Sold as Slave

It was a sunny day.

I stood in front of my father’s grave with swollen eyes. The burial had just ended, and all the mourners left me alone in the lonely graveyard.

While looking at the epitaph on the gravestone where my father’s name was carved, my phone vibrated. I shoved my hand inside my pocket and checked the message I received from an unknown number.

[“You must pay your father’s debt, Miss Agatha Samson. The debt is $2.5 million. Today is the due date. If you don’t pay it by 4 pm, I have no choice but to use force ^^.”]

$2.5 million. Hah!

I just graduated from college and haven’t passed the bar exam yet. My dad was arrested for tax evasion and lost the right to own the company. Then, he died in a car accident, leaving me with $2.5 million in debt!

THERE’S NO WAY I CAN PAY FOR THAT!

“I need to escape.”

I put my cell phone back in my pocket and looked at my father’s grave for the last time.

“I never blamed you, Dad,” I mumbled. “Until the end, I know that you are innocent. However, there’s nowhere for me, so I must go.”

Today is the due date. Probably, the loan shark was waiting for me to come back home. However, I have no plans to go back. Before attending my father’s burial, I had packed my things and secretly placed them in the public locker.

All that is left is to get my things and fly outside the country.

‘A place where no one knows me.’

“Goodbye, Dad,” I said, sobbing. I wiped my eyes and took a deep breath.

‘I need to be strong and survive.’

My heart felt heavy as I turned against my father’s grave and exited the graveyard. I don’t know what will happen to me after this. But first and foremost, I need to escape.

Ting~!

Another message?

I picked up my phone again. The message was from an unknown number that had texted me before.

[“It’s 3:59, baby. You are running out of time.”]

I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

‘Who cares? You would not see me anymore!’

As I was about to step North, my phone rang again.

Ting~!

[“You look sassy when you roll your eyes.”]

What?”

Ting~!

[“But you look prettier when you cry.”]

I froze in total paralysis as my eyes and hands trembled while looking at the text. Holding my breath, I looked around.

Every time I turned my head, I felt the pounding inside my veins, pulse, neck, and chest. Not long after, I saw a black car.

Inside the car was a man looking at me through the window. When our gazes met, he raised his hand and waved at me.

‘Sh*t!’

I dashed in the opposite direction and walked into the narrow alleyways.

‘Damn! Damn! Those are the loan sharks! I thought they were waiting in the house, but they have followed me instead!’

It was foolish of me to think that evil men like them would show sympathy during my father’s burial. I was stupid.

“Haa, haaa, haa…” huffing, I looked around the unfamiliar alleys.

The sun was about to set.

‘Can I escape them and arrive at the airport before it’s too late?’

That is only possible if luck is on my side.

“She is here!”

When I heard the voice from afar, I ran to my left. Pushing my arms back and forth, I jumped over small potholes, pumping my legs as fast as they could! But…

“Hello!”

A man with a tattoo on his arm blocked my way. I changed my destination and ran to the West. But another guy was waiting for me at the side.

“Where are you going, little bunny?”

Walking backward, I stumbled to escape and entered another complicated maze.

“Get out of my way!” I shouted to the group of people talking to each other in the middle of the alley.

I saw their eyes widen when I shoved them and passed through them.

“Hey!”