He slammed the door in her face, Angelica leaned her back to the door unable to hold back her tears.
In agony she let her tears cascade down her cheeks as she tremblemed in fear. She couldn't take the pain anymore, she couldn't bear being in the same house with that monster!
No! She wiped her cheeks her mind made up to run away, a life out there would be better than the hell she stayed in.
Unable to bear the pain anymore she stood from the cold tile that matched her heart heading to grab her phone and then dialed a number.
"Hello baby" the voice at the other end chirped, she tried to speak but her tongue felt numb she held the phone to her ear trying to stop herself from breaking apart.
"What's wrong?"
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Waikiki Beach, Honolulu Hawaii, 10 am.
Angelica walked along the beach with Kate, enjoying the fresh morning air which was quite hot but the wind was very refreshing. This beautiful girl who has long yellowish black hair looks so beautiful and sexy wearing a pink swimsuit and a thin blue robe, while her friend wore a blue swimsuit and a thin yellow robe.
"Hey, where are we going?" Kate asked, realizing it was too far to walk. "We're already far away from the other visitors….I guess it's too far for sunbathing," she continued worriedly.
Angelica just kept quiet and kept walking with a blank stare.
"Angelica..." Kate blocked Angelica until she stopped.
"Kate..." Angelica sighed. "Please, we have to go further. I don't want Darren's friends to know I'm around the beach, then they will tell him and he will drag me to my uncle!" she pushed Kate away from her, then continued walking.
Kate followed Angelica again until she stopped and sat on the sand looking at the sea. She sat beside her and glanced at her who was lost in thought.
"I came back here for a holiday but you were angry as if you didn't want to have fun welcoming me," she said.
"Sorry," replied Angelica, glancing at Kate. "I don't mean to disappoint you, but I'm fed up with the situation at home," she continued.
"What happened?"
"First of all, actually I never loved Darren," explained Angelica as she looked back at the sea. "But I had no choice but to accept his proposal because my Uncle forced me, and he also helped me a lot..he gives money so my uncle can get back to running the bar, and then my mom can get treatment," she continued while remembering her mother who was sick with lung cancer.
"If he's good then learn to love him... there's nothing wrong with that," replied Kate as she put sunscreen on her hands, then her feet, and immediately took off her robe.
Angelica smiled faintly. "Sometimes he's good but sometimes he's like a devil. At first, he was like an angel for our family but then he seemed to control us. My uncle was so submissive to him, obeying all his wishes... he was like a king... it made me sick."
"Hmm... Maybe you guys can talk about this carefully."
"No..." Angelica shook her head squinting, slightly dazzled by the sunlight. "There's nothing else to talk about... I feel like I know his real nature now. I want to leave, end our relationship but it's very difficult. I'll only get uncle and my mother in trouble… I'm sure he'll bring up the money he once gave us…"
"So if you want to leave him then you have to return the money," said Kate, then moved in front of Angelica with her back to her. "Please... apply sunscreen on my back," she asked while handing me a yellow sunscreen bottle.
Angelica immediately poured sunscreen on her palm and then smeared it on the entire surface of Kate's back, but the one in her imagination was Darren.
"Too bad the money he gave is all gone ... my uncle only gave a little to my mother for treatment, the rest he used for the bar. The money is not small, maybe it takes 1 year of work to be able to return the money, and maybe he will also refuse or get angry...." Angelica sighed. "I feel like I have no way out."
"Then try to be like what he wants, I'm sure he will return to being sweet to you."
"I'm not sure..."
Angelica finished applying sunscreen on Kate's back and then looked at her who immediately stood up.
"I have to pee," Kate said with an uncomfortable look.
"Oh my God where are you going? It's far from the public toilets here!" Angelica glanced around, which was quiet, even far from buildings such as taverns or bars that usually provided toilets.
"It's okay ... I'll find a solution."
Kate threw sunscreen on the sand near her small bag and then ran towards the west, which was even quieter.
"She's going to pee in the sand? That's very dirty." Angelica said as she looked at Kate who was getting further and further away in her vision, across the pile of coral until she slowly became invisible.
"Hmm..."
Angelica exhaled roughly and sunscreen beside her. She took it and rubbed it all over her hands and feet, even her face so that it wouldn't burn from the sun, then she opened her robe and wanted to put sunscreen on her back but had difficulty.
"It seems you need some help?"
