Chapter 7 The Fall behind the Silence

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Summer licked her lips as she unbolted Vince's belt.

"I'm sure his cock will be the biggest I've ever seen, s*xy guys like him are always that way" she said in excitement.

She finished unbolting and was about to pull the belt out of the loop when the door suddenly opened.

"Who the hell is....

Summer was cut short when she saw Chrissy, looking at her angrily.

"What the hell are you doing here!" She demanded, getting down from the bed.

" The moment I saw you and your stupid sister here, I knew you're planning something and the fact that Vince came in afterwards, you're planning to rape him?"

" What about it?I love him," Summer replied.

" You're a shame to the other girls out there, shameless prostitute!" Chrissy shouted.

Summer came closer and made to slap her but another guy came in, he held her hand firmly.

Summer recognized him as a guy from their department.

"It's better you run right now, else I'm calling the cops and I'll definitely report you for attempted rape, hoe" he said icily and pushed her.

Summer staggered on the wall.

" Leave!, Whore!" Chrissy yelled.

Summer stood, glaring at the both of them.

" This isn't over!" She threatened and left the room.

"Vince...oh poor him" Chrissy said, rushing to the bed.

Seeing his shirtless body, she gulped nothing down her throat, he's really beautiful.

"Vince!" She called, holding his face.

"Vince!"

"He must have been sedated, we should get him outta here" the guy said.

" Branson, you need to help me," she replied and he went closer.

He carried Vince on his back and they both left the room.

He dropped him in Chrissy's car when they got out.

"Will you take him home?" He asked.

"Sure, thanks" she replied and entered the car too.

He held her back and she faced him

"You haven't really given me an answer," he said.

" It can't work, sorry, I'll see you in school on Monday" she smiled and stylishly made him release her.

She got into the car and ordered the driver to drive.

The drive to Vince's place started but halfway through it, she changed her mind

"Drive home" she ordered the driver.

"Yes, miss," he replied.

They got to her place shortly and she took him out of the car with the help of the driver.

He was taken in and dropped on Chrissy's bed.

"Thanks" she told the driver who left immediately .

She was about to cover him when she sighted the locket in his necklace.

"Who could she be?" She wondered, letting curiousness take over.

She took the locket and slowly started to open it.

"He hates when people invade his privacy, but he's asleep, I'll just take my chances" she thought.

She opened it finally and her eyes widened when she saw the face of a young girl which she concluded as ugly immediately.

It's red with rashes all over.

"She's ugly" she muttered and remembered she saw him drawing something like this in his note earlier

"It's her," she said, looking at the picture in the locket again.

"His childhood lover?, He has a childhood lover? No he can't have a childhood lover who's as ugly as this" she thought, feeling awkward.

" But if she's not, why else did he have this locket?" She asked herself, covering the locket.

" Is he looking for her?"

She sighed and finally covered Vince with the duvet then sat beside him.

She touched his face gently, rubbing his cheek.

"Sleep tight hottie" she smiled, bending over him.

She kissed his hair before standing .

She left the room after giving him one last stare.

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AMARA'S MANSION**

Amara flexed her fingers after drawing the young boy for the twentieth time.

She draws his face everyday, signifying how much she misses him.

She smiled, looking at the last one.

"If he grows up already, he'll make me more handsome, how much more? " She chuckled, standing and walking around, staring at it.

Vince's face suddenly flashed in her memory and she stopped, remembering what he did earlier.

The words he said.

**I DON'T CARE IF I GET RUSTICATED, IF YOU SLAP HER, I'LL SLAP YOU**

Before she knew it, she's smiling.

"Brave responsible anaconda," she said, smiling more widely.

" He looked cute" she said to herself and the smile dropped from her face.

"What did I just say?Oh Amara...all guys are snakes, get that" she said to herself and went to her room.

She sat in front of the mirror and started brushing her hair gently.

"But why did he not take my compensation?Should I disturb him?" She said,

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NEXT MORNING, CHRISSY'S PLACE**

Vince's eyes felt blurry when he woke up but it took just a few seconds before he clearly saw his environment.

He sprained up and when he saw he's shirtless, his eyes widened.

Chrissy came in immediately.

"You're awake" she smiled.

"jega jigum-eodee-eenayo? (Where am i right now?)" He asked, looking at her like she's from a dream.

"nae jib (My house)" she replied with a smile.

"eotteohge deon geoyeyo? (What exactly happened?)" he asked, remembering how he passed out after inhaling something from the dark room.

"Branson has a huge crush on me so he invited me to the club, I never wanted to go but I later changed my mind, I decided to go give him a piece of my mind but on getting there, I saw Summer and her sister Avery, they came in together and left through a door, I was beyond shocked to see you enter the club cos I know you don't have the time but when I saw the package with you, I understood you came to deliver, I called your name but I guess the loud music didn't let you hear, you went in and I was waiting for when you'd come out but you didn't, Avery came out after some minutes, smiling crookedly and I got suspicious,I went in and met Summer trying to....

"Do what?" He asked impatiently.

