Beg For Mercy

A short story by Jay Kalirai.

Beg For Mercy

spate! Bang! Its just a nonher day in South Sac! A man getting blast is a part of everyday life here. Drive bys, shootouts, stabbings, lane fights, drugs, its all about the gang. Smile at the wrong person and that just might get you killed. incur to Hell. Starting as far covering fire as I can remember I always wanted to escape, to come up my dream and become a professional basketball player. My engender gave me my first ball when I was 5, ever since then I have never let the dream go and became a star player for my school. It was my only way of getting free, of not being dragged down.

In between, years passed and times changed. The economy make up rock bottom and so did dads job. My family inevitable cash. The only way to get a rapid character line in my neighbourhood was to sell drugs or tie in the gang. What other option was there? My family needed food on the table. Thats when I started selling drugs at my school. Soon bountiful the Head Teacher saw me traffic and I got an 8-week exception and kicked off the Ball team. By then I didnt care much because I was making enough money to support my family and plenty spare to by designer garms and stripe fresh sneakers.

At the back of my mind, I knew this couldnt last, didnt want it to last. This was not supposed to be my life.



Sure I had money, but what about my dreams, had I given up on them so easily. I also knew, sooner or later, that the local anaesthetic gang were bound to find out about my dealing and its impact on their business. Sure enough, as I was go home one afternoon, the six members of the neighbourhood gang jumped me, trounce me furiously. They gave me an ultimatum,

Either join us or die.

What could I do? I had no choice, I accepted the offer and thats when it all started to get worse, to go devastatingly toxic. I had to go back with them to the gangs HQ, to see the leader, Spooky, whom I had only ever seen, base on balls round the streets looking mean....If you want to get a just essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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