Charles Ban stepped out of the convenience and his eyes naturally darted directly to the spot where he had left Laura earlier. Although he knew her as Ramian and not Laura.When he saw that she was not there, he didn't feel any panic whatsoever, as he thought that she had just stepped to another stall to continue her shopping, but to Charles' surprise, he walked around the not-so-big shopping mall, and could not find anyone like Ramian, AKA Laura in it.''What the...'' Charles muttered and reached for his phone. He had just touched the phone when he remembered that he had not yet had the chance to take Ramina, AKA Laura's phone number from her. Charles' shoulder dropped, and he stared at the entire shop, hoping to catch a glimpse of Laura, but to his surprise, she was nowhere to be found.''Sir...sir...'' Charles faintly heard someone calling him from behind. Charles turned around quickly, confident that whoever was calling him had news concerning Ramina, AKA Laura's whereabouts.'
Mr. Ban was at home.Of late, he had not been doing too much and had not been making any public appearances. All he didmost of the time staying in his study and racking his brain on how to make a comeback. He was sitting in front of his computer, surfing the internet, and trying to see how he could make it out of his perpetual state of incoming bankruptcy when he heard footsteps coming from the corridor.Mr. Ban became alert. He had slowly started to regain his body. He had lost a lot of weight since the war and other extreme events happened.He knew Barter's steps enough to know that it was not Barter that was approaching him.Well, maybe, Barter and someone else.Laura Ban nearly dropped dead when she saw herself walking down the familiar dark corridor that she would love to never see again for the rest of her life.Her heart constricted the closer she got to the room where she could see a bright light shining from the door ajar. ''Barter!'' Mr. Ban bellowed and grabbed his gun,
Barter's heart was giving him mixed emotions. He wanted to handle Laura by himself, and he hoped that Mr. Ban would not take it kindly with her. ''Ah...'' Barter heard the sound of Laura's voice, sounding petrified as she was under the mercy of Mr. Ban. He wanted to go inside to find out what the matter was, but he thought to hold back. ''Your absence has caused me a lot of stress and loss...'' Mr. Ban was saying to Laura as he took off her clothes slowly.Laura was whimpering like a sheep. She knew Mr. Ban already, she knew what he was capable of when he became like this. In fact, she knew exactly what he was going to do. ''Have you heard of the war going on?'' Mr. Ban was asking her as he took off her clothes.''What did you notice when you were coming in? Didn't you wonder where all my men are?'' Mr. Ban asked.Laura could only reply with whimpers. ''Well, they are all dead,'' Mr. Ban said without waiting for Laura to act as if she was going to give him any reply.At the men
Laura was mindlessly locked in a room next to Mr. Ban's room. It was a much smaller room. It was still Mr. Ban's room, as the only thing that separated it from Mr. Ban's actual room was a door that Mr. Ban could easily open and access. After Laura had been used and abused by Mr. Ban and Barter, Barter pulled her into this room with hate in his heart and eyes. She didn't need anyone to tell her that Barter hated her with his guts, and would much rather see her dead than under the same roof with him.''If not for Mr. Ban, you wouldn't have made it past the next five minutes of my seeing you. Unless I intended to torture you until you lose your spirit on your own,'' Barter said as he pulled Laura into that room.He held her auburn hair and dragged her to the ground, leading her to the room after Mr. Ban had unleashed the anger and pain he had felt for the past six months plus, on her. In her rather. ''Tramp!'' Barter spat out as he dumped her in the little room.This room looked like
Meanwhile, Lucy started hearing rumors about the new boss in town that pursued Mr. Ban into hiding. She heard that a man called Greg had returned from prison and taken the city unawares. ''Mr. Ban arrested him and took his woman...'' Lucy overheard one of her staff breaking down the storyline to a colleague, and she could not help but twitch her eyebrows in wonder. ''Pius...'' Lucy called the staff of hers that was explaining what really happened between Greg Chase and Mr. Ban, for them to harbor such extreme hate for themselves. ''Who is this Greg Chase of a man, and what does he have to do with my uncle?'' Lucy asked Pius as soon as he entered the office.The young man cowered and started to plead with Lucy, thinking that she was upset because he was saying negative things about her uncle, and she had called him to scold him. ''I am sorry, Ms. Ban. I didn't know you were around and that you will hear me. I was just telling him what...'' Pius was saying this when Lucy interrupted
Mr. Ban had been poisoned by Laura's extremely potent sleeping pill, but Barter did not taste any drink. Not while he had Laura under his nose, there was nothing that could excite him so much to take any alcohol, he wanted to hurt her so badly, and the fact that Mr. Ban was there to make it not happen pissed Barter off one million times. Mr. Ban's eyes were closing dramatically while he tried to keep them open. He was at work after all. Mr. Ban wondered why he was fighting to stay awake as much as he was. Even on a very good day when he would want to doze off after overworking, it was never as harsh as this. At the moment, it was as if someone was blowing into his eyes. His eyes couldn't stay open for a second. At a point, it was obvious that Mr. Ban could not hold back this drowsiness so he got up and stepped briskly to his bedroom, and slumped into bed. In his mind, it would just be a short nap and he would be right out, but he was unaware that he was going to cloud nine. As
''Ms. Ban...'' Barter said with a hoarse voice when he saw that the person that was walking into the house through the dark corridor was Lucy Ban. When he heard her footsteps and her voice calling out for her Uncle, Damien Ban, Barter paused on beating Laura up. Naturally, he would attack anyone that dared to trespass into Mr. Ban's inner chamber like that, but he heard the voice and it sounded very familiar, moreover, it was a lady's voice screaming, ''Uncle Ban...'' so there was no way that Barter could attack. Instead, he waited for the intruder to reveal herself. By now, Laura's face was already covered in blood and injuries. When Lucy walked up to Barter and he saw her he quickly stood in front of her, shielding her from seeing Laura's hopelessly beaten up body on the ground. Lucy was breathing heavily at this point, as she could see that someone was lying motionless on the ground, a woman for that matter. She became afraid. What had happened? Had Barter killed a woman bec
Barter cleaned Laura's wounds and gave her first aid treatment. He didn't take her into the inner room anymore but took her to a decent room that had a bed in it.She definitely needed some rest after receiving heavy beatings from Barter.Laura had to recuperate.Actually, she had not quite really snapped out of the daze, as she was semi-passed out. While Barter cleaned her up and treated her, she barely kept her eyes open, and Barter had to go as far as smacking her away when he wanted her attention. It was pretty tedious for both of them, but Barter succeeded, and now he had taken Laura into that other room and locked her inside.''If you need anything, there's a bell by your bedside, just ring it,'' Barter said.''And if I were you, I will try to ring it only when I need something done because if you abuse it, it will be removed, and then you will suffer negligence when you actually need it,'' Barter warned and left Laura in the room.This room was Laura's final bus stop.There