An hour later, the girl returns with two friends, while Jimmy himself has been yawning so many times in boredom. He sees one of them prepares the motorbike and then takes it outside for a test drive.
The other one comes to Jimmy giving two boxes, one containing a helmet, and the other one containing a set of touring outfits; shoes, one jacket, and a pair of gloves.
Soon, the guy who went for a test drive comes back with Jimmy’s new bike, while Jimmy has been holding his excitement.
At last, he will experience how it feels to be a rich guy, buying his own motorbike with his own money. No one will call him a freeloader anymore.
“Here, the changes,” Amy gives Jimmy some dollars and coins along with purchase receipt, Jimmy’s ID card, and also the document of the ownership of the new motorbike.
“So, you really got into an accident, huh? I bet you haven’t had a shower for a while. Don't you want to stay here for a night at least? You can take a shower at my place if you want.”
The way this sales girl treating Jimmy has significantly changed, and of course there’s something she is expecting by offering a place to stay.
But Jimmy doesn't say a word. He is busy counting the changes, while Amy is still waiting with so much enthusiasm, expecting for Jimmy’s response.
After counting the money, Jimmy finds the amount is just right as what was printed in the receipt. However…
“It is $100 short!” says Jimmy.
Amy looks confused. She snatches the purchase receipt back from Jimmy to check the numbers, but…
“No! It’s that $100 I gave you before,” says Jimmy.
“You mean the money you gave for the plastic bag? You are asking that money back?” the girl looks confused.
“Don’t take that I would buy a plastic bag for $100. It was just a guarantee that I would come back. It’s only collateral. And I did come back. You can keep that plastic bag, and give me back my money!”
The girl’s confused face slowly turns sour. She takes out that $100 and then gives it back to Jimmy by glaring her eyes at him.
“You stingy!”
Jimmy keeps his face flat without showing any emotion. In fact, he is holding the urge to laugh. But then, he lets out his chuckle, and then walks away by shaking his head.
He gets outside, where his new bike is waiting for him. He looks so ready to have a long journey to get back to Summerfield.
He can’t stop imagining what the people at home will say to him after finding him come home with a new luxurious touring bike.
“No, they must be confused instead of surprised. I need to come up with some story to explain it to them.”
Meanwhile, the sales girl just stares at Jimmy’s back with whatever thought she has in her mind, at least until a friend of hers, a sales girl named Lily, comes stealing her attention.
“Hey, Amy! You know that guy?” Lily asks.
“Nope! He’s just a high school teenager from Summerfield,” replies Amy before she walks away. “He said he got into an accident recently, and wants to go back to Summerfield with that bike.”
“Eh? An accident? And a high school teenager from Summerfield? Wait!”
That one sales girl named Lily rushes back to the office to check Jimmy's information again.
“Lily! What’s this all about?” asks Amy, coming to Lily with her curiosity.
“Jimmy Hendrix?” mumbles Lily as she reads Jimmy’s data in her personal computer. “Just as I thought! It must be him!”
“What?” Amy asks with a clueless face, expecting something interesting.
“Haven’t you heard about the bus accident at Boslow Hill two days ago?” replies Lily.
Amy just shakes her head lightly with a confused face.
“It claimed 11 lives, and one student was reported missing and has not been found to date,” Lilly continues.
“Don’t tell me!” Amy mumbles.
“Yeah! The missing student’s name is Jimmy Hendrix,” Lilly affirms. “You know what? There’s a reward on his missing poster. They offer $500,000 for any information leading to his whereabouts.”
“That much?” Amy looks so stupid to hear those numbers. “He only went missing for two days, and they already offered that much money as reward?”
“Maybe that number isn’t that much for them. Who knows?” Lily raises her shoulders a little.
There Amy starts to believe that Jimmy might really come from a rich family. She bits her lower lip, regretting that she has missed a golden opportunity to hook up a guy from a rich family.
Not to mention that the last impression Jimmy left makes her believe that Jimmy had an interest in her. If only she treated Jimmy better, the chances of her getting Jimmy would be greater, she believes.
But then, without thinking much, she immediately makes a call. “I'm going to call the police! We'll claim that reward and split the money!”
However...
