What a horrible day it had been! Simply absolutely and completely one of the worst!
Freddy had to have a drink and after that he went to bed.
He had to sleep the rest of the day off. Drink and sleep was the only thing that was going to help him recover from the horrors of his date with the dreaded Joanne and her two thug sons.
And he had a good sleep that night, thankfully.
He slept long and deep into the ends of the morning. How lovely!
A new day. A new start!
Beautiful.
'It is going to be a nice day!' Freddy said aloud as he rose form his bed springing up like a freshly tossed pancake.
Freddy showered dressed and had a late breakfast and as he washing his cornflakes down with some hot coffee he thought to himself: "It is going to be a great day!"
Time to open the blinds and let some sunshine in! O! The blinds are open? So why is there no sunshine? And who are those two large men looking in through my window? O no!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was Bill and Bo! Joanne's two thug sons! They had tracked Freddy down to his home!
How could this be? Freddy had escaped from the back end of the Grill and Bar - no one would have seen him... right?
But somehow the brothers had managed to find him!
This was a pure disaster for Freddy!
The two lads walked around to the front door of his home and started knocking on the door.
They knew Freddy was at home because they had seen him through the window but still Freddy didn't answer the door. Instead he hid under the kitchen table!
A piece if paper was shoved through the letterbox.
Freddy watched the two lugs walk away from the front room window and when they were finally out of sight he grabbed the paper and started reading. It read thus:
We know where you live, Freddy boy!
You upset our Mum yesterday!
Now we are going to get you and break your damn puny legs!
Have a nice day!
Kind Regards,
Bill and Bo.
This was bad news. Bad indeed.
What was Fredy going to do? Two tough-nut lads were out for his blood and they new exactly where he lived! Freddy couldn't imagine a more awful and more awkward situation not even if he had sat down to a table with pen and paper, a pint of liquid acid, and wrote a book called "How Bad Can Life Get Even When You Are Not Trying?"
Don't tempt fate Freddy, said the demons. Life can always get bad and badder... It is just the way it is!
Freddy's first plan was to to try and bar the doors and windows - but then he remembered he had run out of fresh milk!
He took a quick sneaky look in his fridge and it was true! There was no milk to be had!
O no!
What was he going to do?
He needed to get milk or he was not going to be able to make himself tea or coffee for the rest of the day.
Okay.
So the situation was this:
Freddy needed milk. So he was going to have to take one last daring trip outside. All that was required of him in this daring task was to cross the road and reach the gas station. They sold milk there... So he had to get to the gas station without being seen!
The lads would be out on the look for him but Freddy had to dare the streets - he needed the milk...
So it was time to open the front door and walk out into the horrors of the open world.
Freddy had taken no more than four steps into the streets when he heard a voice bellow:
'There he is Bill! Get him!'
It was Bill and Bo!
They were waiting round the corner ready to get him!
They had blocked his way back to the door of his home so Freddy was forced to flee directly towards the gas station.
They were waiting round the corner ready to get him!
They had blocked his way back to the door of his home so Freddy was forced to flee directly towards the gas station.
Hopeful Wuan was in there. Maybe Wuan could help him somehow? Wuan was a little man but maybe he had guns?
Bill and Bo gave chase! It was beyond terrifying for Freddy.
Freddy reached the gas station with Bill and Bo only seconds behind him.
Freddy slammed the glass door on them and then screamed:
'Wuan! Wuan! Where are you my friend? I am being chased! Help me! Hide me somewhere! I beg you! I need help!'
There was NO response...
Burly Bill and Ben burst in! Freddy just did not have the strength to keep the two mighty men back!
The twins knocked Freddy onto the ground and put a bag around his head! Then they picked him up and carried him away. Their car was just down the road and they threw Freddy into the boot and drove back to their house.
Little did Freddy know it at the time but the worst nightmare of his life was about to unravel.
Freddy hoped that his experiences with Bill and Bo were just part of a mad fever dream.
They were not...
