Grand Opening by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Grand Opening
Publisher: All Chaos Press
Published: 2018-02-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15 – Entrapment

By Taki Drake and Nathan Howe

It was a crisp morning, perfect for a long walk, which is just what Alastair was doing. Moving at a brisk pace, the towering man made his way through the streets of the nation’s capital. His thick and muscular body showed that Alastair used to live in the gym, back in his military days. Those days had long since passed, but the muscles remained.

The people parted around him as he strode down the sidewalk. Each person slowed and moved with caution around him, glancing sideways as he walked past them. That fearful attitude sent chills down his spine every time he saw it.

Alastair didn’t like people being afraid of him or worrying that he would harm them. He only resorted to violence if he was forced. Grimacing, he could not help thinking about his days in the military and using force to get what he needed.

As he continued down the street, his mind drifted deeper into his own past. To the days as a child when he wasn’t the behemoth that he had become. In his youth, he was the runt of the litter. Always picked on for being smaller than others and unable to defend himself. It pained him to think how the bigger kids had pushed him around like a rag doll. Kicking him when he was on the ground at the playground and taunting was only part of it. The worse part had been how the adults would turn their heads and ignore it. To them, he had not been worth protecting.

Alastair vowed when he got older that he wouldn’t harm others. He had kept that promise, for the most part, only resorting to violence when absolutely required.

It wasn’t the defenseless little boy crying on the ground in pain that haunted him. It was that he was uncomfortable with who he was then. That part still remained, as he did not feel secure in his own skin. When people stared at him as he entered rooms or new places, it made his skin tingle. Alastair loathed himself and the way he was then. If he could forget it his childhood, he would have done it in an instant.

The bright sun heated the skin on Alastair’s arms as he walked. He rounded the corner of the block and bumped into a tall man. “Oh. I’m sorry,” Alastair exclaimed.

The man staggered back a few paces. “Just the man I was looking for.”

Alastair immediately recognized the man. It was his former captain from the army. He still had the same appearance he had all those years ago, the same old high-fade haircut, that screamed military. It wasn’t like Alastair let himself go, but he refused to keep his grooming the way that it had been. Alastair ran his hand through his hair, attempting to force down the cowlick that this captain had always screamed about.

“Sir,” Alastair said. This was the last person he wanted to see. “What can I do for you?”

Captain Jordan closed the gap between them.

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