Chapter 4 Just A Bad Dream

Chapter Four

Matthew jolted awake, beads of sweat forming on his forehead as an unknown hand seized his attention. Panic attack surged through him.

"Who's there?!" he shouted, his voice edged with both fear and fury as he grabbed his dick and tried to figure out what was going on and fight for his life.

"Is someone trying to kill me too!"

Matthew 's instincts kicked in, and he swung his hands wildly, attempting to free himself from the unexpected intrusion. Amidst the struggle, a familiar calm voice cut through the chaos.

"Nurses! Doctors ! Someone should help me!" Matthew shouted with all his strength

"Calm down, don't shout or alert the nurses. It's me, the police officer assigned to protect you."

Slowly, the room brightens up as the lights flickered to life. Matthew 's tense movements halted as he finally saw the mean policeman's face. However, the reassurance he expected was replaced by suspicion.

"What's happening here? We heard you screaming for help!" A nurse came in and asked , she was looking startled.

"Nothing, just a bad dream. I'm protecting him and will call you if he needs you help" the police officer said before Matthew could say anything

"What were you doing in the middle of the night and why were you touching my dick?" Matthew asked, sounding really irritated and annoyed with his life.

"I was checking to make sure that you're fine and breathing " the police lied

"You're lying and I want to see my lawyer first thing tomorrow morning and I also want my phone back " Matthew said

"You can't have your phone back and also I will call the lawyer if you give me that solid black gold ring on your finger " the police officer said

"So you were trying to steal from me ? You're the most pathetic police man ever !" Matthew hissed with irritation

"You're lucky you got me , the rest will be worse and besides you should thank me that you're still alive , some would have killed you a long time ago. A lot of people want you dead and you're a poor orphan so don't even think that you will get justice when something terrible happens to you . So give me the damn ring before I use force !"

Matthew closed his eyes because he knew that he was in deep shit and he didn't want to give the ring because it was his family heirloom and that's the only thing he has left from his family.

"Let me ease my self in the bathroom" Matthew said

"Be fast and don't dare try to escape because I will shoot you " the police said waving his gun

Matthew gulped and ran into the bathroom , locked it and poured water on his face that looked dry , puffy and swollen. He has lost so much weight and he is looking so lean and haggard like a mad man.

"Oh damn it, I need to find a way to escape this hospital " he said with tears running down his face but he immediately cleaned them off

" No, I can't cry . I need to escape and look for my sister and also take care of my girlfriend. I need to be a man and I can't even give anyone this ring" he said while his hands were Turing around the ring softly and then he heard a *click* sound and the ring opened sideways revealing some 3 code signs that he has never seen and no one told him that the ring wasn't a normal one.

Before he could try to do anything again. The ring went back to its normal state and that's when he noticed that anytime he rubbed his hands 3 times around the ring, it turned from a red color to a black one and that's when he knew that the ring is special and the code means something so he can't give it out.

"That bastard police stole my money , what can I give him to bribe him instead of my ring ?!" He thought looking at him dirty body

*bang bang bang*

"Get out, you have been in there for long or I will break this door" Matthew signed and swore to find a way to escape this hospital so that he could find a way to move on with his life and avenge his fathers death. His guts were telling him that these are bad people.

He took a long breath and stepped out of the toilet because he didn't want any problem.

"The ring, give it now " the police said pointing his gun to Matthew 's head.

"This is a cheap ring, it's not gold and it's even rusting " Matthew said as he rubbed it and it turned red so he showed the policeman

"You see it's useless but you can take my chain new , they are customized and cost about 5000 dollars . I'm a poor orphan ,I don't need it anymore " Matthew lied and the policeman gave him a stern look before telling him to remove the chain and his shoes and give him while he walked around wearing hospital old slippers in the cold.

"Don't you dare tell anyone " the police man threatened

"I won't tell my lawyer you stole my money if you tell him to come today. It's a fair deal ." Matthew said and the policeman's eyes lightened up with greed .

"I will get you a lawyer first thing tomorrow morning " he said so Matthew sighed and went back to bed.

He couldn't sleep , his mind kept wondering about what the codes on his Black gold ring meant. He kept asking himself questions

"Is it a magic ring ?"

"Is this a code to some house or money vault ?"

"Is a map to a trouser haunting ?"

"what should I do with this ring?"

"why did father never tell me anything about it ?"

Matthew kept asking himself random questions while he wished that his girlfriend Lisa was with him when he has no one in his life, especially when a lot of people want him dead when he can't remember his father doing anything bad to anyone.

"Maybe I should just kill myself and die because I don't know what to do with my life " Matthew said with a broken heart .