{Lost angel)
Kelly grabbed her laptop and browsed on the web, searching for an Alexander Qin. She even asked some people but her brows knotted when she came up with nothing.
“This is strange; I can’t find anything about him. There’s no way that someone is rich…don’t tell me he’s related to some underground syndicate or something? But even underground bosses are widely known.
“Luna, are you sure that’s his name?”
She nodded.
“Hmm…that’s weird. I” II see if my dad knows anything about him.”
The next night, Kelly brought Luna to a bar, as promised. Kelly was a party girl so she was well acquainted with what went on inside these bars. She was reluctant to take Luna but the girl insisted, so there they were, in the dark, about to join the crowd of people who were there mostly looking to have a good time.
They walked through the corridor, their shoes sticking to the ground with every step – the remnants of alcohol spilled on the floor from the night before. As they waded their way through the sticky path, Kelly couldn’t help but ask her friend again. “Luna, are you sure about this?”
“Yes.” Luna’s response was quick and to the point. There was no hesitation.
Kelly sighed. She had never seen her friend be this stubborn before!” make sure to stay beside me inside the bar, okay?” she could only warn.
“Okay.”
The corridor opened into a large double-story area. The place was already quite crowded with about the same amount of women as there were men. Most of the people were leaning over the bar, which was situated on the left side of the room, trying to catch the bartender’s attention to purchase some much-needed alcohol.
Luna’s first impression of the bar was that it was quite dirty, but after a few drinks in them. People probably wouldn’t care too much about hygiene, she guessed. She looked around and saw that the place attracted all sorts of different people. There were some wild-looking people, with lots of piercings and tattoos, but then she looked up at the second story which seemed to be filled with more mature guests in business suits.
“Come here, Luna. It’s too crowded down here. I’m afraid some bastard will grope you,” said Kelly, as she grabbed Luna’s wrist.
Kelly had looked around and determined that the ground floor was too crowded for her to protect Luna. The second story looked less chaotic than the ground floor, so she dragged Luna through the crowded dance floor and up the stairs.
Luna could only follow her best friend’s lead.
The upstairs area was quieter with the people mostly minding their own business or looking down at the chaos on the ground floor with interest. Luna felt that these people who were watching the going on the ground were looking for their next prey and she couldn’t help the slight shiver of repulsion that came over her.
Kelly found a quiet corner for them to sit in and it looked clean as well- a rare find indeed. She walked over to the bar- yes, there was another bar on that level – and bought them a couple of drinks.
Unbeknownst to both of them, a certain male was sitting in his secluded corner, he immediately recognized Luna. He took his cell phone from his pocket and started to dial a number.
The receiver picked up after just three rings.
“What is it?” the person on the other end of the phone sounded impatient.
“It looks like a little lamb just walked into the wolves’ den,” he cryptically said knowing full well the other person on the line would know exactly what he was talking about. He hung up straight away, not bothering with a farewell, and continued to nurse his drink, all the while, keeping an eye on the little lamb and her hooligan friend.
Meanwhile, at the corner booth, Kelly was giving her friend some advice.
“Luna, you’re not used to this place so I think for now, why don’t you just observe first okay? If you don’t like being here, just tell me and we can go, right?”
“Okay, don’t mind me, Kelly. Go and I”II watch from here.”
Kelly ventured out into the crowd and made her way to the bar to buy them some drinks. The bar was full of people and there was a huge line, unfortunately, so Kelly would have to wait a while to get their drinks.
While they waited, she glanced in Luna’s direction and was relieved that she followed her advice and just observed. She turned her attention back to the bar menu and thought about which drink Luna might like and if she should get some nibbles too, so she didn’t see a waiter approach Luna and give her a drink.
Luna, not knowing how things worked, thought that Kelly must have asked him to give her the drink. So she took it without question. She sipped at it and threw a disgusted look at the drink bottle. ‘Really? This is what people like to drink?’ she thought.
On the other corner of the bar, Alexander sat down next to the caller and his eyes immediately picked her out from the crowd. He saw that Luna was by herself, that a waiter had given her a drink and that she took a sip of that drink. It was obvious to him that this was her first time in a bar by the way she was looking around the places.
And it was also blatantly obvious that was the first time she tasted alcohol by the disgusted look on her face after she took a sip.
In his mind, she was like a lost angel who had mistakenly walked into the realm of devils. She looked so innocent and vulnerable that he was sure that it wouldn’t be long before she attracted some sleazy, worthless trash of a man who would look at her as easy prey.
In the next second, his prediction came true. A man in an expensive suit walked up to her table and started speaking to her. His beady eyes looked her up and down and he could practically see the drool falling from the corner of the man’s lips.
The moment he saw the man extend his hand toward Luna, Alexander blazed with hellfire.