"I ... I don't have any money right now. Please give me a few days. I will raise money to pay you back for sure." Reyna stood up from the ground and begged them very hard.
However, in the next second, she was directly slapped on the face.
She was struck to the ground again by the slap, and there was immediately blood in her mouth.
"Damn it! How dare you lie to me again? How many times have you said that? If you had any money, why would you and your brother be staying here? Do you know how long we have been looking for you two?" The head of the men seemed to be in a bad mood today, his eyes widened. He looked as if he wanted to devour her alive.
He looked around and then raised his hand to make a gesture, "Take everything that's worth some money away! Now!"
"Understood!"
"Please! Don't touch my things! Stop! Stop it!" Reyna wanted to run over to stop them, but a man beside her kept her under his control, so she could not move at all.
She could only watch as they turned the warehouse inside out. Even the electronic piano, the last thing their father left them before he died, was taken away by those people.
"Jagger, this electronic piano is quite good. It should worth a lot of money." A young man who was rummaging around seemed to have an expert eye. When he saw the electronic piano in his hands, he was dumbfounded.
"Then why don't you take it away now?"
"No!" Reyna got away from the man who was restricting her actions with sudden strength, rushed forward to hold the electronic piano in her arms, and begged the men repeatedly, "Give this back to me. This is the only thing my father left us. Please, don't take it away ... Ah!"
Reyna was kicked to the ground by one of the men. He ignored her scream and directly carried the electronic piano away.
Reyna fell and sat on the ground. Jagger, the head of the debt collectors, threw away the cigarette butt and stamped on it. And then, he squatted down and clenched Reyna's chin with his hand to make her come face to face with him.
"Reyna Herring, we'll give you three days. You can sell your body or whatever, but you must pay back the money after three days. Otherwise ... I'll sell you and your brother for money!" As he said that, he stared at her little face, "Don't try to run away. I'll find you and kill you if you dare to run!"
Jagger stood up and waved his hand, "Let's go!"
The huge warehouse was silent again soon. Reyna slowly stood up after sitting on the ground for rest for a long time. Her clothes were already dirty and mussed up, and her face was covered in dust. Even her elbows were grazed, and blood was oozing from the wound.
She wiped the dust off her face with her hand and staggered to the table. She put a band-aid on her wound and began to tidy up the things that were jumbled up.
Just as she was tidying it up, a photo suddenly fell to the ground.
Reyna stiffened, and then she picked up the photo on the ground and flipped it over. Seeing the sweet smiles on the boy's and the girl's faces on the photo, tears that she had been trying to hold back for a long time finally streamed down.
She gently caressed the man's face on the photo with her finger, as if she was drawing his outline in her memory. The strong feeling of missing surged into her mind like tides.
'Bentley, I'm so tired ...'
'I missed you so much. I really missed you so much ...'
...
Lance was still in the school, so Reyna didn't dare to tell him about what had happened for the time being, especially about the fact that his only electronic piano left was taken away.
Reyna wandered around the streets, feeling that she was so tired from the heavy pressure on her that she almost couldn't breathe. Her only wish now was to have a good rest.
Tomorrow would be the due day to pay money back to Jagger, but she still had no idea how she could get so much money in such a short period of time.
But as the saying went: it never rains but it pours. Reyna got an unfamiliar call on the next day.
Lance disappeared!
She was very familiar with the voice on the other end of the phone. It was Duncan.
Reyna dialed Lance's number with her shaky hands, but nobody picked up the phone after she waited for a long while.
Reyna was both worried and scared. She kept yelling on the phone, "Duncan, what on earth do you want? Set my brother free. This has nothing to do with him!"
"I can set him free, if you agree to come to the address that I'm going to tell you now."
She knew clearly that going there might completely change her life, but she couldn't afford to care about herself when she thought about Lance's situation. She just went straight to the address Duncan had told her.
Reyna arrived at a luxury hotel very soon. When she saw the delicious dishes in orange candlelight in front of her, she went blank.
Duncan walked out slowly. When he saw that Reyna had arrived, he hurriedly waved to her, "Reyna, come over here, quick!"
The wound on his head was still bandaged, but it looked much better than how it had been that night.
With her eyes full of vigilance, Reyna did not move at all, "Where's my brother?"
Duncan picked up a glass of water in front of him and handed it to her, "Drink it and I will set your brother free."
Reyna did not raise her hand to take it.
Duncan suddenly smiled, "Don't worry. It's not aphrodisiac. I've not fully recovered from my injury yet, so I'm not in the mood for that. I just want to know how much you are willing to do for your brother."
Reyna did not believe his words, but refusal was not an option when she thought of Lance.
"You'll set Lance free if I drink this?"
"Yes, I will."
Without saying another word, Reyna raised her head and drank it up in a single gulp.
"Done! Set Lance free, now!"
"Lance?" Duncan put on a fake puzzled look, "Your brother is not with me here."
Reyna furrowed her beautiful brows, "Duncan, what do you mean?"
"If you don't believe me, you can try calling your brother now."
Reyna called Lance again, and she got through to him soon this time.
"Reyna, I just saw that you called. I was just about to call you back."
"Lance, where are you now? Why didn't you call me back just now?"
Lance could sense the worry and nervousness in her words, "Reyna, I was in the bathroom just now, and I didn't take my phone with me. I'm sorry ..."
Reyna also noticed that her tone was a little emotional, "That's okay. Stay in the school and don't go anywhere. Do you understand?"
"Got it."
Reyna hung up the phone and stared at Duncan coldly, "What do you mean?"
"Someone asked me to give you to him. I have no other choice." Duncan said angrily, "You're such a troublemaker!"
"What?" Reyna panicked as she realized something. She turned around and tried to run to the door to call for help, but she suddenly lost her strength. She fell on the ground and completely lost consciousness.
...
When Reyna woke up with a start in a bed, she immediately checked her clothes. She heaved a sigh of relief as she saw that she was still wearing her clothes properly.
She had just dreamed that Duncan wanted to rape her. She resisted but was finally taken to court by Duncan.
Fortunately, it was just a dream.
Reyna glanced around and discovered that she was in a hotel. The bright room had clean and luxurious facilities, and it was clearly a presidential suite.
As Reyna recalled what Duncan had said before she fainted, she felt scared.
She quickly got out of the bed and put on her shoes. Just as she opened the door to escape, her head bumped against a hard chest.
Reyna steadied herself and raised her head. Her face turned pale as she saw the familiar face and said, "Leroy..."
It was indeed him again!
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