S FOR SHARVIN
18 BLOODY YEARS FROM NOW, STAWPHD WILL BE THE MAGNUM OPUS OF BUSINESS WORLD, WELL WITHOUT THE "S". ONLY THE TAWPHD SURVIVES, ABANDONING THE "S" FOR IT'S SIGNIFICANT IRRESPONSIBLE CHARACTER. SHARVIN, USED BE A PART OF STAWPHD, A PART OF OUR LIVES, THE MAIN REASON WHY I EVEN ENTERED ALAM, BUT HE WAS OUT OF THE BUTTRESS OF STAWPHD FOR A REASON, HIS ADDICTION TO GAMBLING. IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY, HE WAS MEANT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER, SOMETHING BETTER, AN EMBODIMENT OF AM ACCOMPLISHMENT, A PART OF STAWPHD. HE WAS THIS GUY WITH A GOOD HEART, A GREAT ATTITUDE, SMART, OPTIMISTIC, IN A NUTSHELL, A NEAR PERFECT HUMAN BEING. LAMENTABLY, HE GOT INVOLVED IN GAMBLING, STARTED SPENDING A LOT ON IT. HE DID WIN A LOT, BUT ALSO LOST A LOT. AT A CERTAIN POINT, HE GOT ABSORBED INTO GAMBLING, STARTED BORROWING MONEY FROM OTHERS, STARTED OWING PEOPLE A LOTS OF MONEY. HE EVEN GOT MONEY FROM SHYLOCKS, SOME OF THEM WERE HOOLIGANS THAT WOULD GO TO ANY EXTENT TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK.
WE ADVISED HIM, SCOLDED HIM, TAI EVEN SLAPPED THE SHIT OUTTA HIM, BUT NOTHING WORKED, NOTHING CHANGED HIS COURSE TOWARD AN UNHEALTHY LIFE, A LIFE HE LIVES RUNNING AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE HE BORROWED MONEY FROM, FROM THE LOAN SHARKS, SOMETIMES EVEN FROM US. HE WAS LIKE A REFUGEE TRYING TO HIDE AWAY FROM THE WORLD, BUT STILL CONTINUED TO GAMBLE, NOT LEARNING FROM HIS MISTAKES. A FINE 3 YEARS ENDED FOR THE REST OF US IN ALAM, COMPLETING OUR COURSE AND GETTING OURSELVES A DIPLOMA. SHARVIN WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN ON THE GRADUATION DAY. HIS ACADEMIC PRESTIGE HAD DROPPED IN A DOWNWARDS SPIRAL. HE WAS NO LONGER THE SAME PERSON I KNEW. I EXPECTED HIM TO SHOW UP DURING THE GRADUATION DAY BUT HELL NO, HE DIDN'T. HE NO LONGER WAS IN CONTACT WITH ANY OF US. HE WAS LIKE A GHOST, ALWAYS ON THE MOVE, KEEPING AWAY FROM THE LOAN SHARKS. HIS GIRLFRIEND EVEN BROKE UP WITH HIM FOR THIS OBVIOUS REASON, WHICH REALLY BROKE HIS HEART INTO PIECES.
WE EVEN TRIED TO CONTACT HIS GIRLFRIEND, BUT EVEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS. I WAS A GOOD FRIEND TO HIM, WE ALL WERE, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT TO HIS HOUSE TO MEET HIS PARENTS AND ASK ABOUT HIM. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER OUR GRADUATION DAY AT ALAM, WE ALL WENT ON A ROAD TRIP TO SHARVIN'S HOUSE. THE MOMENT WE REACHED HIS HOUSE, HIS MOM GREETED US IN WITH A WORRIED FACE, A FACE FULL OF SADNESS AND QUESTIONS. SO I ASKED HER ABOUT SHARVIN AND HER ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS SHOCKING INDEED. SHE CRIED TO US ABOUT SHARVIN WHO HAS NOT BEEN HOME FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS NOW. SHE EVEN LAUNCHED A POLICE REPORT BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. WE WERE SO HEARTBROKEN WITH WHAT SHE SAID. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CONSOLE HER THAT DAY. WE WERE SO MAD AT SHARVIN AND WORRIED AT THE SAME TIME. WELL WE HAD 6 MORE MONTHS TO START SAILING, SO WE STARTED SEARCHING FOR SHARVIN WITHE TIME WE HAD LEFT.AS WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE SHARVIN'S HOUSE, HER MOM CALLED UPON US AND GAVE US AN ENVELOPE AND SAID THAT HE LEFT THIS LETTER FOR US.
