"What makes you think I'll do that? Besides, I didn't ask for your help or tell you I needed a ride," Levi scoffed and turned to Sam, to tell him they should just leave this delusional woman and head to the subway on time."I'm just trying to help. At this point, you can't even afford a taxi yet you are still acting high and mighty. Also, I saw your friend dressed as a bellhop earlier, don't tell me you also work there? Hahaha!"Her voice and laugh was so loud it caught the attention of passersby. The unwanted attention caused Sam to flush even more in embarrassment.He has never felt more humiliated in his life.Levi took a step forward. His cold gaze startled Jasmine. Even the man behind her was a bit stunned."I don't raise my hands on women," His eyes darted to Jasmine's new boyfriend. "But if your girlfriend keeps running off her mouth, I'll give her a befitting slap."Jasmine and her boyfriend were only taken aback for a minute but then regained their composure.The man pulled h
Levi nodded and sat beside her. He literally took up space on the small sofa and she could smell the faint manly cologne from his body.Brooklyn turned her attention to the files immediately and cleared her throat."Have you had dinner yet?" Levi didn't notice the effect he was having on her and even leaned in to peek at the files she was holding.She immediately sat back with a start, unintentionally keeping the files from his sight."Oh sorry, I didn't mean to peek on something confidential," He clearly misunderstood her actions."What? No..." Brooklyn's eyes widened and she wanted to explain but the door opened and a guard walked in with takeouts."I already ordered dinner before you came," She seized the opportunity to avert the awkward situation."Thank you," Levi didn't question her anymore and faced the meal she had ordered.He was quite hungry as he was wolfing down the food while checking out his phone.He didn't notice Brooklyn stealing glances at him. Normally, upper class p
A smile flashed on his old, pale face making his expression appear like that of a child. His eyes were fixated on the nurse as he stuttered again,"Ha... Ha... Hannah."The nurse looked creeped out and she turned away. "I'll get the doctor.""Ha... Ha... Hannah!" Thomas' voice turned more hoarse as he panicked, watching the nurse get away from him.Levi's fingers slowly balled by his side. "Father... Father, that's not Hannah."His words were useless as Thomas thrashed about in bed. Thankfully, the doctor came in and injected him with anesthesia to put him to sleep."Mr Lloyd, that's what I was talking about," The doctor sighed as he stepped away. He hung his stethoscope around his neck."Why is my father calling for that woman's name?""Well, your father's memory has terribly degraded so he will only react according to fragments of memories he is able to recollect."Levi facepalmed. His jaws tighten at the doctor's words."We'll try our best to help your father recover soon. This onl
'You silly child, did you steal my money again?!''Your mother is just a whore. Don't you understand? So anyone born of whore can never be anything else than a good-for-nothing bastard!''Hannah, how could you just sit back and watch? Get off him, you fucking nincompoop!''Ah!'"No... No... Stop..." Levi thrashed around in the daybed violently and suddenly sat up with a start.He was covered in sweat and was trembling. He covered his face with his palms and mused, "I've never had those nightmares for years now. Only a day after hearing her name and they are back."He was feeling so agitated and pissed off. After some minutes when he'd gradually calmed down, he looked around the silent room and saw that Brooklyn had left.His shoulders sagged for a second but then he got up with a thought, "Good... I definitely didn't want to deal with her either."Not after the little argument they had the previous day. He washed up, had breakfast and checked on the old madam.She was faring well and c
When Levi arrived at the hospital, a nurse was wiping his father's mouth. He dropped the bag he had brought and walked to the bed."Let me do it.""Oh, good morning, Mr Lloyd," the nurse recognized him because she was the same person from the previous day."Good morning," Levi squinted when he saw the saliva dripping from the edges of his father's mouth. "How did he do today?""Sir," The nurse smiled nervously. "I learnt to go along with his words and that keeps him from reacting violently.""What do you mean?" Levi stepped away from the bed and discarded the tissue."He's been calling me Hannah since I got in. So I just smiled and nodded. Talked with him though he didn't seem to hear that. However, agreeing with his words got him to behave obediently."Levi's body stilled and his fingers slowly balled again. He looked at his sleeping father just in time to see a huge smile on his face.The nurse brought out another tissue and wiped at his mouth. "And doing that has caused him to smil
Levi crouched down and followed the tiny trail of blood. Once he had confirmed it was indeed blood, he hurried back but those scary men from earlier had disappeared into the elevator so there was no way of him finding them.All he could do was to trace where the blood came from. However, a cleaner had already begun to mop the floor."Aunty," Levi rushed to the middle-aged woman. "Does this happen regularly?"The woman squinted at him through her wrinkly eyes without responding. Who is this young man?She is one of the longest serving staff in this hotel who has managed to survive this long but she has never seen this young man before."Aunty," Levi realized her thoughts so he smiled nervously and even helped with the cleaning."I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself first. I'm one of the newly employed concierges. Here..."The woman collected the mop stick without a friendly aura. But as she wanted to walk away, she warned him,"If you want to survive here, what you see, don't think. Wha
The officers were startled to see their commander so angry and understood the young man sitting opposite him must be very important although they couldn't recognize him.However, they quickly tried to save themselves, "Sir, we are not the ones in charge of this case.""Bring the officers in charge to me immediately," The commander dismissed them with a wave of his hand.He turned to Levi with a submissive expression. "Sir, don't worry. We'll—"Levi stood abruptly, causing his words to halt. He walked to Sam whose eyes were reddened."What happened?""Levi," The man with the nerdy glass cried in a pitiful manner. "This afternoon, the guest I had served yesterday suddenly raised an alarm that the paintings he had brought were missing.""The manager was quickly informed and then they rounded up everyone the guest had found suspicious.""I was also among them because according to them, I had interacted with the guest and even knew he was here for an art exhibition."Sam shook his head, try
Even in the subtle sense of danger, Levi still managed to position the recorder in the expensive suit he had gotten after realizing how fancy all exclusive members of the hotel were meant to appear and checked the black earbud hidden by his hair."Boss, are you there?" His voice was low but still reverberated in the silent elevator that was going lower."Yes," Will's voice came through after some seconds. He could be heard stifling a yawn."Are you certain of what you saw?"Levi checked for the small notepad hidden inside his jacket to see if it was still in the rightful position before replying,"I am. Don't forget sir. You have to call the cops the minute anything goes wrong.""Yes... Yes," Will sat down on a sofa with a canned beer in his hand as he rolled his eyes.He didn't expect only after two days of sending this brat to that hotel, he would actually figure something out. Is this brat really a demon?In the past, although no one knows this, NewsQuill had gotten messages to spy