Chapter 2 Life full of Roller Coaster

"When are you going to stop? Huh? Don't you intend to settle down for good?" Rose looked away and went to her room. Daryl also followed.

"Talk to me, Rose. Is this really the life you want? How many more men will pass you by? Don't you feel sorry for yourself??" Daryl raised his voice. His whole body trembled with the depth of emotion he felt at that time.

"What do you want, Daryl? What's not clear to you? Huh? You! Don't you feel sorry for yourself? How many more times do I have to push you away? Is everything you see not enough to stop bothering me?? I'm a dirty woman, Daryl. There are many girls out there who suit you."

Rose's eyes spoke. Daryl's gaze stayed on Rose. He held both of Rose's shoulders.

"I love you.. I hope it's as easy as you want it to be. Do you think I'll take this long to catch up with you if I can stay away from you?! Do you think I want the stupidity I'm doing? But what can I do, Rose? This stupid heart of mine and you. You are the one this goddamn heart chose to love."

Rose looked away again. She turned his back on Daryl. She immediately wiped away the tears that fell. Daryl hugged her from behind.

"I love you! I love you so much, even if it's painful. But I can't bear to give up and lose you from my life, Rose." Daryl sobbed openly. Rose's chest was constantly pounding, and her tears were falling incessantly.

"Go home.. I'm tired, and I want to rest. Just pick me up later." She said to Daryl.

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"Sister! Sister.." A jolt woke Rose up. It slowly opened its eyes. "What is it? Can't you see? I'm sleeping, dumb ass!!" She said, annoyed with her younger brother.

"Do you have any money with you? All right, sister. I need money, hmm.." She woke up, and both palms landed on her face.

She took a breath and stood up. "Wait for me outside..." she said. Her brother immediately left the room. When she was alone, she took the key from her pocket. Her bag has a lock because the money she earned from giving her body all night would have been used immediately.

"Here, take it and leave the hell out of me!" Rose frowned as she handed the money to her brother when she came out of the room.

"Just this?" He looked down at the money he had counted. "What is this? Huh?!" Rose's eyebrows meet in confusion.

"Sister... Where will 1k go nowadays? Everything is too pricey?" He's grumbling.

"Wow! Then try to stretch your bones so you can have your own money and not keep on depending! Rose's eyes widened. She picked up the first thing she saw and threw it at her brother. He was not hit because he immediately dodged and ran.

"This skinny kid!" Rose shouted. She seemed tired after sitting down. Her mother appeared. "Daughter, Mrs. Dolores is already demanding payment for our credit. She might put me in jail if..." Rose smiled before speaking.

"How much is it?"

"Hmmm.. Overall... including the groceries..."

"Just say it, Mom?!" She shouted in irritation. She seems to be running out of patience.

"50k.."

"What?? Are you kidding me??" Rose stood up suddenly. "Hey, Rose.."

"Did you gamble again?" When Rose ruminates. "Rose.. You know that's all I have for fun. I'm sorry because she will put me in jail if I don't pay now. Maybe you have some money saved there."

Rose cried, not knowing what to say to her mother. Her lips trembled, preventing her from getting even angrier, and something hurtful from coming out of her mouth.

"Mom.. for god sake! I'm tired. How long will I be your slave?!"

"That's terrible, Rose! Perhaps you forgot..." Rose didn't finish what she had to say when her mother spoke again.

"Are you going to blame me for that? Maybe it would have been better if you had just aborted me while I was still in your belly. My life wouldn't have been this difficult!"

Rose received a firm slap from her mother. She sobbed deeply and didn't have the strength to argue with her mother. She bravely walked into her room and took the amount her mother said.

"You're going to give eventually. Why do we need to argue? What did you get? Isn't it nothing? It's simple, but you're making it complicated, Rose." She said, then left.

Rose sat down again and cried a lot. Her chest felt like it would burst from the weight she was enduring for a long time.

How she got to the club, she remembered again. Rose was only fifteen when her mother took her to work as a prostitute. She continued her mother's old work.

Rose begged a lot before, but her mother didn't listen until she got used to what happened repeatedly around her. She was utterly trapped and unable to free herself.

Whenever Rose tries to change her path in life, the world always fails her. She often needs money to rush her sick brother to the hospital repeatedly at the same time, and her mother takes a vacation every time she is imprisoned for different cases.

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"Rose.. I'm here.. Let's go.." This is the voice that brings Rose only joy.

"I have no work today.. Do you want to go out?!" She asked Daryl with excitement on her face.

The young man's deep dimples immediately lit up with a smile.

"Of course I want.. You don't need to ask me. I'd love to. Where are we going? But Rose, I didn't receive my paycheck yet..." He looked away in shame while Rose winced.

"You have a lot of drama. Come on.." She pulled Daryl's hand out of the house. "For a moment.." Daryl stopped. Rose looked at him in surprise.

A second of silence passed. "What?" Rose asked with raised eyebrows. "Ahmm.. Nobody's home. Ahmm.." He whispered tenderly.

Rose just sighed and understood what Daryl wanted. "Just a quickie..." she said. "Yes!!" Daryl shouted, delighted.