“Claiming the reward?” Lilly scrunches her face. “What are you going to tell the police? The guy himself is not here. He is already on his way back home.”
Amy shuts silent while holding the phone, ignoring the operator who is currently responding to her emergency call.
Lily shakes her head with a silly smile, leaving Amy with her blank face. Soon, Amy rushes to check on Jimmy’s data once more in Lily’s personal computer, looking for Jimmy’s phone number.
Sadly, Jimmy doesn’t have a phone at all. But he did leave his aunt’s home phone number behind, and Amy saves it in her contact list.
Meanwhile, Jimmy is enjoying the smoothness of his new motorbike. He doesn’t seem to be in any rush to get to Summerfield, instead taking the time to wander around for a while at a leisurely pace along the beach.
He takes the time to buy new clothes, not too fancy but at least not as bad as his slightly torn T-shirt. And then he takes a shower in a public bath on the beach.
“It said I could also collect more gold coins by hunting rheas and zombies. It’s dangerous, but with enough preparation, it’s not that hard to raise money from completing the quest. I better take shooting lessons at least before summer vacation.”
The money he just earned did not necessarily make him the richest person in Iodrana. But he likes the potential.
Soon after he finishes taking a shower, he gets hungry again. Only then does he leave the beach and heads to the border.He takes the times to visit that one food outlet he visited before, to fill his empty belly before taking a long journey to Summerfield.Coincidentally, it’s quiet without any customers. Jimmy's arrival on a luxury motorbike makes the girl who owns the shop looks excited in waiting, tying her shoulder-length black hair up on the back.But then…“Oh, shit! No way? It’s that guy earlier,” mutters the girl by closing her mouth, recognizing Jimmy’s face soon after Jimmy takes off his helmet.“Who?” The girl’s younger brother asks from behind.“No one!” The girl ignores his curiosity.“Oh, wait! That guy?” The younger brother recognizes Jimmy’s face. “Isn’t that the guy we saw on the side of the road at Boslow Hill? I thought he was just a thug!”“Just go back to the kitchen!” Laura slaps her 14 year-old brother with a small towel.Soon, she finds Jimmy walking towards h
Jimmy gives a shy smile with the lie, but Laura doesn’t say a word. She just finds another similarity between her and Jimmy. Now she feels so bad for treating Jimmy so harsh this morning. “Oh?” the girl just mumbles with her blank face. “So you are heading back to Summerfield now?” “Yeah! By the way, thanks for the water,” says Jimmy as he walks away. “Hold on! Wait!” the girl calls. “Do you have a phone number?” Jimmy turns around. “A phone number?” “Um…, uh… It, it will be a long road. Something could just happen to you on the way, so…” “Oh, you are right! But, sorry! I don’t have a phone. You see, I lost everything because of the accident.” Jimmy smiles and takes his leave. The girl still looks so stupid, before her stupid face turns sour, believing that was only Jimmy’s way rejecting her politely. *** As darkness slowly covers the small town of Summerfield, an 11 year old boy is still busy in front of a washing machine. These are the clothes that have piled up in the last
Jimmy has been expecting that his aunt would be curious about his new motorbike, and has prepared a story for that. But Aunt Molly is even more confused by him returning home unscathed.What's more, now he finds Cynthia looking at him with a horrified face. Cynthia doesn’t look curious, but horrified by something so strange and inexplicable.“Um, Jimmy? What about your legs? And your head?” she asks.“What?” Jimmy mumbles with a pale face, not expecting that there was someone witnessing his dire condition in that wrecked bus.“I…, I clearly saw your head bleeding so badly,” mutters Cynthia. “And your legs…”Right at this moment, Jackson McNeil is just returning home from work. The arrival of his car catches the attention of everyone in the parlor.When they turn their attention, it is only then that they notice Detective Dotson, who has been standing by the front door for a while.This detective parked his car on the side of the road. There is even his partner in verandah. Their arriv
