Chapter 16 Mr. Charles Calls for Me
As soon as I left HT Villa District, I received a call from Billie. At first, I thought she called to inform me about Davidson's condition had deteriorated. But, as soon as I picked up, I heard a loud crying sound from the hospital and Billie was shouting on the other of the phone, "No... You can't take away Davidson! Ms. Cornell, you need to come back soon, they are going to take Davidson away!"
"What's going on, Billie?" I was frightened by the crying sound on the other end of the phone, but Billie didn't answer me at all, and the phone was hung up. I had no time to hesitate but to hurry back to the hospital.
Before I entered the infusion room, I saw Billie was sitting in the corridor and crying her heart out. At the moment when she saw me, she quickly pulled me and vented her frustration, "Mrs. Cornell came here to take Davidson away. I resisted but they forcibly brought him out, and even fired me!"
Upon hearing this, my blood was boiling. I never thought that Shania and others would be so unreasonable. "Billie, don't worry about it. You go home first, and I will take Davidson back!" I reassured Billie. Since Billie was already an elder, and she had been here to take care of Davidson these days, if I kept on troubling her to help, I was afraid she couldn't cope with the pressure and stress.
"But..." Billie was worry about me.
I smiled, "You don't have to worry as I won't be acting impulsively." After I had calmed Billie down, I hurried back to the Cornell family's house, and I was stunned by the scene in front of me.
Davidson, who was still unconscious when I left, was not only awake at this moment, but he was also playing with Alicia, while Shania and Marvin were sitting on the sofa and watching TV. This scene with a family of four looked so harmonious that I almost suspected that I had entered the wrong house.
"How dare you to come!" When Marvin saw me, he became angry instantly, and he seemed to want to fight with me again after he got up.
Shania gently held Marvin's hand, "Marvin, since Davidson has been brought home safely, you don't have to be angry. Also, no matter how she takes advantage of Davidson, she is his own sister. If you were to hit her in front of him, at the current Davidson's age, he will definitely be traumatized by what he sees!"
"Get out of here now!" Marvin directly threw an ashtray at me. Fortunately, I dodged fast enough. Otherwise, if I were to be hit by such a hard object, I would be admitted to the hospital.
However, I was not in the mood to argue with Marvin. I just wanted to make sure that Davidson was safe, and then took him away immediately. But, as soon as I got closer to him, Davidson looked terrified, and I was puzzled, "Davidson, come on. I'll take you home!"
Davidson shook his head repeatedly and fell back into Alicia's arms. She then smiled and looked at me, "My dear sister, stop scaring Davidson away. Isn't it enough for you to hurt Davidson!"
"Davidson, tell me. What have they done to you? As long as I'm here, you don't have to be afraid!" I took a step forward towards Davidson, but he quickly ran upstairs in fear. I wanted to get up and chase after him, a hard slap from Marvin was landed on my cheek, "What a heartless brat. First, you lied to me for money, and now your auntie has finally rescued Davidson from your ruthlessness, how dare you come here pretending that you are nice. I'm going to kill you!" Marvin strangled my neck and beaten me up again. After the fight, he threw me out of the gate.
I stood outside and leaning against the stone wall. I did not even care that the pouring rain had soaked me, and I could not even bother that my whole body that full of many wounds and scars. I just wanted to know what had happened to Davidson, so I refused to leave.
However, Cheryl called me at this time and asked me to go to work. I tried to get work leave, but she refused to accept my request. Instead, she told me that I would be fired if I were absent that night.
Although I was not willing to work in the club, I absolutely couldn't afford to lose this job. Moreover, Davidson's 100,000 yuan operation fee had yet to be fully paid. Perhaps, I could ask Cheryl to pay my salary in advance, and this would be the last glimmer of hope I could hold on to.
As soon as I entered YES Club, the ladies who were standing at the door to greet the guests, looked at me strangely. They all appeared to be shocked as if I had become something weird, but then they sneered at me again.
"Which man was she beaten up by? It seems to be very rough and exciting!" Standing in the line, Leah said with a flat tone, but her voice was loud enough for everyone present to hear, and the other ladies burst into laughter.
I knew that I looked in my worst state ever. My hair was messy, most parts of my clothes were torn, and my body was even covered with swollen wounds. I guessed the nosebleed remained at my nose too. "Rach, why are you so careless to fall this badly?" Summer walked out of the group of ladies and shouted to help me out, "Cheryl is waiting for you in the office. Go ahead now!"
I was moved by Summer's kind gesture and I smiled back at her. I had experienced too much pain and hardships throughout those few days. I didn't feel the slightest warmth from anyone else and Summer was the first who had given me the comfort that I had been seeking for.
Summer took me to Cheryl's office, "Quickly get in. I am waiting for you at the door. It's good news for you, man!" Before I went in, Summer gave me a bright and playful smile, which had warmed my gloomy heart.
I pushed the door open and went in. Cheryl did not speak when she saw me coming in, but she got up and encircled me several times. I felt uncomfortable to be seen in this way, but I still managed to squeeze a smile, "Cheryl, can you please do me a favor? I want to for an advance salary of 100,000 yuan!" I was afraid that Cheryl would not agree, and so I hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, I will never take the money and leave, I will work hard until I..."
"Impossible!" Before I could finish my words, Cheryl interrupted me mercilessly, "YES Club has never paid anyone for any advance salaries. Even 1,000 yuan is absolutely impossible, let alone 100,000 yuan. A non-negotiable rule in YES Club has always been work first and pay later. We will never do anything that makes us lose money!"
"Cheryl, I really need this money!" I was about to cry, but I desperately suppressed it.
"No way!" Cheryl still refused relentlessly.
At this moment, I had the urge to kneel in front of Cheryl. As long as someone was willing to lend me 100,000 yuan, it didn't matter if I kneel and kowtow to the person. But, thinking about it, Cheryl was not the owner of the YES Club, and this was the second day I went there to work, so it made sense for people to not lend me such an amount of money.
"Thank you, Cheryl!" I lowered my head in disappointment and turned as I was about to leave.
"Mr. Charles ordered you!" When I walked out the door, Cheryl said, "He is now waiting for you in the room. Hurry up, don't keep Mr. Charles waiting!"
My whole body froze suddenly, "Mr. Charles calls my name? He... Doesn't he come at twelve o'clock every day? Why did he come so early today?" I felt scared as if my whole body was strangled, and I couldn'
even move.
"It's also weird to me too. Since you started working, Mr. Charles has come earlier than before, and he even wanted to..." Cheryl stopped her statement halfway through. When she noticed that I was still there, she immediately said in a serious voice, "Go now, if Mr. Charles gets angry, you and I will suffer!"
I initially wanted to ask if I could not go, but suddenly I felt that this question was completely redundant. After seeing Cheryl who looked so eager throughout the conversation, if I refused to go, she would tie me up and brought me to the room no matter what, with the help of Mr. Charles' private bodyguards, who were all wearing a black suit and standing at the door.
I was speechless.
I opened the door despite feeling helpless and worried, but Summer was happy and eager to know what would happen to me next. The two bodyguards at the door followed me, and as expected...☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