LOVE AND CRUELTY

The atmosphere of the house was so full of balloons and glitter paper decorating a room in a magnificent house. It was five o'clock in the afternoon, but the orange sky was still not clear.

And here Elena stands, in front of the luxurious house with flowers in front of the house and a birthday party. Baby Deon's third birthday party.

Elena began to kick her feet to go deeper, the girl's eyes moving wildly in search of the man she had been following, until they finally locked on the man in front of her.

"Deg!" The feeling was like a bolt of lightning. Elena stared at someone she knew from the doorway, her eyes glazing over at the beautiful sight as her chest tightened.

"Jhon," the little boy murmured amidst the birthday party songs, three years since Elena had been in a secret relationship with the man. Jhon was the man who made her heart flutter and made her feel love. The relationship is still a secret from her family.

In the last year, Elena felt something different, her heart whispered that her lover had another woman. At the end of every month, Jhon always returns to his homeland, for no apparent reason. And these days, Elena manages to follow him wherever he goes. Finally, Elena saw with her own eyes Jhon gathering with his children and his wife.

"Oh my God, what am I going to do?" She said softly as she shed tears, her heart shattered like grains of dust.

Elena's brain began to think hard, assembling pieces of memories into a truth. The little boy named Baby Dion is very similar to Jhon, now only three years old.

Three years old, meaning their relationship took place while the child was still in the womb.

"Argh" Elena began not to think clearly, her heart began to ache, her body swayed until she almost fell. She didn't notice that a waiter was standing behind her with a tray of drinks. The collision was inevitable until she almost fell, causing a commotion.

"Bruk!" She instantly became the center of everyone's attention, including Jhon, whose eyes began to turn without him noticing. "Deg!" The man was just as surprised when their eyes met, but Elena quickly put an end to it and walked out of the house with her heart broken.

Then she got into a taxi parked in front of her. "Hurry up, sir! Get out of here!" Elena ordered the cabbie to wait.

Elena didn't look back, she didn't know when Jhon tried to follow her. But the man's footsteps were stopped when the little boy called "Daddy" weakly into his ear.

"Daddy?" Baby Dion cried. The little boy ran to him and grabbed his arm. Suddenly his eyes looked up at the distraught Jhon. Jhon tried to turn around and go back to the house. "Elena, must be mad at me?" He muttered to himself while sighing heavily. He was forced to let Elena leave without any explanation.

It's been more than an hour since Elana's car rolled into the town of Domala. It was the first time Elana had ever visited a foreign city in Country Z. Still, Elana bravely went to her just to find out what had been bothering her all this time, even though in the end everything had been heartbreakingly answered, but Elana was grateful to have found out.

Now the girl cried silently, only tears rolling down her cheeks. Several times her memory flashed back to the time when her mother had forbidden her to go to Country Z. Why? What's wrong? Mommy won't let you go. But Elana disobeyed, and finally had to swallow the bitter, bloodless wound she was currently experiencing.

The driver looked at Elena curiously, "Excuse me, miss, can you tell me your destination? We've been driving around for over an hour." The driver said, explaining that he knew this girl could pay all the bills, but she was just wandering around aimlessly, which made him feel sorry for her and ask her. The driver could take her to a hotel, a villa, or any place she wanted to rest, but not here.

When she heard the driver, Elena finally wiped away her tears, snapping out of her reverie about her dark world. Finally, she thought of something that would make her happy and forget her troubles.

"I want to go to the biggest nightclub in town, can you take me?" Elana said, her bricks still feeling heavy.

"Yes Miss!" The driver replied obediently.

The car drove through the late night until it finally arrived at the biggest nightclub in town, called Vinight Nightclub. People often call it NightyVee. Only people over the age of twenty-five are allowed to enter.

After getting out of the taxi, Elena stared at the nightclub. It was the first time she had ever set foot in a place like this.

Her chest felt so tight that she couldn't think straight, she just wanted to forget all her problems.

Finally, the thirty-year-old girl bravely entered the nightclub without hesitation.

Elana sat down and took a good look around, the bright lights and thumping music calmed her for a moment, she put her bag down and took a few sips from the glass, making her drunk and her body unsteady. "Seems like I'm having fun here?" "Uhuk, uhuk," she said, suddenly coughing. Elana pressed her face against the table in a semi-conscious state.

"Shall we carry out our plan? Surely Mr. Alex Mozu will reward us handsomely if we make him happy," said a man named Roland in Vinight's club, his conversation with Catty accompanied by thumping music.

His job was so lucrative that it drove her crazy with her illegal business. But that didn't stop them from continuing to do it for their own personal gain.

All the prostitutes were serving their customers, happily entertaining and pampering every man who hired them. It's a unique sight to have them lined up in every corner of Vinight's nightclub.

Working with the mafia fortunately does not get them dragged by the police, it even makes them addicted to the money they receive is quite large, they can do various ways to make everything look safe. This prostitution is now more and more widespread, until Vinight's club becomes a hotbed of these transactions.

At that time, a fire siren sounded, everyone was shocked to think there was a fire, everyone scattered out, but the prostitutes were intercepted by several burly strangers. "Where are you going? Come with me!" His face was cruel and cold.