“Hahah…Excellent, my dear, excellent.”

  “But…before you send me there. I have a question.” I wanted to ask one more thing.

  “Ask, my dear.”

  “What do you want me to do when I get there?”

  “To be honest, not much at the beginning. For now, enjoy your newfound life and I’ll get back to you, my dear.”

  “Okay then, I’m ready.”

  “Excellent, so be it, my dear.” As he finished speaking, the female body that should have been me burst into purple fmes and I began to move closer to them. Then another question came to mind that had been nagging at me throughout our conversation.

  “Why do you call me ‘my dear’ when we barely know each other. I practically don’t even know who you are.” I quickly asked my st question.

  “Haha,” the voice ughed. “Me? I am the Devil himself, and you, my dear, are my Right hand and, therefore, my wife.”

  “What the hell…” Before I could finish speaking, my soul was engulfed in fmes, and I found myself somewhere else entirely. But despite this, there was still only bckness. Suddenly I heard voices.

  “Hey Jack, go get two more boxes from the back!” One of the voices shouted.

  “I’m coming! Give me a second.” The second voice growled and I heard his heavy footsteps slowly approaching me.

  “Umm…Frank! I found something!” A voice shouted almost next to me.

  “What is it? What did you find? Huh?” Another voice named Frank approached him.

  “Jack, who is she?” He asked again.

  “I don’t know Frank. That’s how I found her here. But she’s pretty.” Jack replied.

  “Be quiet, you fool.” He shouted angrily. “I’m not asking what she looks like, but how did she get into the locked warehouse that’s underground? And why is she naked lying on top of our merchandise?”

  “Maybe it’s one of the girls?”

  “No, she’s too pretty for that. She would have worked in a better establishment a long time ago.”

  “Maybe it’s one of the boss’s girls.”

  “Hmm, that’s possible, and what would she be doing down here, and especially how did she get here?”

  “Maybe the boss himself brought her here.”

  “Oh, that's right. Jack, you’re a genius. Sometimes I don’t understand how you could have been kicked out of the seventh grade. The boss likes to show off. Maybe he came to show her the warehouse and then… well, you know…”

  “Umm, not really.”

  “You know… well, a man and a woman alone… she naked.”

  “I don’t know Frank, you’re going to have to help me.”

  “Oh my God. You know what, Jack, I take back what I said about the genius.”

  “But that doesn’t apply. You can't just take back what you said once.”

  “But I can.”

  “No, you can't.”

  “Yes, I can, and stop now. We have to do something with her. Find out if she's even alive, she looks pretty pale.”

  “But why me again, Frank? You know how it turned out st time.”

  “Stop whining, you idiot, and go.”

  When they finished talking, I heard more footsteps that were right next to me. Even though I wanted to move, I couldn't. I couldn't even open my eyes to see what was happening. My body seemed to freeze. Soon I felt something or someone touch me.

  “Don't touch me.” I said in a low voice. I heard the person standing next to me move away, but after a while, they touched me again. At that moment, I couldn't take it anymore and screamed with all my might.

  “I said, don’t touch me!” At that moment, my body seemed to wake up. And I managed to sit up while nausea overcame me.

  When I opened my eyes, I saw two people standing in front of me. One, closer to me, was a huge man about two meters tall with a strangely elongated head that was shaved bald. And on his face, in addition to the scar over his eye, he also had a terrified look, as if he had seen a ghost. For a short moment, it seemed to me that he had a small fsh of purple in his eyes, which disappeared just as quickly.

  The second was also a man but of a shorter, thin build with short, standing hair. He looked like a teenager who had just finished school. And there was a slightly surprised expression on his face.

  “What are you doing, Jack? Take her, we’ll take her to the boss.” The shorter man ordered.

  “But she said not to touch her.” The other replied.

  “And are you listening to her or me?”

  “But she…”

  “I don’t care, take her, we’re going to the boss.”

  “Mmm… ok.”

  “No. Stop.” Before he could touch me, I stopped him with my outstretched hand.

  “I’m going to throw up.” At that moment, I only managed to close my eyes, turn my head, and vomit what was inside me.

  “For God’s sake, not on the merchandise. Oh god, the boss will kill us.” The shorter guy shouted. And that was the st thing I heard before my mind fell into darkness again.

  “Well… I have no idea who this woman is.” Voices woke me up from the darkness again while in my mouth, I felt the bad taste of something that came out of me, and again, my body was frozen with my eyes closed.

