Chapter 8

It had been three months since Jane started working at East Emperor.

When night fell, this ridiculously busy city would light up with hypnotizing neon lights.

Jane had just cleaned up a drunk lady’s vomit. Although she moved slowly, she worked efficiently. After that, she lit up some fragrant incense and left it in the corner.

The mop she was holding cleaned up each individual cubicle in the toilet, and then she arrived at the last cubicle at the very back. This was where she kept her cleaning supplies and took a break between tasks.

It was very orderly and neat.

The attendant who had dragged her here to clean up had long since vanished, but Jane did not really mind. She put the mop and the bucket away appropriately before sitting in the next cubicle over and spacing out.

‘Jane, this is all in accordance with Mr. Stewart’s wishes.

‘Jane, you’re nothing now. You lost the family you take pride in, you lost your beautiful looks and your excellent educational record. You’re nothing but an ex-convict now!

‘Jane, just stay obedient and do what you’re told to. Don’t try to fight back. After all, Mr. Stewart told us to ‘take good care of you’.

‘Jane, you’re just a convict in prison, so why do you need both your kidneys? If you donate one of them, you can save a life in place of the one you killed.

‘Jane… Give it up, stop struggling…’

Those voices were like curses, and those faces terrifyingly distorted as they haunted her thoughts. Jane could not get them out of her head no matter how hard she tried to.

“Jane, come on out. They need you in the VIP room on the sixth floor, Room 606.” The cubicle door was abruptly pulled open, and the person there frowned as she hastened Jane to move.

“Hurry up, and stop dawdling around. Even the top model here isn’t as cocky as you are, sheesh.”

Jane was usually so quiet and withdrawn, and she did everything she was asked. She never retorted or talked back even if they purposely gave her a hard time, and that was now an open secret at the club. Anyone who was in a bad mood could just ‘take it out’ on Jane for a bit whenever they felt like it.

“The hostesses are in charge of their private rooms.” Jane was only telling the truth, but her words were practically ‘treason’ in the ears of the attendant. The attendant’s expression immediately turned cold, and she crossed her arms in front of her chest. “The client threw up. Are you saying Luna should handle something so disgusting?”

It was a disgusting task that Luna should not handle, but Jane should. The attendant was not at all concerned about hurting Jane’s feelings.

As expected, Jane did not fight back. She just dumbly said, “Oh, okay”, and it only made the attendant look down on her even more.

Jane lowered her eyelids and followed that attendant into the elevator. Suddenly, though, she was shoved out of the elevator. Jane looked at the attendant in confusion, and the attendant just gave her a look of utter contempt. “What are you staring at? Take the stairs. It’s only the sixth floor, that isn’t too high up. In fact, it’s just nice.” The attendant glanced at Jane contemptuously, “It can even help you lose some weight.”

Jane was not overweight at all. On the contrary, she was unnaturally thin. However, she wore a thick bundle of clothing every day when she went to work, so it made her look bulky and clumsy.

The attendant was clearly making it hard for Jane on purpose, and anyone else would turn this into a fight. Nevertheless, this was Jane she was talking to. The attendant was certain that it would not devolve into a fight.

As she thought, Jane obediently began to climb the stairs. When the elevator doors closed, the attendant pursed her lips. What a useless piece of trash.

The only sound reverberating in the dimly-lit stairwell was the pitter-patter of Jane’s footsteps.

This was the emergency staircase, so most people did not come here, taking the elevator directly to the floor they wanted instead. The place was dimly-lit, so aside from emergencies, there was only one other time when people would come here— and that was when they wanted a secret rendezvous.