A man's voice from behind startled her, making Angelica immediately stand up and turn around to see a handsome and burly man wearing black glasses casual clothes in the form of white shorts, and a thin white shirt with pink flower patterns.
"Are you crazy alone here?" The man asked while taking off his glasses so that Angelica could see his beautiful gray eyes.
"Um..." Angelica immediately put her robe back on. She glanced in the direction where Kate had gone, then back at the man. "I was with my friend, but she was going there to do something." She wasn't telling the truth because what Kate did was a bit dirty.
The man nodded his head.
Angelica didn't know what to say so she decided to sit back and look at the sea, but she wasn't calm at all because the man was sitting beside her, about one meter away.
"Don't be afraid I'm not a bad guy," said the man then stretched out his hand to Angelica. "I'm Charlie Parker," he introduced himself.
Angelica was reluctant to shake hands with the man.
"Okay..." Charlie took his hand again and turned to look at the sea. The guy who has brownish black hair and that thin beard took the cigarette from his trouser pocket, then immediately lit it with an electric match.
Angelica glanced at Charlie with a frown. "You shouldn't be smoking here."
"Why?"
"The smoke can fly and disturb the comfort of other visitors," said Angelica irritably.
Charlie instead smiled faintly and said, "I only found one other visitor here, that is you, so the effect won't be fatal. After all, occasionally inhaling cigarette smoke won't kill you."
Angelica chose to remain silent and embraced her body in a robe, feeling uncomfortable with Charlie's presence.
'Why Kate? Did she pee in the water and then get swept up in the waves? If that happens, very bad luck!' she said to herself while glancing towards the west.
Charlie enjoyed his cigarette while looking at the sea, occasionally glancing at Angelica who was so beautiful and sexy with her hair flying in the breeze.
"Are you a native here or a tourist?" he asked.
"Sorry, I don't want to talk to strangers... I'm not allowed to," answered Angelica worriedly.
"That sounds strange... it is natural for humans to communicate with other humans even though they are strangers or known..."
"That's the provision ..."
Charlie looked at Angelica with narrowed eyes. "Who makes such provisions?"
Angelica was silent, not wanting to look at Charlie.
"you're beautiful ..."
Angelica immediately turned her head and saw Charlie's handsomeness, who had praised her, making her feel happy but it didn't mean anything.
'I can't have expectations of that man, Darren will never stop drag me into suffering,' she thought.
"Angel..!" Angelica and Charlie's attention was diverted to the source of the loud sound from the east. "Angelica, you shouldn't be here!"
Angelica immediately stood up and saw that the person shouting for her was her uncle, Robert. 'What the hell, I just want to relax!' she thought angrily.
"Who's he?" Charlie asked, seeing Robert getting closer.
Angelica was silent, but immediately greeted her uncle who immediately grabbed her arm.
"You idiot, you shouldn't be here, even with a man!" Robert said angrily, dragging Angelica to walk.
"I just want to sunbathe with Kate, and he's just a stranger I just met!" Angelica explained with annoyance, feeling the pain of Robert's grip on her wrist. "Let go of me, I can walk alone!" she continued while pulling her hand until Robert let it go.
"Sir, let her go!" shouted Charlie.
Robert immediately glanced at Charlie. "You bastard! Do not interfere. You don't know, she is a bad girl, she must be punished!"
Charlie shook his head, not believing what Robert said.
Robert back looked at Angelica with annoyance, and even immediately slapped her without allowing her to dodge.
"Uncle!" Angelica immediately held her hot cheeks and instantly her breath was ragged. "Why are you doing this? What did I do wrong?"
Robert immediately approached Angelica and grabbed her cheek. "You know, Darren doesn't like you wandering around the beach dressed like this!" he said angrily.
Angelica immediately pushed her uncle until he released his grip. "I have the right to do whatever I want!"
"But he forbids it, you have to obey!"
"I don't want to, I'm getting nothing out of this... I'm sick of it, I'm sick of it!"
"I don't care!" Robert emphasized, grabbing Angelica's wrist again and pulling her. "Now you have to go home. You will see he is very angry. I will never forgive you if he asks for his money back!"
Angelica walked irritably, Then he turned his head and saw Charlie who looked confused looking at him, but didn't do anything to help him.
'Maybe all men are the same... Even him, he's just a stranger....he won't be interesting to helping me,' she thought angrily.