Alex’s facial expression isn’t changed by that argument. He simply approaches that girl closer, and talks so close to her face with a low tone intimidating voice.
“I did fuck my wife to get a cute little daughter. But I dedicated my life for that one. I raised money, honored her like a queen, gave her protection, helped her family from the debt, and never looked at another woman since then. That’s what my wife got for the sex she gave to me. And you, what did you get from your customers? $200? $500?”
That blonde doesn’t have the pride to answer, realizing her prices isn’t that much to be proud of, even amongst the prostitutes. But Alex forces her to mention it, even by slamming a few dollar bills at her face.
“How much? I’ll double it now, name your price! How much a man would pay for an hour with you?”
“Uh, a n
“Hey, new guy!” calls the barman as he approaches Dylan. “The owner of the club wants to see you!” “Me?” asks Dylan by pointing at his own face. “What is it?” “I don’t know. Maybe he just wants to know a little about you since you're new here” “But...” Dylan looks a bit reluctant since he has to accompany the customers. But then, that barman calls someone else to replace him. And so, the barman takes Dylan to the back alley based on Nelson’s request. “Is it normal to get called like this?” asks Dylan as he follows the man. “Could he be mad at me for something.” “Who knows! He rarely visits this place. Actually, the previous owner had just died three days ago, and now his son owns this place.” “Oh, he must be a busy person, already back to business so soon.” “Yeah! This is his first day visiting this place after his dad died, and he is already going to start a massive change,” informs the bartender. “Maybe he is going to fire you!” “No way!” But the barman just laughs openly,
Alex glances at the two Nelson’s lackeys. Knowing that Nelson respects Alex, those two decide to step back and leave Dylan alone.And somehow, Nelson has lost his desire to continue dealing with Dylan, and decides to leave. But then, he hears Dylan agitating him.“Heh! Fucking coward!”Nelson stops and glances back. He finds Dylan having difficulties in just trying to stand straight. Yet, that man is still able to mock him.“I know you are just a snotty brat who likes hiding behind your dad’s big name.” Dylan continues taunting him, despite his own condition being quite worrying with face covered in blood. “But your dad is no longer here. He’s dead. Where are you going to hide now?”The truth is, Nelson is indeed a bit doubtful to fight Dylan. He has been beating Dylan for almost half an hour, and
Instead the fact that Alex’s words sound like he is acknowledging him, Dylan feels so humiliated by them. He becomes even angrier, and sends another hit.But because of his anger, his big swing becomes so wide, making it so easy to read. Alex simply steps back once, and avoids that big swing easily.“What was that? Did you seriously try to kill me with one punch? Come on!”Dylan hunts Alex with more punches, but Alex keeps his distance well, not too far, just enough to avoid Dylan’s reach. He simply takes one step back for each hit Dylan delivers.“Stop running away from me!” grumbles Dylan with so much irritation as he sends another punch.Alex gets his head away by pulling his right leg a bit to the back. There he finds that right leg already touching the bottom of the steps behind him.“Okaay!”He knows there’s really no room to step back anymore. Hence, he keeps his left leg in its position, putting an orthodox stance by bending his knees a bit, just a bit.Dylan notices that Alex
Everyone looks confused following their quarrel. They never expected that one fight was sparked with a deep root behind it.“You were just a stranger who suddenly came into our lives,” shouts Dylan desperately. “You never know what it feels like to lose a father when you are just 10.”The two Nelson’s lackeys put on a cringe expression on their faces. For them, kids losing their fathers aren’t that rare in this world.But it’s different with Nelson, who just lost his dad recently. Even he, who can be said to be an adult, is now still filled with feelings of uncertainty after his father left him.Even more so for Alex, who Dylan accuses of not understanding anything about that, knows so well how it feels, more than anyone else. But…“You should be grateful he only got into prison,” utters Al
When Alex reaches home, most of the mess in the house has been fixed. The 5 CCTV cameras that he left this morning have also been installed by Elijah, and have been connected to his computer in the basement. But…“I haven’t changed your bed yet,” Elijah informs while rubbing his forehead. It seems like this old man forgot about that one.“It’s okay! I can buy one myself later,” replies Alex as he escorts the old man out.“You look terrible. Did something happen outside?” Elijah asks.“I just had a fight with some youngsters out there.”“Indeed, most teenagers today don’t know how big this world is. I bet they don’t get enough education at home. I expect you taught them well.”“I don’t know if my teaching suits them or not,” replies Alex with a sigh.Just like usual, he takes the old man to his house. But then, when he is on the way home, he begins doubting his intention to spend the night in his own house.Either because of the thought of the condition of his torn bed, or because he i
“Sorry, I can’t stay here for too long. Actually, Sofia has promised me to take care of you. So, I want you to respect her as well. I don’t want you to create another trouble with her while I’m not around.” The girl can’t say a word, and nods rigidly while wiping her tears. And then, she also notices Sofia coming with her daughter. “Oh, it’s Elly!” However, when she averts her attention back to Dylan, the brother is already walking away, by only showing his wide back at her. Actually, Dylan is still keeping so much money which he got from his scam over Sofia. Indeed everything was only for his sister. But he decides to not give it all to her, worrying that she would just spend everything lavishly like his mother. Giana just lets him leave, knowing how complicated Dylan’s situation is at the moment. She turns around by faking her ignorant face, and then welcomes the cute Elly. That cute little girl also looks so excited, running so wildly by opening her arms. “Aunt Gee!” “Elly!!!
