6. Coincidences

After we finished eating with my grandfather we went back to the ship, he told me that he could play in the port without straying too far from the ship, he gave me some coins and locked himself in the office.

He seems worried since I speak with Mr. Vedmid.

Since I did not want to disturb him, I listened to him and went out to the port, but not before grabbing the cane that the old man had given me, I began to walk everywhere trying to find the girl I saw yesterday.

I passed several times by the place where I saw her yesterday but there were no traces of her, which I did see was the arrogant brat, but she was inside one of the buildings that purchase what the sailors took from the sea.

After searching for a few hours without results I decided to return to the boat, but I soon realized that I did not know where I was, I walked for a while to find the way back.

I laughed at myself, I did not find the girl and I ended up lost while thinking about nonsense I decided to ask someone for the address but all the men in this place looked suspicious and I became more and more worried.

"What is such a young boy doing in this place" a voice sounded, it was of a man in totally black clothes and covered with a hood as he approached me.

"I'm looking for my grandfather's boat" I answered the man when he got closer I could see his face was very white and his eyes were red, he looked very thin, my instincts told me to run.

"Who is your grandfather? I can help you find him," said the man with a smile.

That man emitted an evil aura, I knew he did not approach me with good intentions, I tried to move away in the opposite direction, but before I could do it, one of his bony hands was holding my arm.

"My grandfather is very powerful, you must not hurt me," I said in despair.

"Or sure, I will not hurt you, I just want to help you find your grandfather" an increasingly sinister smile formed on his face "follow me we can speak better elsewhere"

"It is not necessary, I can look it up myself" I replied as I struggled to free my arm.

"Follow me right now or I will have to bring you by force," he said menacingly, the smile disappeared instantly, my alarms went off automatically, I wanted to run but his handheld me like an iron clamp.

"My grandfather will destroy you if you do something to me," I yelled at the man.

He just smiled and started dragging me towards an alley, seeing that I couldn't escape, I took the cane on my back and with a quick movement, I blow the cane towards the man's face.

The man was surprised and backed away to avoid the blow when I saw this opportunity I started to run with all my might, after running for a while I turned around to see if the old man was following me while looking back a hit threw me to the ground, the fear seized me.

"D-don't do anything to me, please let me go," I pleaded as I got up.

To my surprise it was not the hooded man who hit me I collided with a boy my age, his clothes looked like what I had yesterday, he looked like a beggar and his skin was dirty but I could see that it was colored black.

The boy looked at me in a daze, before trying to get up in a hurry but a fat man came up and kicked him in the abdomen sending him flying, the man turned towards me with a threatening aura.

I couldn't believe my luck, I got out of a problem to enter in another before the fat man did anything, I had already grabbed the cane prepared to defend myself.

I knew this guy wasn't as strong as the man in the hood so he could at least try to hurt him and escape while defending myself.

The man when he saw that he was holding a weapon looked at me with fury and attacked quickly, I tried to stop his blow with the stick but the man easily avoided, I started to attack with all my strength, but the man dodged everything cleanly.

Is this guy stronger than my grandfather? I asked myself

Before I could do anything a blow crashed into my abdomen and I leaned over in pain before I could complain about a kick I hit my face and lost consciousness thinking of nonsense.

When I opened my eyes I noticed that cloth-covered my mouth and my hands were tied behind my back. on one side the other boy was in the same situation, the fat man was standing in front of us while playing with my cane.

"Do not despair brats, Wait for Mr. Gosling to come he will decide his punishment" said the fat man

I tried to respond but only unintelligible sounds came out of my mouth.

We waited for a while until the doors opened and a tall man entered, his wheat-colored hair and beard were finely cut, his eyes were blue as the sea, he had the body of someone who trained all his life.

Although he wore normal clothes, this man radiated majesty, his aura was like that of the grandfather, this man made a great impression on me, however, that man seemed familiar to me but I do not remember where I saw him.

The fat man stood up when he saw the door open and bowed to the handsome man, the handsome man just nodded in response and turned his head in my direction, he took a chair put it in front of us and sat down.

The fat man came over and untied the cloth in our mouths.

"You were the ones who robbed my store," asked the handsome man.

"I did not steal anything," I replied immediately.

"If you didn't steal anything because you begged me to let you go and then you tried to hit me to escape," said the fat man.

