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The Three Former Friends Of Wilbur
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I didn't have anything to do at all so I was relaxing by my poolside. I didn't want to take any wine again, only a jar of orange juice was beside me. When it was lunch time, I went to the dinning to eat
I remembered what happened last night and goosebumps rose all over my body
“Wilbur Sanders” Derulo had called me after I bumped into him in the hotel hallway. I wasn't surprised anymore because wherever there's Maxwell, there's Derulo and there's the worst one, Coloy. These three were my nightmares but once my best friends.
We did so many bad things together. So so many. Coloy was an ex convict and he had escaped from jail
Derulo was from a wealthy family like me and he grew up in USA but was disowned because he took too much drugs and wasted his father's money. Maxwell, he was my tutor. The one I wanted to tell Mari about.
I was the youngest among them, following Derulo who was five years older than me. Maxwell was the oldest.
The crimes we committed were all masterminded by Coloy. I paid for the weapons and held our weakly parties (though it used to be just the four of us). I didn't go out, it was just them who would always go out and do whatever it is they felt like. Sometimes I didn't even know what they were going to do, I just gave them the money and they brought more money. If I had known they were into shipping of drugs I wouldn't have been with them. They were also murderers and they got caught one day after murdering a storekeeper and taking all his money and some goods.
They had told the police I was part of them. If not for the strong influence of my father the police wouldn't have erased my record and make me pay a fine instead of life imprisonment. My friends were angry I didn't get equal punishment and they vowed to be back for me. They had evidence that could sky rocket my case but they couldn't lay hold on it because they were already in jail.
Since then I dreaded the day they'd be released. That's why I was so shocked to see Maxwell that day I went to get a drink
Only Eduardo knows my secret with these three guys
I had even gotten word that while in prison, they were envious of and disliked my friendship with Eduardo. Maybe they thought otherwise which wasn't true.
“you're one son of a b**** you know that?” Derulo said in his usual calm but deep voice
I had sighed and looked away
“you broke our oath and also escaped from the nemesis that caught up with us. You must think you're so brave. Haha” he said intimidatingly
“what oath? Something we made when we were drunk? Something that made no sense at all!” I yelled angrily
“but it worked out didn't it? You couldn't love a girl, you tried but it failed. Until you met Marigold Cruz. Do you remember the consequences of breaking the oath?”
I huffed and anger overwhelmed me. I grabbed him by the collar and looked him in the eye
“if you or anyone dare! If you dare hurt Mari, I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you!” I shouted and he kicked me. I fell down and he bent down beside me
“I'll hurt her and hurt her friend Eliza. I'll go as far as hurting anyone who's in support of your relationship, not even leaving Winifred behind nor Dani” he said and I knew he meant it. He could do it, they all could do it.
“but you can save her and save yourself too. I think you know what to do” he said and stood up. I stood up too
“I don't want you to hurt her. Please, she's my life” I pleaded because I had no choice
“let her go or we make her go. You know we can do it, we've done it before. And don't communicate with her. Don't tell her why you're leaving her too, we have informants around and if we see even friendship between you two, either you go to jail and hear she's dead or you hear the news before you rot in hell” he said and turned to go
“wait...” I said
He turned and faced me
“why are you doing this? Who's behind this? Who is sponsoring you?” I asked because with the force they were using to tear my life apart, it was obvious someone was behind it
“don't you think we're enough force ourselves? Even Coloy is enough. Either you do it fast, or we give you a sign to show you we can do the hardest thing” he said, grinned and walked away
I had truly forgotten that she was supposed to spend the night at my place as I went to a VIP bar and began to drink.
“Wilbur, you have been playing with the knife and fork for long minutes and have hardly eaten. Your food is even cold now” Val's voice echoed in my subconscious mind. I quickly brought myself back to the present.
“huh?... Oh my food. Uhm yeah it's cold now. Can you warm it, please” I said
“sure” she said and packed all of the dishes into one big tray. She then left. I sighed and looked at the wall
Winifred came rushing in ten minutes later, panting heavily like she just finished a race
“hey, don't startle me like that again!” I yelled at her
“goodness! Have you heard?” she asked with her hand on her chest
“heard what?” I asked, not really caring about what she was going to say. It might even be that she got a new ambassadorial deal
Val had come back with the tray. She placed it before me and was arranging the plates
“Eduardo was murdered last night in his cell” she blurted out and my heart fell to my feet
“what!”
Damn it! Derulo, Coloy and Maxwell, is this what you meant by giving me a sign that you can do even the hardest thing?