3 - Reinforcements

The next day, the newspapers said that "a terrible accident" killed Thomas, Angelica and William Norton last night. Everyone believed he was dead. His family thought he became ashes just like his parents did last night. They thought their plann was succesful. But they were completly wrong. He was still alive and full of anger. But that anger did not cover the fact that he was alone. He had no idea what to do. He had no place to live in. That was what he thought while he was sitting on a park bench near his house. He had a strange feeling. It was like if he could still feel the fire on his cheeks, the smell of smoke, the heat all around him. Those feelings would follow him for the rest of his life. He was condemned. But thinking about how he will take revenge of those who condemned him was something that calmed him down. That was what he needed to focus on. But, what could he do? He had no resources. He could not take the money he inherited because he was dead, and those who are dead do not need money. And he also could not let everyone knows he survived. That was an advantage he could not get rid off. Even though he did not like the idea, he needed someone who helped him. Many faces appeared in his mind but, who could he trust in? Everyone who dicovered he was alive would tell it to his family. He needed to find someone that would hate his family as much as he did. Someone who would be brave enough to face one of the most powerful families in the world. Only one face appeared in his mind: Oscar Wodrow. William heard many stories about him. He knew Oscar was a family old friend that helped his grandfather to build his empire. But his uncles charge some illegal business on Oscar. Although it was never demostrated, his grandfather could not allow those types of suspicions and fired him. William heard he moved to the other side of the city, but that was a long time ago. He did not even know if he still lived there. But he had nothing to lose. He avoided the crowded places and went around the city since he could not risk to be discovered. When he arrived, he found a very charasteristic neighbourhood. It was no the type of neighbourhood he was used to. Every house had the same structure of the one beside. He thought that the architect that design that neighbourhood was not very creative. He risk to ask an old lady if she knew Oscar. It did not matter because no one was going to recognise him in that part of the city anyway. Apparently, everyone in that neighbourhood knew Oscar and his story. The old lady told William the house Oscar lived in. There was no difference with the other houses except for a sign saying: KEEP OUT. Apparently, Oscar was not a very welcoming host. William knocked on the door twice and a deep voice said exactly what the sign said: KEEP OUT. William insisted and asked him to open the door. He could feel how the voice insde the house was becoming more furious and furious. Although William did not want to, he had to do it. He finally said: "I am William Norton". The door was opened.