Stella locked the door quickly. Stood still. She heard the door of the master bedroom slammed shut. Her heart was beating so fast at this minute. It was the first time to face Patricia’s boyfriend.
He looked evil! Full of the mafia appearance from head to toes. It made her hair at her neck stand up! She shook her head, tried to get his picture out of her mind, but somehow, she couldn’t get rid of it! Body with tattoos!
She shook her head again and again, still saw that tall body with only a towel wrapped his down below part, the chest was covered with tattoos, Yak! Disgusting!
Stella went to wash her face and told herself to focus on her homework, it seemed to work! And it was done at about 8 p.m.
knock-knock!
“Wine? Are you in there?” The sound of Patricia calling at the front of the door.
“Yes”
“I’m hungry. Did you buy anything from the market?”
“Nope. I saved some fried-rice for you in the fridge.”
“Already had it! That’s for breakfast, now t’s 8 p.m. my dear. Can you cook something else for me? I am half dead right now. Oh God, you know my boyfriend has a high sexual drive, he never wants to stop, and he’s addicted to me so much. Oh, I’m so happy but tired now.”
Patricia said loudly without shame in her voice. Stella pretended not to pick every word she’s barking about but, still remember that tall guy with tattoos on the chest, the right arm, and the left arm! Yak!
She opened the door, there she was, the sex goddess, Patricia was wearing a silk robe her cheeks were pink with her messy long wavy red hair. Without saying a word, Stella walked to the kitchen, opened the fridge to see if she could make something edible for her roommate. She put on an apron with active movement.
Patricia followed and sat on a chair at the dining table. Thinking about Leonard’s order, he wanted her to get rid of the girl. She looked at Stella, the way of the slim body moving fast and seemed to know what she is doing. Who’s going to be stupid enough to get rid of someone who could cook, could do housework and also could pay the rent!
Patricia was not daft to tell Leonard about it. He would go mad if he knew she was taking money from this girl when he had already paid for the whole year's rent!
“Omelette?” Stella asked, seeing some eggs in the fridge. She opened the freezer reached for frozen pizza, threw it into the microwave pushed the button.
Patricia watched with joy, must admit that Stella was a smart and skillful person. But Patricia thought that she had better skills than her, the skills of feeding a hungry man in bed! and that’s very important! Stella’s a loser in this case. She’s too innocent like the most ordinary Thai girls.
“Omelette’s great, need three, I’m exhausted, need to gain my energy back. Oh, tonight I’m going out, my close friend’s birthday party.” Patricia announced.
“Oh, I see. Okay.” Stella responded with no interest and she knew Patricia did not care either if she had anything to say or not. When she first moved in, she used to warn her about her studying responsibility, she had failed and missed classes, but Patricia didn’t like it and said mean words to her. Since then, Stella learned to keep her mouth shut. If one didn’t love herself, what could she do and why would she have to care!
She made omelette, put it in a plate, took the pizza out of the microwave, put everything on the table in front of Patricia.
“Thanks. By the way, my boyfriend, he likes privacy so much, so when he comes next time, will you make sure to stay out somewhere?”
Stella paused for a minute then shrugged.
“Yes, fine, no problems, just let me know in advance so that I can make sure to stay away. Oh, have you seen the letter from your Uni, the third one?”
“About what?” Patricia asked, biting the pizza.
“I think it’s about your absence from classes.”
“Who cares! My boyfriend’s super-rich. In fact, I don’t have to study at all, as long as I serve him well in bed, that’ll be enough. He gives me lots of money each time and this one, he’s God of prosperity, I’m telling you. I’ll make sure to stick with him forever.” Patricia said with confidence.
Stella felt pity for her. She’s got a short vision about life and future. She didn’t think if one day, he would have had enough and got bored and left, what would she do? One day her beautiful face and sexy body would change and go aging, one day it would be no longer attractive and nice to look at anymore.
That guy looked so mean and he just wanted her for sex, Stella was sure about that and it’s sure not last forever like Patricia was wishing for, but she didn’t bother to say out, because Patricia would not listen to her anyway. So, let her be.
