Because of the sudden alarm, everybody around the alley looked towards the entrance with concern, seeing Eric walking to them slowly, with a rather cold and cruel look on his evil yet attractive face.
"Who the fuck are you... ouch..."
the man did not even finish the sentence before he was thrown to the wall in a hard manner and he then collapsed onto the ground, like a kite, leaving behind a fierce scream filled with agony.
Revealing his gloomy and cold look, laced with a nasty smile forming on his mouth, to the other man Eric asked, "Do you still want her to stay with both of you?"
The man now understood very well that they were caught in a tight spot. He was sensible enough to shake his head, despite any other reservations, and said, "Oh don't you worry now, it was just... a small joke..."
Just glancing at them, Eric walked ahead and saw Molly still supporting Daniel with her hands, who did not look so well. He asked in a harsh tone, "So how much does he owe you?"
"One...one million...sir."
In an indifferent manner, Eric took out a checkbook and pen from his pocket, scribbled down the required digits on a check, tore it off and gave it to the tattooed man, "Get away right now! And don't ever appear in front of me again!"
"Ok...sir...ok...thank you...thank you...we will not inconvenience you. " the man said as he grabbed the check. Then nudging his companion ever so slightly, the two of them left in a hurry together almost instantly.
As the tattooed men scuttled away, the atmosphere in the alley suddenly became weird. Molly looked at Daniel, while he just looked everywhere else with a guilty conscience.
Since she had woken up over four years ago, she had been in a constant search for Daniel and Steven, but she never found them, until now. And when she least expected it, she found Daniel in such an odd situation. It was evident that many things had happened in the past few years in both their lives for them to have met in such a manner.
"Daniel," Molly called his name, "what are you doing in T City?"
Daniel was 18-years-old, an entirely different person from who he had been four years ago, now he was more mature and even taller than Molly by over four feet. However, he was evidently skinny almost like he could be blown away by the gush of a strong wind. Moreover, his face appeared pale and sallow in an unhealthy way, and his eyes were empty.
He dared not to look at Molly in her eyes. Instead, he just tried to vocalize the answer to her question, "I...I... I have just been here for just a few days."
"Only a few days? Is it because of the men we just encountered?"
As he finally looked at Molly, Daniel did not know how to silence her inquisitiveness.
"Little Molly, this is not a particularly ideal place for catching up!" Eric reminded her as he interrupted, he saw clearly understood that Daniel was hesitating and growing uneasy.
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