It’s just three pages, not that much to read. But it’s too troublesome for George to do. He simply folds the papers and puts them into his waist bag. As he leaves the mall, his friend, Teddy McDonald, has been waiting on the side of the road with his humble minivan. “Let’s go!” says George as he gets into the minivan. “We need to sell that stuff.” “Heh?!” Teddy chuckles a bit before starting the car. “With how we did it so far, it will take years to sell them all.” “We can’t be impatient with this thing. Wrong move, we lost!” George warns. “For now, better start getting more customers first without attracting too much attention. By selling a constant 20 grams a day, we can get $180,000 a month. That’s more than a CEO’s annual salary.” “It will take us 3 to 5 years to sell all of this heroin. We need to recruit members,” suggests Teddy with an impatient tone. “Stupid. Wouldn’t that mean you have insurance to have 3 or 5 years of job with a monthly salary of $90,000? Having more pe
After getting into a more crowded area, the pursuers notice a police car. There they stop their hunt, and behave normally while meddling into the crowd.The same with George and Ted, they try their best to disappear from them by entering a nightclub.“What about the van?” asks Ted.“What about it?” replies George curtly as if he doesn’t care about the van, because it’s not his van.Ted looks so disappointed with the way George responds to him. Even his reaction seems a little exaggerated, with his face pale as if he has just lost a son.“What? If you want to look for the van, go for yourself,” continues George.“I left our stuff there, bro! They might take it.”“Forget about those small bags. We still have much more in your place.”“No, I took about 2 Kilos and put it inside the glove box,” replies Ted.“Jesus Christ! Why the fuck did you take that many? It’s not like we are going to sell that much in a night,” argues George with a desperate face.But then he remembers that Ted was in
Giana is back with warm tea, and then offers it to Sofia. But she doesn’t stay there for too long. She immediately leaves that office again. And of course, Alex notices that the girl deliberately lets him be alone with Sofia. He also notices that Boris is no longer there either. He simply shakes his head, and intends to make his business with Sofia as short as possible. “Sorry! I come here only to borrow your money! I have to travel to Jakarta tomorrow. Maybe I can get a clue about Elly's whereabouts there. If not, I will continue my search to Singapore, and maybe Thailand too,” explains Alex. Sofia is silent for a moment. She gets an impression that Alex is only looking for their daughter without any clues, and simply going to places in desperation. “Do you really believe she might be in these countries?” she asks unsurely. “Is she really still alive?” Alex takes a deep breath. “Do you think I do this out of my ignorance? The person who kidnapped Elly had sold her to a child tra
Alex straightens his shirt and leaves while enduring the pain in his right ribs. Among the people present at that time, there is also Miles Benet, who comes over to Alex with a happy face.“Hey, is that true? You became one of the Overseers replacing Morgan Davis?”But Alex just puts on a flat face. He continues to walk away while looking at Benet coldly without saying anything.“Hey, Alex!” Benet calls him.“Shut up! Never put on that naïve face in front of me,” says Alex as he keeps walking away by only showing his back. “I already know your true color.”Boris arrives and intends to support Alex who looks in pain. However, Alex refuses the help, because he doesn’t want to appear weak in that place.While heading to the car, Alex sees Morgan's car coming towards him. It seems that the old man left the hotel via a different route that Alex didn't know. The car stops near Alex, and Morgan rolls down the window, seeming to have something to talk about.And so Alex approaches him. “So, w
Alex can’t find any reason to decline their offer now. He even thinks that it may be helpful for him to find his daughter out there. “What do you say, Alex?” asks Reece Thompson. Alex glances at them for a moment, and then gives a solemn nod lightly. “That’s settled then,” Freedie Berker affirms immediately. “We will announce about this news later, and maybe hold an official meeting with the Administrators to introduce you as the new leader of The Catacomb.” “No, wait!” Alex interferes with him immediately. “If possible, let it stay like how it used to be. I don’t mind with me being the only true leader, but let the others know that I’m just one of the Overseers.” “So, you want to keep this secrecy just like what Morgan did this whole time?” Alex nods lightly. “Everyone?” Freedie Berker asks the other Overseers. None of the other Overseers shows their objection. “Okay, then! We will do just as you want,” says Freedie Berker to Alex. “But we have to postpone the official inaug
