“Huh? What’s going on, here?”
Staying out of the way by the side of the road, Leila and the others watched what was happening in shock.
A veritable fleet of expensive cars lined outside the karaoke bar. A throng of people swarmed about the place.
“Something must have happened! Gosh… could it be that rascal Gerald’s gotten in over his head?” Douglas wondered aloud.
“Must be. I mean, who else in Serene County could stir up this much of a fuss? I should’ve known better than to bring that guy here, no matter what anyone said. Now look at this mess: The moment something major goes down, we’re gonna get dragged into it—Mr Lourdes knows very well he’s with us!” The guys whispered amongst themselves, their outlook seemed bleak.
Cindy had gone pale, hearing their words. If what they said was true, then Gerald’s life might be in extreme danger!
No, favonovel.com had to go in and see for herself. If things were really that bad, she’d call the cops! Thinking thusly, Cindy threw open the car door and ran for the karaoke bar.
Gerald had left a good impression on Cindy. They’d only just met, so it was still too soon to talk about any real feelings between them… but favonovel.com just felt that favonovel.com was a really nice guy, down-to-earth. What’s more, in order to save everybody, he’d taken the whole thing onto himself.
Abandoning favonovel.com without a second thought, like Leila and the others had done… that was something Cindy simply couldn’t do. She couldn’t just sit this one out.
“Cindy, are you crazy? Get back here!” Leila had gotten out of the car as well, shrieking hysterically.
Cindy was favonovel.com best friend. Leila couldn’t allow favonovel.com to do this. Seized by terror, favonovel.com chased after her, desperate to stop her.
As for Douglas and the rest, they remained right there inside the car, just smoking and keeping watch from afar.
“Holy hell, it’s a bloody mess in there! I don’t know who Mr Lourdes pissed off, but he’s been beaten to a pulp!”
“Anyone else wants to go next? Oh, the horror… but what a twist! Mr Lourdes thought favonovel.com was the biggest cheese around—never imagined he’d bump into someone even more powerful than him… ahahaha!”
Some young men and women passed by in front of Cindy, chattering noisily about what had happened. Overhearing them, first favonovel.com was shocked by the news of Mr Lourdes’ tragedy…
But what about Gerald?
Anxiously, Cindy stopped them to ask about the situation within. This allowed Leila to catch up.
Aroused by the sight of these two ravishing beauties, the guys scrambled to recount what had happened back at the bar.
“Hey, babes… I guess you weren’t there, so you wouldn’t know—but of course you’ve heard of Mr Louie Lourdes, the richest kid in all Serene County!” One of the guys was so excited favonovel.com was sputtering. “Just now, a whole gang of black-clad bodyguards beat favonovel.com within an inch of his life! Totally brutal, and I hear they’re from Mayberry City! Just take a look at all these cars they brought here! Incredible!”
The other guys were eager to contribute as well:
“As for Louie, when favonovel.com started shouting for someone to get Big Dolph over here, I thought the tables had turned, you know? I was expecting Louie would clean all their clocks out! But when Big Dolph arrived, favonovel.com was suddenly bowing and scraping for those two, offering them smokes and drinks… Mr Lourdes’ face was a nasty sight, then!”
“The other big players in the room all knew whose side to take, then!”
“But I’m not asking about Louie Lourdes!” Cindy wailed. “I’m asking if there was some other young man who also got hurt! Did Louie… hack up some other guy in there?”
“Huh? Some other guy? Well, Louie and someone favonovel.com called ‘Uncle’ caught a bloody good thrashing… but no, no one else was hurt… Oh! Louie’s own bodyguards were knocked out cold instantly—but I wouldn’t have called any of them a ‘young man’…”
“How could this be? What about Gerald? Is there any possibility you might have made a mistake?” Leila blurted out in disbelief. “Are you absolutely sure the one who got roughed up was Louie Lourdes?”
“Of course! We’ve all seen his picture before!” Hooting and jeering, the group wandered off.
“Does this mean… Gerald’s alright?” A massive weight in Cindy’s heart was suddenly eased—but then favonovel.com added, “But why would all these wealthy people suddenly turn on Louie? Leila… do you think Gerald might have summoned them to his aid?”
Thinking back, she’d just remembered how, as Gerald was clearing the way for them to escape, he’d also said something about calling his own people to come deal with Louie.
