
"What does my mother want from me?" tanya Lian lirih, breaking the reverie Eri who remembered her son.
"Ehm, did you know that your father owed a lot to lose his gambling at this place?" ask Eri a little bit of a nightmarish because of his daydream that was forced to collapse.
"I know that you love gambling, but I don't know about the debt my father has, ma'am" Lian replied honestly.
Eri thought a little, seeing a girl like this beautiful, still lucky that the boy was not sold to the wrong person by his father who was a jerk.
"OKAY. I'll explain a little. So your father owed you quite a lot for his defeat in one night alone. And you must know that your poor father can't pay for it, right?" said Eri.
"So your father made you a barter to pay his debt here" he continued.
"Mom wants to make me a woman of the night, is that it?" ask Lian a little scared.
"No, you just calm down. I'm not that bad. It's just, you have to work at my nightclub and I'll cut your pay by 80%. The rest you can use to buy food. And you yourself have provided a bedroom here, all who work here have provided a bedroom. How, I'm not that bad who has to destroy your dreams?" ask Eri.
"Alright mom. How long do I have to work here?" asked Lian innocently who immediately agreed to the terms that Eri gave.
"Of course until your father's debt is paid off" replied Eri.
"Yes, I know mom. How many years is that?" ask Lian.
"Your father's debt is a lot. Maybe until you age and your father dies then the debt can be paid off" replied Eri relaxed.
"That's the same way mom made me an old virgin here" Lian said.
Eri laughed at Lian's innocent words. Actually Lian's father was very lucky to have a child as beautiful and as good as Lian, but the basic man did not know it was lucky. Diamonds like Lian are wasted.
"You pay if you have money. By the way, where's your loser father?" ask Eri.
"Dad was fainting on the side of the road, and when I wanted to help him, my mother's men came and attacked my friend" Lian said.
"meaning?" ask Eri not understand.
The formal-tuned man who had brought Lian to the bar came forward, thrusting his cell phone which apparently contained a video of the incident that had befallen Lian's father this morning. The man had filmed the incident on his phone.
Eri took a serious look at the phone screen displaying the incident. And Eri's eyes were fixed on the one person he memorized in his brain being one of the targets of his revenge.
That man was Samuel Darius Alexander. The son of Alexander's family who must get a share of his revenge.
"Who is this young man?" asked Lian while showing the phone screen to Lian.
"Oh, it's Sam. My friend who comes every morning to give me breakfast, ma'am" replied Lian.
"Samuel?" tanya Eri.
"Yes mom. His name is Samuel" Lian answered.
"Where did he go to school?" ask Eri.
"In SMAN xx, ma'am" Lian replied again.
"Did you know her?" lian asked a little suspiciously.
Eri fell silent, he just thought how could a descendant of Alexander attend an ordinary school. Wasn't Alexander's family one of the biggest donors of one of the city's elite schools? But how could his prince have to go to public school?
"Tom, get your confidants to find out about this Samuel. I know he's the prince of the Alexander family. But how did he get to go to public school?" eri orders Tomi who is now his right hand.
"OKAY. You take it easy, tomorrow there must be all the info you want" replied Tomi steadily, her first task that must be done very well.
"And you, Lian. Starting tonight you can start working. Remember to wear the uniform I provided. And one more thing, never be tempted to serve the guests if they want to take you to the room even if they pay you a lot" Eri said before Lian began her duties.
"Why is mom nice to me? Didn't you make mom lose?" ask Lian.
"I just want you to have no regrets later on, Lian. And you can still work on your ideals if you are still a good girl" said Eri who actually regretted her actions in the past to make her have to dabble in the dark world like now.
"Alright mom. Thank you for accommodating me. Um, can I have one request before I approve this job, ma'am?" ask Lian conditional.
"What do you want?" eri asked a little suspiciously, just afraid if Lian asked for a no-no.
"Please help my father who is passing out on the street" said Lian, who still worries about her evil father.
"You still think about it? It should be better if the poor old man just dies, right? So that he no longer troubles you" said Eri jengah.
"Don't ma'am. He is still my father. So I beg you to help her" said Lian.
Eri again felt touched by his heart. Although his father had behaved very badly, but Lian still became a filial child.
"Are you stupid or have no brains? But well, I'll send someone to help the jerk guy" eventually Eri was destroyed with Lian's kindness.
"Ah, stop. Talking to you over time irritates me. Just go to the room you have provided. And rest because later tonight you will work until the morning" said Eri.
"Good ma'am " replied Lian politely.
"Please take this boy to his room. And surely he didn't run away" Eri said. With the various experiences he had gained lately, he made him feel that there was no one in the world worth believing in.
Just like Tomi who looks very obedient and always supports Norita, but in fact the man holds a deep enough grudge against Norita who he harbored for a long time.
Same with Lian. Although the girl looked kind and innocent, who knew it was just her guise to cover up her true nature that Eri had yet to know.
A little rushed, Gita down the hospital hallway to see the condition of Sam who had entered the third grade.
A nurse from the hospital where Sam was being treated contacted him in the early morning hours as the woman was working in her office.
Because of the many cases of fraud, Gita could not believe if Sam entered the hospital. Until the nun has to make a video call for Gita to believe her.
And here he is, standing glued to the doorstep of a hospital room filled with patients to look for Sam's whereabouts.
"Tante, I'm here" Sam said as he waved his hand.
"Sam, that's where you look" said Gita, whose legs also stepped closer to Sam's gurney.
"Can't you change rooms, tan?" whinek Sam who was a little uncomfortable with a room in the 3rd class with ten patients who were treated after an accident.
They were very noisy, some moaning all the time, some were occasionally shouting loudly to the surprise of others, some were suddenly dying from too serious injuries with a rather relaxed handling. Sam was horrified by himself.
Gita circulated her gaze, and it was indeed very uncomfortable to rest in a place like this.
"You better go home, Sam. Besides, it doesn't look like your wound is so bad. Why did you have to go to the hospital? " ask Gita.
"I was helping a friend of mine whose father forced her to go with him, but instead someone suddenly hit me from behind, tan. Until I passed out earlier, and when I realized I was here" Sam said a little daydreaming.
His mind now began to fret because it could not help Lian. And he became even more worried because he thought about how Lian's fate was now?
"Why daydream?" asked Gita who suddenly saw Sam's sad face.
"It seems I need Lia's help to find someone, tan" said Sam Lirih, what a sad expression so inappropriate for Sam who usually looks cheerful.
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