Chapter 9

Sera was asleep in her subconscious, there were no dreams that adorned her sleep. Everything was just dark and empty, suddenly a speck of light began to creep into his dream. She followed the light and chased after it, the light disappeared and she realized that the light had taken her to a terrible place.

She was on a small boat in the middle of the dark ocean, the sound of the music at that time was deafening.

“Stop it! Please!” She shouted while covering her ears with both hands.

"Sera?" She heard someone calling his name, but no one was here. She was lost in a terrible place that felt like hell.

“Wh-who are you? What do you want?"

“You look so pitiful, Sera! Very sad!"

"Why don't you show up? Get out! Come out…!” She shouted loudly. Her movement made the boat almost capsize. She immediately held him with both hands.

"You should be thanking me for not letting me die."

"Who are you? What do I want from me?”

"I want you to feel what I've been feeling all along. The suffering that never ends.”

“Fuck! Damn it, let me go! Let me go!"

“Hahahaha….I will let you go if you will follow my orders!”

"What do you mean?"

Suddenly, shevwas dragged into a stream of light and when she woke up, she saw that her surroundings were completely different. There are no oceans and small boats, he is in a luxury yacht, where all the passengers are in classic style. Not only the appearance of the passengers, but the music and atmosphere. Obviously this is not in today's era.

"Am I really dreaming?" He thought. He was amazed by the strange sight he saw.

she heard the sound of sexophone music playing solo in the dance room, she had heard this music before. Elen tried to see who was playing the sexophone, she stepped closer to the crowd of people who were fascinated by the appearance of such an extraordinary young man.

Elen was silent, she couldn't believe what she saw. Her body trembled and felt stiff, Elen couldn't move at all.

"Charly?" His eyes widened in shock, seeing a young man who looked so much like Charly.

Everyone clapped when the young man finished demonstrating his skills. Many women approached him, the young man did not reply he just smiled sweetly.

“N-no way, it must be just the same. B-but, why are they so similar?” he muttered. Her heart felt weak when the young man walked towards her, but Elen's body could just be penetrated.

"Impossible! Impossible!" Elen tried to follow the man she thought was Nathan from behind. The young man seemed to be talking with the other musicians while laughing, not long after, he left alone, his hand holding a small box while humming cheerfully.

As the young man walked down a hallway, several large men stopped in his tracks.

"Wait! Where are you going?" Asked one of the well-built men, his face was familiar as if Elen had met the man, but he couldn't remember exactly when and where.

"Robby? Why are you here?” asked the young man with a questioning look.

"Why ask that? Of course I want to accompany you to propose to the girl! Don't you want a family member to help?" asked the man with a smirk. He looked at Charlie with a sharp, threatening look.

"I don't need your help!"

“Wow…so arrogant huh? Since you've succeeded in becoming a famous sexophone player, you've forgotten about your family! Great, you really are shameless!” He said while clapping his hands, along with his friends who also laughed.

"How's dad doing?" Charlie asked with a sad look.

"You really ask how your father is, the old man is sick and maybe he will die soon. And what's even sadder is that she is sick because she continues to cry over her biological daughter who became a prostitute and peddled herself with her own stepmother.” Said the man in a loud voice.

"Did mom tell dad that?"

“Of course, since you were expelled, you seem to have become a tramp and ended up in a brothel. You are really pathetic, now you are even desperate to propose to a respectable girl and from a respected family. You should see who you really are, you bitch!” He said sarcastically.

“Shut up! Get out of here! Charlie shouted getting emotional, he tried to hold his patience. He didn't want anyone to see and hear all this.

"How dare you, Charles! You're a useless bastard just like that old fart!" The man grabbed his collar and strangled him until he lifted his body up.

“L-let go of me!” Charlie struggled as he threw a fist into the big man's stomach.

Charlie tried to run, but several other men had stopped and surrounded him. He couldn't run anywhere. They started beating him violently. Charlie tried to fight back even though his strength wasn't comparable to the five of them.

"Impossible! Impossible, this can't be happening!” Elen was tormented seeing it, she really couldn't believe what she was seeing right now. The man being tortured before his eyes was Charlir, while he couldn't do anything to help her.

Baaakkk….

The man named Robby hit Charlie's head with a wooden stick, Charlie immediately collapsed and passed out with his head covered in blood.

"Hey...what are you guys doing?" a crew member who saw the incident immediately came to them. The crew was not alone, he came with 2 other crew members.

"Good night sir?" Said the man named Robby with a smirk.

"What are you doing? Is he Charles? The sexophone player?” Ask a crew member.

“Right, sir! We're having a problem with him. And I think you can let me sort this out.”

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