"Very sad," said Wren sadly. “Every day Rafe sat outside the operating room, waiting for his father and mother to come out of the operating room, even though his parents were buried. He kept coming to the hospital because he thought his mother and father would come out of the operating room in good codition one day. I sympathized with him greatly and decided to accompany him to sit in front of the operating room. As the son of a doctor, I was in the hospital quite often to keep my father company. My mother and father divorced, so we lived alone. I'm lonely at home alone after school. I always come to the hospital after school to tease the young nurses and doctors.” Wren laughed reminiscing about his funny past. He didn't expect that he would be able to get through the tough times in the past and stay here to continue his father's passion as a doctor.
“You guys had a difficult childhood. I... my childhood was quite happy and fun. But everything changed when I was growing up a
Lexie looked at the pale area on the back of her hand that looked weird. They were the marks of intravenous needles and medical plasters that were stuck to her skin tightly. The infusion needle had a striking effect on her skin. Like a pale color that is not pretty and looks very contrasting with other areas of her skin. On her right hand the traces of the intravenous needle she had forcibly removed four days ago are starting to fade. Lexie chuckled blandly that she got two IV needle marks on the back of her hand in just a short period of time. How often she was in and out of the hospital these days. It seemed odd and somewhat amusing that she was rarely even a patient in the hospital. She's a healthy girl. Growing up in the abundance of parental love. And she is the happiest girl in the world. Yeah, but you were. Something inside her head mocked her. She heard the voice echo over and over again to make fun of her misfortune at being kicked out of the house
Lexie suddenly jumped out of her chair and ran quickly to the nearest toilet. She didn't pay much attention to her footsteps and only focused on the urge from her stomach that was about to gush out. She then pushed hard on the toilet door and immediately threw up her entire stomach in the sink. She bent so long in front of the sink that her legs went limp and she slumped to the floor. Meanwhile Rafe became annoyed next to her. He was angry that Lexie didn't swallow the sushi and rushed to the nearest toilet to empty her mouth. "I said swallow. Why did you throw it up?” Rafe followed her to the toilet. He had his arms crossed in the doorway with a grim face, while Lexie looked tormented, bending over in front of the sink to spit out her guts. Her eyes filled with tears at the thought of the expensive chocolate that had just been thrown out of her stomach. Lexie raised her flushed face and her teary eyes met Rafe's dark eyes who were staring at her angrily.
When Lexie was busy thinking, suddenly there was a soft knock on her bedroom door. Kaella's shrill voice rang out in front of her room, screaming for her to get up. “Lexie, are you awake? It's me, Kaella. Please open the door. I brought you something." Lexie put the gift from Rafe on her bed, then staggered slightly to open the door for Kaella. She almost tripped over the thick fur carpet because she was in too much of a hurry to meet Kaella who couldn't wait to break down her bedroom door. "Hey, am I bothering you?" "Not. I happened to be awake. Well… I just haven't gotten ready for breakfast yet.” "Good thing you're awake. Look what I got for you." Lexie barely noticed what Kaella was carrying in her right hand because she was too focused on seeing Kaella's face which was so cheerful and fresh. If they hadn't shared the bitter story last night, she wouldn't have guessed that Kaella had such bad experiences in the past. “A dre
"I'm ready. We can leave now." Rafe shifted his gaze from the cellphone screen filled with sickening emails to Lexie whose footsteps lightly tapped on the marble staircase in his house. For a few seconds he was fascinated by the appearance of Lexie who looked very beautiful and elegant in a gold satin dress whose chest was filled with beautiful crystals that shone like her face. He had not picked the wrong dress for Lexie because it made her shine even brighter tonight. Like she is a star to light up his always gloomy life. "You are very beautiful tonight. That dress suits you very well.” Lexie smiled faintly. She was happy to see Rafe admiring her appearance even though she felt the dress was too sexy for her. The slit of the dress along the legs was so high that it was able to expose her calves clearly. Meanwhile, her chest which was filled with beautiful crystal stones hugged her chest tightly, so that it seemed as if her breasts were spilled in the tight
Lexie didn't make any sound on the way to Rafe's party. He sat pressed against the door, keeping his distance from Rafe who was also sitting quietly in his place on the left. There wasn't any conversation between them, as if that was the best thing they should be doing right now. Lexie felt she couldn't say anything to Rafe as long as the man, Alan, was driving ahead. Since the corner of Alan's eyes, it seemed as if he was watching him, who mostly turned his face to the window. He purposely didn't make any contact with anyone so he could calm himself from all sorts of vigilance that was starting to poison his brain. When the car stopped at the Lower Broadway intersection as a group of pedestrians crossed the street, Lexie rolled her eyes at Rafe. He wanted to know what Rafe was doing right now. But apparently Rafe did nothing. His gaze locked forward, his jaw tightened, he seemed bored to see a group of tourists crossing the street while occasionally photographing any object
They exited the casino room through the same door, which was guarded by Gael and Robert. There didn't seem to be any other door to exit the room to make it easier for Gael and Robert to check on the guests. As soon as they stepped out of the casino room, the sound of loud stomping music filled Lexie's ears again. This time it took her a little longer to adjust to the noise as her ears clearly preferred the softer music in the casino room. "What are we going to do on the dance floor?" "Having fun. You can order food and drinks at the bar." "Only me? How about you?" Lexie tried to raise her voice between loud music that stomped all her nerves. In fact, she wasn't comfortable here. “You have to eat something so that you recover quickly.” When Rafe was pulling Lexie's hand across the noisy dance floor, a man suddenly stopped their steps and made Rafe freeze instantly. "Cooper Smillow." “Great party. Thank you for inviting me. I've
"You're really going to do it here?" "I can't be more serious than this. Copper Smillow was having fun in there like he knew nothing about the devious plan he was playing. I will kill all the rats he has sent into my territory." Jeffery Huggen scratched his chin which was growing a coarse beard. He saw three bodies in front of him with gunshot wounds to the chest and head. All three looked terrible and pathetic. Then one more person looks battered with his feet and hands tied. He was the only rat Rafe had left for dessert tonight. Rafe deliberately made the rat see the tragic death of his three friends, then slowly Rafe tortured the man until he begged for his own death. “What if the police sniff out your crimes?” "I've got a plan B. Cooper Smillow won't even report me to the police even though he really wants to because he also has a string of crimes that could jeopardize his career." "What are you going to do with them after this?" "
"Why are we stopping here?" Lexie turned to Rafe warily. The car driven by Rafe suddenly pulled over on the side of a deserted country road. No other vehicles passed besides them. The place was very dark and quiet. The only source of light was Rafe's car light. There was an empty clearing on the right side of the road overgrown with very tall weeds. Lexie guessed the height of the weeds was around her waist. As the south wind blew fiercely around the place, the weeds swayed eerily and created a hissing sound that sounded like the hiss of a cobra. "Get down." “What are we going to do here? Your house is still half way to go.” "I said get down and don't ask too many questions." Rafe unbuckled his seatbelt, threw it in a huff and jumped out of his car in a hurry. Lexie still remained where she was, she didn't move at all and just stared at the scene around her in horror. Why did Rafe tell me to get down here? Lexie shifte