Rusli hurries to catch up with Saniyah. “Hey, wait!”Saniyah still gets into her car. However, she lowers the car window while giving a sign to the driver not to leave yet.“You should know, just being vice president won't allow me to do much,” Rusli explains his situation.“That's why, don't be satisfied with just aiming to become vice president. You have a brother in parliament, a nephew at the police headquarters, and your electability is quite high. Aim for the number one,” Saniyah provokes him.“It's useless to have high electability if there is no support from the coalition for me as a presidential candidate,” argues Rusli.“Then, just ignore that coalition. Hasn’t your party passed the presidential threshold for this?” Saniyah replies rhetorically.“Don't be naive. That will only make me lose support,” Rusli retorts.Saniyah slowly turns her face to Rusli by raising one of her eyebrows. “I know, in this country there is a secret organization that operates behind the scenes, who
Back to the house of Rosdiana, Rusli’s ex-wife. In the meantime, Lisa is being questioned by her mother. Rosdiana drags Lisa to her bedroom by leaving Elly alone in the kitchen.“What is this now? Whose child you brought to this house?” asks* the mother by restraining her voice.“You don’t need to speak this way, mom! She won’t be able to follow our conversation,” explains* Lisa.That mother, Rosdiana, gets to the door and then takes a peek at Elly for a glance.“One look and you can tell that she is a foreigner. She doesn’t understand Minang language at all,” Lisa continues*, getting out of her mother’s room, and then takes Elly to the living room.As if understanding the situation, Rosdiana follows her daughter in a hurry, and immediately asks openly in front of Elly without hiding anything.“Did your father take her home?” she asks*.Lisa doesn’t say anything. She only shows her gloomy face.“Don’t tell me…”As if knowing what’s inside her mother’s mind, Lisa just nods lifelessly.
That one bodyguard is yawning, rubbing his hands due to the cold. He does notice something, and intends to check on the situation. But then, he finds a stray cat from outside. “Shit! He will be mad if I let a stray cat get into this house,” grumbles* the man with a tired sigh. Lisa looks so awry, afraid to be found out. But then, she hears her father calling from inside the house. And that calling attracts the guard’s attention. “What’s now?” The man whines*, leaving the cat and rushes inside the house. Lisa knows her father must be looking for her and Elly at the moment. She immediately runs away while holding Elly's hand, heading toward the side door of the yard fence. Meanwhile, Rusli is looking so mad, pacing around inside the house looking for his daughter. He has entered the room where he kept Elly, but not finding the kid there. “Lisa!!!!” He opens the door to Lisa’s room, and he doesn’t find anyone there either. He even notices the wardrobe which is still open, and in a
As that girl heads to the kitchen, she finds her dad has just come home from work. For some reason, she rushes to the kitchen, seeming to avoid meeting her own father. Not because the father is a thug. To be exact, he is actually one of the most known people in this country, Rusli Gunawan, who is currently running a political campaign as one of Indonesia's vice presidential candidates. As much as she wants to avoid him, the father still finds her in the kitchen. And oddly, her face suddenly turns so pale. “How is she doing?” asks the man, talking in his native language, Bahasa Minang. “She’s already asleep in her room,” replies* the girl, holding the cup of the drink with shaking hands. The father takes a glance at the cup she is holding. And so, that girl just reaches out to him. “Um… I prepared this for you!” The father smiles, and then strokes the girl’s hair gently. “Lisa! You are a good girl. But sadly, you turned adult too soon.” He then leaves by taking the cup of drink
In the middle of the night, they visit a nursing home in the Narraweena area. They can still pay a visit, simply because this nursing home is still under The Catacomb’s influence.Some of the old members of The Catacomb spend the rest of their lives here, including the 67 years-old man they are going to see, Luca Campbell. Morgan has investigated four senior members of The Catacombs who were involved in the massacre of Alex's family.This Luca is the oldest among them, while the others have been killed by Morgan Davis. When this man learns that Morgan pays him a visit, he knows that he is coming to take his life.“So, it’s my turn now, huh?” utters the old man as a greeting.The old man just sits on a wheelchair. It seems like he is not in a condition where he can run away. A small part of his left earlobe has been cut off, a legacy from the past.“It seems like you’ve been expecting my coming,” says Morgan Davis, pulling a chair and then takes a seat in front of Luca.“I’ve heard wha
Alex did say that he is going to kill this old man. But now, after seeing Morgan Davis right in front of him, he’s just standing there not knowing what to do.It doesn’t mean he no longer hates him. But he finds it hard to vent his anger toward him, despite how mad his face currently is.“She is my disciple, but she has nothing to do with your grudge. If you hate me that much, feel free to leash that demon and kill me,” utters Morgan, calmly provoking Alex to attack him.“Thank you for making it easier to kill you.”Alex makes up his mind to kill that old man. The two of Morgan’s bodyguards look so ready to fight Alex, but Morgan immediately spreads his arms to halt them. The same with Boris, immediately holds both of Alex’s arms from behind.“Fuck! Let go of me. Are you on his side now?” Alex retaliates.“That’s enough!” Boris tries to calm Alex’s retaliation. “How much have you made things worse by losing control like this? Why don’t you listen from his side first? We will judge lat