Chapter 19
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As I cried, the man approached me and with his gun, he raised my chin, forcing me to look up at him. He was scary and ugly. And very huge too. He smiled down at me and I noticed he had bad teeth.
"You not have got to trouble dear," he said in broken English. I frowned and turned away. The man laughed and traced his gun over the upper parts of my breasts. My cleavage was well exposed.
"Don't touch me! Pervert!" I screamed and he laughed before grabbing one of my boobs in his fat hand.
"Aaaah! Get your hands off me!" I screeched. He didn't stop molesting me. He squeezed me and I yelped. I was angry and disgusted. br "Leave me alone! Aaaaaaahhh!!"
Suddenly, the door slowly got opened and we both turned to see who it was. To my surprise, it was Anthonio! He stared at the man's dirty hand on my chest. The man immediately let me go and turned to him.
"Leave! No guests loud up here! Go dow!" he ordered in his bad English.
"Um, excuse me. Rudolfo said I should come and assist you." Anthonio replied calmly, slowly approaching us.
"Lies! You do work here! Who are you?" the man raised his arm angrily and it mistakenly hit Anthonio's forehead.
"Go and ask your other colleagues," Anthonio replied casually. I stared the whole time, lost.
"Leave! Or I kill you."
"Fine fine. Chill." Anthonio sighed as if exasperated and turned to leave. To my surprise, after the man had lowered his gun, Anthonio turned around and gave him one solid blow! I shook in surprise.
The man crashed onto the floor and didn't move again! He was huge for nothing! He fell so easily! It was either that or Anthonio had some crazy strength!
Anthonio bent over and took the man's gun from his hands before turning to me.
"Why are you here?" I sobbed angrily.
"I'm here to save you." was his cool reply.
"I don't need your help! I'll...I'll free myself." I lied. "Better to stay here than to return with you! I've failed the mission. What awaits me back at the mansion is worse."
"Suit yourself." was his cold reply as he turned to leave. I couldn't believe my eyes!
"Wait! Wait! I didn't mean it!" I screamed. He stopped in his tracks and made his way back to me.
"Do you have a stone as a heart?" I asked, hurt. He didn't answer and just untied me. Once he was done, I stood up.
"I'm not saying thank you. Why did you come back to save me?"
"To prove to you that I'm ignorant of that so-called trap you claim the boss put you in."
"You're part of that group. You're supposed to know the plans made."
"Not all. If the boss had planned to get you killed easily here, then I wasn't aware of it."
We both left that room. As we walked down the hallway, I was surprised to see some of Rodolfo's men lying unconscious on the floor. The ones who'd gone to get the machine!
"W...what did you do to them?" I stammered. "...you beat them up?"
"Maybe. Now go get your watch."
"Huh?" I stared at him like he was crazy. And he was! "What do you mean to get the watch?"
"You should hurry."
"Are you deaf? I've failed the mission. I give up."
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