I OPENED THAT ENVELOPE WITH ALL OUR NAMES ON IT. WE STARTED READING THE LETTER. IT WAS DREADFUL, HE WROTE THE LETTER TO TELL US THAT A GROUP OF BROKERS, LOAN SHARKS TEAMED UP TO GO ON A MANHUNT TO HUNT DOWN SHARVIN. HE OWED THEM A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 15 MILLION RINGGIT. 15 MILLION FUCKING RINGGIT, WHAT IN THE FUCK WAS THAT ABOUT. WE WERE HORRIFIED, AND CONTINUED READING, AND SAID THAT THEY HAD THREATENED TO KILL HIM IF HE DOESN'T PAY UP THE MONEY. SO HE HAD TO RUN SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY TO KEEP THEM SAFE AFTER RELOCATING THEM TO ANOTHER STATE AND JUST VANISHED. THERE WAS ANOTHER LETTER IN THAT ENVELOPE. THAT LETTER WAS FILLED WITH A DOZEN OF QUESTIONS, LIKE HINT KIND OF QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS WHEN ANSWERED, WOULD REVEAL WHERE SHARVIN WAS HIDING. WE WERE CONFUSED, SPEECHLESS WE REMAINED. AT FIRST IT ALL LOOKED REALLY STUPID, BUT THEN THE THOUGHT OF SHARVIN'S LIFE WAS IN DANGER KEPT MESSING WITH OUR HEADS. WE HAD TO TAKE THIS THING SERIOUSLY AT THAT SITUATION.
18 BLOODY YEARS FROM NOW, STAWPHD WILL BE THE MAGNUM OPUS OF BUSINESS WORLD, WELL WITHOUT THE "S". ONLY THE TAWPHD SURVIVES, ABANDONING THE "S" FOR IT'S SIGNIFICANT IRRESPONSIBLE CHARACTER. SHARVIN, USED BE A PART OF STAWPHD, A PART OF OUR LIVES, THE MAIN REASON WHY I EVEN ENTERED ALAM, BUT HE WAS OUT OF THE BUTTRESS OF STAWPHD FOR A REASON, HIS ADDICTION TO GAMBLING. IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY, HE WAS MEANT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER, SOMETHING BETTER, AN EMBODIMENT OF AM ACCOMPLISHMENT, A PART OF STAWPHD. HE WAS THIS GUY WITH A GOOD HEART, A GREAT ATTITUDE, SMART, OPTIMISTIC, IN A NUTSHELL, A NEAR PERFECT HUMAN BEING. LAMENTABLY, HE GOT INVOLVED IN GAMBLING, STARTED SPENDING A LOT ON IT. HE DID WIN A LOT, BUT ALSO LOST A LOT. AT A CERTAIN POINT, HE GOT ABSORBED INTO GAMBLING, STARTED BORROWING MONEY FROM OTHERS, STARTED OWING PEOPLE A LOTS OF MONEY. HE EVEN GOT MONEY FROM SHYLOCKS, SOME OF THEM WERE HOOLIGANS THAT WOULD GO TO ANY EXTENT TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK.