"Rape you, she took off your shirt already and your belt was unbolted" she replied.

" Rape me?"

" Yes, Branson helped me and we were able to save you," she said.

He took his shirt from the bed Immediately and left the room.

"Vince!" She shouted after him.

She met up by the stairs.

"Eat breakfast here before you go" she said

"I'm not in the mood to eat breakfast" he replied and left the house.

"Summer, that slutty girl" Chrissy folded her fist, hitting it on the rails.

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THE HWANG'S RESIDENCE**

"Why were you two home late yesterday?" Mrs Hwang asked during breakfast.

"Reading with a friend," Avery replied.

"Out with my boyfriend," Summer said.

Mrs Hwang gave them looks of disbelief before eating from her meal again.

Avery exchanged secret glances with Summer and the doorbell rang.

A maid opened the door and Vince barged in.

Not minding Mrs Hwang, he slapped Summer immediately he got to them.

"What!" Avery exclaimed.

"What did you just try!" Mrs Hwang stood.

"How dare you Vince!" Summer glared, holding her face.

" How dare me?, Or how dare you?, How dare you sedate me and try to rape me are you that shameless?" He said.

" Rape....you?" Mrs Hwang said.

" Do you have any evidence?What evidence do you have that I tried that?" Summer claimed.

"Chrissy can testify to this," he said.

"My two daughters were home with me last night so what are you trying to pull?" Mrs Hwang said and Vince's eyes widened.

" What?"

She came closer and gave Vince a resounding slap on the left cheek.

Avery smiled.

"Mum, stop!" Summer said, holding Mrs Hwang back.

"This is your second mistake this month, if you dare make the third, your scholarship will be terminated, get out!" Mrs Hwang yelled, pointing at the door.

Vince looked up at her and her two daughters before leaving the house.

"Thanks for standing up for us mum!" Avery smiled.

"But mum, you shouldn't have slapped the face I treasure so much," Summer said.

Mrs Hwang only entered her study without saying a thing.

*****

Vince got down from the bus at the bus station and decided to walk the remaining meters home.

He has been holding back his tears in the bus but he finally let it out as he walked, unable to contain it anymore.

Why is life so cruel to the poor?

Why is being poor so hard?

Why is it that life only supports the rich?

He wiped his tears with his palms as they fell slowly.

Amara was on her way to the institute when she saw him.

Her car actually passed by him.

"Stop" she ordered the driver and he did

"What?" Yang asked.

She came out without answering.

"Anaconda!" She called after him

"Anaconda!" She called again, rushing after him.

She finally got to him and held his arm

He stopped and faced her.

He has wiped his tears completely but his eyes are red.

"Wae-gu-rae?(What's wrong)" She asked.

He freed himself and started walking again but she went to him again, obstructing him.

"Why are you crying?" She asked.

"Jebbal kkeojyeo! (Please get lost!)" He yelled harshly.

Amara stepped back immediately.

"Don't talk to me anymore and don't ever appear in front of me!Everyone of you is just the same!Stop pretending to be nice!" He yelled and she shifted back more farther, looking at his hurtful face.

Yang appeared.

"Vince, are you ok?" He asked.

He never spared him a glance before leaving.

" I said it, he's not the regular type, he's so uptight and blunt" he said, facing Amara who's currently staring into space.

"We should go now," he said .

She remained motionless.

"Amara?" He called.

"gaja (let's go)" she said almost inaudibly, leading the way back to the car

Yang's phone rang and after he picked it up, he gasped.

"Mr Banks is currently in the hospital, it's critical too" he said and she looked back swiftly.

" Which Mr Banks?"

" Who else but your dad?" he replied quickly.

" appa?, appa?" She said, rushing into the car.

They changed direction to the hospital and she ran in with Yang to the VVIP ward which has Paulson Banks slated in front of it.

Paulson is on the bed and he's currently getting transfused with blood.

Rita is with Alena and Cassidy.

"appa!!" She shouted, rushing to his bed.

"Daughter," Paulson said weakly.

"appa"

"I'm dying," he replied.

"ch.... ch... chuko? (Death?)" She stammered.

The doctor came in immediately.

" Yes, he currently has just one year to live cos he has been living with cancer which he has been keeping to himself, it passed the treatable stage already" he explained.

" andwae!!!, appa kajima (no, dad don't go)".

"yeobo (honey)" Rita cried behind her.

" appaaa!!!!" Cassidy started crying too but Arizona noticed something.

There's no syringe in the mouth of the transfusion pipe so the blood is not entering Paulson's system.

"So daughter, don't you want me to see my grandchild before I die?Please get married before two months, it's my last wish, find a man before two months, get married and let me have a glance of my grandchild if not children" Paulson said, holding Amara's hand.

Amara smiled secretly, getting it all immediately.

*I'M AMARA, THE QUEEN OF DRAMA HERSELF, THIS WON'T GET ME, NO NO NO* she thought.

"Amara, say something, take pity on your dad," Rita said.

" appaaa!!!" She screamed and passed out, falling on Paulson on the bed.

