“Come over, have a look, which one do you want?”
The old man enthusiastically called Sarah in, she entered and was shocked to see that in the room were rough and burly men.
Her expression froze and at this moment she realized that she might be wrong…
Those who had been working had already stopped, their eyes and attention all shifted towards her.
The eyes were all fixated on her body as soon as she entered the door.
“Come in!”
The old man saw that Sarah hesitated at the door and pulled her in, “Nothing to be scared of.” They are all my apprentices. They don’t fancy that kind of thing. They are more interested in carpentry, look, which one do you want?”
The old man brought her to a pile and pointed to them.
Sarah’s entire body was on guard. She couldn’t stand the eyes staring at her, nobody could.
She was prepared to take one and leave, “This one, just this, how much?”
At this moment, a noise creaked out from the door. It was like two wooden doors closing slowly. The noise was so creepy that was like pulling a person’s heart out.
Why did they close the door…
And locked it…
There were about four to five burly men in the room, they were muscular and it was unimaginable how strong these men were.
“How… how much?”
At this point, Sarah kept asking and breathed in the smoke. She clenched her fists which were wet with sweat. She stood still as if her blood had solidified.
What to do, she doesn’t know what to do…
She didn’t dare to look for her handphone. If she took out the phone, it may aggravate matters. She has to delay…
The old man had both his hands behind him. He starts to smile sheepishly and his eyes lit up. He positions five fingers in front of Sarah, “Fifty thousand, it’s expensive.”
“Fifty thousand?”
“Yes, fifty thousand. Are you paying?”
That last sentence included a threat.
Sarah could not believe that nonsense.
She remembered the old lady gave her a ten-dollar note, and now he wants fifty thousand!
She was so angry that she couldn’t think straight. But then she understood that if she doesn’t pay the fifty thousand, she might not be able to leave.
She didn’t expect a con man to raise the price by so much it was truly outrageous!
But, if this fifty thousand could buy her safety, then it was worth it.
“Okay, wait a minute, I’ll give it to you.”
She took out some money but who has so much cash? It’s all in the phone!
She searched around and on her body, she only had seventy to eighty dollars. The old man frowned when he saw it.
“Wait a while, I’ll transfer the money to you online okay? My money is in the phone, I don’t have any more cash on me.”
Before Sarah could turn on the phone, it was taken from her. “No, we want cash. How do you transfer online? All those are make-believe. Speak up, were you about to call that fellow?”
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