Without saying anything to Jimmy, she just raises her chin up and then walks away.But then…“Aunt Molly!” Jimmy calls.Molly turns around and only responds to Jimmy's call with a sour face.“I’m going to move out, and I’ll take Erick with me,” says Jimmy.Molly's eyebrows twitch. From that alone, Jimmy already can read the mood.“I'm old enough,” continues Jimmy. “You can’t stop me now! I already have a part-time job. I'm sure it's more than enough for…”“More than enough for what?” Molly interrupts coldly. “What do you think you can do with the meager salary you earn at Leonard’s farm?”“The salary isn't big in your eyes, but it's enough to cover our expenses,” Jimmy insists.“You may leave,” says Molly. “But Erick has to stay here with me.”Jimmy looks so annoyed. He clenches his hands so tightly. It's not to punch that 41 year old lady. He is enduring his frustration at the moment.“With Uncle Jackson's large income, you could have hired a maid. But you still prefer to enslave us,
Later, Jimmy stops at the gate of a housing complex called 'The Serenity Garden', a complex he never entered before.“So, this is the most beautiful housing in Summerfield, huh?”After taking a brief look at the map, he rides his bike inside the complex.There are a total of 37 two-story modern houses. The yards seem spacious because there are no fences between the houses, only garden full of flowers separating them.Several children are seen playing around in cheer. Jimmy stops by the side of the road, and soon a boy comes over to him.“Are you lost?” asks the boy.Jimmy shows the photo to the boy. “Well, I’m looking for this house!”“Oh, this must be The Vampire’s Den?” utters the boy, seeming to recognize it.Jimmy scrunches his face. But then the boy explains that it is just a name given by parents in the complex to scare their children.“The house is empty,” says the boy. “But it's the coolest house in the area. You just keep going down this road. It is on the other side of the h
It is Sunday now, a week after that fatal accident in Boslow Hill.In a room dominated by light pink, accompanied by several figurines with a wooden doll house, a girl is occupied with her multi-powder brush in front of a vanity mirror.It's Stephanie trying to cover the bruises on her forehead and right temple. Previously, these two parts were swollen after the accident at Boslow Hill.But now…“Done!” She looks excited with her make-up.She manages to disguise the bruises perfectly. After waving her beautiful hair right and left, she takes a few selfies.Until then…“Honey! We're leaving!”She hears her mother calling from downstairs, but she still takes the time for editing. She needs at least four best photos to be posted on social media.In the front yard, her mother, Melisa Moran, already gets into the car. Today, together with her father, Bobby Moran, they are going to visit McNeil Family.“It’s good he finally came back home safe. But why do we have to go there just to see him
Bobby laughs out loud, taking Stephanie’s words as a joke, because indeed he previously mentioned Jimmy who was lost in the woods.“Is that true, Jimmy? In that case, why not come with me to Triple Treasures Resort. I will treat you to an all-you-can-eat meal at a restaurant.”Jimmy knows Stephanie has just insulted and humiliated him, not just as a joke. It is impossible for him now to accept the invitation.“Sorry, Uncle Bob! I have to go. I still have work to do.”Seeing Jimmy leave with such a solemn expression on his face, only then does Bobby Moran realize that Jimmy is offended by Stephanie's words. He turns to Stephanie, but the daughter rushes to the second floor while calling for Cynthia.“Sigh! What’s going on with them,” Bobby whines before taking a seat.Jackson then pours coffee for his friend, offers him the drink before also taking a seat. Meanwhile, Bobby looks towards the front door for a moment.After making sure Jimmy is no longer around them, he brings his face clo
There is no longer any place for her to hide her face. She is standing in the middle of the field in front of the school, looking around with so many students staring at her.She turns back, intending to leave. There she sees Jimmy arriving on his new motorbike.“Jimmy?”Jimmy stops the bike and looks around, slowly realizing the situation. Indeed, those students are still expressing their resentment at Anna in shouting.“Go away!”“This isn't a school for a dirty girl like you!”“Your presence here will only tarnish the good name of Summerfield High!”Jimmy turns his attention back to Anna. His face remains flat.Anna expects him to join the others to humiliate her. This is his best chance, but Jimmy doesn’t say anything.Indeed, during their relationship, Jimmy never once hurt her. There’s no reason for her humiliating Jimmy in front of the others.Now, she is the one who is humiliated in front of everyone, which makes her even more convinced that even God must be so disgusted with