Chapter 36: Party dress

"No, no not that" Ann yelled at the workers who were hanging the wrong flowers,

"no roses just the tulips for the door" she explained working out just to find chole who almost lost her voice trying to explain to the delivery guys where he was going to deliver the dress

"Did he get it" Ann asked and chole nodded, the trio really were going all out since morning they were at the venue decorating and making sure the birthday would be a successful and memorable one. Chole went as far as even inviting one of they're close highschool friends, Juliet and Rita the two were twins and lived 7 hours away, the girls always face timed and chatted but haven't actually seen each other since highschool, Jian's mind was going to be blown when she finally meets them

"Snacks are all done and the cake is almost" Juliet informed walking out of the kitchen, the girls were bakers and opened a bakery a few years after highschool and it was actually doing really well

"Like in an hour" Rita added when she noticed chole about to ask like how long,

"How many hours do we have left" Ann asked

"Two to three" chole replied and the girls nodded

"Is ethan still not done" chole asked walking towards the window watching ethan in the garden who just waved at them smiling and they waved back

"Guess not" Rita said which got the girl chuckling, they decided to have some snacks and rest before going back to decorating the next part which was the treasure hunting room, one thing about jian she enjoyed mystery and horror so they wanted to create some game activities she'll enjoy aswell so they decided rent the yellow scare room and turn it into a treasure mystery room.

Mina was at her wits end, these so called important guest were still not there, the maids had to reheat the food for the second time because it got cold. Even her father had arrived a few minutes ago and went to freshen up and change he said the man was waiting for his son who was running a bit late. Where were his manners mina thought scoffing, she really didn't like mannerless kids. She sighed for the hundredth time which finally got her mother's attentions after she was told she could go to her room and would be called when the guest arrived, she immediately ran upstairs. She wouldn't take sitting there for a minute more when she could be doing something more productive like stalking Jian's phone, she found nothing new and interesting she decided to use the system and code Mathias sent and use that to hack chole's phone and it was as easy as Jian's, those foolish girls she smirked. First she decided to check chole and ethan's messages and she almost squealed, this was the phone she's supposed to hack this one was the one containing what she needed that was going to be useful to her for her master plan. So they were planning to use the yellow scare room at the Detroit villa for some mystery hunting bullshit she didn't care about and were they surprising jian with a dress too, the dress unfortunately for her wasn't yellow as she was hoping but she could still do something before it wasn't too late so she sent a message to a guy who owed her and needed to pay up.

"I'll let the dept go, i have a mission for you" the guy replied almost immediately he had borrowed $12,000 from mina but just after eight months it somehow turned to 16,500 with interest he was already in so much dept he'll do anything to lessen it so when mina told him what he had to do, he immediately agreed all he had to do was change some box and it would be over he couldn't believe it. Mina had so many minions like him, she was like the devil she'll catch you at your most vulnerable state offer you something then use it against you forever, her system did work for her though. She was so satisfied and proud of herself, she lay on her back with a smile staring at the ceiling thinking about how everything was going just perfectly for her

"Soon Seth soon" she mumbled to herself in a fight of giggles.

If anyone had patted Adul on the back eight months back and tell him 'see that beautiful child, she's evil' she could have smacked them so hard because when he taught he had lost everything, when his life was so dark. His cousin who he had started a shoe making business but then one day the guy just uprooted leaving with all their money, they had a joint bank account which he cleared and the worst part he even sold the factory that he owned his cousin didn't even own zero percent of that place, he owed that building, so Adul had to go court and fight with the new supposed owner of his place he won but he put alot of money in it, he couldn't even sue the poor guy who got scammed to get some money back, because the guy was also fooled and had been given fake documents which he didn't know were fake and plus the guy also lost the two million he paid for the place his cousin was still at large not found. One day as he sat in the park watching as the dogs played with their owners. He completed about ending his life, he didn't even have a home and sleeps in the factory, food was problem so was finding work aswell, when a girl of about 20 years approached him and silently sat beside him, she offered a smile before turning and minding her business but then she suddenly spoke without looking at him

"Don't do it, it won't be worth it" that was all Adul needed at that moment he broke down crying, she was like an angle. Mina let him be vulnerable as she consoled him after talking for a while she explained to him, one thing about that girl she was not a fake she had explained everything to him to the tea he must have been too blind to see, she was saying everything true but she knew he was sober but not clear headed it was like a bitter candy raped in a sweet flavor that was what her words were like. She told him about her father's company which was just behind the park when he turned he could see the massive building behind him, he explained to her she wasn't the next heir or anything but she did have some shares that he entrusted with her brother who was managing it well and bringing back profit and she started her own little business, she's basically a loan shark to put it nicely, so he agreed to borrow him 12,000 dollars with interest every month. Adul was a different type of man with badluck, he started his shoe business again but failed, he and his friends join crypto and enquired losses, things just finally started looking up for him again 2 months ago and he's was still in the process of getting the money when finally he got a way out. He had done worst for her to get her off his back, 3 months after the dept he had asked him to start the payment because the contract said paying will start the third month he was more than willing to sign because he believed he'll invest well with that 12,000 and even triple it by the third month but at that time he was struggle to get back from his loses from the shoe business so he begged for an extension she told him she could remove the 15% for free if he beat up a girl for her, he was horrified but nonetheless he did it, he just broke her leg. He didn't ask why he did that or anything when they meet the next day and he broke down she had told him

"You're no better than me you're worst, i never forced you, you could have said no and tried paying the money with the one month extension that was written in the contract so don't act all good" and it hit him, the second time he did something bad for her was when he was asked to beat up a guy who was giving her brother trouble, he had just lost his bitcons to a scamer then and took out his anger on the poor guy, he was beaten so bad he ended up in the ICU. Mina was happy with the results since the guy didn't dare expose her brother back then, leaving him with a spotless image she had removed 35% from the dept leaving him with the other 50% now all he had to do was dress up like a delivery guy, use desame route as the other guy, accidentally bump into him, chage the packages and leave no one gets hurt that was a win for him so he got ready to leave and execute his plan. He arrived at the spot and hid in a corner waiting for the guy to show up, he was all nervous and sweating this was his chance to be free and start finally Saving, he was planning on even marrying his long term girlfriend. Business was looking good and he'll be dept free he had to do it. So when he saw the guy approaching and confirmed it was him from the details Sent to him he rushed with his scotter and bumped into the guy on the Bic the guy wasn't excepting it so he lost balance and fell with the bic thankfully nothing happened just things and people falling over, some came to help and see what happened and Adul was thankful for the choas because it made it easier to switch the packages. After almost fighting with the driver about who was at fault and almost fighting they were separated before police would saw up and things would get more complicated. Adul sighed when he was out of sight, mission accomplished he patted himself on the back. He called mina to inform her and the girl instructed him to bring the package at her place, 40 minutes later he was there after using every short cut and driving at an insane speed he wanted this to be over, mina came down stairs and handed him the already signed document saying he was free from her dept. Well one thing about the kid at least she was a honest person. Adul almost broke down he was free plus there was a envelope with a note

'job well done, it's free cash' and Mina's number she was basically saying if he needed her she was available with her conditions. Adul nodded and the two went there separate ways

"What's that" her mom asked as soon as she walked in with a box

"Delivery" mina responded walking to her personal backyard. She opened the box and it was indeed the dress they ordered for jian, adul was really good at his job she smirked, she threw the dress on the pavement before picking up a lighter that was on the tea table and lighting the dress on fire, she stood there and watched until it was nothing but pure ashes then called one of the maids to clean it ip. She went back to her room to touch on her makeup when the maid informed her of the guests arrival.