31. Badly beaten.

Amanda got out of the taxi after paying for it, and she looked around. The atmosphere around her was so unfamiliar. She had never set foot in this place.

Strange, she felt like that. Oriaga invited her to meet at an old abandoned building; it looked creepy outside, and Amanda found the man's car parked near a tree.

"Does he want to take me on a guts test in this place, huh?" Amanda chuckled. She stuffed her hands in her jacket pockets before entering the multi-story building. Oriaga explained that Amanda had to meet him on the third floor, so the woman had to step on the stairs without iron railings.

Annoying.

Amanda managed to find him, and the man stood next to one of the support pillars at the corner of the room. He was wearing a black shirt and had his sleeves rolled up to his elbows.

Oriaga stood with her back to Amanda, and the woman frowned as smoke billowed around Oriaga.

"Did you come?" Oriaga turned around, and he smiled in response to Amanda's appearance. An e-cigarette was