How they met
Joey had ordered her to go and drink the cup of juice she served him otherwise he would make her and her entire damn family disappear forever from Central Province. she fell down and pleaded but Joey held her by the collar and sprang her up on her feet.
She stood up and walked hurriedly, almost stumbling. She wiped her tears, what had she gotten herself into? Sometimes, one has to turn a blind eye to the happenings around him in order to live a quiet peaceful life. As she approached the table that Joey had sat, collecting the glass as if she was doing her job, he walked toward the corridor . Joey had told her he would be at the corridor watching her. She gulped down the juice and stared at Joey as he walked pass her with a poker face.
Few minutes later, she started feeling drunk and dizzy. she knew at once that it was the effcet of the drug in the juice she had drunk. Unknown to her, Joey had been watching her closely by the help of his assistant Lee Liang.
As soon as he saw her behaving odd, Lee informed Joey of his observation and the later send a bodyguard to be trailing her. Lara went to the dressing room and changed her cloths, she had to leave now before she was seen misbehaving.
She walked out, carrying her bag. Her legs were heavy and she felt like she was fainting. Passing through the backdoor, she went out and waved at a taxi approaching. She remembered the taxi stopped and she muttered "Hospital ple..a..se.." before fainting.
She woke up next day, opening her eyes, she saw sun rays reflecting through the window blinds. She tried to stand up, but felt her waist sore and her legs painful she removed the quilt quickly but saw that she was naked, she froze.
What had happen to her? had someone taken advantaged of her last night when she fainted. She remembered all that happen last night until when she fainted but knew nothing else that happened.
She started crying silently. She looked around and saw her handbag, not tampered with. Reaching inside, she brought out her phone and saw muitiple missed calls form her mother and brother and that made her cried the more . What was she going to tell her mother ?. And who was it that took her first time, where on earth is she now, who's house is this? there are many questions she needed an answer to right now.
She dialled her mother's number and quickly the call got connected. she told her mother not to worry about her that she's fine. She only did an overtime to earn more money for her brothers school fees. Her mother believed her and scolded her for making her worry unecessary since she didn't inform her earlier.
She got up gently and went to take a bath. As she looked around for her dress, she saw a bag at the foot of the bed. Opening it she saw a new sets of cloths, a pant and a bra. Judging from it's look, it was her size. The scoundrel must have had a proper look of her body, to know her exact size.
She dressed up quickly and pick up her handbag to go when she saw a complimentary card of Mr Joey Jang. She picked it and threw it into the waste bin and stepped out of the room. When she got to the sitting room, the whole house was empty, she went out quickly and hailed a taxi to 'hotel de beauti' where she worked.
As soon as she stepped into the hotel, she was greeted by a scene that terrified her. All the staff were gathered together and some police men were there who were talking to the manager. She didn't know why she felt something terrible had happened.
As she walked closer, the manager saw her and pointed at her ''Here she comes, officers take her away for interrogation'' the manager said without a hint of sympathy for her. Take her away for interrogation? what had she done to warrant her been arrested? she opened her mouth and closed them again. She wanted to say something, but her words are choked in her throat.
''You are miss Lara Su I guess?'' one of the police officers asked her. She nods her head like a hen trying to pick grains. ''Then you'll have to come along with us for interrogation'' the officer added.
''But I haven't done any thing wrong officer'' Lara tried to justify herself . ''That can only be acertained after the investigation'' the officer became impatient to lead her away.
Tears rolled down her cheeks. she's going to the police station without even knowing what her crime was. She was lead out of hotel when the manager came closer to her and whispered ''Don't bother coming back if ever you were bailed'' and walked away.
She was taken to the police station, but even before the interrogration started, she was asked to go. She stood there puzzled, she should go. Had she been found innocent before the interrogation ever started?. While she was still in a daze, the officer added ''you've been bailed. you should be grateful to Mr Jang.
Mr Jang? is he the same as Joey Jang whose complimentary card she had seen earlier today? Lara was full of thoughts as she walked out of the police station. She took a taxi and went home. She lost her job but was grateful that she was not detained at the police station.
When she alerted from taxi, she went closer to their apartment but started hearing noises. She tried to pick the words in the noise but only heard her mother screams. Hurrying her steps, she walked in: