Protect the witness

Prologue

Enjoy the prologue of my next book. <3 <3

5 years ago

Xiao Zhan's POV

"Hurry! The dishes do not wash by themselves!" My boss shouted at me and I started to wash the dishes even faster. When he saw that he huffed and left to observe the waiter and waitresses working in his restaurant.

Today my colleague is on sick leave so I have to wash the dishes all by myself. It's difficult to do especially when my boss was never satisfied with anything I do. Moreover, my right shoulder hurt like hell.

But what can I do? I need this job so I could pay my rent. I was still very happy that I even got this job. Washing dirty dishes was never my dream but the pay was three times higher than in other restaurants. The place where I worked, was a high-class restaurant where celebrities, politicians, and other important people dined. Eve the waiter and waitresses are higher educated than me. They all studied whereas I only graduated from high school seven years ago. The reason why I managed to land this job here was probably because of my grade average of 1,0.

I sighed and continued to wash the dish at full speed. My shoulder was killing me but there was nothing I could do. Surgery, maybe, but that was way too expensive. I could not afford it. Moreover, I did not want to be freed of this pain. It reminded me that I was still alive whereas my parents weren't.

It happened seven years ago on the day of my high school graduation. My parents and I were on our way home to celebrate my graduation when a car crash in ours. I lost consciousness for about three minutes and when I woke up, I could barely move my shoulder because a piece of the car window stuck in it. I called my parents but they did not answer me. The doctors told me they died on the spot. I called an ambulance but they took their time to arrive.

I barely could remember what happened afterward. I managed to somehow get out of the car and checked on the driver who drove the other car. It was a girl around the same age as me. She was still alive so I pulled her out of the car and tried to slow down the blood flow until the ambulance arrived and took us to the hospital. My shoulder healed but whenever I used too much strength, it started to hurt. Just like at this moment.

Later, I never went to the university but started to work immediately as my parents were no more who could support me. I would have loved to go to university, especially because it was my parent's wish.

Anyway, now I was working as a dishwasher in a 5-star-restaurant... Well, at least the pay was good.

Suddenly the door swung open and two waiters came in.

"If the boss finds out we are hiding we might lose our job." One of them said nervously.

"I know but I am too scared to serve that customer. He always stares coldly at others and complains whenever something is not up to his wishes. I am more scared of him than of our boss." The other answered. "The others are busy and I really do not want to serve that table. He seems to have a business dinner but I am sure he does not care how they look at him once he complains about everything. I am not going there."

"I don't want either! But what should we do? He will call for the boss if no one shows up."

"Let the girls go. They all have a crush on him anyway."

"So what? They also are too scared to approach his table!" The first waiter said and turned around. He spotted me and I quickly continued my work so they would not tell on me or something."Hey, I have an idea!"