1 Chapter 1-Lost

Callum awoke to a knock at the door. Opening his eyes blearily and checking the time, he got up and looked through the peephole on his door. Two men wearing suits were standing at the door. Wondering why anyone would be knocking at his door at one in the morning, he opened the door.

"Are you sir Callum Argenti?"

He exhaustedly rubbed one of his eyes and replied "Yes that's me. What do you want?"

The man on the left looked at him with sympathy.

"I am John Egbert, and this is Ricardo Gonzales. We have a peice of terrible news for you. You may want to sit down," John--the one on the right--said. Callum was annoyed, but still invited them into his cramped apartment. As John and Ricardo entered, Ricardo handed him a box of Kleenex. Callum glanced at him strangely and invited them to sit. "So what's this piece of terrible news?" he asked. "There's no easy way to say this to anyone," Ricardo sighed. "Your brother was killed a little over 2 hours ago."

Callum scoffed. "I don't think ANYONE would have the lack of heart enough to kill such a good kid."

"I hate to tell you this, but someone did end up killing your brother."

Ricardo proffered the Kleenex box to him, but Callum pushed it away. He numbly led them to the door and ushered them out of his apartment. Only after they left did his tears start to flow.