Patricia finished eating and left the messy plates on the table, she had that bad habit to have people serve her all the time. Stella got used to it and didn’t want to complain because, at the end of the day, the rent is cheaper than anywhere else.
Sophia Bradley, Stella’s close friend didn’t understand why she had to live with this mean woman. Sophia was from a well-off family who had everything she wished for, so she was another one who didn’t quite understand about the poor, how patient a not-so-well-off girl who lived far away from home had to be. Even Stella’s mother owned a Thai restaurant in Chicago, but it’s only a small one and just earned enough to live comfortably, but not rich and Stella would do everything to help to save, made sure she wasn’t going to spend her mother’s hard earn money without good reasons.
However, for Sophia, even she was from a rich family but she was down to earth, very nice to Stella. She liked to protect her from mean and rude people, she hated the way Patricia treated her. Sophia used to offer her friend to live at her big house. But Stella refused because she didn’t want to disturb her family. Living here with Patricia made her learn how to cope with bad situations, She liked to think positively.
Her mother once said God sent people into our lives with purposes. He wanted to teach us something. No one came into our lives by chance. Mother strongly believed in that. And for Stella, this time, she would like to believe that God had sent Patricia into her life to explain what the word “patient” really meant.
(One year later)Leonard came to Boston for a meeting at the Headquarters and came to Patricia's apartment that night. The tall and broad figure had finished showering and stepped up on a bed. Patricia pushed him to lie down and removed the towel. Her small mouth worked on him, his handsome face lifted up, made a low voice in his throat. He released and let her cleaned up the way she liked to do it for him.“May I have some extra money, honey. This month I have to pay for the tutor’s fee.” Patricia said, moved up to sit on his lap, using her hand to touch him, reaching up for a condom. Leonard frowned.“I’ve given you more than enough, Pat.” Harsh tone said carelessly. Patricia was not pleased to hear that but tried to keep a smiling face, kissed him on the cheek. He tilted his face away with the bore in his eyes.He gave her a lot already more than she deserved. He was not stupid to spend more than he had to, he didn’t even come to her often, less than five times the whole year, his
When Stella opened the door to the apartment at 7.30 p.m. She found a small note on the refrigerator from Patricia, saying that she had gone to a friend’s birthday party. Stella was not surprised because it was normal for this senior friend to party nearly every night. She had noticed that her mafia godfather did not come here for a while.All this time Patricia had been dating a lot of men behind his back. She often brought them here and made loud disgusting noises in her master's bedroom. But Stella didn’t wanted to interfere with anyone’s personal matters anyway.Now, feeling exhausted from the Taekwondo class, so she cooked some easy dishes, ate and then took a shower. She turned off all the lights, opened the curtain only a little just enough to let the light from the outside in, so she could see a bit when she wanted to walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night. She climbed onto the bed ready for a long nice sleep.She fell asleep right away but not for long as she wished
“Hmm, wait a minute darling, let’s take a shower first.”Patricia whispered into the man’s ears.“Ah, yes, bathe together, the idea makes me so hot and hard. I miss you so much, babe, miss your hot sexy body close against mine like this, ah.”The guy whispered back and they were kissing each other at the door.Leonard sighed, reached for the switch, the light brightened up the room, and everything was clear in his vision. He was glad that he came tonight.“Leonard! Oh, no Leonard please, it’s not what you think!”Patricia rushed to the godfather who was sitting on the couch watching her and Dave with no emotions in his deep blue eyes and that was scarier than when he was threatening with anger. She collapsed on the floor weeping and sobbing, fear written all over her face, knowing in her heart that Leonard had power to make people disappear forever if he wanted to!Leonard shook his head, he hated sluts, this woman was a whore and that was it.“Please, darling, please listen to me, it
