
"I beg .. Don't kill me, sir. I promise, will pay my debt next month." The middle-aged man named David knelt down pleading to the handsome man before him.
"It's time you kept your word, Tua Bangka. You have to pay your debt until it's paid off to me now. Otherwise, you'll die in my hands." The middle-aged man trembled in fear at the threat of the man named Felix. As a result of losing to play gambling, he must owe the chairman of the mafia.
"Punish me, sir. I'll give you anything to pay off my debt as long as you don't kill me. In fact, I'm willing to give my son as collateral for my debt to you." Felix laughed at David's words.
"What kind of father makes his son a guarantee to pay his debt, huh? I'll bet your daughter's gonna hate you forever if she hears it straight out of your mouth." David was silent. What he was thinking about right now was his safety. No matter what was most important, his life was saved.
"What is this?!" The girl's voice from outside greeted Felix's hearing. Felix looked at the girl from above and below and made her say one word,
"Beautiful," he murmured. However, he quickly changed his expression to cold.
"Is she your daughter, Mr David?" ask Felix.
"Yes, Sir. She is my daughter. You can take it as long as, don't kill me." David's daughter Clara frowned.
"What do you mean, Dad? What the hell is this really? Can anyone explain, what happened?" clara asked confused.
"What a shame to your fate, beautiful. You have to stay with that jerk who made you a guarantee to pay off the debt." Clara stared at Felix.
"Can you explain what you mean, sir?" clara asked with emphasis. For some reason, he felt annoyed to see an unknown man in his house.
"Your father owes me a lot, miss. He always promised to pay it off but in fact? He reneged on his promise. I've been patient not to kill your father, Miss. But, my patience has its limits." Clara, who heard it, stared intently at her father.
"What's this guy saying, Dad? You owe him a lot and haven't paid him until now?" The father just kept silent not answering.
"Then, Daddy gave me the money I've been giving you all this time? Didn't you say you wanted to pay Dad's debt? That's why I worked so hard to raise all that money but what? I've got a lot of daddy to me." Clara looked disappointed at her father.
"Listen Clara, I'm doing this too because of you! If it wasn't for an unlucky child like you, I wouldn't have gone broke and gambled to earn money!" david's snarl shocked the boy.
"So, you think I'm an unlucky carrier? That's why you always beat me up and scold me?" asked Clara with teary eyes.
"Yes, why? Anyway, you should be my guarantee to pay off all my debt. Don't you want to be a good boy?" Clara stared in disbelief at her father.
"In that case, why don't you just kill me, Dad?! Why?!!!" Clara snapped at the father, channeling her disappointment in the father.
"Because I was thinking, you'd be a useful child to me. Butwhat? You always make me hard, you useless son." That statement struck Clara's heart. Felix yawns watching a father and son drama live.
"Have the drama finished?" ask Felix.
"Honestly, your drama is boring. You beautiful girl, come with me right now." Clara stared at Felix. Felix is shocked to find tears streaming from Clara's eyes.
"Kill me!!!" shout Clara.
Felix looked coldly at Clara, "It's not that easy, Miss. If you die, your father will die." Clara rolled her eyes.
"According to my orders and you'll be safe. Or, if you can repay your debt then, I will not take you and your father ~~~happy."
"How nominal?" clara asked doubtfully.
"Tell me how many nominations. I'll try to take it out." Felix shook his head.
"You have to pay in cash, miss. Otherwise, your father wouldn't have survived." Clara was silent not responding. The atmosphere of the minimalist house became gloomy in the middle of the night.
Felix sighed, "Five hundred million rupiahs and that's just the flower." Clara nodded at hearing it. Where does that money have to be found?
"You kidding me?!" With a high note, Clara asked.
"Did my face look like I was joking?" Clara was silent again.
"If you can, you won't be your father's guarantee to pay off his debt. That's why you have to come with me." Clara sighed and looked at the father who turned his face away.
"All right, I'll come with you. But there's a condition" Clara stopped her saying, making Felix frown.
"Say!" Clara continued, again,
"Prepare some of your bodyguards and keep an eye on my father wherever he goes. If he's still gambling, do whatever you want." David, who heard that, stared intently at Clara.
"Brazed kid! What do you mean say that, huh?!" David approaches and is about to slap Clara but, his hand is held back by Felix.
"Touch him at the fingertips then, prepare to die for your debt to be paid off." David slaps Felix's hand and throws his face to the side.
"I did this so Dad wouldn't gamble anymore. You have to live well after I'm gone." David smiled in anguish.
"Because I don't want to be your guarantee a second time, Dad." A slanted smile disappeared from David's face, replaced by anger on his face.
"You brash son! From now on, you are no longer my son! Ah, I forgot! You're just the kid I picked up in the trash and ended up bringing bad luck into my life! Go as far as you can, I don't want to see your face again!" Clara comes out of her house and is followed by Felix.
"You guys, come to the address I sent you. Take care of that old fucker, make sure he doesn't go anywhere. If he steps out of the house, I'll take you out. Understood?" Felix instantly turns off his phone after contacting someone but Clara seems unconcerned. He stared out the windshield while Felix stared at Clara while driving.
"So bad, you're not lucky." Clara looked at Felix with a frown.
"Why indeed?" clara asked with a frowning forehead.
"Your father lived a life of fun, gambling, intoxication while you were trying to make ends meet." Clara put her shoulder down.
"Maybe it was fate that made me live with it. Honestly, he's not my real father." Felix scrunched his forehead.
"Why are you saying that?" ask Felix. For some reason, he was curious about Clara's life.
"He said I was dumped by my biological parents and he found me in front of his house." After that, there was no more conversation.
'This girl made me curious. I have to find out who his real parents are, ' Felix said in his heart.
TB