3rd Person's POV Omniscient
"Sir, I just wanted to wipe your c-" the poor girl explained but she was cut with a heavy punch on her face.
The muscled man didn't hesitate to physically hurt the lady. He grabbed the hair of her and pointed his finger.
"What do you think you are doing? I didn't buy an expensive car with cash just to be wiped by a stranger! Do you know how much this is? It's more expensive than your fucking life!"
He pulled her hair while his hands were being forced to stop. He put her in front of the part of the car that was wiped by an unknown water.
"Can you see what happened in this part? It had some scratches because of you!" He put her face in front of it. "Now, lick it! Lick the water you have used! Lick it!"
Hale is not fully recovered yet but he risked himself just to confront the bully guy. His nose and ears smoke, and he clenched his fist while approaching the man.
The poor girl was defending her body, she put energy on her neck so that her lips would not stick to the wet glass. She closed her eyes and planned to escape.
After a sudden sigh, she heard an intense impact on her back. Her body freed and saw the bad guy being punched by a stranger.
Hale accidentally ruined the nose of the bully. The man caught his breath while touching the blood produced by his dislocated nose.
"Don't you ever bully a woman, you fucking bitch!"
He thought he scared him. The muscled guy didn't fight back then immediately went inside the car and left.
"What is the use of your gained big muscles if you are such a coward! Fucking ashoole!"
He caught his breath and managed his heart rate. He deeply sighed and wiped the sweat on his head. He looked at the bully victim and then smiled. The girl was a little scared of what he did.
He approached her carefully. "You are now safe. Don't be scared of me, I don't bite."
The girl didn't change her facial expression. She made a face like an innocent one.
"I just saved your life, don't be anxious. Okay?" he tried to be trustworthy.
"T-T-Thank you, M-Ma'am... Thank you very much for saving my life," she expressed her gratitude for a good deed.
"Are you okay?" Hale assessed her until he found a bruise on her face beside the lips and a black eye on the right side. "Oh no, I don't your face was seriously beat with that shitty guy. Come with me to the hospital, don't worry about the fees. Okay?"
The one he just met nodded and accepted his favor. They walked to the hospital and went inside the emergency room. While walking, her guardian exactly saw him with a punched girl at the entrance of the ER.
Madam Zorraida immediately ran to catch him. "Oh god, I thought you went missing."
She hugged him and wiped her tears secretly. "Where did you go earlier? A-And who is she? Why is she with you? What happened?"
Hale swallowed intensely. "M-Ma, I am so very sorry. I just saved her life, I saw her being punched by a muscled guy while I was staring at the window. I pitied her, I thought she was poor. I heard what she said that she was a wiper of the approaching cars. How unfortunately her life is."
Her guardian just nodded many times. He saw in her eyes how she agreed to what he said.
"I am very proud of you, my dear. In fact, I am so very surprised that you did it. I am thankful I adopted you. You are such a great person with a golden and kind heart."
Hale was flattered by what he had heard. He was teary-eyed while hearing those.
They never lengthen their drama, both of them meet the bullied girl and offer her lunch.
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"Come join us, sweetie. Don't be shy." Madam Zorraida invited the silent girl to just watch the television inside the room of Hale.
The innocent one heard a noise inside her stomach. She cannot endure starvation, so she moves ahead and then accepts the lunch pack.
While opening the package, tears formed in her eyes. She suddenly sobbed after seeing the food as a luxury unlike what she had taken for how many years.
"Why are you crying, sweetie? Don't you like the food?" she asked.
She went back to her senses, and she wiped her tears when she realized she was already crying.
"I am sorry, I didn't mean to cry. I just remembered something. By the way, thank you very much for sharing such a big blessing. I thought I could not eat this kind of food again after being dumped in poverty. I don't know why I can return the kindness with you both."
She completely calmed herself. She enjoys the food, smelling each one of them and chewing the bits for a long time just to satisfy her taste buds.
As minutes passed by, Madam Zorraida thought of asking the names of these two beautiful ladies. "May I ask your names so that I can address you both?"
"I'm Carolina, the former employee of Fuentabella Company," the bullied girl introduced her name and background which intrigued Hale.
Hale just heard the name of the company where he met his worst nightmares. His chest tightened and he randomly coughed. His hands shook and his jaw was trembling.
"My dear, are you okay? Deeply breathe in, breathe out. Relax yourself, don't panic," Madam Zorraida instructed Hale to resolve the panic attack.
She felt sorry after she asked for names. She realized that her adopted daughter was not ready to speak anything confidential or sensitive.
"I am now okay, don't worry about me," Hale spoke after he took a drink.
"I was just triggered earlier, that company was hell. I cannot forget my worst life experience there. I will not forgive that CEO Harrison Fuentabella! I am Hale, I promised myself, I would take revenge!"
Carolina looked at him and then immediately approached his side. "I feel you, Hale. I was hurt and abused too with that man. Now I know how I can return your kindness to me, I can help you pursue the revenge. I know everything about the company."
Hale smiled while teary-eyed, he could not explain what mixed emotions he was feeling right now. He eventually has a support system. Even Madam Zorraida joined the force.
"I will handle and grant your plans. I will go with you. Let's reach our goals together."
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Armando was busy finishing the reports to be submitted on the deadline. The sound of the keyboard made rhythmic music while his fingers danced with an allegro tempo.
After a microsecond of silence, his phone rang with a notification. He cared to check his phone as he was expecting an incoming email. When he unlocked his phone, he saw a notification that said there was a viral video circulating online. Due to curiosity, he tapped the link where he was tagged by his friend.
He saw a video clip of a girl being bullied by a muscled man. He smirked, he thought the video was worth watching. He was supposed to tap the back button, but he just uncleanly heard a familiar voice coming from the clip. Just after a blink, he was surprised when he saw the face of Hale.
He directly witnessed how Hale punched the nose of the muscle guy without any hesitation. His mouth was widely opened like an O. He denied at first that Hale was not that person, but he couldn't explain what he was feeling right now.
"Hale... Hale is totally alive, he survived the fire incident. He escaped from danger. I need to move now quickly! I will find him no matter what!" His mind spoke and never spilled a word orally.
He saved his work-in-progress document and then slept on the desktop computer. He grabbed his coat and wore it. He drank a little bit of cold water before he stood up.
"Where are you going, Armando? What pushed you to leave the workplace during working hours?" Harrison followed him and asked.
"It is an emergency, Boss. I have to go and move quickly. I hope you allow me to leave for an hour, will you?" he explained.
His boss nodded which meant YES. Armando ran into the elevator. Unfortunately, the elevators are fully occupied. He doesn't have a choice but to use the stairs instead.
In the end, he walked fast on the stairs. He cannot wait for the elevator to be available, he doesn't want to waste time. He needs to catch up and follow Hale wherever he is. He is hoping that it is not too late.
He drove fast while maintaining the allowed driving speed. He is breathing soundly and sweating even though the car has A/C. While driving, he is observing the trademark of the video clip. The place is quite familiar to him.
"Gotcha! It's a hospital! Hale is wearing a patient's clothes."
He doubled time as he could feel he was near the destination. He was lucky he found a lane where there was no traffic. In just half an hour, he reached the hospital.
He ran to the entrance and went to the admission desk. "Nurse, I am a relative of this person." He
showed a picture from his phone to the nurse.
"Sir, I am sad to tell you that she was just discharged a while ago..."