A dude named Tong Xiao

Its July 4th. Am in Hawaii police station. Its a morning and it's raining heavily. Am feeling cold and almost freezing. Angelina is standing at the door pitying me. The officer looking after me is commanding her to get away from the cell I was and leave me. She drops her hood and leaves. The D. O. Enters. Good morning murderer? " he said. "your term ends tonight. So be happy, you will be leaving home today. "

He continued to speak but my mind soothes me and recalls the event that took place eight months ago before I was put to the stinking cell I was.

I remember well boarding a bodaboda heading home to check what Tom was doing with a gun in my parents house. Before we arrived, a man with a speeding bike almost hit us. He had wore a black helmet but that did not prevent me from seeing he was probably a Chinese guy. But that was not ours to confront. The driver complained a little before embarking on our journey. Few minutes, we arrived. Since my bodaboda guy was in business, I paid him and he departed. And now I was going for Tom.

Knocking mamas door, I asked directly where Tom was. She calmed me down and asked if everything was alright. Since I didn't want to worry her, so yes I said. She then told me Tom had gone to his home a few minutes ago.

I didn't have time to waste. His home was about one thousand yards. So that was where I headed and found Tom in his room. Seeing me, he was not happy. He said, "you should not have come. He is watching. Leave now before things becomes even more complicated than these. "

I was going crazy, and confused. One minute, he is with a gun in my parents house and the other he is in his full of monitors telling me to leave without an explanation. My eyes were rolling over until they met something in the monitors.

Tom was watching me, my parents and my apartment. That meant he had secretly installed CCTV CAMERAS every place around me. I could not believe any of this. "Tom, what the heck is this? "

"Am all you got bro. I'll explain everything, but now, you need to go. "

"Am not leaving before you tell me what does this mean. Gun? Cameras? What the heck do you think you are watching me like a baby, who taught you about privacy because he missed that topic. Are you the one who robbed me? Killed and dumbed the body in my apartment? How and why should I trust you? Am calling the cops you idiot. "

"Are you done? Listen, your life is in danger. "

Tom knew I was going mad. So he explained why all this.

"Bro, am your friend. I took an oath always to have your back. I knew you would never allow me always watch over you. So, I installed cameras in your apartment for security purposes. And they helped a lot. The day the later happened, a mysterious man did all that. I have the records. Perhaps he is jealous of your riches. The thing is, I saw the note he left. So I knew if he threatened your mother, I would protect her. I needed you to continue doing business for him not to track me down. So I installed those cameras in your parents house for their own good. I have been tracking the man and today in the morning, I saw his face. Here, check out this "

That moment, i was relieved and all I needed was a hug. Tom showed me the man who I immediately realised as the guy in the speeding bike who almost hit us. He told me that his name was Tong Xiao. He said that he seems like he had been watching me and that is how he had all my details. Luckily, Tom was using aid from his father who was a investigative officer to track Tong Xiao. But the problem was, if he suspected now that I had learned everything, he would make a move.

So I went to Mom to reassure her that everything will soon be well. But that is when I found misfortunes waiting for me. Tong Xiao was home. A gun pointing my dad's head. Demanding for five million or have my dad's head with a bullet hole.

Then the beautiful thing happened. Out of nowhere, Archie came and perhaps using his skills, he got the gun out of Tong Xiao's hand and it fell down. But in the process, poor Archie was shot dead. I was so angry with Tong and without any second thought, I took the gun and pulled the trigger aiming at Tong's head. Five bullets and he was dead too.

Since the police station was just one mile away, they heard the gunshots and came quickly. The dead were taken to the morgue and I was arrested. My lawyer tried his best in court to prove my intention to protect my mom but the judge said that however we put it, I had killed. And so accused of murder, I was sentenced one year in prison.

And today, the term ends. I'll be free again. And as promised, I was realised. Very happy but only to find that Tom had taken everything I owned. My apartment, my reputation and my life.