"Arabic, Spanish, French and Mandarin, but can we drop it please" I said,
"What did they want?" Angelo asked,
"Just telling me where to stay away from, they know Caesar and said he's a good one, he'll see us right when we find him,"
"So where are we heading?"
"Into the mouth of the devil" I said.
...
"Keane I think we should talk about this" Tayte said,
"There's nothing to talk about"
"You can speak 5 languages Keane"
"So?"
"You should be doing something with that"
"Just drop it Tayte"
"I won't just drop it," I slipped my hand into my pocket and felt the gun I'd just got, a Colt 1911 Rim fire Handgun.
Shit you just got a gun!
Yes I just got a gun, because despite everything I've been through, protecting my family would always be my priority.
"I wanted to join the army, the marines, the fucking Navy. I wanted to go out there and fight, go out there and protect my country, but shit happens so I couldn't, end of fucking story" I snapped, "Now quit asking me because I don't want to talk about it"
"Okay, okay" Tayte said with his hands up, I sighed,
"Shit. Look I'm sorry okay..."
"Don't apologise Keane. You have every right to be mad, but all I'm saying is that it's not the end of your army career"
...
You could tell we were entering poverty, kids and animals shared the streets with rubbish, the smell, the rundown and worn out look. Men stood in alley and doorways with guns, the saddest thing was seeing boys no older than 4 with machine guns. The lights barely lit up the streets, so we all stuck close.
"I don't like this" Arii whispered,
"We'll be okay" I told her, then suddenly,
"Parar, o que você está fazendo?" (Stop what are you doing?)
"Estamos apenas de passagem, queremos nenhum problema, nós estamos à procura de Ricardo Ceasar" (We're just passing, we want no trouble, we're looking for Ricardo Ceasar)
I knew that some shit was about to go down, the mention of Caesar's name caused the guy's eyes to change,
"What are you saying?" Tayte said,
"Lutar ou morrer"
"Fight or die" I said and then "RUN"
BULLETS...
A SHOWER OF BULLETS
SHOUTS
SCREAMS
SHRIEKS
SILENCE
SILENCE
"KEANE"
"KEANE"
SILENCE...
"Your Joey's kids aren't you"
"Yes sir, Ricardo Caesar I take it?" I said, hand shaking that held the gun,
"Yes, you're safe now. You did good son" He steadied my shaking hand,
"Where is everyone else? Are they safe?"
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Running For Answers (Book 2 Of Running Series)
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Chapter 22 - Lutar Ou Morrer (Fight Or Die)
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