Chapter 28

Our walk home took longer than we had estimated. Usually, we use the shortcut In the trees behind the house, since we didn't carry with us a lot of items, which allowed us to maneuver through the narrow spaces in between trees and shrubs. Thinking back to when we were parting ways, am glad Yan talked me into leaving the trash can with him or it would have acted as extra weight, even though it was empty with time my arms would have become numb from dragging it for too long.

I was starving by the time I got home, all I was looking forward to was something to fill my empty stomach and a long shower to relax my tensed muscles but the several vehicles parked outside my house told me I won't be getting what I wanted that easily. Taking in one last big breath, I pushed the door open and was immersed in a cloud of smoke and loud music. Who on earth holds or attends parties on Sunday evening? well, apparently it's people who don't have real jobs or something serious to do with their life for instance my brothers and his dumb group of friends.

My older brother somehow still managed to hear the slamming of the front door from the kitchen and called out " yoh! Max! is that Dora?"

of course, he would ask if it's one of his whores, rather than his younger brother who if he had cared to notice was not in the house for two days and a night. Max turned his head away from the girl in his arms that he was making out with to check on the intruder, when his eyes landed on me he gave a disgusted look and called out to our eldest " It's just stupid Alex" before he was back to eating the girls face.

Knowing my brother was in the kitchen I second-guessed my former plan of getting myself something to eat and going straight to my room. My stomach voiced its disagreement through a loud growl, I had to eat something no matter the cost. I would not have died from not eating that day but I would have awakened at ungodly hours with intense stomach pain which won't be any better. With newfound determination, Thanos matched us into the kitchen in the quest to find anything edible and fight off any troll in this case my older brother who will stand in our way.

Once we were through the kitchen opening, we stopped to face my brother who was busy rolling up several joints, my first instinct was to walk quietly past him to avoid any problems but I was stupid thinking that Thanos and Dragoshi would let me carry on with it. That was cowardice and with these two that was a big no-no. It was showing weakness the same thing that they were trying so hard to get rid of, they would rather put up a fight even if they know they are gonna lose. And with that being said Dragoshi cleared his throat. No response. The second time No response. He was probably giving us a cold shoulder dimming us unworthy of his time or attention. That was cool with me, I was tired, hungry, and worst of all I had school tomorrow morning so I would rather keep away from any drama but no Dragoshi wasn't letting it go.

You don't treat Dragoshi in that manner. Ignoring his existence is like committing a crime of the highest degree. He knew things might turn down heel from here but he wasn't letting it go until my brother placed all his attention on us and I was pretty sure that wasn't the only thing his gonna be placing on us after this.

The ice pack was cool against my burning cheek. I was frowning since I would rather not go to school with a bruise in case there will be any questioning. Unlike I, Dragoshi had a huge grin on his after all he had gotten what he wanted

Thanos " I was not down with the being ignored thing, but you are crazy pulling the shit you just pulled out there." Dragoshi kept the same smile he had not letting it flatter even with Thanos scolding him. I would have given him a piece of my mind but I was too pissed to even bother.

Thanos " there were many ways you could have gotten his attention but you went with the option of pouring water on the joints he was rolling. We are lucky that we could block most hits directed to our face. We can't show up with bruises to school at a time like this it may raise questions especially if they start questioning about you know who's whereabouts." After minutes of giving Dragoshi an earful, Thanos decided it was a waste of his time so we went back to eating our take out more like my sister's take out.

When she fast came in she slammed the door so hard that my older brother and I froze with our hands tangled in each other's clothes. We could hear her shout at Max demanding to know the whereabouts of our eldest. She came stomping to where we were slamming the plastic bag on the table before forcefully grabbing me and pushing hard that I lost my balance. I opened my mouth to demand a reason for such treatment but before I could get even a word out she was already grabbing my brother by the collar of his jacket. She was yelling something in the line of my brother selling drugs to her best paying customers that they end up knocked out and wasted that they can't be able to function properly. They argued back and forth for a while but it ended when my sister threatened to ruin my brother's work if he didn't leave her clients alone. My sister's words are never taken for granted and even my older brother knew that.

She got a call that immediately seemed to change her mood and she was out of the house within seconds. My brother having seemed to have forgotten our fight early took the rest of his joints and joined his buddies in the living room. I stared at the plastic bag deserted on the kitchen table and from where I stood, I could smell what was underneath and it smelled delicious, without giving it a second thought I ran with it up to my room. By the time my sister comes back at what either time she will be back, she would be too drank to remember trivial matters such as food.

After taking care of my hunger issue I took the shower that I was so longing for. I went to bed early but with those idiots blasting their music so loud, a nice relaxing sleep remained a thought in my mind. I rubbed my hands on my face in frustration just thinking about how am supposed to get up early so as to get to school before everyone and ensure Yan delivered as he promised if not I will ensure he ends up in a similar trash can.