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 her with his touring jacket and boots. She no longer sees that slightly torn t-shirt in Jimmy anymore.
There is no longer the beggar impression from Jimmy's current appearance. He looks cool in the girl's eyes, like a genuine reliable man. And of course, Jimmy's body odor isn’t as bad as before.
“Hi!” Jimmy greets. “Can I order the same menu I ordered this morning?”
The girl doesn’t immediately respond. She is still observing Jimmy’s new appearance in all her confusion.
Until then, her attention is diverted to Jimmy's helmet which Jimmy puts on the table in front of her.
It still has the sticker of the dealer shop on it. That is enough to convince her that it's a brand new helmet just like his luxury touring motorbike.
“Hey!” Jimmy softly knocks on the table twice.
“Ah?” the girl startles. “Yes? Is there anything I can help you with?”
“The menu No. 4!” says Jimmy.
“No. 4?” mumbles the girl, still with her blank face. “Oh, a chicken wing with rice plus coke? Okay, please wait!”
“No coke,” says Jimmy, as he gives his two empty metallic water bottles. “Could you please fill these bottles with some water for me? I’m going to need it for my journey to Summerfield.”
Jimmy leaves the bottles and takes a seat on one unoccupied table. After waiting for a while, the girl comes to him bringing his order. And just like before, she puts an extra chicken wing on Jimmy’s plate.
“Two chicken wings?” asks Jimmy.
“It’s okay! One of them is just an extra,” says the girl as she takes her leave.
Soon, she comes back with Jimmy’s two metallic water bottles and puts them on the table. But then, she looks so unsure either to leave Jimmy or to stay there.
As Jimmy is engrossed with his chicken wing, the girl shyly takes a seat in front of him, while still taking a look at Jimmy’s new bike outside the shop.
“Um…”
“Yes?” Jimmy takes a pause for a moment.
“Ah, anyway! I’m Laura! What’s your name?”
“Jimmy!”
“Oh, Jimmy? Um… Is that bike new?” she asks with an unsure face.
“Yeah, I just bought it a while ago,” replies Jimmy before he continues eating his food.
“You?” Laura squints. “Did you really just buy a new bike? To get back to Summerfield?”
“I went to the bus terminal before, but sadly the last bus to Summerfield had left. I had no choice but to buy the bike to take me home,” replies Jimmy.
The girl shuts silent, finding it hard to believe the guy she thought a beggar deliberately bought a luxury bike just because he didn’t get a bus to get home.
Later, she takes her face closer to ask in a weak voice and an unsure tone. “Ho, how? Where did you get the money?”
Jimmy takes another pause from eating his food. Somehow, a cute smile appears adorning his face.
“Just like what you said this morning, I begged and collected enough money to buy a bike,” he explains while holding his urge to laugh.
The girl’s face contorts so hard. But then, two new customers enter her shop stealing her attention. She can’t help but to leave by taking her curiosity away.
Later, after finishing his meal, Jimmy approaches the girl to pay. Like before, he puts one $100 bills on the table, and lets the girl keep the change.
“Um, wait!” Laura calls, before bringing her face closer. “Are you a content creator?”
“What?” Jimmy looks baffled.
“About this morning, was it just a prank for your content?” asks Laura.
“No,” Jimmy denies. “Why would you think so?”
“Nah, I’m just curious,” replies the girl. “Sorry, but I thought you were really just a beggar. Please, don’t blame me. But you did look like one.”
“It’s okay! I understand,” Jimmy smiles. “I just had an accident in a field trip recently, and got stranded here for two days.”
“No way!” The girl looks surprised. “Was it that accident two days ago, at Boslow Hill? The school bus from Summerfield? Honestly, I saw you walking on the side of the road this morning asking for a ride. If only I knew you were one of the victims I would surely give you a ride.”
“Well it wouldn’t be good if you just give a stranger a ride in a quiet place like that,” says Jimmy, taking the issue positively.
In fact, this girl is actually also an orphan, only 18 years old and she has been taking care of her younger brother since she was 10.
It’s not like she is a gold digger. But she is really curious and only wants to know how to raise that much money at young age.
“So, how did you get the money to buy the bike?” Laura asks. “What's your occupation? Are you an employee of a large company or a businessman? Or perhaps, it’s your rich dad’s money?”
“Rich dad?” Jimmy laughs awkwardly while rubbing the back of his head. “No, it’s from my savings I’ve collected when I still had parents. I don’t have any parents anymore. I’ve spent everything for that bike, and now I have to think about how to survive after this. I might sell it again, who knows?”
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
The three bullies continue walking towards the exit. Behind them, Jimmy is still kneeling with his left hand holding his belly, while his right hand is holding a handgun.In trembling, he lifts the handgun and points it at Dwayne's head. But in the end, he can’t pull the trigger until those three leave the restroom.“Fuck!” Jimmy slams his clenched left fist to the floor.No matter how much he resents them, his mind can’t stop thinking about all the bad consequences if he fired that weapon.“Inventory! Box No. 4!”The holographic interface occurs showing the inventory in the form of rectangular with 40 small boxes inside it, but one of the empty boxes expands.Jimmy brings the handgun closer to the empty box. As soon as the handgun touches that interface…[!][Would you like to store the handgun into the box No. 4?]“Yes!”The gun simmers and turns into a blue hologram, before it disappears into the thin air. Right at that moment, an icon of handgun appears inside the empty box.“Close