8
The last rays of the setting sun,
The afternoon in the city was still hot and humid.
I was wearing a white sundress, walking through a remote barbecue street.
The stalls had just been set up, with only a few tables occupied.
Mostly shirtless men, boasting about politics, their conversations punctuated by crude jokes.
I felt a pair of leering eyes following me.
I frowned.
I quickened my pace.
After a few twists and turns into an alley, the sun had completely set.
The alley was swallowed by the night.
I heard the heavy thud of footsteps behind me, getting closer and closer.
I unconsciously started to walk faster.
Suddenly, a pair of rough hands landed on my shoulders.
A greasy, slurred laugh sounded in my ear.
“Hey, little lady, why don’t you have a drink with your big brother?”
I turned my head.
A drunken, scarred face filled my vision.
“Sir, sexual harassment is a crime,” I said calmly.
He laughed, the dark red flesh on his face wrinkling.
“Don’t be so harsh.”
“There are no cameras here.”
I curled my lip.
“No cameras? That’s great.”
“Get him!”
A cloth bag descended from above, covering the man’s head.
Chapter 1
After he was dragged to the ground, Cole’s fists rained down on him without mercy.
This was Hannah’s biological father.
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He not only abused his wife and daughter from a young age, but he was also a gambling addict.
He often lurked in this remote alley, preying on students.
Pure social garbage.
Recently, he had racked up a lot of gambling debt. Soon, he would be coming after the up–and–coming female lead.
Forcing her to sell her body to pay off his debts.
The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. I took advantage of the chaos and gave him a swift kick.
“Scumbag.”
When the man on the ground was completely still, I clapped my hands.
“Let’s go,” I said to Cole.
Cole glanced at the man on the ground, his eyes cold and empty.
He raised his sneaker and ground it into the man’s right hand.
This would probably just put him in bed for half a month.
But if someone found him and called the police, and they found the drugs on him, then Mr. Thorne’s good days would be over.
