Chapter 286: Chapter 286
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Avril’s pride had taken a hit. She couldn’t believe that someone as esteemed as the young lady of the Thornston family could be embarrassed !
Gritting her teeth and trying to avoid the sneering remarks and the lusty looks, Avril said, "Ok! Just give me some time; I will pay!"
"Look at this one.... She is quite feisty and determined.... I like that!" Another one said.
"Your words mean nothing to me, little sister. I prefer actions."
One of the thugs shouted, "Why don’t we turn you in for the bounty money? Even though that will not pay off everything, we will get something back!"
At that, Big Brother looked like he was contemplating, which made Avril’s pupils constrict, and she took a shaky step back. She did not want to be taken back to the police station. A new level of fear was unlocked for the first time since she had come to be with this person.
This was also because she had been following the news and had seen that she was being suspected of orchestrating the accident to escape, so there had been additional charges added to her initial ones. What she did not understand was why that rich brat was not being apprehended as well.
"W-what do I need to do? Isn’t there any other way I can pay back?"
Big Brother brightened up and replied, "Good that we are on the same page now. You either work with your hands or your body. Also, we do not have a persona like you yet—one with a missing tooth!"
"Persona? Missing tooth?" Avril whispered and touched the gap where her tooth had been just a few days prior. Random thoughts shot through her head, and then, with a newfound determination, she made a decision right then,
"I am a hard-working person! Please show me what I must do!"
"I like that spirit!" Big Brother nodded and then nodded to another man who gestured to her to follow him.
Avril dragged her feet but followed as quickly as her legs could carry her. She was in a comfortable pyjama as the day had barely started. She took in her surroundings as the man led her through the house, she had become familiar with. Her wariness increased the deeper they went.
Finally, they stepped out of the backdoor, and the view shocked Avril to the core. It was as if she had stepped into a different world. All she could see were countless small shacks stretching endlessly. Stepping out of the ’home,’ that she had been in for the past few days, it felt like entering a slum—a truly repulsive sight in her eyes. She did not understand how one house could hide so much behind it.
She came back to her senses from a snort. Avril hurried up and followed the man, wishing her feet would not touch the bare floor, but could she?
The man arrived at one of the biggest shacks and gestured for her to enter.
Avril took one step in and then rushed out, her hand pinching her nose as she retched. The place was disgusting!
Thrash, vomits, human excrement, and so many things that Avril wished she could erase from her mind’s memory, but once seen, this was destined to stay with her. The awful smell was also somehow stuck with her too.
The man folded his arms and then snapped, "I don’t have all day! Get to work!"
"I – I’ll be working here?" Avril could not believe it.
’How did I get trampled on so much?’
"There are cleaning tools in there. Make haste and then clean the other two shacks as well."
They pointed to the two adjacent ones, and Avril shuddered. Even without taking a step, she could smell that foul stench from there.
"We will start light today and get you accustomed to the tasks and then ...."
"You expect me to clean this disgusting thing? What do you take me for?" The man did not like to be interrupted but he was amused with Avril’s words,
Avril took a hesitant step back as she wiped her mouth, only to bump into a strong chest.
"B-big Brother! Please help me!"
"Little sister, he is not wrong. You’ll have to pay the three million to us right now unless you want to ’work’."
"T-hree million! In three days?"
Some time back, Avril would have used the same sum of money to buy sunglasses or a small tote, but the amount shook her again.
Big Brother’s friendly face turned into a fierce glare as the corners of his mouth curved upwards, resembling a cruel master. In a few moments, that turned to an aggrieved face as if he had been wronged.
"You don’t get it, little sister. You do not have any other choice but the three stipulated. My handwork money cannot be spent without gain. The doctor costs a lot, and I went out of my way to provide you with food and shelter. Why? It was because I treated you as my real sister! Is this how you treat this kind, Brother?"
