Unexpected to be a Son-in-Law

Chapter Fourteen: The Escape

As I am coughing, I was shocked when someone dragged my arm and walk me out of the chaos the the prisoners are making, who are still banging the door, hoping that someone from outside would listen and will open the door.

We stop running and he let go of my arm. I look at him and got confuse to what he was doing, he is opening a small door where for you to only get in there is to crawl in. “What the hell is going on?” I asks him and he looked at me, gave his hands, waiting for me to give him something which I have no idea what is.

“The key that is under your pillow. I need it.” he said and I was surprised because he knows about it. “How did you know about it?” I asks him and he take a deep breathe and stood in front of me.”Less talk more action, okay rich boy?” He said to me. “now give it.” He said and I get the key that is inside my pocket and gave it to him.

Just after I did, the little door opened and he looked at me. “You go now.” he said and I was confused on how did he know about the door, nor me, or the key, or why is he prioritizing my life instead of his. “No, I don’t know where that leads to.” I refuses and he take a deep breathe and stood up in front of me. “I stayed here for 8 months waiting for you and making sure that I can save your ass out of this chaos and you are being ignorant?” He said to me that made me now a little bit creep out.

What does he mean waited for me? Does he know that this will happen? The fire? Me getting thrown at in jail? What the f**k is actually going on? Because I believe, this is not just a coincidence, something is happening, and I believe that.

“Look, if you want to survive Mr. Martinez, you have to go now before everything fails. Just think of it as I’ll be your guardian angel, telling you that this door leads you to safety and you are getting out of here, safe and sound..” He said. I just looked at him for another ten seconds before I did what he asked me to do, get inside the door by crawling in and just keeps on crawling, until I see a small light at the end.

“Are we in a vent?” I asks the man that is saying ‘saving my life’ even though I barely know him. “You have to push that for us to get out.” He said and I did pushed the transfer grille for us to get out of the vent. When we did, I finally breathe free of smokes from the fire. I look around and all I could see is a long white hallway like from the hospital, but the difference are there were no bench for the family to wait outside, and there were certainly no doors for room to fit in.

Just an empty white long hallway.

The man gets out and he ordered me to follow him. He slowly walks the hallway, making sure that there are no one in here, except for the both of us. I could still hear the fire alarm and it creeps me out, like we are in a horror movie, especially adding the white hallways of where we are right now.

As soon as we reached the end, there’s a window at the end of the wall and he slowly opened it.

He looks back to look at me, where I know he found my confuse face looking right back at him. “There is a black car waiting for you once you get out of this facility, just make sure that no one will see you around, and all of us will be dead.” He said. “Wait, are you not coming?” I asks him because form the sound of his tone and from the way he gave me an instructions, he looks like he would not be coming with me.

“I will… Follow you, but for the meantime, it is my duty to keep you safe without bruises or wound.”

“Who are you? Why are you doing this? Why are you saving me?”

He looks at me hand me a white card that he gets out from his pocket. I get it and look at the little white card where a name was engrave to it.

Hernando Madden

Hernando Madden? Is this all Hernando’s plan? But why? Does he know that this will happen? But I thought he is away from LA?

“Now, you have to get out of here before anyone comes or before the fire reaches this hallway, and if that happened, I will never forgive you and will forever haunt you till you took your own life, do you understand me kiddo?” I nodded and climbed out of the window where I ended up in a fire exits stairways. As I look down, there is indeed a car waiting for me to get escaped from this prison. I take a deep breath before I ran downstairs and as I am getting away from the window, I could feel the guilt in me, I literally just got in the jail and only lasted for who knows what? 10 minutes? And I am getting out as soon as possible?

I don’t know if I am lucky? Or should I fear what God’s punishment prepared for me. But I mean, why would I be guilty about escaping a prison, right? I never did any such thing that was accused by my father in law. I never did anything bad, I am innocent, I am not a criminal as he is, I don’t deserve to rot in jail and die there. I did everything I can to survive, to avoid being thrown at in jail! I don’t know what sign this is, but I am taking this opportunity to get out of here, no matter what the consequences is.

As soon as I reached the car, the door opened and I got inside. The driver of the car starts the engine and starts to drive away from the scene, like nothing ever happened, or like he already knows what to do. “Are you alright Mr. Martinez?” He asks me and I looked up and was shocked to my core who the driver of this car is.

It is the police officer who dragged me out of that scene with that beard man who enjoys beating me up and putting me in that basement punishment room.

What was Hernando up to?

“yeah I am fine. I am fine...”