"I-i was running away from an old man" I replied

"You are a bloody lying thief" the fat man shouted.

"I'm not lying," I yelled.

The fat man smiled "If you're not lying where you got these coins from"

The man threw a bag of coins, it is the bag that the old man gave me before shutting himself in his office.

"That's the money my grandfather gave me"

"Who the hell is your grandfather to have so much money" replied the fat man.

"My grandfather is Basilio Beltrán" I answered in a scream.

Hearing that name the fat man was shocked for a moment before starting to laugh out loud.

"Sure, and your father is Rock Graham," the fat man scoffed.

"I am not lying," I replied.

"Shut up," the fat man yelled as he slapped me.

The fucking fat man hit me so hard I spat blood, he was so angry, this guy is so unreasonable he wanted to eat him alive.

"James don't be violent" interrupted the handsome man, "listen to me boy, in the last days in my businesses they have been stealing from money to weapons and potions, we know that this is being organized by someone because the thefts are simultaneous, today I left my men looking at my businesses to see if we could catch one of those thieves. "

The handsome man spoke calmly while watching us, without a doubt today I was very unlucky, I don't know how I will get out of this.

"Guys we won't hurt you, you just have to tell me who ordered you to do that," said the handsome man.

"Are you blind, do not you see that the fat man already hit us" I replied furiously.

The handsome man frowned for a moment. "Sorry, James was very concerned and acted impulsively. Please understand this is very important to us."

"But I didn't steal anything and that stupid fat man hit me without thinking" after hearing my words the fat man wanted to hit me again, but the handsome man stopped him.

"Friend maybe you don't know who I am and you are afraid of the consequences of betraying those who ordered you to do this," said the handsome man "My name is Cedric, Cedric Gosling if they confess I promise you that nobody in Verf Blauw will dare to make them hurt"

Hearing his words, I answered helplessly "But I did not steal anything, I swear to you, Mr. Gosling, the money was given to me by my grandfather"

"Okay, James cover his mouth," said the handsome man, sounding disappointed.

The fat man came up and covered my mouth again while Mr. Gosling looked at the other boy.

"You know what I want so speak fast"

"Sir please," the boy pleaded.

He ignored her plead and said "Speak, I won't hurt you"

"Sir, nobody paid me, I-I haven't eaten in days and I was very hungry and when I saw that there was so much food I went over and had a little," said the other boy, sobbing.

"Wait for a second," Mr. Gosling looked at the fat man, "what did they steal?"

"I found the black boy stealing some skewers from the port post and the other trying to help him escape"

Hearing this Mr. Gosling got up angry and kicked the chair,

"Damn, are you an idiot"

"Lord I believed"

"SHUT UP !!!, you really believed that a street child who is stealing food has something to do with the people behind the robberies, they are stealing only important things for us they are not going to steal food, DAMMIT!!!," Mr. Gogsling shouted angrily.

"But sir, you said"

"SHUT UP !!!, if you open your mouth again I'll tear your tongue out myself"

Mr. Gogsling's calm face disappeared, he rubbed his temple trying to calm himself, now he was angry, I have to admit that if I were the fat man I would never speak again in my whole life, it was very scary.

Mr. Gosling approached me, he removes the cloth from my mouth, while he asked "Where did you get that money"

I was about to answer when the door opened and a girl entered, it was her, the person I was looking for all-day had a bright smile, it seemed that it was the best day of her life, but what surprised me most was that behind her there was the old man.

Hahahaha, I was never so happy to see the old man, I do not know how he gets here but that did not matter.

The old man looked at me for a second and then looked at Mr. Gogsling and the fat man as he frowned and his face filled with anger with invisible pressure attacked them both.

Mr. Gosling's face changed from anger to concern, he knew he had made a serious mistake, he seemed to want to spit blood, he looked at the fat man with incalculable fury.

The fat man now trembled uncontrollably, his face was one of extreme fear, now he knew that I was never lying.

With a resplendent smile that does not fit in with the current scene, the girl spoke with a melodious voice: "Dad, Captain Beltrán said he needed to talk to you, that's why I brought him here."

My brain exploded, that beautiful girl was Mr. Gosling's daughter.

Are there such coincidences in the world?

At that moment I remember where I had seen this man, I met him last night after dinner, he was the man who accompanied the beautiful girl, shit if I only remember him before, I cursed my luck.