in the care home he after ages bathed , got his free new clothes, a towel and free hot meals, but there also were a gang of three who beat him up , the bullies snatched his coat but pockets of it were empty , so they gave him other punishments and chace to serve them to please them,
he was an old man on the run, hiding from someone, sometimes spent his nights in a shed for the destitute homeless, he could not be admitted in reform centers because he was not an addict nor a drunkard, he walks forty miles and the charitable old age home gave him all facilities to lead a decent life, he changes his name while the form was filled up so the police could not find him easily , if they traced him on computers
mezzie was dead, what mattered his death, he was an addict, as long as he lived no one bothered if he was alive , to the police he was noone, so after his death who was concerned? he thought and looked at clare
clare said if he was not ready to answer her querries she knew that he was an associate of the murdered mezzie, and she pulled out a fat handful of dollars from her pocket for his cooperation, but the old man knew very well that she was not of the same class , in his world everyone had a past nobody was asked of it, no personal questions were asked, but she could without his assistance also find out where the shed was , and get herself in danger if not killed, so accepting the money he walked her to the shed
he kept on roaming aimlessly , not stopping much in a any place, for fear of being recognized, again many hours had passed and again he was hungry,, the night descended and he would soon have to decide either to spend the night in the shedlike other destitutes or on a bench on the roadside, when the herald reporter waving a twenty dollar bill asked him to answer her questions or lead her to the shed, she was writing an article
then he stood in a queue to buy a meal for himself, he had enough coins in his pocket, all others around made faces because he smelled terrible, the cashier also returned him the change as if he was an untouchable, but he was on the run, there had been a murder , murder of mezie , he was the accused , the police was chasing him
and then it was proclaimed who ever faithfully worships his wishes shall be fulfilled, and whoever fears his fears shall be removed
