From Bullets To Billions novel Chapter 52

Chapter 52: A Meeting Of Death

Max continued to stare up at the mountain of muscle standing in front of him. The student was the kind of person one would have a hard time believing wasn’t already a full-grown adult.

It was exactly the type of person Max knew he wasn’t ready to face yet. Guys like this, huge, experienced delinquents, were always the toughest to fight. Even with Max’s skills and experience, larger opponents were harder to take down. And considering the student had mentioned Dipter’s name, Max could tell this guy wasn’t just muscle, he could fight too.

"Damn, is that Jay Woods?" one of the nearby students whispered.

"Crap, Max is done for. I knew he overdid it recently. Looks like they’re really going after him now."

Thanks to the students’ whispers, Max now had a name to go with the face, Jay Woods.

"Do I have a choice in this?" Max asked. "If I try to leave, are you going to stop me?"

Jay looked down at him, his expression stone cold, unreadable.

"It’s best if you follow me," he said. "Unless you want them to go after the girl."

It was a good thing that certain events had unfolded in a particular order. Up until yesterday, Max wouldn’t have known who the girl they were referring to even was.

He considered trying to shove past Jay and make a run for it down the hall, or perhaps agree to go with him and escape later. But there was one thought that kept sticking in his mind: Sam.

Sam’s life had been drastically altered because of Max’s actions. And now, there was a very real chance the same could happen to Abby.

’It’s okay... it’ll be all right. Because at the end of this, I still have something to use. If I can’t get out of a tough situation, I have a lifeline.’

Max gave a small nod, and immediately, Jay started moving. The two of them began walking down the hallway together.

"Don’t run off," Jay said. "I’m faster than I look. And doing that will only bring more trouble for everyone."

Although Max wasn’t planning to run, he knew he still needed contingencies, because right now, his only lifeline was his phone.

He pulled it out, and while Jay glanced over, he didn’t say anything. He had already given his warning.

"Green, can you give me some information on Jay Woods?"

It didn’t take long for a message to come back.

"Holy crap, they sent Jay Woods after you?! Good luck, knowing you, you’ll need it. No, but seriously, that guy’s a monster. I didn’t think they’d escalate things this far just because you beat up Ko. No one even liked Ko. He was like that annoying little brother in every story who always gets captured or something.

Anyway, he’s strong, really strong. Don’t fight him if you can help it."

The messages only confirmed what Max had already suspected. And what made things worse was the realization that they were now heading outside of the school grounds.

’This is way too well planned... this Dipter guy knows exactly what he’s doing,’ Max thought. ’A construction site still in its early stages, there won’t be any security cameras. And if someone like Dipter can afford to pay off the principal, getting a few construction workers or guards to take the day off? Easy.’

If they really wanted to talk... why not just do it at school?