  “Are you sure boss? She’s pretty, you sure she’s not one of your girls?” Asked the second, already familiar voice, one of the men from before.

  “For God’s sake, Frank, if I had anything to do with a woman that beautiful, I would remember it.” A voice I didn’t know answered. “Where did you say you found her?”

  “Down in the warehouse, boss.” Frank replied.

  “And how did she get there? The warehouse is guarded and locked.”

  “That’s why we thought she was one of your girls, boss. That you brought her there.”

  “But I had nothing to do with her. This is the first time I’ve seen her... And Frank?"

  "Yes, boss?"

  "Why is she naked?”

  “Well, boss, that’s how we found her. She was lying on our merchandise. That’s why we thought you brought her there, boss.”

  “And why would I bring her down to the warehouse?”

  “Well, you know, a beautiful woman, down in the warehouse, all alone, naked. You know.”

  “I don’t know, Frank.” the boss interrupted.

  “Haha.” the other voice I knew ughed. “You see, Frank, even the boss doesn’t understand this and the boss is smart.”

  “Shut up, Jack.”

  “Okay, quiet. Now don’t you two argue. We’re not going to figure it out like this, let her tell us who she is. Wake her up.” The boss ordered.

  “Jack, go and wake her up.” Frank repeated quickly.

  “Why me again? Why still me?”

  “Shut up, you fool, and wake her up.” Frank ordered, and again, I heard heavy footsteps approaching me from behind. And again someone touched me but this time I didn't care at all. I just wanted to get rid of the disgusting taste in my mouth.

  "Water." The only word I could barely say.

  "Huh? What did she say, Jack?" The boss asked.

  "I don't know, I didn't hear well." Then I felt him move his head closer.

  "I said I wanted water." I told him again with the same difficulty. Then I just heard him move away and I heard his footsteps moving away from me.

  "Jack? What are you doing?" The boss asked with a dull expression.

  "Umm...Well, she said she wanted water." Jack replied.

  "And you're just going to listen to her? I'm here to give orders."

  "Well, boss, you're probably right, now that you say it." Jack turned and stopped.

  “Uhh…Okay, go, get her some water.” The boss resigned.

  And so there were only three of us left in the room. Me sitting on a chair, unable to move, some boss who was somewhere in front of me, and Frank who was standing behind me. Soon I heard heavy footsteps approaching me again.

  “Please, a gss of water.” Jack said. I wanted to reach for the gss but my body didn’t even move.

  “Come on Jack.” Frank said from behind me. “How can she drink when her hands are tied to the chair?”

  “I know. That’s why I brought a straw. I’m not that stupid.”

  And something like a straw touched my mouth. So I took a sip of water, but as soon as the water touched my tongue, I felt the worst taste I’ve ever tasted. I had no choice but to spit it all out in front of me. My body seemed to come back to life at that moment and I was finally able to open my eyes.

  In front of me sat a young man with short, neat hair in a nice suit, which was wet from water and had a confused and incomprehensible expression on his face. I then turned to the man standing next to me. It was the same big guy with a gss in his hand and the same expression as his boss.

  “What the hell was that?!” I asked angrily.

  “I…I…it was just water.” Jack replied in a slightly frightened voice.

  “Oh my God Jack. You idiot, what did you give her?” Frank came over and took the gss from him.

  “Like I said, just water.”

  Frank smelled the liquid in the gss and then took a sip. “Well, boss, now I have to defend Jack, seriously it’s just water.”

  All three of them looked at me and now I had a confused expression.

  “What’s wrong with you, woman?” The boss asked angrily.

  “I don’t know.” I answered truthfully.

  “Okay, let’s not talk about that now, okay. Who are you and how did you get into the locked warehouse?” The boss continued.

  “I don’t know.” I answered him the same.

  “Boss, if I may say something.” Frank joined the conversation. “When we found her, she looked like she was totally passed out.”

  “Uhh… fine, just throw her out. I don’t need strangers here, just walking around my club.” The boss ordered.

  “Throw her out?” I quickly tried to say something. “You can’t just throw me out on the street. I don’t even know where I am. And as you can see, I’m not wearing anything.” That was a convincing excuse when I saw the boss start to think, even though I didn't mind being completely naked in a room with three men. I found it rather amusing how the young man in front of me always tried to look away.

  "Okay. Frank, go call Anna, she'll know what to do with her."