Taming Mrs. Mafia

34 Taking On A Hurricane

When Luna was busy at work, dreams didn't get a chance to slip into her brain.

She was always tired that the moment she slipped between the sheets, her eyes automatically closed and her brain immediately shuts up. She didn't notice when she fell asleep.

But, this time, it's different.

Because of her break, her brain relaxed a little. She had a hard time falling asleep that evening. She kept thinking about useless things and she ended up scrolling through her phone as a distraction.

That night, Luna's dreams caught up to her once again.

You're useless! Why are you still alive? Again! You made a mistake again! When will you ever do something right? All you ever do is make mistakes. Use your brain sometimes. Stupid!

These words kept on haunting her all night and when she woke up, she felt like she didn't sleep a wink.

Even though it's her day off, Luna woke up early. Part of the reason was definitely because of her dream, but the habit of waking up early contributed to it, too.

However, when she opened her eyes, she didn't feel like leaving her bed at all.

She stared at the ceiling for quite a while and she would've continued doing so, if her phone if not ring.

She reached for it from her bedside table. Without looking at the caller ID, she accepted the call and said 'hello' with a bland tone.

"Luna? Is this you?"

Huh? Aren't you the one who called me? Shouldn't you know who I am?

"Who is this?"

"It's Forrest."

"Forrest?!" Luna quickly bolted up.

Knowing that it was Forrest calling woke her system up straightaway. As a consequence of abruptly changing her body orientation, she felt a sharp pain coming from her eyes which went straight to her brain. It disoriented her. Thankfully, she recovered right away.

Damn. I think I need to get those glasses immediately.

"Yes. It's me. Did I just wake you up?"

"No. No. I was already up when you called. Uhm... Is there anything you need from me? You're abroad right now, aren't you?"

"Yes, our show for tonight just ended. Have you checked the news about us on the internet?"

"I haven't been online yet. Why? Did something happen?" Luna's heartbeat quickened. She put the call on loudspeaker and started searching for the news on her laptop.

Forrest laughed when he heard the panic in her voice. "Calm down. Nothing bad happened. It's just that our fans online are praising us for doing a great job in our translations. I heard that you did it for us. We would like to thank you for that."

"Oh, you don't have to. It's part of my job. I'm glad that you appreciate my efforts."

It seemed like the other side of the call was also on loudspeaker mode because someone suddenly butted in.

"What do you mean 'it's part of your job'? We asked Jack and he said your job was to deal with important documents and not just to translate small things like this." It was Xynth.

"Yeah, but translating is also pa-

"Who cares about that? We'd like to treat you and Forrest is the one paying for everything..." Dice also butted into the conversation.

"What? You said we'd al-

"Just accept Forrest's kindness." Now, it's Valentin.

"Really, there's no nee-