DAMAGED

Part 6

How did it get to this? How could someone murder a child? What sort of monster would do something so vile?

Godwin's biggest dream was about to become reality. Yes, today he was going to visit the home of his favorite football star. Oh...Not visit...but break into it. He and his friends had it all planned out. They would leave late in the night, then survey his house before jumping in through the fence. When they jumped in they would hide till they got into his house, of course, he wouldn't throw them out the street since they were his fans. He was really hoping everything would work out how he had planned. His friends were equally as excited as he was. Three of them had gone earlier on to check the home address of Francis. It was really exciting when they saw the beautiful mansion where he lived but they couldn't get in to the house during the daytime, that would take all the fun out of it all. 

"I hope your mum doesn't find out about this. And my mum too, and your mum. They would kill us" Angel whispered in a low voice as they tiptoed in the dark street. 

She didn't know why the boys were not scared of doing something so dangerous or why she had agreed to follow them. She just knew their love for football had made develop the desire to go for this adventure. It meant  a lot to them, they were just kids barely 15 years old. And they never really thought about their actions or the consequences. They acted first before they thought. If her mother knew what she was up to, she would literally kill her. 

Godwin could see Angel was lagging behind while his other friend Henry was keeping up with his pace. He started regretting then why they had brought a girl along with them on such an important mission. He sighed as he called out to her to walk faster. The street was dark but as they got closer to Francis' house there was so much light. It was almost as if the house was glittering...like it was from a fantasy world. And when they got in front of it, they couldn't help gasping in amazement. 

"We did it! We just completed the first part of our adventure" came Henry's excited voice. 

It was a little louder than their whispers and for a moment the streets were filled with his excitement. Godwin had to tell him to keep quiet. The adventure just began, this was only the easy part, He emphasized to them. The hard part was breaking in and trying to make Francis understand they were no criminals but his ever-loving fans. He smiled to Henry who was awfully quiet since he now understand how serious their what they were doing was. Angel swallowed hard and prayed silently that the boys would get back to their senses and decide to go back home. There was no way they could break into such a magnificent building. No way!

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Nancy stared at her husband as he slept peacefully. He was beautiful man and he looked so innocent even though she knew he was far from being innocent. She wondered what had made him turn into such a vicious man. She couldn't sleep, she was restless and unhappy she was still married to Francis. It was so easy to kill him, just put a knife to his throat and end his life, she thought to herself. It wasn't the first time that thought had occurred to her but she couldn't give in to it. She could never let Francis turn her into a monster. 

Just then she heard a noise outside the window...sounds of footsteps. It was as if someone had jumped into their  compound. Were they thieves? What was happening? She didn't dare step out to go check. She prayed silently for the noise to be nothing but her imagination. Why was Francis sleeping so soundly? Couldn't he hear the sound of footsteps running in their compound? Just then he stirred as if he had heard her plea. Was he awake? Was he going to be angry with her because this was happening? He usually blamed her for everything. He would surely blame her for this especially after she brought a stranger into their home. That was what he called Her friend. She shut her eyes tight and pretended she was sleeping.