Someone bumped into Luci as she stood up and almost took Hans and the bed where he was lying.
Luci was still confused about how she could get Hans out of here when her car wouldn't be enough to carry Hans and his bed.
'Then if Hans's bed is left, will it be okay for Hans? It wouldn't interfere with his breathing, would it? If I call an ambulance will the ambulance come?' thought her.
Luci groaned after feeling the man's hard muscles.
"Ouch!" groaned Luci. She wanted to be angry and curse or say harsh words. Maybe she's so emotional right now, maybe she's stressed out tonight. But she canceled her intention after she could see the figure she had just bumped into earlier.
The light around was still dim with minimal lighting. Here the lighting was only provided by a yellow light, which was placed right in front of the exit, while Luci was now around the trash can.
The person Luci hit was quite tall. His smell was pungent, not overpowering alcohol or cigarettes. But his smell was pungent from the perfume.
'A delicately scented perfume with the freshness of flowers and fruit combined. The smell of this perfume is the kind of perfume I like,' she thought in awe.
She liked fruity and floral scents, and never forget that she liked mixing perfumes just as much as the perfume she was currently wearing.
"I – I'm sorry," Luci whispered as she bowed deeply, having come to her senses.
Then the girl walked over to reach the bed where Hans was lying. But before she could do that the person or man had grabbed and clasped her hand. She was shocked and frightened.
Suddenly a light shone on Luci's face. She tried to block the light by placing her palms in front of her face. The flash was enough to hurt her eyes. "Argh!" She hissed.
But the man forced Luci's hands down and away from her beautiful face, from her big round eyes, from her plump lips, and her pointy nose, or her very sensual and sexy facial features.
"What – what are you doing?" asked Luci with her eyes closed. This was caused by the light of the lamp that had not yet been removed from before her eyes.
It seemed that the light came from a large flashlight or maybe a flashlight from the cell phone screen because the light only focused on Luci without being able to show the man standing in front of her.
"You?" whispered the man who had now lowered the flashlight he was holding. As Luci had expected, it turned out that the light was coming from the flashlight behind the cell phone.
Luci was still confused because the man in front of her had yet to show his face. Now Luci was also scared, who knew that man was one of her ex-clients orders who had a grudge against her because she refused to have sex with them? But the man was not Mr. Philip.
"Wh – who are you?" asked Luci. Her arms were already wrapped around her chest, even though her chest was already protected by the backpack she got from Alan last night. The backpack now contained some leftover money for Luci.
The man didn't say anything. Instead, the man grabbed Luci's wrist and took Luci to a place.
"W-what are you doing? Let me go! Please let me go!" asked Luci. Over and over again the girl looked back at Hans who had been left alone.
The air here wasn't cold but she was worried that Hans would be a bit disturbed by the temperature here, not to mention it was full of the strong smell of cigarette smoke and alcohol.
But the man who grabbed her hand to take her somewhere said nothing. Now the two of them stopped under a backdrop in front of the building, away from Hans. The sky was already a bit bright though it still didn't show light. People were also not active, drunk, and lying on the street were completely lying down.
Luci could now see clearly in this courtyard, the appearance of the man who was gripping her hand.
His body was a bit burly than she had seen at the back of the building earlier. His head was wearing a fedora hat shaped like that of legendary singer Michele Jackson. Looked like people here like to wear fedoras. He also wore a long black coat.
"It's me, Bee," the man said as he removed the fedora that was above his head. His face was now visible.
He had a slightly square face with a sturdy jaw. Some fine hair like a beard grew on his face. His eyes jutted in with a nose like a parrot. Her hair smells good with hair oil. Then after that, he put his hat back on again.
"Who are you?" asked Luci with uncontrollable tension.
Bee was her old name, a name she'd always wanted to hide. Because the name was the name given by her adoptive parents. Both of Luci's adoptive parents liked to name their adopted children animal names. Bee was Luci's name, Bee itself meant bee, an animal.
"You forgot? It's me. Take a good look at my face!" asked the man with a very happy face. The man even lowered his face so that Luci could get a better look. But it's useless Luci still couldn't recognize him.
"Oh come on, is it because of this beard?" asked the man, laughing. His crisp laugh could even scare Luci. Then he stopped laughing after realizing his attitude that couldn't make Luci smile.
"It's me Spider," said the man who was introducing himself.
But Luci still couldn't remember. For her the past she had with her adoptive family was terrible.
She was six years old when she was adopted, and she was trapped for three years in the family, the institution that housed her said after Luci was free. She couldn't remember much of it there. Some memories were clear but some were just a dream.
Spider could see the fear in Luci's eyes, and it made him very sorry.
"Are you still that scared?" asked Spider in a very gentle tone filled with a lot of attention.
Luci didn't respond. She worried that Spider was one of her adoptive parents' accomplices. Luci was helpless if it turned out that her adoptive parents were still looking for their adopted children who had run away. Luci was weak if they wanted to find the children who ended up unmasking them before the law to get them after that.
Luci was also anxious that Spider was the eldest child in the cage who used to be a spy for her adoptive parents because Luci didn't remember the names of her siblings at all.
"I am the child who was beaten by Toy. I was the one who was battered and brought out of that cage," Spider sighed in a slightly trembling voice. Maybe he was remembering those dark times.
"What? So that's you?" Luci hissed in disbelief.
Luci thought that one of her adopted brothers had died because his body was no longer human, it was destroyed. Spider as a child was stepped on and beaten with nailed sticks, also punched until his face was disfigured and battered just because Spider said he saw a crack beside the door.
Spider said in the past, "How about we go out and take a look around?" Just that, nothing more.
Luci thought the boy was dead and buried quietly. But it turned out that he was still alive, the boy was even growing up healthy now,
Without thinking Luci rushed over and hugged Spider tightly, it was just a reflex. Finally, she found one of her family.
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