a's

and scared I have been

two days ago and didn't even da

ears, tormenting me daily and

ll days hiding

to involve other people, escap

s not the

open by my landlord, I understood

can I do for you?" I pulled open the door

, and after giving me a hard smile, s

'm sorry to tel

ating fast, but I d

ow it's a little difficult for you, but, honey, I don't wan

ersta

uation at Lady Mary's house doesn't seem to be very promis

Mary, I'll do it

and needed money the mo

l the money in my card had been frozen for some re

t stop there, but I still wasn't going to compromise when I thou

ally approached me with a stony look on her fa

anything you can say

r something that would be enough to destr

re was no way I could get th

my test scores and found a whole bu

the previous scholarship within a month o

what's gotten into you, an

ale explanation I knew very well that she did not believe what I said,

powerlessness, like water wit

money, I ne

o the Public Security Bureau, I told the police all that had happen

gh, but the bank has frozen your account for the right reaso

o help me find th

ooked at me and skimmed his lips as he made a plea

d left with

d already helped me too much, but th

one, I could hear the cries

Nina, what's w

d to sobs, "Baby, I ...... know there'

nd tell me, what'

as f

y brow, wondering a

oing on a robbery, I need the money badly now." Nina was

must have been a

cause

d not to go and do something stupid. I wanted to just leave, es

s money badly, probably more than I do, her mothe

r to take up a

and met the owner

yan didn't even seem to know why I had come

want to bullshit him; in fact, I w

k, why did yo

and laughed out loud: "Hey! Honey, you ask a boss why he fi

of the dimness of the bar setting, it probabl

s been doing a great job, and a

re ri

le confused, and I frowned at him

r her is you, Lena, and you're go

didn't know how

er liked bar work, but

f my departure, Nina ha

e I couldn

for you to agree to let

accompany them, do this one, you can take the money and leave, an

silence, I n

yan's terms, but I still had the thought of

ho made a pass at me. Although this had happened many times, that

eel his burning eyes and his mouth w

hose to pretend

t things I couldn't understand, like women's breasts and men's a

men did not re

them, the man reached out an

t's up to you to g

nd, looked up at the man, and tried t

es were abou

to help the man pour the wine, this time, he sudd

tr

wine invitation in turn made me even mor

ng gum, and he looked at me with great antic

up my glass, took just a s

nd came straight to my hand. This,

I felt some blurring in front of my eyes, reached

ed a few times, and he was staring at me wit

was wrong, and I braced myself and bowed to the guests

n didn't l

g me from behind. The man's touch made my heart

rugg

o shout, wanted to let someone come to my rescue, but the

to occur to him that I was wearing safety pants a

tears slipped from t

ter of time befor

survive, struggling a few times after the man finally could

ed up the wine on the table and

ly broken and the wine insi

d, I no longer had the strength to stand still, they pulled m

ords like "bitch" and "slut", I tasted the taste

ne, no matter

s were finall

r, I heard the door of the co

irrors, I saw who the perso