"Amara!!" Rita screamed, rushing to her.

Paulson quickly removed the pipes from his wrist.

"Amara!"

Cassidy smiled. "She caught them, now it's the other way round, I said it, it won't work for that psycho" she muttered.

" You mean she's playing them right now?" Alena asked.

"I know her, so yes," Cassidy replied.

Alena smiled, watching the drama.

"I told you it's dangerous," Rita said.

"We planned it together so stop trying to blame me!* Paulson shot back.

"Doctor do something!She's not breathing!" Rita said, feeling Amara's chest.

She actually held her breath.

"Drama went wrong, Amara!!" Rita shouted.

"Why can't they just smell the drama she's performing" Yang said to himself

The doctor got the defibrillators and was about to start giving her shocks when Amara's eyes flew open.

She snatched the defibrillators from the doctor and they changed position.

She started giving the doctor shocks and the poor doctor almost fainted.

"Amara please!" Rita quickly said.

"So you made me rush here cos of a mere drama?, I'm the queen of drama myself so why didn't you think twice before planning this" she said, breathing heavily.

" Get a man!" Paulson said.

"andwae! (no!)" She snapped and dropped the defibrillators on the doctor's chest before leaving the ward, bumping into Alena.

She was too restless to say sorry before leaving.

"Don't mind her," Cassidy said.

"I'm ok, I like her," Alena smiled.

"Poor doctor," Cassidy giggled.

*****

A PIZZA SHOP**

" Two boxes on table 4," one of the servers said.

"Sure" Blaze replied, getting the boxes.

She took them to the table but surprisingly, Havana was sitting there.

His heart skipped beats.

"Havana?" He said surprisingly.

"I found you, I'm glad" she smiled.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

She stood and pulled him out.

" Your face is ok already," she said when they got to the front of the shop.

" Yeah* he replied.

" I'm sorry about Byung," she said, nibbling slowly on her bottom lip.

He quickly looked away from her, she looked cuter while doing that.

"I've forgotten," he said.

"Will you still continue staying away from me?" She asked, looking straight at him.

" I have to, if I want to still be in the school"

" What if I promise to protect you from him?Seriously I can't bear your silence at school, you're my only friend and staying away from me is hurtful, can we go back to being friends?Please" she said, holding his hand.

She rubbed the back of his palm and that sent butterflies down his stomach.

"Huh?, Huh?, Please Blaze" she begged.

"Ok" he replied and she smiled largely.

" Jinjja?( really?)"

" Yak-Sok (I promise)" he smiled and she hugged him, making more butterflies flutter their wings in his stomach.

He was still contemplating on whether to hug her back or not when she broke it.

"See you in school on Monday" she waved.

"See ya!" He smiled as she entered her car.

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VINCE'S PLACE**

"I was so scared till Chrissy texted me, saying you were with her, don't do that again" Vince said during dinner.

Vince ate a little, he has been moody all day.

He stood and started walking in.

"Are you ok?" Blaze asked.

"Yes" he replied and entered the room.

He sat in front of the mirror, remembering how he talked to Amara earlier.

The look on her face when she was shifting back from him.

He decided to brush it off.

He took his locket and opened it.

The moment he saw the face in it, he smiled.

"I hope I meet you soon" he said before closing it back, he kissed it.

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NEXT DAY(7PM), AN HALL**

It's the showcase night, Zanillia will make her choice tonight.

Her two daughters are already in the hall plus some executives from her company.

People from Arielle and Amara's fashion institute are present already but Zanillia herself and the two enemies are not in sight.

"Where's Amara?" Bong secretly asked Yang.

"She went to the restroom, her zipper was misbehaving," Yang replied.

" Arielle went to the restroom too" Bing replied and their eyes widened.

*****

Amara was coming back from the restroom when she met Arielle by the stairs.

They both stopped to glare at each other then Arielle laughed.

"You're losing tonight, that's just so obvious" she mocked.

" Everyone is entitled to act stupid once in a while but you're perfectly abusing that privilege" Amara replied with the usual slow smile.

" What!"

"What were you expecting?You expect me to cry and wail like fifteen years ago?I'm not that weakling anymore Arielle, the faster you assimilate that fact, the better" Amara sneered and made her start climbing down the stairs.

"Plastic face, don't go near fire, plastic burns, it's a free advice" Arielle mocked and she stopped.

She looked back slowly.

" I'm glad I got a solution to my face, but isn't it pathetic that you on the other hand will remain stupid till eternity?" She said and Arielle felt her blood boiling.

Amara smiled and started climbing down.

Arielle rushed to her and pushed her before she could detect

Amara fell and rolled down the stairs, hitting her head repeatedly on the rails till she got to the base where her blood wet the ground.

Arielle's body shook as she climbed down the stairs slowly.

She looked around and when she saw there's no cameras around, she felt Amara's heartbeat.

She's not breathing anymore and blood is still oozing massively out of her cracked head.

"You deserve it, uglyface" Arielle muttered and ran out of the place.