Chapter 64

Lilian was a bit frightened but Damian stood his ground. The hooligans–five of them–stopped what they were doing and walked menacingly towards them. They had poles and bats in their hands but no gun was seen.

"What you looking at, huh? Move along, pretty boy."

Damian said nothing but stood his ground. Lilian looked at the gang men and was assessing them as much as she could. She looked carefully and saw one concealed gun beneath his shirt. She wasn't sure if Damian had seen it and there was no way she could alarm them without drawing too much attention.

"Are you deaf mate? I said move it!"

But Damian was unfazed and unimpressed.

He gave the blanket to Lilian and faced the gang squarely.

They started to laugh at Damian.

"Look at this. Pretty boy here thinks he can take us. How bout we beat him up and take his bitch. She's a hot number, eh."

They closed in on Damian and one took his chance and threw the first punch. Damian was swift and