"Get out of my house!" Mrs. Coulter shouted at Erio as she stood in the doorway, pointing out to make sure he saw the direction she wanted him to take. Erio stepped toward her, pleading, "Mrs. Coulter, please! Just tonight! I promise I'm gonna pay you tomorrow. Except this month, have I ever been late to pay the rent?"Mrs. Coulter burst into laughter at his words. "Never been late, uh? When did you pay me last month?"Last month, Erio only got late for just one day. He couldn't believe she still had that grudge, over just one day. It was time for him to burst into laughter, too, but he couldn't. Laughing at her would make the situation worse than it was. That's why he decided to keep pleading."I promise I'll pay you tomorrow before noon. Besides, I'm late for just 4 days. I can compensate you for them. Just... Please!"He had a manuscript he had been ghostwriting for Bernard. He was sure he would be done with it tomorrow morning, then get his payment at least 2 to 3 hours after sub
"Please! Please! Give me a few seconds and don't hurt him, okay? I'm going to send the money right away," Kagern pleaded as he pushed his way into his best friend's apartment. One could see panic on his face as he put the phone into his pockets. Before he could do what had brought him here, though, the panic on his face turned into a frown when he saw a girl in a red revealing nightgown. His mind could not register what his girlfriend could be doing at David's place... plus, what kind of outfit was that? "Erie?! What are you doing here?" Startled, Erica opened her mouth to reply, but another voice spoke from the side. "Can't she visit her boyfriend?" Kagern shifted his gaze to the source of the voice and saw David who was walking towards Erica with two glasses of red wine. He could not believe both his eyes and ears. Erica was his girlfriend. What was David trying to imply by that? "Bro, she's my girlfriend. What are you talking about?" After asking this, Kagern shifted his g
With Kagern's bulky build, David, who was a colony of women and alcohol, could not protect himself from him if he truly wanted beat him up. However, Kagern was here to ask for some money. That's why he just clenched his hands, trying hard to contain his anger. Erica pulled David back when she saw Kagern clenching his hands into fists. "Darling, don't give this dog a chance to bite you. Give him some time to register what has just happened to him. It's not easy for a broke *ss like him to lose a beauty like me, after all."Hearing this, Kagern couldn't help but laugh. "Ha! Ha!""Give me some time to register? A sucker like you? Who told you you're that beautiful?"His words made the smile on Erica's face freeze. "What did you say? That I'm not that beautiful? A sucker, eh? Davey, did you hear that? How dare a loser like him call me..."Kagern cut her off by saying, "I'm not here to argue with you." Shifting his gaze to David, he added, "I'm here for my money."David furrowed his ey
Kagern was tired of the disgusting testimonies accusing his father. Thus, at some point, he stopped going to the internet to read the updates about his father's trials. He already knew what he would find there, anyways. Lots of memes mocking his father, lots of pictures extracted from a viral album where his father was naked, seemingly being intimate with a minor...And lots of videos from a terrorist group that had kidnapped 100 school girls, demanding the release of Kagern's father while claiming that he was its sponsor.He was tired of that.About going to the court, Kagern would never dream of such a thing. A few times he did 3 years ago, people threw tomatoes and eggs at him, lots of insults escorting them. As if that wasn't enough, there were these men in black suits hunting him with guns, bullets being shot at him with hidden snipers. He was not safe. The government promised him protection, the protection which made him become like a prisoner, instead. That's why he faked h
After the convoy came to a stop, the body guards opened the door for Kagern, then rushed him toward the private jet. He was about to board when his phone rang. Maybe it was Eric. Stepping into the jet, Kagern pulled his phone out of his pockets and looked at its screen. "Dad?!"He had thought that maybe Eric wanted to thank him for saving him or what, but it was… his father? Didn't they just talk? Wasn't he on the way home to talk to him?Kagern was curious."Uh... son, I'm sorry!"One could feel sorrow in the man's tone."Sorry for what, dad?""The media is now watching my every move," explained his father. "I don't want them to find out that you're still alive. I want the Williams Family to pay for what they did to us tenfold. You being dead will be my strong weapon to have public opinion on my side."To be honest, except for his father, Kagern had no other person waiting for him in Cereal City. He would like to stay here in Surreal City where he had made many friends and enemi
Because both the staff and the security team knew Kagern, no one disturbed him at the entrance. He had been a part time waiter here for a whole year, after all."Hello miss!" he greeted as he approached the counter. He knew the name of the girl at the reception, but didn't call it because they were not that close. "Hello, dear customer!" Jennifer replied in a friendly tone while shifting her gaze from her phone to him."How can we..." she paused a little when she saw who it was, then continued after blinking twice to confirm. "...help you?" she finished her sentence, this time with an unfriendly tone and contemptuous look. 'Isn't this a waiter?''What's he 'helloing' me for then?'She internally asked herself. "I'm here to book a suite.”Jennifer couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this?"Ha! Ha!"Who was Kagern? A pauper who even took home some leftovers from the hotel restaurant just to save the money he would be spending on meals now wanted to book… a suite?"Ha
Before Kagern could answer the lobby manager's question, Jennifer hurried to say, "Miss Spears, this is Jayden."Jayden was what Kagern called himself after his fake death. Now, everyone knew him as Jayden McDenials."He's a waiter!" continued Jennifer. "He was trying to flirt with me during working hours and tried to cause a commotion when I gave him a cold shoulder."'Flirt with her? This girl must be crazy! When did I say anything flirty?'Kagern was dumbfounded. That's why he asked, "What are you talking about? I said I'm here to book a suite. Who said I have time to flirt with a girl like you?"Miss Spears was about to say something when Jeniffer burst out laughing. "Ha! Ha! Miss Spears, can you believe it? Here to book a suite. A pauper like him."She then turned to Kagern. "A girl like me? What are you trying to mean by that?""Besides not being my type," Kagern replied with a serious expression on his face. He was not a person who would weigh levels before making friends, ho
Kagern's words stung Jennifer like a scorpion. She remembered saying them. How arrogant and overconfident her tone was when she said she would lick his shoes if he could pay.'Let me just apologize!'With her head lowered, she said, "Sir, I'm so sorry! I was just... joking!"When a few seconds passed without receiving any reply, she decided to raise her gaze only to see Kagern staring at her with a mockery smirk on his face, his gaze unwavering.'Is he really going to make me lick his shoes?'She shuddered at the thought of it but summoned her courage to say, "Sir, you cannot tell me to lick your shoes. It was a joke!"Both Kagern and Bingle were quite but Jennifer's guilty conscious pushed her to keep talking."Miss Spears, I'm the hotel's receptionist. Doing as he suggests can bring disrespect to the hotel."When Bingle heard her name being mentioned, she snorted and said, "So, was it an honor when you disrespected him?""No! But...""No buts! Do what you said you would do and don't