Jagoan was alone last night, but a woman appeared in his room out of the blue, and Shania could not help feeling curious.
“Commander Jagoan, she’s…” Shania asked, looking at Yvonne.
Jagoan did not know how to explain it for a moment, but he quickly said, “She needs help…”
He managed to brush it off with that vague sentence.
“Ms. Lewis, would you like to come to the slums with me?” Jagoan asked.
“O-Of… Of course…”
Hearing Jagoan’s question, Shania did not hesitate to agree, even though she was confused.
Uriah stopped them by saying, “No, the slums in the west are lawless. You might get into danger if you go there.”
Shania said with a chuckle, “What danger would I get into with you and Commander Jagoan around?”
Shania had already said so, and Uriah could not stop her because to stop her would be a denial of his skills.
Jagoan paid for the hotel rooms and headed to the slum on the west with Shania and Uriah.
Yvonne was in front, leading the way for the three.
“Commander Jagoan, she…” Shania asked again. She could not help it as she was too curious.
Jagoan spoke, “Her name is Yvonne, and she’s a poor person who lives here. Her father is a worker in the coal mine in the west, but there was an accident in the coal mine more than a month ago…”
“Her father broke his hand. They have no money to see a doctor, so he hasn’t done any treatment and was still on bed rest at home. Without income, she and her mother had no choice but to come out to make money…”
Jagoan was vague about the term “make money”, but Shania understood.
Of course she understood what Jagoan meant.
Jagoan did not explain it, but it must be true.
Robberies and r*pes were routine here.
They saw piles of rubbish and broken items along the way. One could describe it as unsightly.
There was also a heavy stench in the air. It smelled like poop or urine but also sewage or rotten food. Besides that, the sky was gray because of black smoke from coal mines and several chemical plants.
Uriah’s face turned ugly. It was a place he would never come to if he had the choice. Although it did not disgust Shania, her expression was ghastly being in such a dirty and messy place.
Only Jagoan’s expression did not change. It was still the same calm expression.
“Here we are. My house is right ahead…” Yvonne said, pointing to a few houses not far ahead.
With that said, Yvonne quickly ran toward her home.
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