Days passed. Weeks, and eventually months passed after the heavy attack.The city was back to normal, and everyone could go about their business without having to look over their shoulders.Mr. Ban did not reply to the attack from Greg Chase and his cohorts, moreover, he had not been seen since the day of the attack, and his men had been wiped out.Barter was also not seen around and Mr. Ban's club was still shut down.It was safe to say that Mr. Ban's empire had crumbled.The Vanity Place For Grown Kids was the most popular club in the city, and the fact that it was closed for such a long time, said a lot.As a result of this development, new clubhouses broke out in the city.Every single weekend, there was a launching of a new establishment that offered the same services that Mr. Ban used to offer, and most of these establishments belonged to Greg Chase.Mr. Ban had secretly returned to his house after recuperating at Margaret Ban's house and was merely observing the city.His incom
On this fateful day when Laura jovially entered Charles Ban's house as usual, he was determined to get to know her better.They took a trip into town together, as Charles Ban promised that her shopping was on him.Of course, Laura jumped on the idea because she loved to stock her home with enough grocery that would last her for so long until she won't leave the house for over a month.Seeing that Charles was willing to pay for them, she was determined to shop double of her normal rate, unknown to her that Charles had plans.Of course, she was going to pay him back in kind.Laura shopped and shopped that day, to her feel.It was also one of the days where Barter happened to be out in the city, fishing for any information concerning anything. As far as it had to do with the war or looking for Laura, it would make sense to Barter.Besides, Mr. Ban was in a state of complete defeat, and Barter needed to get him out of that state if they were going to move forward at all.Charles Ban and L
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