Monster

Chapter 7

Esmeralda stood by the VIP room, she had never felt this anxious in her whole life.

Her eyes trialed to the door and oh God! She almost jumped up when a customer walked in and smiled at her.

"Hey, Carlos." She waved at him and his smile broadened.

"Hi, Ralda."

The name Maxwell sounded familiar but then she was going to make it work.

A week ago, Lucy had reserved the table for one of their VIP and he had given her a huge sum of money for her job well done.

If she could only meet that person again, she'd be free from her debt-full self.

"Good day Mr. Maxwell, your table has been reserved." She smiled at the man that was walking toward the VIP section.

"I am Troy Negatti and Mr. Maxwell is on his way." The guy smiled at her and she nodded foolishly.

Damn! this was not going to work.

The doorbell rang and when her eyes met the person that had walked in, She jerked.. moving back.

"Mr. Maxwell." It was a statement, not even a question and when his eyes traveled up...he smiled.

"Hmm." He mumbled and walked past her as if he didn't know her.

Well, did he?

Ralda hurried in, her heart already pumping so hard, she was afraid it'll pump too much.

He took a seat and looked up.

"Is this the Job you could think of? I mean of every job in this country, you came to these?" He scoffed.

"I'm so sorry Sir, I don't have a good certificate...so I don't have a choice." She mumbled, her head lowered to the ground.

One would think that she was getting bullied but no...she was pleading with heaven to help her.

"The countdown ends tomorrow Miss Peter and please whatever you do, bring in the money. Go get another person to come to serve me." He mumbled, the last part so coldly that her legs practically reached her head as she ran away from him.

He was indeed a monster!

"Hey Ralda, what's up?' Carlos asked again. giving her a worried look.

"Hey, Carlos."

"Ralda? What are you still doing there? To serve the table you were given. He's not a kind person." May stuck out her tongue and she frowned.

"He asked me to get another person to come to serve him." She mumbled.

"OMG! Did he hurt you?" May asked this time, rounding the table to meet her.

"Would he hit him? He hits women?" Ralda asked, her eyes already wet with tears.

Oh damn! She was finished.

"The first time he touched someone was with Ken, the guy never came back the next day. He hit him too badly that he needed a tendon transplant. Well, some people said Ken was owing him a huge sum of money." May said, making the tears come down the more.

"Stop it May, you're making me cry the more," Ralda said, shaking her head.

"Stop crying or I'll have to cry with you, it's different from yours okay? He just didn't want you to serve him, it's not like you're owing him Two Million dollars." May huffed and smiled at Ralda.

This was the end of it.

Ralda felt her soul leaving her body.

She was going to die.

He was going to kill her when he was done.

Damn! She should have just gone home and rested or maybe run away.

"Don't worry Sofia has gone to take their order and besides..he didn't hit Ken because of that...well, due to what some said...Ken wanted to run away after owing him that huge sum of money. Guy wanted to play smart." May said again.

"May!!!!!" She yelled, her eyes already red.

May gasped.

"Jesus Christ Ralda, stop yelling. I'm consoling you for Pete's sake." May pouted.

"Can we just stop talking about him and talk about something else?"

"You're crying Ralda, what did he do to you? Why are you crying like this? He just yelled at you didn't he?" May asked, touching Ralda's face.

"I've fucked up May, I'm so so fucked up. Remember the guy I told you about, the one Dad owed Five Million dollars?" It was almost impossible for her to breathe.

"Yeah, you told me about him being well scary...Jesus Christ, don't tell me you were referring to Brian Maxwell?" May covered her mouth.

"It's him May, and he said he'd deal with me if I don't bring his money."

"Jesus Christ, that's some huge amount of money... combining all the money I've ever saved won't even be half a million," May muttered, her eyes wide open.

"What about Chelsea?"

"I don't even know what will happen to us anymore, I just feel like dying you know. Damn Dad for doing this to us." And she bent down, crying her eyes out as May patted her back.

*****

It was already past Nine and she was still walking on the road.

She didn't want to take the bus so she'd get home quickly.

She had sent Chelsea to stay with her aunt, so if he was coming it'd be only her.

She walked down the not-so-busy road, kicking some pebbles as she did.

She was beautiful no doubt and blessed with a good curve but she would never sell her body.

She was still a virgin and she'd remain that way for her husband.

She took a left turn and dashed into the left corner.

They would not find her, not today not tomorrow, and not any day.

She burst out from another street, smiling as she did, singing her small Carols.

Then suddenly a car bust out from the right corner and was driving at full speed, directly towards her and when she tried to run out of the road..it stopped.

So easy, so quickly.

She looked up, squinting her eyes to see who was there due to the headlamp light that was directly on her.

And someone came down, four steps closer to her and she was still trying to identify the person but before she knew it... she blacked out!

Shit!

TBC