Chapter 5 Appearance Changed

Red woke up on a soft sheet as a streak of sunlight trickled in through the window. Slowly and reluctantly, he opened his eyes. He blinked several times to clear the hazy vision as he scrutinized his surroundings in confusion. And then, he found himself in an unfamiliar place.

He was in a room that was the size of his apartment, and on a bed that was as big as a studio, with extremely expensive-looking furniture all around.

'What happened? Where am I?'

Last night, he woke up in a van. He killed the men who were supposed to deliver his body in the 53rd warehouse. Then, he drove the van in order to escape and find his wife and son.

'But after that, what happened?'

He closed his eyes and tried to recall last night's event.

When he was driving the van, he felt a throbbing pain that he thought his head would crack open. Red held his head with one hand, while the other held the steering wheel tightly. Dizzy, the surroundings turned blurry. He thought it would be better to stop the car first, but he had no strength left to even do that. At the time he was losing consciousness, he heard a loud horn of a truck. Then...

'Bam!'

The van crashed somewhere. His head hit the wheel and his eyes blinked open and closed, while he was looking outside the broken window of the car. Before he closed his eyes, Red saw a man staring at him outside the car.

The man was shouting. But Red couldn't hear his voice well.

And now, he is here.

Red opened his eyes and took a deep breath.

It feels like he forgot something important. What was it?

'Maxine and Chandler!'

He remembered that Sonny will look for his family and harm them!

Quickly, Red sat up while catching his breath.

"Good morning, boss."

Red flinched as he turned his head to the right. Then, he saw a man sitting on the chair beside the bed.

He has brown hair, straight brows, and eyes slanted downwards. His friendly countenance seemed harmless enough, but Red knew better. His eyes told a different story.

He didn't look much like a rich person who lived a gentle and fulfilling life. He looked more like a hungry wolf. When he let out a warm smile, Red felt that he had to keep on guard.

"You look like you saw a ghost, dude," the man said.

No. Instead of a ghost, Red was looking at a man whom he had never seen before. And yet, the man acted as if he knew him.

"It's been three weeks since we last saw each other. Why don't you speak? I miss hearing your nags, boss."

They saw each other?

Red doubted that.

'And why does he keep on calling me 'boss'?' Red wondered.

When Red looked back at him, he saw the unpleasantness on his face. He grasped the idea that the man did not have much patience to wait for his answer. So, he opened my lips.

"Who a..."

Like a statue, Red stiffed on his position. Nerves went on edge as he held his throat.

'What is this? My voice changed. It's lower than my original voice and it's a bit husky,' he told himself.

"Boss, you are acting strangely," the man said.

Yes. Red will also agree. Everything is strange. Now that he looked into his body, he also noticed that his skin's color has changed into tan and his build is wider and tougher than before.

'What happened to my body?!'

Once again, Red looked around the room. He saw a wall-mounted mirror, encircled by a fancy frame. He roused from bed, stood up, and frantically dragged his feet off the slumber.

When he stood in front of the mirror, his body froze.

What was reflected in the mirror was surprisingly not him.

The dark red eyes were close to blood under the thick eyebrows, and the sharp jawline boasted a rough masculine. This is not his face, but someone else's.

Suddenly, Red felt his head ache, and he held his forehead with his palms.

"Ack!" he winced.

Now, he clearly recalled what happened last night. After he killed the driver of the van, he saw his reflection in the front mirror, and he realized that his appearance drastically changed!

Why?

How?

'Is this even possible?!'

Looking back, Red also did not know how he came back alive after drinking the drug that Sonny gave to him. Even so, seeing his new face made the situation more complicated.

'Does a drug have the ability to change someone's appearance?'

The door of the room opened. Red was surprised, he almost stumbled backward as he gripped the cabinet behind him.

A teenage boy went inside. When he saw him, the boy politely bowed his head and said, "Good morning, boss!"

Again, he is calling him 'boss'.

"Are you all right? Do you want me to get you some water?" The young boy approached him, but Red stepped backward.

"Don't touch me!" his mellow voice filled the room.

Both the boy and the man with brown hair looked at him in confusion.

Certainly, this was not an abduction. These men recognized Red as their 'boss'.

Within a short period of time, Red realized that they probably mistook him as their real 'boss' because of his face.

The problem is, he is not the person they think he is.