Chapter 249: The shooter
Grey walked closer, with a big smile plastered across his face. “Let’s see.”
Todd looked up, with a pleasing smile. “Are you sure young man? You will be losing money just like the rest of the men here.” He boasted.
Grey nodded once. “Let’s see how it goes,” he took a seat between the men. The other men were wearing this uncomfortable look and it showed how much they were disappointed.
“How much are you playing with?”
Grey thought for a moment. “Three hundred dollars. I’m obviously not as rich as you are.”
Todd laughed out loud. “That’s fine, young man because you will definitely be losing them all.” He sounded so sure of himself.
Well, Grey didn’t even have the time to learn games because he was too busy working to earn a living.
“So, who’s going first?” Grey asked as he counted the cards to know it was 52.
There was a smile on Todd’s face. “You first, boy. I’m sure these two men will be willing to participate with us,” a look of satisfaction marred his face.
Grey nodded and shuffled the card to his satisfaction. He glanced at the men before he started dealing them out to each player, including himself.
Grey picked up his cards and looked up at Todd. A red dot was suddenly on his red chest. Well, it wasn’t noticeable at first until he concentrated harder. It was really hard to distinguish but there was no fucking way that wasn’t from a gun. It was a coincidence or the person knew he was wearing a red shirt.
Grey turned backward, but there was no one around. Everyone was busy doing one thing or the others. There were other games around like pools and the rest. There were laughs and chats.
Who was trying to kill Todd? And why?
Grey’s phone vibrated suddenly and a message popped up on his phone from Charles. It read, ‘Boss, are you alright?‘
Grey was unable to answer as he jumped over at Todd, knocking him off the chair. The bullet ran faster and hit a guy behind that was speaking with a lady.
The lady yelled suddenly and the whole place scattered.
“What the fuck just happened?” Todd yelled.
Grey regarded him for a moment. “You need to hide,” he advised.
Just as he stood up, several men emerged from around and moved closer to Todd. They formed a shell around him as some people helped him up. The whole place was destroyed already as everyone was running Helter skelter out of the place.
“Find the shooter!” Todd ordered and some men hurried out of the club.
Charles moved closer to Grey. “How did you know the bullet was coming towards him? I seriously didn’t expect you to be so swift,” he complimented with a slight smile.
Grey wasn’t really interested, his gaze was forward. “Charles, dispersed. We are looking for the shooter. Tell Jimmy and Richard too.”
A frown flickered across Charles‘ face. “Do you even know the kind of gun the shooter used? Todd would
t have survived it. In fact, I don’t think the shooter is anywhere around here. He or she must be outside. What if he shoots again but is aimed at you for disrupting his plan?”
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