Chapter 2

“Oh that’s an interesting sight. What happened to you?” Lian was now in my room. Lurking around and making sure she’s getting the things she wanted.

Lian is a friend who introduced club on me as a part timer. As a student with a lot of debts that my parents left, I have Lian to recommend me part time jobs.

“You looked terrible by the way. Did you sleep with a guy last night?” I immediately avoided eye contact with her. “Did you! Oh my G! How was it? Who was the lucky guy? Did you get a money? Let’s make it half since I suggested you to do that job!” I stand up and go for a shower because I have classes.

There she goes again, even if she have a lot of money, she always make sure that we split in half. After cleaning myself, she still in my room. “You have a lot of boyfriends, you can get money from them. I have still a lot of debt to pay,” I said while she inspected her fingernails. “By the way, you have a letter again. But I read it already.” She is now staring at me while I am preparing myself for school.

“Ahuh? What is it all about? A money again? A debt of my deceased parents?” I am now putting make up to make sure I still looked good even if I lack sleep. I’ll maybe got a meet with that man again. I will make sure he will fall in love with me. “An Ardelean Letter.” I lifted an eyebrow hearing the surname of someone who my parents serves before.

“Your parents sold you from them. It says that you need to go get your ass to the Zorana and serve them as well. Negotiation will be in the house of Ardelean.”

“How about the guy in the engineering in the other University. How many years you’re in a relationship with him?” she asked in curiosity. “You’re spacing out again Karina.”I took a glimpse on her, and she is waiting for me to talk.

She is really curious about Leo. That is quite cute. I can sense that she has a crush on him. I sip my coffee and began sketching again.

“Leo is just my younger brother. He respects me as his older sister too. You don’t have to worry about it,” I answered. “So Leo is his name.” She mumbled as if she said that in her mind only but I actually heard it. I took a glanced at her, and she smiled a little.

“You can visit in the night club so that I can introduce you to him,” I said casually. Her face lit up when she heard that, but for a few seconds she also took it back as if she remembered something. “Why?”

“Liam is here in the city. He is quite strict.” She forced a smile and continue sketching in her sketch pad.

I just didn’t force her to go so that she wouldn’t have another dilemma. Liam must be so strict to her since he has the most pleasant pretty sister. I never saw his older brother but she said that they resemble a lot in their face but differ in the eyes since Lucy has a bit narrow eye. Her eyes are blue like ocean or sky. Calm and modest sometimes but has a little importunate attitude. She’s the type of girl who gets what she wants but a little pup when it comes to her brother.

She’s wearing now a blue cardigan dress that has a little flower as a design. She just loose her long hair, and she put some light make-up on her face. Smell so rich.

I wore a black crop top shirt and a white high waist skirt. I also put on loose my hair and put some make up. Compare to Lucy that is so goddess I was just a simple girl who dress sexy most of the time. I can’t see anything wrong in dressing a sexy outfit for a normal day but some are judgmental.

“Hey, slut.” A guy who is a student in our university called me slut for a reason that I work in the night club.

“Lucy Ardelean, why are you joining the slut?” A girl in her high heels who wear a glam rock make up. She wears shorter than my skirt pair with a bralette tops.

Yes, an Ardelean. I keep my closeness with her because I suspected that Ardeleans’ has to do with my parents case. I cannot lose them until I make sure they’ll go in jail.

“She is better than you pup.” She grimaced and get back on a serious mood in sketching.

“What did you say?” The girl in hyena voice suddenly pour the coffee in Lucy’s head.

Lucy ‘s mouth fell open and the other girls who are with that hyena cheer the hyena for being rude.

She’s a pale type of skin, so it made her skin red with a hot coffee that got thrown in her. It looks like a 3rd burn degree in my perspective.

I throw my coffee to that hyena that made her mad and started the cat fight. I tried to pull her hair, and she did the same. She scratched my face and start to slap me. I kicked her in the stomach, so she got away from me. She would have even started again when suddenly a man intercepted and stopped her.

The hyena and her friends shouted and running for their life when they saw the man. I checked Lucy to see her condition and saw her unconscious laying in the bench.

“You’re rare.” The man commented.

I didn’t hesitate to think about what he meant and ask for a help.

Seconds and that guy I sleep yesterday is here.

“I’ll take care of it, Karina,” he said in monotone. He picked up his sister and walked quickly to his car.

