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Nara opened her eyes, she scanned her surroundings. It was unfamiliar, foreign. It looked messy unlike how her room was. She was certain that she had gotten back from Thailand and this room looked nothing like the hotel. It looked more of a budget motel.

She sat up on her bed, she saw some glittery outfit next to her, all bundled up as if it was thrown on the bed. She reached out a hand to lift it up only to see it was a dark red dress. That wasn't the issue, the cloth was the skin hugging type. She felt uneasy.

As Nara was about to leave the room, she stepped on a piece of paper. She picked it up and it read a congratulatory from the WHO. Immediately, she recalled what happened. Tears wet her cheeks once again.

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Nara waved Felix goodbye before walking into her house. Everything was in place, her parents were oblivious of her whereabouts and she was feeling on top of everything that she was finally escaping this house. She only had to wait for a month, and then it was goodbye.

She was positive that she could handle one more month as she lived with them for 18 years already. However, as she was about to enter her room, she noticed the door was slightly ajar. It only meant someone was inside or had entered her room. Uneasy, she thought of another letter from the stalker.

However, as she pushed the door opened. She didn't see a letter, it was something worse. She saw a man, far older than her seated on her bed. Of course she didn't know who he was. The silver necklace dangled ok his neck and the black suit he was wearing was enough to send chills through her spine. Nara was about to retreat and run when she saw her mother on the other side of the way.

"Here she is." Her mother said, flashing a crooked smile to the man. The man eyed her, full of lust and it disgust her. This time, Nara pushed her mother aside and was about to escape when two more men grabbed her by the arm each. Her heart was racing, she was scared.

"She'd do fine." The man stood up from her bed and motioned for the two men holding her to take her away. Nara squirmed in the touch. She wasn't understanding what was happening but she knew it was something she would not want to. The two men dragged her until they were in front of her doorstep.

Nara cranked her head backwards to see her parents, they stood still in front of their door. Her father was counting a stack of cash in his hands and that was when she knew what was happening. They were selling her off. Her disappearance would be perfect, no one would know now that she'd graduated. The scholarship she received could be an escape for them to say she studied overseas although they didn't know but everyone else knew she was smart. It was a perfect lie. Luck was on her parents' side.

"You're selling your own daughter off?" Nara scoffed as she eyed her parents. "You were useless anyway." Her mother laughed. "If anyone asks, I'll tell them you were married off to someone." She added and looked at her father who had a huge grin on his face from the money he received. "You fuckers!" Nara screamed as the two men shoved her in the car.

She didn't know where they were but they pushed her in a filthy room and threw clothes at her. One of them muttered about her shift starting at some time after nine but Nara paid no attention. She stared down the scholarship offer before throwing it on the ground. She laughed as tears slipped down her face, in the end she could never achieve her dreams. She was trapped.

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Nara couldn't sit still, she took a good look at the place, trying to find an escape. She rather be homeless than work as a prostitute. The door was obviously locked and the room had no windows. She tried looking through every corner of the room, but it was just useless. She felt pathetic.

The door bursted open revealing a woman in an awfully tight dress with a cigarette between her fingers. "Why aren't you dressed up?" She asked boringly. "Why the fuck would I do that?" Nara spat. The woman rolled her eyes and swap her fingers in the air. Two men walked past her and grabbed onto Nara.

They dragged her out of the room and downstairs to what seemed like a cheap club, for prostitution that is. Nara stared at the people inside, she was horrified. She was not going to tolerate with this. Immediately, she kicked the man on her left and elbowed the other one. She almost escaped when one of the men grabbed her by the hair and yanked her backwards.

Nara struggled to remove his grip from her. She bit his other hand and kicked the other man in the stomach but her try was weak. The man grabbed her leg and pulled her towards him, locked her in his grip. Nara was about to react once more when everything was stopped by a man.

"Enough."

He said, his voice low and dark. He threw money at the two men and they released Nara before walking away. Nara didn't care that others were watching, if this guy saved her for his own lust she was going to kill him. The man approached her, his hat covered his face and the dim lights in the club wasn't helping her to see either.

He reached out a hand to touch her but Nara slapped it away. She was on full defence. The man retreated his hand and went over to his hat, ready to remove it.

"I'm sorry if I scare you, but I mean kind." He said as he removed his hat. Nara stared at his face for a while before she could finally make out who he was. Now that she thought of it, he did sound familiar. His clothes too. She looked at him in surprise, unsure if he meant good or not.

"Chan?"

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