Chapter 8: Not Interested In Women

The door opened, revealing Emma who had this dull and sluggish look on her face but the moment she saw Valerie, her looks brightened up.

Valerie's heart was heavy in seeing her sister with that knowledge that this could be the last time she would see this place, her sister and mother, her family. Her eyes were welling up with tears.

"Val!" Emma pounced on her, wrapping her hands around her in a tight embrace. "Val, I miss you" she cried out.

Valerie felt a lump in her throat as she hugged Emma back, knowing this would be the last time she could ever see her and touch her like this. 

After a while of sisterly hugging, Valerie pulled away and cupped Emma's cheeks. "You're not eating well, you've lost so much weight, there is no food in the house, don't you have money? I can give you my transport fare" Valerie pulled away and wanted to search her pocket but Emma held her hands back.

"You've sacrificed so much for me, don't do more. If not because of you, I would have been in that scary place and I'd be seeing that scary man, I don't even know how I would live" Emma couldn't help but think about how her life would have been if Valerie hadn't interfer.

This was why she loved her sister so much. Valerie was always ready to prioritize her first before any other thing even if it means her losing her life and freedom. Right from when she was a kid, Valerie always stepped in for her, each time she did something bad, Valerie wouldn't waste a second into covering for her and would take the consequences. Now Valerie has abandoned her life, her freedom in exchange for hers and Emma wasn't even surprised. She knew Valerie would say yes the moment she begged her.

"Where's mom?" Valerie's voice brought Emma back to earth.

"She's in her room, come with me" Emma took Valerie's hands and led her to the room.

Valerie's heart fell when she saw her mother looking sick and laying on the bed, tears came out of her eyes.

"Mom, Val is here" Emma said softly and Diana's lashes trembled, her eyes went open and she tilted her head towards Valerie. She smiled weakly at her, her eyes filled with so much love and sadness.

Valerie ran to her mother and hugged her tight. She cried her eyes out knowing she would never see them again, she didn't want to leave but she didn't want to endanger them so she had no choice but to leave, seeing them sadden her heart even more.

"Don't.. go anymore..." Diana managed to speak but Valerie shook her head.

"I can't mom, I really wish to stay but I can't. I just needed to see how the both of you were doing, please eat well, I still have some money in my account, you can use it and take good care of yourself, stay healthy and strong okay?" Valerie nodded her head, trying to make them promise her that they would be fine.

Tears came out of Diana's eyes as she watched her daughter stood up. Her elder son was dead, her first daughter was walking away from her family and her junior daughter was still so young while she was sick and can't even take care of the only family with her now, she felt as good as useless.

"Val!" Emma called with teary eyes as she watched Valerie walk towards the door. Valerie turned back to look at her, tears dropped her eyes but she faced her front and left the house.

Finally she had seen her family and now she can walk back into the clan and die in peace.

       In the BT clan, a gunshot echoed and a guard dropped dead on the door. Haunter had a really ugly look on his face as he faced the other guards.

"Just one woman! You guys can't watch over one woman!" He lashed out at them like a mad person.

The remaining guards dared not to talk, one tried talking earlier and the underboss didn't waste any second into sending him six feet under.

"Calm down Haunter, instead of lashing at them, why don't you just ask them to go look for her and submit her to Don since he would be back this evening" Sage who was beside him suggested.

"I don't need your suggestion and I can handle things myself. Listen, I give all of you half an hour to go out there and bring Valerie back to this clan!" He ordered and Sage had a petulant expression on her face as she looked at him.

He was even calling that slave by her name. What was it about her that he was so interested in? Now he was trying to make her escape punishment despite her sneaking out of the clan. She would never allow that, Don must find out whether Haunter likes it or not.

"After bringing her back, send her to the dark room until Don comes back!" Sage ordered and Haunter gave her a look.

"Are you asking for death? How many times will I tell you that I will handle it?" He looked really upset.

Sage smirked and moved closer to him. She was standing just a few centimeters towards him and boldly raised her head up to meet his stare. 

"I'm only following the rules underboss, aren't we supposed to be professional here? She tried to escape so she will face her consequences and the boss will do that since he personally brought her here. You are the underboss Haunter so know where you stand" she said with her smile knowing he can not do anything after her words.

Haunter's hands were tightly gripping on his gun. Only God can testify the amount of self control he was using in order not to burst the damn brain of this girl in front of him.

"Get out of my sight" he shut his eyes tight.

Sage smirked and stepped back before looking at the guards. "Why are you still on your damn knees, get to work!" She yelled and then stood up, rushing to do as told immediately.

     Valerie didn't even try to hide herself the moment she got back to the clan. "What do you think you're doing out there?" A guard asked hard and she raised her two hands up, surrounding herself.

"You just got here not too long ago and you're breaking rules. I think boss would make death too hard for you, come with me" the guards grabbed her hands and pulled her in.

Valerie didn't struggle with him as he led her back to the dark room. He opened the bar and threw her in then shut it, padlocked and chained it.

"Wait for boss, you're so dead" he said before leaving.

Valerie hugged herself and shut her eyes but they went open when she began hearing some footsteps. Someone stood in front of the bar and a flashlight was suddenly on. Valerie saw Sage giving her a smug look.

"How does it feel to be back here again?" Sage asked with a testing smile but Valerie acted like she didn't see or hear her. "I can't wait to see what Don has in plan for you, Haunter might be protecting you now but it can't last forever because Don has the power to kill the underboss and Don isn't interested in women so you're toast" she laughed in satisfaction.

Valerie's eyes widened at the part when Sage said Don wasn't interested in women. So that day in his room when he made her go naked in front of him, was it to just embarrass her? This thought alone made Valerie angry.

That bastard!

"If you're done then you can leave, thanks for stopping by" Valerie muttered and Sage laughed again before picking the plate of cold water that was beside her and pouring it on Valerie through the bar.

"Enjoy your night" she winked and stood up before leaving, her laughs kept echoing around the passage.

Valerie was trembling a bit, the dark room is always cold and now she has been showered with cold water, everything was just too much for her body. She slowly rested her back on the wall then closed her eyes.

Some hours later, Valerie was awakened with the sound of someone opening the bar. "Get up!" A hard kick landed on her stomach and before she could comprehend, she was being pulled up roughly by a card.

"Time to face your punishment, boss is finally back!" The harsh voice of the guard rang in her eyes and he began pulling her out of the dark room. 

They found their way back to the clan and now they were going in the direction of Martin's room. Valerie wasn't scared about the escaping part to see her family because if she saw another opportunity then she would do it again and again even if it means dieing more than twice but she was only scared about the fact that she damaged one of Martin's private property.

Before Valerie knew it, the luxurious door of his kissed her on the face and she could already smell death. Her heart kept hammering against its ribcage but as usual she was trying to look brave.

The guard holding her knocked on the door and reported. "Don, the slave is here".