"What's wrong with your neck, Ells?"
Ellyan swallowed hard when she heard her father's question. Moreover, now her mother and Loren were also staring at Ellyan's bite marks. Huhu, Ellyan should only wear clothes that cover her neck.
"This,"
Ellyan's brain began to think of an appropriate and unsuspecting excuse,
"Ah, this is dad, Seira and I were too busy watching vampire movies last night. So for fun, we making a sign like this on our neck. "
"Oh, really?."
Ellyan nodded her head quickly while laughing,
"Yeah. That's because the vampire is really handsome, dad. Duh, I think it's fun to be bitten by a handsome vampire and become a vampire and live together forever. "
Ellyan started babbling, hoping that her father would believe and stop asking about the bite marks on her neck.
"Tsk,"
"Before you could become a vampire, you were going to die first from bleeding out."
Loren chuckled, looking at Ellyan with mocking eyes.
Usually Ellyan would start throwing spoons at Loren's head out of annoyance. But this time, Ellyan was very grateful for Loren to respond to Ellyan's absurd babbling.
"Oh, no. If a vampire really loves her girlfriend, he will automatically know when to stop. Look, Edward Cullen and Isabella Swan for example. "
Loren didn't respond to Ellyan's babbling anymore. Just sneered at Ellyan with a movement of his lips. Secretly, Ellyan felt grateful that her family's attention was no longer on her neck.
Although in fact, there is one more thing on Ellyan's mind. It is about her who has to live with strange men who she met for the first time last night.
And finally, until her sister and her parents left, Ellyan still couldn't tell her main problem.
***
Ellyan covered her head with a hat, not forgetting a black mask and loose clothes covering her body. Okay, at least Ellyan was sure no one would recognize her if she looked like this. At most, Ellyan would just be mistaken for a kidnapper or a freak. And it is still much better than having to be recaptured by Alaeron and his friends, especially Mr. Arden who according to Alaeron is very terrible.
After making sure her disguise was convincing enough, Ellyan immediately sneaked out of her house. In her heart Ellyan wanted to laugh at herself who really looked like a thief. It seems that Ellyan has to pray a lot so that she is not really mistaken for a thief and is led to the police station.
Drrt..drrt ...
Ellyan reached into her pocket when she felt her cell phone vibrate. Seira's name is listed on Ellyan's cellphone screen. Ah, Seira must be worried about Ellyan because since last night, Ellyan's cellphone can't be reached. Maybe Seira already knows that Ellyan was unable to meet Madam Amore.
"Hello."
"Oh my god, Ells. Finally your number is active. You're all right, Ells ?. Did something dangerous happen to you ?. You're still breathing right ?. "
Seira's worried voice immediately rushed into Ellyan's ears.
"Oop, oop. Calm down Ra. I am fine."
Seira's sigh of relief rang out,
"Thank goodness, I think something bad happened to you. But, why didn't you meet Madam Amore yesterday? "
Ellya swallowed hard, biting her lip. As she thought, the question that she was afraid of finally come out from Seira's mouth.
Arrghh, what should she answer?.
Ellyan felt like pulling her hair because she felt dizzy thinking about what excuse she should give.
Surely Seira would think that Ellyan was crazy if Ellyan said that last night she was just bitten by the vampire and was saved by strange men.
"Ells ?."
"Ah, that,"
"I forgot to inform you, Ra. If I suddenly have to go to my part-time job. Sorry, Ra, but I promise, I will meet Madam Amore today. "
Ellyan replied. In her heart, she prayed that Seira would not investigate any further.
Ellyan's misgivings melted away when she heard Seira's sigh of relief,
"Haaah, thank goodness. I thought you were there. Turns out I gave you the wrong address. Forgive me."
Said Seira with a tone of regret.
Seira's words just now also made relief flood in Ellyan's heart. In fact, apart from thinking that she had to live with those strange men, there was another reason that Ellyan couldn't sleep. It is because Alaeron said that the reason Ellyan was in the building was because Ellyan would be made as sacrifice for the vampire king.
Alaeron's words seemed to accuse Seira of deliberately sending Ellyan as a sacrifice.
And now, Alaeron's words are not proven. Seira clearly didn't know about the vampire king. Seira just gave the wrong address. Surely, Seira would not think evil like that, because Seira is the only friend who is closest to Ellyan.
"Ells ?."
"Ah, yes. Thank goodness I didn't get there last night. If i go, my coming will be in vain. "
"Once again I'm sorry Ells. I'll stop by your part-time job later. "
"Okay"
"Bye bye."
Tuutt ..
And the call was cut off. Ellyan stared at her cellphone screen for a moment, before putting her cellphone back into her pocket.
She then resumed her sneaking activity, heading for a workplace that suddenly felt very far away.
***
"You know Els, your face right now really looks like a person being chased by loan sharks."
Ellyan looked wryly at Leonil, the owner of the shop where she worked part-time.
"If you really feel that I look like someone who is being chased by loan sharks, can you raise my salary so I can pay my debt?"
Asked Ellyan lazily.
Leonil widened his eyes, looked at Ellyan with a look of disbelief,
"Increase your salary ?. Did you forget? Last week I just gave you a bonus, Ells, "
He then shook his head in concern,
"You know Ells?, After a long time I could go bankrupt if I have more than one employee like you."
Ellyan just shrugged, then returned to busy tidying up the grocery shelf in front of her. Of course what Ellyan told Leonil was a joke.
So far, Leonil is one of the helping angels in Ellyan's life. When Ellyan feels confused about how to find additional income to cover her family's debt, Leonil comes to help. If there was no Leonil, maybe at this time Ellyan would still have a headache looking for a job.
"Yep, done."
Ellyan clapped her hands, then walked back to the cashier counter. It's just that, Ellyan's footsteps stopped when she saw two foreign men standing at the cashier table.
For some reason, there was an unpleasant feeling that arose in Ellyan's heart. The alarm in Ellyan's head even rang, it likes asking her to run immediately...