After Charles finished writing, he looked up to talk to Micheal, but couldn't find him anywhere. He then called out his name a few times, but Micheal kept mute. "Maybe, he left already" Charles thought out loud and sighed. Micheal took several deep breathes before finally gathering enough resolve. He then picked one of the stones and shoot. Charles screamed as the stone hit his leg. Micheal threw another increasing the force, and it hit Charles's back , " ahh, Micheal help, Micheal" he screamed. Micheal closed his eyes tight, and threw the last shot. After that , Charles fell unconscious . Micheal looked at his lifeless body on the ground with tears threatening to fall. Chen had instructed him to make sure Charles stays dead this time. He was supposed to go and stab him to death but he couldn't move his legs. Eventually, he left the scene.

As he was walking down the alley, he heard someone singing little Angela's poem. He froze in his spot , thinking maybe he heard it wrong. But after a while the voice became clearer. He walked towards where the voice was coming from. When he got there, he found an eleven year old boy , who was tying his shoe laces, singing the poem. He stared at the boy, as the boy sang the entire poem perfectly. The boy felt that someone was staring at him, and looked up. Micheal rushed towards the boy and grabbed him by his collar, " how did you know that song, from where did you hear it, tell me now" he shouted as he shook the boy vigorously. The boy got scared by his actions and kicked him in his groin. Micheal groaned in pain and let him go. The quickly stood up and ran. Micheal gathered himself and ran after him. But eventually lost him. "Damn it" He cursed as he punched the wall.