Leonard stared at the message in his hand unbelievably. Born to be a person who had never had a woman refused him before, never! Instead, they were crawling to his feet, just when he wagged his finger.Who the hell she thought she was?! Still could not believe his eyes. Leonard read it again, the message had not changed to anything but 'GO TO HELL!'Nobody dared to order Leonard Duncan to go to hell even the Master of Hell himself!The bodyguards looked at the boss, he slowly folded that paper, nurtured it as if it was a precious treasure, dropped it in his pocket and stroked slowly as he wanted to remember that message deeply to his heart.His handsome face looked smooth, his sharp blue eyes were darker than usual… but showing no emotion. People would think… peace.But James and Ben knew right away, it was only ‘peace’ on the surface but there was a huge storm inside, ready to rage and destroy everything in his way!“Find This Violet!”The short order came out, did not have to explai
During the summertime like this, the restaurant was busy every night. The tables were booked early otherwise, customers would not be able to get in. From the evening to the late-night the staff were working like the busy bees.The people who worked here were both Thais and Americans. Some were students working part-time. Some were Thai women who married American men and had to work to earn money and sent it to their families in Thailand. Everyone here was like family. Her mother was a very kind boss and all the staff loved her like their big sister.(Two weeks later....)“Hey Wine, is anybody taking care of the VIP room reserved for two guests at 8 p.m. tonight? Make sure it’s nice and ready for the guests.”Supa, the 35-year-old manager, said when Stella came to her at the counter front. Although she was the boss’s daughter but during working hours, she was treated like other staff, had to follow the manager’s orders.“I see Wimon in there, she probably is taking care of it, don’t wo
Oh, my God! This crazy evil mafia, Patricia’s boyfriend! … The bad mafia who dared to kiss her and offered her to go to bed with him! His face was smooth, his eyes were dark blue. He looked dangerous in his cool looks. She knew by her instincts that he was dangerous!Stella bent her head and looked at the floor immediately, trying to hide behind Wimon. Her heart was pounding fast and her brain was trying to figure out the quickest escape route she could make.He stood right there in front of her, so close! Waiting for a sexy woman who just stepped out of the car. The woman put her arm in his arm.Leonard nodded to Ben, who was the driver, signalled him to find a place to park, while James followed behind. Leonard looked up at the sign above, the name pronounced ‘Vi Wine’, when looked in front of him, he saw two waitresses standing there to welcome them. They greeted in Thai traditional way with two hands put together at the chest and bowed a little.Leonard frowned a little when glanc
Stella jumped into a taxi. She turned to look at the back, saw the bodyguard of the mad man turned around after he could not find her.What was wrong with this evil mafia?What did he want from her?Her heart was pounding like crazy, he kissed her again, yuck! She rubbed her lips so hard could not wait to get home to rinse her mouth and brush her teeth. The taste of mints and wine from him made her feel dizzy and disgusted.Leonard walked into the penthouse with frustration and anger. He went straight to the bar, pouring whiskey into a glass and then tipping the whole lot down his throat.“That’s great! Just a little woman! But the big fucking bodyguards still managed to miss!”The thick angry voice said to James and Ben who were standing near the door with their heads bow a little, made sure there was some distance between them and the boss. Just in case!Leonard touched his jaws, felt sore as hell, got bruises both his face and his pride! No one could know about this unacceptable in
“Okay, let’s get serious. We’ve got work to do. Where the hell should we start this time? I’ve run out of ideas.” James changed the topic.“Well, I’m feeling half dead right now. Let’s call it a night, tomorrow is not here yet.”Ben put if off. James looked at his partner and shook his head.“I don’t know why you’re half dead when it was me who ran after the girl, and you’re just resting your badass in the car.“So I guess you’re also half dead. See you in the morning, buddy. Let’s pray that we have some luck tomorrow.”Ben concluded, slapped James’s shoulder. James sighed and nodded since he was tired as Ben said. He walked into his bedroom, felt heavy in his head when thinking about the big assignment.***Stella did not come to the restaurant that week. She told everyone there if anybody came and asked for her, just said they did not know anything.Later, Supa told her that there were some guys came and asked for a woman named Violet. Stella knew straight away it was THEM, the bad