Houstons.

Harrison paced around the room for a while before leaving with a strange face. Something about the way Gabriel was acting made him look suspicious. 'Or is she in there?' He wondered as he made his way downstairs to accompany the old pride.

The room was silent for a while now, With only Jos and the two sex maniacs who had played a game. This will soon end for the worse, Gabriel thought over it. Harrison was one of the most popular men in this nation, playing around with him was wishing for death.

"Hey, is he gone?" Gris walked out of her hiding spot with a face of fear. She was a fox in sheepskin, pretending to be worried but deep inside she had not feared a thing.

"Yeah, he left," Gabriel answered as he looked at the milf walking up to him.

"I should leave before the worse." Gris aired as she picked up her stuff and walked out.

"What are you doing?"

Jos had not left, instead, he stood outside the door keeping an eye in case Harrison was to come back up.

"Next time I won't save you guys." His reply made Gris narrow her eyes.

"It was not supposed to happen, and I've never done this with him before." She said the last part with a gesture symbolising the act of copulation.

"You guys are really..." Jos didn't end what he was to say as Gris ignored him and walked downstairs to hide her way out through the back door.

"Thanks, buddy. But why did you give him your phone!" Gabriel met his brother outside his door in the corridor.

"I didn't give him my phone.!"

A dispute arose as the two brothers blamed each other.

"Won't you ever forgive me?"

" I said I didn't do anything to cause or leak you out!" Jos who had at one point thought of exposing his brother to their Uncle denied the accusation.

"Not a problem them." Gabriel let it go as he abandoned his young brother and followed the rest downstairs to the living room.

"Gabriel?" Jos hurriedly followed behind. He knew his love was working for Moonsun Co. He needed Gabriel to connect the wires for him. He had to meet Abi soon.

"What now!"Gabriel placed an act of anger still.

"I need you to help me with something please." He did say as he caught up to him.

"What would that be?" He asked. Despite all arguments and quarrels, they did have, they were still the only children of the legendary Houston family.

"Aren't you going to speak!?" Gabriel glared back at his brother who still had not found the appropriate words to use.

"There is someone I do need to see. Bro... Umm can I come with you to the company tomorrow,?" His respect for Gabriel made him timid and hid his wish. A regret he may have shortly.

"Why? Tomorrow you and your uncle will be leaving. To the capital. Didn't mother tell you! o." What Gabriel didn't know was that His little brother had something to do with someone more important than the campaign Harrison hosted.

"Please, convince mom to let me come to the company," Jos begged as they neared the room.

"I will think of it." Gabriel executed the idea of letting Jos visit Moonsun just the moment he heard of it.

"Hey did you see Gris?" Uncle Harrison asked Jos who took the seat next to him. His voice was low and husky, a clear sign that he cared for her.

"Nope uncle." That was all Jos said as Gabriel sent a devious stare over him.

The real thing that Jos didn't know was that his love, Abigail was Gabriel's crush. If he did know this, he would have already warned his brother to keep his distance away from the prude instead of beating around the bush.

Time erred without notice as uncle Harrison got impatient.

"We have had dinner and Erick still hasn't arrived home." Time was not on their side, especially Harrison's side.

"I'm going to bed me." Jos excused himself not waiting for any more of these talks. He hated his family for their vicious and evil ways of amassing wealth.

"Good night Jos!" Mrs Johnson yelled at his back as he left. "Now, what do we do?" She added as Jos' form echoed from the stairs.

"Erick is here." Gabriel who had been busy on his phone almost yelled at them as he read the message from Erick.

"I'm outside the house please open the door for me." Erick had requested just as Houstons had decided to reach out for him.

"Come in boy." Harrison welcomed him in. And to their surprise, Erick had indeed conquered his quest and brought back the tyrant Bryan.

"Take him to the cellar. Quick!" It was now a fumble as Bryan was dragged down the stairs leading to the cellars. At this very moment, Gris came back.

"Hey! What's this!" She saw the body being dragged along the way.

" Oh. Gris, you came back." Mrs Houston left to divert Gris' interest from the masked body being humiliated.

"Mrs Houston, what is going on!" She demanded as she was pulled away from the scene.

"Is nothing, my dear. We caught a burglar just now and Harrison left to lock him in the cellars. "

"Really?" Gris was not convinced at all. She had not left anywhere all this time, just hiding in the farmhouse to smoke a cigarette, more so, who was foolish to attempt stealing from the Houston. 'Something is going on here.' Gris repeated the words in her mind as she waited patiently for Harrison to come back up.

"Harrison has been looking all over for you. Where have you been?" Mrs Houston brought up a topic as yells for help filled the air.

"I was just over the street. Are you sure nothing is wrong?" Gris grew nervous about the person yelling from the cellar.

"Yeah. All is ok. We shall call in the security to take care of the burglar." Mrs Houston said calmly as she checked her watch. "It's late dear. How about a cup of coffee?"

"No thanks. I will go upstairs and wait for Harrison instead. Please." Gris avoided this lady. Something bout her made her weary, if she stayed here long maybe she too would be kept silent. This was not the first time she heard someone crying in distress from the cellars.

"Ok. I will leave men to their work. I should also get to bed." Gris didn't have to wait for the elderly woman to guide her up as she was no new person in this house. She made her way up fast, avoiding Mrs Houston.

The night was goosey. Though it was this late, she had no sleep in her. Now her mind drifted in fear as the trapdoor to the cellar banged close cutting off the screams. It finally breathed, and the steps of someone outside the door softly became louder.

*****

Down in The cellar.

Bryan woke up and found himself in darkness.

'What happened?' He remembered he did meet Erick back at the Arcade but after getting into the car he had passed out. Or am I in my fantasy again? He wondered before he started choking. This was no good.

"Hello? Hey, who is there!" He screamed as he realised his head was covered in a foul-smelling sack. This was no fantasy or anything to do with his mental despair. He instantly realised it was real, he was being choked!

"Erick stop!" He managed to shout as the first name came into his head. Yes, it had to be Erick.

"Haha haha." Someone laughed as a whip cracked on his back.

"So you now know it's me.?" The man thundered as another whip cracked his skin forming a faint pinkish line that ached.

"Please stop. Please... help me!" He begged as the now psycho handed the whip to a silent observer who instead pulled off the sack.

"Erick?" Bryan at first couldn't believe it. Erick had kidnapped him.

"Hehe, Bryan. Yes, it's me. How does it feel with you tied up like that? HEH!"

'CRACK!'

Erick whipped him before squatting in front of him.

"Why are you doing this to me?" Bryan cried as he yelled again for the help.

"There is no need for calling out. Didn't that gay Asian warn you not to go away from the antique?" His face was close to his, and his breath was garlic, a smell that would make him puke, if not for the situation he was in.

"Talk now! I might consider our friends and let you go home to Maeia." Erick almost chuckled. "Or your sexy Jap Guardian. Hahaha."

" Erick, what is wrong? What did I do?" Bryan tried to ask as he saw the man standing next with a creepy face smile. This had all turned out for the worst for him, what did I do to you? He wondered as Erick lost words to say and simply handed the whip back to the older man who sent it flying in the air to land on his back.

"Nooo... Someone help me!"

His wails filled the room as the man got mad demanding him to shut up or else he regrets it.

"Uncle, enough now.!" Erick suddenly felt sorry for Bryan. Harrison was now mad, not caring at all about Bryan.

"Uncle! We need him alive!" Erick yelled pulling Harrison away from Bryan who had blood all over his back.

"Stop it now!" Erick tamed his raged uncle as Gabriel burst in.

"Guys. We have more trouble." ...