The two guys immediately squeezed my neck,
fear dripping off them.
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“We just caught her as a spy. She’s making
things up to save herself!”
“And also, the boss’s girl died years ago. This
low–life is just pretending to be her, we’re
about to give her a lesson.”
My eyes went wide, I couldn’t speak, only make
weird gurgling noises.
My arms started to reach out towards Pete –
help me.
“Let her go,” Pete said, walking closer and
looking at me carefully.
My hopes went up.
The next thing I knew, I was on the ground.
Pete’s voice was cold, “Not her, deal with it
yourselves.”
く
The guys spit on me, “That’s right, she was a
lying piece of trash!”
Before I could even register what was
happening, I felt a sharp pain in my cheek and
my head spun to the side, ears ringing.
One of them kicked me in the back, sending my
knees crashing to the ground.
Blood soaked into my clothes.
The guy was laughing as he went to start taking
off my clothes.
“If you didn’t wanna go down quietly, then get
ready for us to have some fun before you die.”
I raised my hand to stop them, and screamed.
Someone was snapping my fingers in half, one
by one.
I was shaking from the pain, I didn’t have the
energy to fight back.
In my despair, I heard a lazy voice.
“What’s with all the noise?”
That voice, I knew it by heart, it was Ethan!
Just by saying that, the guys in the room went
from loud and arrogant to quiet and obedient.
A flicker of hope sprang to life in my chest.
Ethan was here!
If he knew, he would get me out of this.
I struggled to break free of the two men, and
ran towards the door, yelling out, “Ethan!”
The guys went after me and shoved a rag in my
mouth, dragging me back into the room.
Bang! The door closed again
sem sto spons pu panus
searing with pain, blood filling my mom
The pain almost made me preson, 201
whimpered
Ethan’s voice was getting close
outside the door
The two men, their faces dark and serious
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sem soon found pest Buenos sem
a whisper.
( pe sey ul porous Koul
pieces on the ground,
to pass out and, as my brain started to black
out, I slammed my head to the floor.
Bang! The door kicked in!
Ethan, his face tight, stepped into the room.
looking angry.
“Did I not tell you…”
Before he could finish, the two men kneeled
down, “Boss, she found out about us, and we
were going to deal with her.”
“Yeah, if we let her go, she’ll make trouble for
us.”
Ethan looked at them, his eyebrows coming
together.
He seemed to smell something familiar.
He pointed at me and asked, “Where did you
find this one?”
I made a gurgling noise.
No, he couldn’t hear me.
I crawled to him.
Before I could talk, Ethan stepped back,
disgusted.
The two men were quick to smack me, “How
dare you try to hook our boss! You think you’re
all that?”
“Pete was just here, and she tried to say that
she’s our boss’s girl! She needs to get what she
deserves!”
I was shaking my head, not wanting to give up
my last chance and raised my hands, my palm
was showing with a red birthmark.
<
If Ethan saw that, he would know!
1953
“You think you can trick me, trying to steal my woman? You think you’re good enough?”
I couldn’t believe it, he didn’t remember me.
The burning in my chest was too much, I
couldn’t hold my body up and fell to the floor.
Ethan narrowed his eyes, and turned and
walked out of the room.
