Chapter 23

Upon hearing what the thug said to the old man Ethan, without  thinking twice immediately walked closer to them. He heard some of the thugs telling some other new customers to leave.

Which made him become even more angry seeing the thugs making people leave.

Without holding back the word escaped from his mouth.

"All of you go away!"

Ethan said to the thug. 

However The old man who owned the restaurant looked at the direction the vice was coming from. 

He was worried because he didn't  want any of his customers  to interfere in this, however his heart skipped when he saw Ethan.

He was very surprised to see the young man he had saved his life yesterday and that is the main reason he wasn't able to pay the thugs today.

Yesterday he could remember very clearly the young man was hurt very badly and the doctor told him it's going to take him weeks to get back on his feet.

 But now he looked fine as if nothing had happened to him yesterday. 

How could this be? 

The old man at that moment looked at Ethan even strangely he still couldn't believe it. 

However the leader of the thug gaze at Ethan when he heard  the voice, he thought it was someone important or something but he couldn't believe what he was seeing, he couldn't believe a high school kid had the guts to talk  when it didn't concern him, and it made him even more angry seeing how young Ethan look. 

But then his eyes caught onto Ethan nice suit, and immediately  he knows it's an expensive suit, and with the way Ethan looks he could tell the boy might be from a very rich family, that is how the behave when they have money, they think they can talk nonsense and get everything there way even when it's none of his business.

His lips tightened even more as he started thinking of how he's going to deal with Ethan that is going to teach him a lesson, definitely he will  be having some money on him for him to have come to a restaurant.

With a deadly voice he said.

"Since you want us to leave, why don't you pay for the old man"

The thug changed  his mind immediately.

" I have changed my mind for you to interfere in our business you're going to pay us or we take your girlfriend"

The man said as he pointed at Annabelle.

Annabelle's heart skipped immediately. She knew how rootless some thugs could be and she doesn't want to be here anymore, she then walked closer to Ethan wanting to tell him she wants to leave, but before she could say anything.

Ethan took off his nice suit coat. 

He handed it to Annabelle to hold. Annabelle scares grow even more. She doesn't  want to be here and at the same time she doesn't  want Ethan to fight either.

Immediately she holds Ethan in the back.

" please Let's go"

Annabelle said. She then pulled Ethan's arm.

However Ethan wasn't having any of that. He's so confident he can take the men all by himself, he can feel it.

With a reassuring look on his face he turned facing Annabelle.

"It will be okay"

 Ethan said to her. 

"I want to fight them, that will be the only way out now because they will not allow any of us to leave again"

Ethan knew if he was in this kind of situation yesterday or day before he would have run away, but something felt different inside him now. He had a new kind of energy. And It made him feel so brave.

However Ethan had never been in a real fight before. He did not know what to do. But he wanted to protect Annabelle and the old man that saved his life.

Annabelle couldn't say anything she knows Ethan is right.

They have come too far and the thug wouldn't allow them to leave again.

Ethan gazed at the men as he used  his eyes to count them. 

There were ten of them. 

They were big and looked strong. Which made Ethan  to Start  to rethink he was not sure anymore   if he could win.

However Ethan was still in thought  when the thug boss gave his order.

"Bring both of them"

Upon hearing the order One of the men ran at Ethan with quick speed. 

He wanted to hit Ethan before grabbing him.

Ethan was scared at that moment seeing the man running at him. But he remembered to stay calm. 

Immediately Ethan moved to the side.

The man missed him. 

Ethan's heart started  to beat fast, he had never  been in this situation before, he took a deep breath.

Then another man ran at Ethan. The man was big. 

But Ethan ducked down. The big man's fist went over Ethan's head.

Ethan felt the new energy inside him, he knew he wasn't the one doing this. His body is just reacting he doesn't even know what he's doing. But  It made him feel strong. 

immediately he pushed the big man. 

And the man fell down.

The other men became angry seeing Ethan running like a scared dog and it made one of them lose balance and fall. 

Annabelle covered her mouth with her hands seeing one of the men on the ground, she knows he lost his balance, and it wasn't Ethan doing but she knows what is coming next. They won't allow Ethan to leave again which is bad.

immediately with her shaking hands she decided to bring out her phone to call the police before things got out of place.

Ethan at that moment couldn't believe what was going on. It feels as if the system is controlling his body, making him react quickly, but at the same time he thinks it was his doing.

His mindset is just afraid and his body is reacting, and it's not the system doing.

Just then when Ethan was in thought, he  heard footsteps noise. The first man that attacked him earlier was running towards him again.

The men attacked Ethan, only for Ethan to give him a single kick on his head and he landed on the floor.