ince I started workin

ce him did not advance beca

mself in his office and w

rminate the slave contr

ake the ext

me back after his l

oints. Therefore, when I finished cleaning, I left t

ope. I still have

ss

ed at the man who called

he doin

The owner of the loan shark compan

his usual expression as he leaned on a streetlamp post, an

el

ere outside Mr. Lanc

ed toward his direction and then pulled

convenience store

grunted while licking his

't ge

this guy and eat ice cream with

re not close enough to eat ice

s ice cream an

We parted after Brett bought you. But I don't remembe

e as a slave wanted t

me that the sun wil

t share any good memories tog

ice cream i

you never appear outsid

ure before he spoke. "Anyway, if you

g to loan again

d no reason to stop him; my hands automatic

heart, I hid behi

I really

y college friend, Sebastian. He went i

doing?" Mr.

at am I

iding from

w the answer. 'I a

and relationship, I don't think I am ready to

ped Mr. Adam's arm and pulled him away. Hopefully,

use

walking when Sebastian

eam. It's not even opene

cr

ed ice cream I gave back, but he dropped

as afraid of how awkward it would

h would swallow

asked. I could hear him wal

med after wrapping his

then I tried to

store is fun. Let's go to the mall and buy eve

hell is

t was me. I hav

head. And then, Mr. Adam pulled

shoulder when we were far enoug

to talk after he s

Thank you' to the man

t, Monica?" M

at to say. I just felt like I had to say someth

ath

r. Adam and pulled him into the n

ath

aw Sebastian l

lly hard to escap

tha?" his friend, who I only recogni

," Sebastian replied,

away from you? Weren'

I heard that word. We were best

y. I heard that she was living like a beggar after her fath

while hearing not

n't want to hear these words fro

uld discard me like a used tis

ppened to her and Mikhai

hear anythin

not hear what they wer

e. But it wasn't his face that comp

was covering my ea