WE ADVISED HIM, SCOLDED HIM, TAI EVEN SLAPPED THE SHIT OUTTA HIM, BUT NOTHING WORKED, NOTHING CHANGED HIS COURSE TOWARD AN UNHEALTHY LIFE, A LIFE HE LIVES RUNNING AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE HE BORROWED MONEY FROM, FROM THE LOAN SHARKS, SOMETIMES EVEN FROM US. HE WAS LIKE A REFUGEE TRYING TO HIDE AWAY FROM THE WORLD, BUT STILL CONTINUED TO GAMBLE, NOT LEARNING FROM HIS MISTAKES. A FINE 3 YEARS ENDED FOR THE REST OF US IN ALAM, COMPLETING OUR COURSE AND GETTING OURSELVES A DIPLOMA. SHARVIN WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN ON THE GRADUATION DAY. HIS ACADEMIC PRESTIGE HAD DROPPED IN A DOWNWARDS SPIRAL. HE WAS NO LONGER THE SAME PERSON I KNEW. I EXPECTED HIM TO SHOW UP DURING THE GRADUATION DAY BUT HELL NO, HE DIDN'T. HE NO LONGER WAS IN CONTACT WITH ANY OF US. HE WAS LIKE A GHOST, ALWAYS ON THE MOVE, KEEPING AWAY FROM THE LOAN SHARKS. HIS GIRLFRIEND EVEN BROKE UP WITH HIM FOR THIS OBVIOUS REASON, WHICH REALLY BROKE HIS HEART INTO PIECES.
WE EVEN TRIED TO CONTACT HIS GIRLFRIEND, BUT EVEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS. I WAS A GOOD FRIEND TO HIM, WE ALL WERE, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT TO HIS HOUSE TO MEET HIS PARENTS AND ASK ABOUT HIM. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER OUR GRADUATION DAY AT ALAM, WE ALL WENT ON A ROAD TRIP TO SHARVIN'S HOUSE. THE MOMENT WE REACHED HIS HOUSE, HIS MOM GREETED US IN WITH A WORRIED FACE, A FACE FULL OF SADNESS AND QUESTIONS. SO I ASKED HER ABOUT SHARVIN AND HER ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS SHOCKING INDEED. SHE CRIED TO US ABOUT SHARVIN WHO HAS NOT BEEN HOME FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS NOW. SHE EVEN LAUNCHED A POLICE REPORT BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. WE WERE SO HEARTBROKEN WITH WHAT SHE SAID. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CONSOLE HER THAT DAY. WE WERE SO MAD AT SHARVIN AND WORRIED AT THE SAME TIME. WELL WE HAD 6 MORE MONTHS TO START SAILING, SO WE STARTED SEARCHING FOR SHARVIN WITHE TIME WE HAD LEFT.AS WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE SHARVIN'S HOUSE, HER MOM CALLED UPON US AND GAVE US AN ENVELOPE AND SAID THAT HE LEFT THIS LETTER FOR US.
I OPENED THAT ENVELOPE WITH ALL OUR NAMES ON IT. WE STARTED READING THE LETTER. IT WAS DREADFUL, HE WROTE THE LETTER TO TELL US THAT A GROUP OF BROKERS, LOAN SHARKS TEAMED UP TO GO ON A MANHUNT TO HUNT DOWN SHARVIN. HE OWED THEM A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 15 MILLION RINGGIT. 15 MILLION FUCKING RINGGIT, WHAT IN THE FUCK WAS THAT ABOUT. WE WERE HORRIFIED, AND CONTINUED READING, AND SAID THAT THEY HAD THREATENED TO KILL HIM IF HE DOESN'T PAY UP THE MONEY. SO HE HAD TO RUN SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY TO KEEP THEM SAFE AFTER RELOCATING THEM TO ANOTHER STATE AND JUST VANISHED. THERE WAS ANOTHER LETTER IN THAT ENVELOPE. THAT LETTER WAS FILLED WITH A DOZEN OF QUESTIONS, LIKE HINT KIND OF QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS WHEN ANSWERED, WOULD REVEAL WHERE SHARVIN WAS HIDING. WE WERE CONFUSED, SPEECHLESS WE REMAINED. AT FIRST IT ALL LOOKED REALLY STUPID, BUT THEN THE THOUGHT OF SHARVIN'S LIFE WAS IN DANGER KEPT MESSING WITH OUR HEADS. WE HAD TO TAKE THIS THING SERIOUSLY AT THAT SITUATION.
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