In My Desperate Time

Found them?
I stand up, I feel excitement rising in me.
The other two are bribed into this, so as long as we can offer the money, they will surely tell us the truth.
"Okay, tell me the address, I will be there in a second."
But, I don't know how much money they will ask me for, will they start with a huge amount?
I don't have that much, but I know someone else who does.
Usually, I don't sue his money, but this is not usually, there is nobody else I can ask. This is my own matter, I cannot ask Mindy to
pay this money for me.
"Uhm, Frances, I need to go out for something, can you give me some money?"
I look at him embarrassed, and hesitate to ask.
"Where are you going?"
I thought he will ask me how much money I need, but I have not guessed this will be his first question.
His focus lays on something else than mine.
"Mindy is asking me to go shopping with her, I want to buy some bags and shoes, I want to buy a lot."
"I am injured, and you are thinking about shopping?" Frances brows are knit, he looks very sad.
Even I feel that my excuse seems a little off.
But I don't know how to lie, especially when I am talking to Frances.
No matter what I say, he always knows what is going on.
But since I said already, there is no chance to get back.
"Can I?" I look at him with eyes of a poor, wronged girl, I try to make myself as pitiful as possible.

He stares at me in a long gaze, and then sighs, he takes out a bank card from his bag and hands it to me.
I don't know how much money is in that card, but it should be enough.
I take over his card excited, and tell him, "I will pay you back when I have money."
Then I run out with the card in my pocket, to the address Mindy sent me, it is a club.
Mindy reserved a room for us, and asked both of them inside.
So the people Hamlin hired are both working in this club as hatchet man.
Mindy is right, it is those two. One of them tied me and dragged me onto the car, I will not forget him.
When I see the two of them, the pain of the memories come back to me.
I take a few deep breaths before I have enough courage to go inside.
When the two of them spot me, they are perplex, then they look away. I can see that they are having guilt feelings.
"Do you remember me?" I sit down beside Mindy, and give them a smile.
Mindy must be afraid that I get too excited, so she takes my hand.
I turn around and smile to her reassuring.
If I cannot face all this, I would not be here.
I need to know the truth, I want to know if it really was Frances.
"I don't remember." The two of them answer simultaneously.
Of course, I don't believe their words.
When I entered the room, their gaze has already given them out.
As long as I have enough money, I can bribe them.
It's good that I am prepared.

"Do you remember now? Do you remember what you did in Prague?"
I open my bad, and take out piles of money.
There are 20k.
Their gaze are fleet, but they still don't look like they are ready to talk.
I guess, this is not enough. But of course, I didn't think they will talk with just 20k. So before I came here, I withdrew enough. This
money is quite heavy, my shoulders hurt from carrying the bag.
It's the first time that I get the feeling of throwing money at others, it feels pretty good.
I take pile after pile, and as I get to the 10th pile, their eyes start to light up.