He patted Avril’s shoulder and squeezed the muscles, making her grimace but Avril did not make a sound. It took mere minutes for Avril to switch her stance.
"I will work with my body." She managed to get the words out amidst the pain.
"There we go! Bull-headed, get the overseer to send her to the new shack!"
All Avril heard was ’new’, and her eyes sparkled, but she had no idea what had been prepared for her.
Avril had no idea what had happened after that, but she found herself in one of the shacks at the back, which had the sign, "Missy’s Delightful Wine!"
She had no idea where that had come from, but she had a foreboding feeling. Why did it seem that all of that had already been planned?
After a while, one of them came out,
"Big Brother, she says that she is still untouched!"
Big Brother was startled and nearly dropped his glass. "At that age?"
He looked thoughtful for a while and then added, "Let’s invite Boss for the opener! Hahahahahaahaaa! This was an unexpected gain!"
.... And that was what exactly happened.
Avril had no idea that she had sold herself into a prostitution ring and ’Big Brother’ was the recruiting pimp. Her prized virginity, which she had been keeping for her love, Ian, was ’taken’, and on that day, Avril vowed to take revenge on Shelby by making her taste the same fate as her.
In the proceeding days, Avril would not be allowed to even take a foot out of the supposed new shack. It turned out that being in the ’new’ shack just implied that she was the new product that clients had to pay double to see.
With a steady stream of clients, she did not even have time to rest. To her utter dismay, after doing this for two whole weeks, Big Brother informed her that she had paid off a third of the debt!
"What do you mean?" She had asked only to be met with the most ridiculous of excusues,
"You were lucky that the big Boss himself took your virginity. That scraped of half a million but at this rate, your novelty has almost worn off, so we have to move you to the old shacks. The rest of the money owed might take years to be paid off!"
"WHAT!" Avril shivered in fright. She felt so sore all over after having been hammered by different unknown men. She felt a small tear run down but she firmed her resolve, ’I will pay Shelby back ten times over when I get the chance! For now, I must survive!’
Big Brother nodded and then instructed,
"Hand her over to the Boss’s Doll and let her take over after her days’ clientele!"
Avril walked dejectedly back into the room as her third man of the day walked in and started unbuckling his belt. Her hatred for Shelby rose to the nines, but what Avril had conveniently forgotten was that all this was her choice!
Islanders Academy....
The classes for the day were done, and a hooded figure walked along the winding path away from the school gates as a long line of cars steadily passed her. She looked out of place as she was the only one walking as all the other students were in their plush cars.
Samantha pulled her hood down, lowered it, and reached into her pockets for her phone, only to realize that she did not have it.
Samantha sighed in frustration and then turned back as she had merely walked a few meters. She did not feel like she belonged anywhere. Samantha did not like going back to her home.
She had initially been angry at her supposed adopted father but at that moment, she feared him. Ian scared the hell out of her. After that night when she had encountered Ian in her siblings’ room, she felt that he was the devil incarnate. Her intuition told her to stay clear away from the man.
’Even Gabriel and Ingrid have changed sides and were fawning over that Shelby woman!’ She thought, clenching her fists which were hidden in the pockets of her skirt. She found herself spending more and more time outside the estate as to her, no one cared enough about her to even find out where she was at each point in time.
However, Samantha did not feel that much accepted at school either. It was a terrible time for her in either place. If Samantha had to compare, she would still choose the school grounds over the place she reluctantly referred to as home.
This was because she at least had her crush there. The past few weeks had been somewhat better. Her crush had started paying more attention to her and she even had a few girls willing to be her friend. What could be better than that for a teenager?
She hurried back into the classroom because she had to meet the said boy for a date that evening and she obviously needed her phone. Samatha did not know how long she had looked forward to such a time between the two of them. She rushed along the hallways and to the door of the classroom, twisting the handle to open it.
"There it is! Samantha! You are such a dummy!" She murmured and then reached for the phone only to freeze. All the blood and joy drained out of her face.
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