“So he knows you. Perfect bait.” The man added again after Liam and Lucy left.

I looked at him, and he is wearing the all black outfit. Pale skin and in his middle twenties. I knew it was wrong to ignore him but I was feeling something wrong with him.

I know pale skin is normal but why they keep coming in me?

“You’re abandoned?” he said while watching me fixing things that Lucy left behind.

“None of your business Mister,” I answered in a hurry and walk faster, so I could leave the man behind.

“But you don’t know her. She is not what you think,” he said.

I look up to see him, wondering what does the clause he said means.

“She is my friend and even if she is not I will still help her,” I said and rush to go in the near hospital here in Carmello.

In few minutes, I arrived in the hospital. I don’t know why I am so attached with Lucy. Was it because it is my first time to have a friend? And I decided to make it real? Did I decided already? Fuck. I was just worried, I might lose my only way to find out things about my parents.

“May I know what room Ardelean is, miss?” The nurse looked at the record book and after searching, she looked at me without emotion.

“There’s no Ardelean admitted in this hospital, Miss,” she said.

My forehead creased, it’s impossible for that guy to not bring her when Lucy is need of medication immediately. I told the nurse to double check it but Lucy is really not here. I took a taxi to check Lucy in expensive hospitals here in Carmello. When I got in the hospital I immediately asked again but there’s no Lucy admitted again.

“This is the last expensive hospital, Miss. Please double check if there is Ardelean admitted here,” I asked politely to the nurse.

And none.

Where are you now Lucy?

I decided to sat in the waiting shed at the hospital to rest first. Thinking the possible things that maybe Lucy is in safe right now. Her brother will surely take care of her.

My cellphone rings and the caller is unregistered. I answered it to check if who is this and maybe it is important.

“Good evening,” he said. The voice is admirable. I pursed my lips to stop smiling. “Good evening.” Modestly I answered.

“Lucy is in good condition right now.” His voice still in monotone, but I am craving for it. I am so weird!

“O-okay. Tell her to recover immediately.” I try not to shutter so I won’t sound nervous.

The line became silent, so I tried to figure out if I will say goodbye or wait for him to say something.

“Have you eaten already?”

I bit my lip to stop smiling. Why am I being thrilled at this question?

“Not yet,” I answered. “Grab some foods. I can’t be with you right now and I need to go now.” He added.

“Okay.” And we both end the call.

I got a call from him! Is this what they called unlocking crush stages? I’m so thrilled and in much happiness right now. Mr. Destiny, more please!

I stood up and decided to go to the night club. Leo texted me also why I was 5 minutes left. I came faster than I expected. Not realizing that the last hospital is not that far to the night club. I’m preoccupied, what a waste of money because I took a taxi again.

“Late. Deduction.” Leo teased me while I’m busy fixing my uniform.

I wore a simple white skirt again and a white shirt. I also put light make up to look fresh. I looked at Leo and smiled.

“Something smells fish.” He pretends to sniff me to teased me a lot.

“Please close your eyes if you feel envious,” I jokingly answered.

I told him the part that Liam called me and teased me a lot while I’m eating here in the night club. He prepares dinner when I told him I did not eat. He then prepared steak and juice but that is deducted to my salary.

I deliver the drinks to the table around the dance floor and got a lot of tips. I saw Dianne again making miracles. Leo told me that Dianne told that he already has done 3 guys today. That’s fast!

When she got a lot of tips we jokingly told her to give us money too, and she did give us before. She is so secretive with her family background, so we don’t know about it. Maybe she is doing that for them? We don’t know, right?

We can’t judge a person by seeing them like this. But others are easy to open their mouth to break us. Humans are like that. We couldn’t disagree anymore.

In the middle of work, I saw a lot of pale skin in the dance floor. I think I miss Lucy and specially Liam. I tried to look again but it was really a pale skin not because of missing someone or is it because of the lights?

Some of them are seriously looking at me. To be honest they looked dead.

I took a break and go to the powder room. I tried to calm myself for being nervous. I honestly don’t like crowds specially when they looked like that. I hate horrors.

Minutes left and I decided to go back. I opened the door but to surprise a pale guy is in front of it. He drags me, so I shouted, but he covers it with a handkerchief. I then feel weak and my eyes are sleepy until it blackened.