J U L I A N
I really thought that yesterday was bad at our store but today is much more worse.
At least we had two to three customers who barely bought a single item. Today, there wasn't even a single soul.
"Ok, I'm actually getting really concerned" Whitney came up to Molly and I.
"Oh, wow, Whitney Diaz actually has a heart" I rolled my eyeballs
"Can you stop being mean to me for once in your life?" She said
"Me? Mean? Have you met yourself?" I said
"Uh, guys, are those cops?" Molly pointed to a group of men standing outside the store.
"Oh my gosh, Whitney, looks like you're finally going to jail" I said
"Please, my only crime would be beauty" She flipped her blonde locs.
"Can you guys cut it out?" Molly said
"You guys work here?" A man said
"Y....y....yeah" I stammered
"I am an agent from The NIS and I'm looking for your immediate boss" He said
"She went out for a bit" Molly said
"Alright but I'm afraid that you're going to have to come with us. Place a call to your boss" He signalled the other two men who brought out handcuffs.
"No, there's no way I'm spending a day in a frigging cell" Whitney said
"You're such a drama queen" I rolled my eyes and pulled out my phone. I sent a text to Gladys.
"You seem so happy while accepting those handcuffs" Whitney said
"Shut up, Whitney. It's already bad enough that we're getting arrested, don't make it worse" Molly said
They guided us out of the store and into their van.
"Wow, Whitney Diaz, I guess your family's condition has gotten to your head" A blondie that I've seen before said
"What do you want Jenny?" Whitney spat
"Nothing, I just love seeing you in pain. I'm definitely taking a picture" She pulled out her phone and snapped her.
"Instead of picking on her, go work on your over dark hair roots. Your hairdressers are serious amateurs" I said
The girl gasped and walked away. The van drove off.
"My wrist hurt, can you please take off the handcuffs?" Molly asked
They took off our cuffs and I exhaled deeply.
"Thanks for standing up for me back there" Whitney said
"I didn't stand up for you, I just hate bratty blondies" I said
"Classical Julian" She smiled.
Have I died and suddenly come back to another life because Whitney smiled at me. Whitney Diaz is literally smiling at me.
They threw us into a tiny cell. You know how they always say that there is a silver lining in every situation, I can't see any. All I can see is cobweb, spirogyra and is that a spider?
"Spiderrr" I jumped on my feet and yelled.
"Arghh" Whitney and Molly yelled.
"Will you three little fools cut your crap and shut the hell up?" A man said from the next cell.
"Sorry" We said
We ended up hurdling our bodies together in a corner of the cell. As terrible as this cell smells and looks, we managed to find peace and actually sleep off.
"Girls, girls wake up" A familiar voice said. I turned my head to the other side and attempted to continue my nap. You can do anything you want to me but don't you ever disturb my nap.
"Wake up Doofus" Someone kicked me. Can they cut it out? I'm trying to catch a shut eye here.
"Julian" The sudden echo of my name made me jump up in my sleep.
"Not cool you guys, not cool" I turned to Molly and Whitney who were now fully awake.
"Are you girls alright?" Gladys panicked from outside the cell.
"Gladys, calm down, you're panicking but you aren't even the one in here. Why are we in here by the way?" I asked
"Well, we're going to find out" Molly said
An officer unlocked our cell and led us to the investigation room.
"Why are we in here? Are we going to die? I saw this scene once in a movie. We're not coming out of here alive, are we?" Whitney panicked
"Don't worry princess, you're safe" Gladys said
"Phew" We wiped the sweat off our foreheads.
"Until State security department right? I heard they have a special chair with nail like wrist cuffs on it. I heard that whoever goes into that room barely comes out alive" Molly said
"So what happens to them?" Whitney asked
"Let's just say they take a pretty rough trip to their forever box" Molly said
"Oh dear"
"Calm down girls, there's no reason to panic because we've done absolutely nothing wrong" I said
"So when do I panic?"
"I'll let you know" I said
There was a long awkward silence that was finally broken by the sound of the door opening. The same agent from earlier came into the room.
"It's going to be a nice chat d
So you guys should have some honey and chocolate biscuit with some ginger tea" He said
Molly licked her mouth at the sight of the mouth watering biscuit that was placed in front of her. She was about to pick one up when I slapped her fingers.
"We are not here for your fun and games. Tell us why you're holding us against our will" I pushed my tray away from me.
"You guys are here as possible witnesses but the suspect is she" He said
"Actually, it's her" Whitney said
Stupid Whitney, always saying the wrong things at the wrong time.
"So what exactly did I do to be a suspect?" Gladys said
"Have you ever heard of The Black Tigers?" He asked her
"The black what?"
"Don't play dumb with me, they are a vicious gang based in Thailand. They are drug lords and your sister who is the boss of your store works with them" He said
"If my sister works with them, what's it to me?"
"She's your sister so why won't she tell you about her dirty deeds"
"What dirty deeds?"
"Your elder sister has been selling illegal drugs to the gang. They are pretty smart people I must say, collecting drugs from a regular American woman is a pretty smart move"
"If my sister really smuggles drugs to them then where is all the money going to"
"I'm glad that you asked that. It is used to run and maintain a very wealthy franchise known as Seraphine which happens to be your store" He said
Oh my.
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~Peace
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