Truth

We have been sitting in silence for about Fifteen minutes and it's getting awkward so I decided to ask some questions. "I don't think they will be coming home anytime soon, So Maybe you should go, Your friends would be worried." I told him. "No they won't, And waiting for your to parents come back home is the least of my problems right now" he said smiling.

"You are so kind" I tell him, "Hmm...Not really" he replied "I do good things and I also do bad things, helping you just added to the list of good things I've done" he continued. "Do you do bad things to people?" I asked him.

"Yeah...Sometimes and mostly to myself." he told me. "So you do bad things to yourself and people?, in what way Mr Steve?" I asked him. He started laughing and that surprised me. "Why are you laughing?" I questioned him surprised at the outburst. "Nothing really, it's just that I forgot you are a very very curious kid" he said in the midst of laughter.

I sighed inwardly, he's right....My curiosity is taller and fatter than me, It gets me in trouble. "I'd rather not tell you about the bad things I've done Aki" he told me.

"Is that place one of the bad things you don't want to talk about?, Are you mad I found that place?, And what is that place?, What do you do there." I showered him with my mind lingering questions. "I can't tell you anything about it, Am sorry Aki" he answered.

"Well I guess I can't keep your secret then" I said looking towards the gate. "Wow, that's new" he said laughing, "Am serious about it, I won't keep the secret if you don't tell me what that place is, And what you do there" I said to him.

"You are threatening me?" he asked. "I just want to know, Please." I begged him.

He stared intensely at me for one long minute. "Ok." he finally said and I smiled and adjusted myself properly and prayed it took longer for my family to come back.

"But before I tell you anything, I want you to know something, If you should reveal what am about to tell you to anyone especially the police, Not only would you put us in great danger, You and your family won't be safe either and I know you won't want that, Do you?" He Warned me with a chilling tone.

"No, I won't tell anyone, You can trust me" I assured him, "How old are you anyways" he asked me, "I'll be fifteen next month" I told him. "May? I am May too, No wonder we do get along pretty well" he said smiling and I smiled back.

"But I must say you look eleven" he said and he's right, I have a petite body so people often thought I was younger than my age.

"I know you are purposefully delaying what you want to tell so my parents will comeback and end our conversation right?!" I said to him smiling.

"I must say you are pretty quick witted" he said impressively. "That's how I am" I told him.

"Me and my team We uh...We run an organization, A secret one, Where we Make deals with foreigners" he started, "A deal?" I asked surprised "Yeah a deal" he replied nodding. "What kind of deal is that?" I questioned further.

"We trade with people, Which are mostly foreigners, just business no big deal", He said. "What do you trade?" I asked further.

"Different sort of things Aki." He replied. "Different sort of things??" I repeated after him, "Like what specifically, Are they bad things, Like drugs?" I inquired.

"No Aki I don't do drug deals Or anything illegal, I just trade normal stuffs, More like a trade business" he answered me.

His work seems normal to me, But what doesn't makes sense to me was why he had to do his business in hiding, And why those people had guns with them.

"But what do you trade?" I continued my interrogation, "Hmmm..I Am sorry I can't reveal anymore to you than I already have, I think it's best you just hold on to the little information I have given you Aki, And In return... You'll have to keep shut about what you saw and heard today." He said patting me on the shoulder.

"Ok, I won't ask you anything anymore, I think we're cool now, you told me a few things about your work so it's only fair I don't tell anyone about what I saw today" I said smiling. He sighed in relief, "But can I ask one more question?" I said in a rush with a sweet smile on my face. "Pleassee," I begged him. He laughed.

" Fine, go on then, But it'll be my turn to ask questions after this, ok?" He said. "No problem." I said happily.

"Why were those people with guns?" I asked him, "It was for protection, They were being defensive" he told me. "Well they looked like experts" I said, "That's because they are" he replied smiling.

"So my turn!" He suddenly said as if we were playing a game. "How did you get to notice that door?, It's been there for years and people never noticed it, But you did" He asked clearly surprised by my intuition.

"I was walking back home when I saw it, It was pretty obvious." I said shrugging and wondering why he seemed so surprised I noticed the door. "It's strange because that door was a camouflage, You must be a very sharp sighted person" he said in awe of me. I laughed and told him that I have a very sharp eyesight.

We kept on throwing different questions at each other, Talking and laughing at the same time, He seemed really happy discussing with me. It's been an hour and my parents aren't back yet so I began to worry, I wondered where they had gone looking for me.

Mr Steve noticed my worry face and patted me on the shoulder. "Don't worry Aki, They'll be back soon." he said reassuringly and I nodded still looking towards the gate. Mr Steve then received a call on his phone and I think it's the lady called Shirley that was calling. He picked it up and told her not to worry and they should all go home.

"Why'd you let me go Mr Steve?" I asked him, He seemed surprised by my question. "You don't deserve to be held captive, You have a family that loves you and will do anything for you, You are special and you don't deserve to be taken away from them or them from you." He said smiling.

"And I also don't kidnap children." he added laughing. "Thanks Mr Steve, Alot." I told him smiling back. I then laid my head on my thighs thinking about where my parents could be.

"Now speaking of your parents, They're back." He said as he nudged me, I raised my head up in a flash and looked towards the gate, And Lo and behold there was my family with a Cop, Andrew had swollen eyes which obviously is due to continuous shedding of Tears. Both my Parents and Grandma were very worried.

"Mom!, Dad!" I called out to them, And when they saw me standing at the staircase with a stranger, The look of disbelief on their faces was priceless.