When Freddy woke up the bag was off his head and he was stuck down in a darkened room tied to a chair with harsh rope twisted around his ankles and his wrists.
Bill and Bo were standing in the corner of the room holding sharpened items while their mother Joanne was close by looking on Freddy with a hateful look in her eyes.
She started to speak:
'I will never forgive you for what you did to me, boy,' she said. 'You know what happened to the last man who stood me up? I chopped him up! But I am willing to give you another chance, Freddy. Maybe you got nervous? I can understand that. Any man would be nervous to be around a true beauty like me. Now this is what is going to happen next. You are going to stay here and my boys are going to take care of you. Meanwhile I am going to go to my bedroom and powder myself up and make myself look more beautiful than what I already am. And then I am going to come back and then we are going to have a second date together. And this time round you are going to love me, Freddy boy. You are going to kiss me. And when the day is over we are going to go back to my said bedroom and make passionate love with one another.'
Freddy almost had a heart attack when he heard this.
Tied up as he was and totally helpless he had no choice but to beg the scary woman for mercy. This is what he said in his feeble and frail voice:
'Joanne! Please! Don't do this to me! Have mercy. I can't cope with this! I have had a hard life, Joanne. Please. Just let me go! I can't help you with any of this, Joanne. I am a weak man!'
And Joanne returned:
'You are going nowhere my boy. You asked me out on the date and now you are going to finish the business! See you in five minutes, boy. I am going to go and beauty myself up,' and she gave Freddy a sly wink before she left.
Freddy was BEYOND terrified. He was sweating like a man walking in the afternoon desert sun. He must have lost so much weight strapped and sweating in that dreadful chair.
He had to escape but he did not know how he was going to do it. He was caught in the perfect trap, strapped down with rope with two thugs guarding the only door leading out to freedom. Freddy gulped as the realisation set in... He was truly doomed like never before.
This was one situation he was not going to be able to get out of. He had run out of options!
Freddy's life started to play out in front of his eyes - he started remembering all the other times where he might have been killed; the wars with the gangs, the cartels and he thought to himself, "in my life I could have died a hundred different ways! I could have been stabbed in the streets or shot by one of the gangs... but no! The universe denied me that noble death. Instead I am to die under the blubbery weight of a vile walrus-looking lady...'
WHAT A LOT OF RUBBISH!
That was when Bill and Bo dropped to the ground...
What was this?
Somebody had knocked them out!
There was a little shadowy figure standing in the door. It looked like a goblin, or maybe a troll?
There was a little shadowy figure standing in the door. It looked like a goblin, or maybe a troll?
The figure held out a hand and said, 'Come with me if you want to live.'
'I would love to but I can get out of this chair. I am tied down by all this rope you see?'
Out of the shadows he stepped - a very short man a veritable dwarf! He was bearded and beady-eyed. But he had great ham-sized hands and with these he tore up all the rope and got Freddy back up on his feet.
'Get ready Freddy. It's time for you to run!' said the dwarf.
'What's going on?' said Freddy.
'I work for Wuan and I just saved your life. Now shut up and be grateful.'
'Don't you have a name at least?'
'The name is Jish. That is all that you need to know.'
'What happens next?'
'Next you are going to hide in Wuans basement,' said Jish. 'You are going to stay there for three days. IN the meantime you will have all the food and drink that you need.'
'Nice!' said Freddy in a happy voice. Some good luck at last!
'Meanwhile it will be my job to convince Joanne that you have left the country,' said Jish. 'Once she knows that you have gone cold she should give up the chase and you will finally be safe. You are a lucky boy, Freddy. You have friends in high places, as it were. Friends who need you. Friends who want to keep you alive. Now let us get moving before Joanne finds out what has been happening down here in her cellar. Her sons I can deal with but her? Not so. Let's go!'
'Thank you for this,' said Freddy and he was indeed thankful truly and wholly to the dwarven stranger.
'Don't thank me,' said Jish. 'I am just the man who gets things done.'
(Remember! All spelling errors and grammatical mistakes are intentional - the author 😆)
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