DESPERATE

Paula! Explain to me why you did that back there?”

At this point, she knew she was in big trouble. She had been biting at her hand for raising it at the guy in the club. It wasn't her fault though, if he hadn't disrespected her by making a whore out of her, she wouldn't have hit him.

Yes, she was in desperate need of money, but that doesn't automatically make her a whore. 

Katrina and Bianca paced the floor of her apartment. Its obvious they are very much annoyed at her for hitting the guy. If only they knew what he said to her.

“Listen, I know I shouldn't have hit him, but he deserved it!”

They both stared at her as though she said something ominous.

Katrina walked up to her  with so much anger in her eyes.

“Do you know the guy you hit is the most powerful and influential Mafia billionaire  in the whole of Southampton?”

At that moment, Paula panicked. She missed her step and staggered backwards. No way, it can't be that she's gotten herself into a deeper trouble.

“Do You know how many girls are desperate to lay on his bed!?”

Paula shook her head pitifully at the realization that she had messed things up. If only she had controlled her temper, the situation wouldn't have taken such dimension.

Why act like a hypocrite, when the guy was actually saying the truth? 

She needed money, and that was why she went to the club in the first place. 

She walked lazily to the couch in the living room and sat down.

The house happens to be the only inheritance they got after the death of her father.

She and her mom had been struggling for years, and there was just a little to go by. The reason she couldn't finish highschool.

Her mother works as a Janitor in Swiss and Greece jewelry company. Though company  do pay on time, but the money was never enough.

That's why when her mom suddenly developed this illness, she couldn't take her to the hospital.

The sudden buzz from Paula's phone,  snapped her out of her deep thoughts. 

She quickly brought out the phone from her purse and to her surprise, it was nurse Abigail. This was sort of strange because nurse Abigail rarely calls her.

She quickly picked the call, and directed it towards her ears.

“Hello, nurse Abigail.” 

“There's an emergency, Paula, you need to come to the hospital now!” The lady on the other side of the phone said in panic. Paula immediately hung up the call, her heart suddenly began beating really fast. 

With shaky hands, she grabbed her purse and immediately dashed out of the house. 

She ran to the bus station like her life was in danger. Fortunately, an empty taxi came by which she quickly stopped and hopped in.

Within an hour, she got to the hospital. When she was about to pay, she shockingly found her purse empty.

What! She remembered, that there were still some cents left in her purse before she left for the club. 

Instantly, the realization hit her that she paid for her fare before she went to the club, and also paid back home. 

Wait a second! She did not take back her change from tje driver who dropped her at her apartment. Shit! 

How foolish can she get? The driver honed, thereby startling her out of her thought.

“Waiting for my fare."  Oh God, what was she to do now? She looked around her, hoping to find someone who she might know, but found no familiar one.

She immediately peered down at her pure diamond necklace which was customized for her by her father, on her 16th birthday. 

Maybe she should give it to the driver to get it back in the future. Paula contemplated on what to do. The fare wasn't much compared to how expensive her diamond necklace was, but she was left with no choice.

She quickly paid with the necklace, and took the driver's number with the promise to pay back her fare in exchange for her necklace.

Paula rushed into the hospital, and quickly headed to her mother's room. 

Getting inside the room, she found her mom with tubes fixed at every part of her body. 

Paula gasped, her purse fell off her hands and tears suddenly clogged her eyes.

“Mom!” She moved slowly towards her mother's bed. Paula was confused at that very moment. She could not understand why her mom who has been talking to her pretty fine suddenly fell under coma.

Without wasting much time, she ran to the doctor's office, wiping her tears off, along the way.

Fortunately for her, the doctor was in his office. 

“Doctor, what happened to my mom?"

She asked in so much panic. The doctor who had been going through some files instantly raised his gaze towards her.

“Have a sit, Miss Paula.” She immediately sat down in the chair opposite the doctor's.

Doctor Doyle, who has been in charge of her mother's case, explained to her that her mom needs am immediate brain surgery because the tumor has grown large and might affect her brain sooner. And going into immediate surgery costs about fifty thousand dollars.

Paula suddenly broke down in tears. Where was she to get that kind of money from? 

She had no one to go to for help, and the surgery needed to be done urgently. There was no way she would let her mom die. She would need to do everything within her power to save her mother. 

Suddenly, she thought about the club. The man whom she hit last night. However, will he accept her now? knowing how she embarrassed him in front of the crowd. 

She had no choice at a time like this.This was the reason sge went to the club in the first place.

If she really wished to save her mother's life, then she will have to be a shameless little slut, just like he called her.