2 Chapter 2 - Stumbling into Dark Clouds

The first day of her stay in Beijing is a curse. Isarry don't know how to deal with her invidious situation. She's happy living in the Philippines, at age 22 she graduated from college as Magna Cum Laude. It's been just a year since she began enjoying her life after studying for over 19 years. All her life, Isarry had managed to prevent her grandparents to control her life. She lives far away from them. She disobey their rules.

Her elders are puzzled as to why she have done that. But Isarry knew what she did is right for her. She knows how to obey, but she is more aware if the orders from them are controlling hers. And she hates it, so what she did is to stand her rights as human. Isarry aspires to live her own life, without control from anybody.

Now, she was caught off-guard. There's no way she can escape this time. "What should I do?" She ask herself for the nth time. "What will gonna happen to my life?"

From her distraught, Isarry unconsciously arrive into an open grounds. There's a lot of people sitting on the grass chatting, children's playing and laughing, also some of them doing a picnic.

"They look happy!" She commented.

Suddenly, the clouds gets dark as if telling them it will rain soon. Isarry did nothing, she just stood on the grass and watch the darkness fill the atmosphere.

People notice the forthcoming rain, they leave in a hurry relinquishing the open grounds.

As soon as she became alone, downpour begins.She let a small laughter. Seems like the weather hewers with her feelings.

Indistinct noise emerge from somewhere. She turn her gaze to what she thinks it came from. In a proximate distance, bunch of old trees can be found. It's morning yet dusky so she can't figure out what's going on there.

Her feet find its way towards the dark bunches.

Isarry was about to call out but cease at a sudden rant.

"You assh*le! What makes you think I'm snatching your girlfriend? It is her who flirtatious walks on me! Dumb*ss!"

"Huh? Don't play innocent Jing Ting! I SAW YOU KISSING MY GIRLFRIEND!!!"

"THINK WHATEVER YOU WANT TO THINK! I'M DONE WITH YOU!"

A well built image draw near Isarry but he fall before her. She jolted back as he cuss numerously.

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? ARE YOU THAT COWARD? HAAA!!!" The other man punch him twice on his face. Two men are fighting in front of her. The first man pushed his adversary, hits his back to a tree and fall on the ground.

Afterwards, four people approach them, with their hands holding baseball bats. They help the one who hit the tree. "Punish that assh*le!" He order them.

"Oh my gosh! STOPPP!!!" Isarry shriek when the baseball bats were almost hit the solely man.

She's scared to witness a murder, whether this man is right or wrong she should help him.

"Who the h*ll are you?" The hit-fall man asked while holding his back. His men stop and look at her. Thanks God they stop. But what will she do now? What is she going to say?

"Uhm! Please stop! You definitely m-mistaken!" She haven't control her hoarse. What if they involve her? She'll end up getting beaten by these quarrelsome fellows.

"Tell me!" The man walks nearer. "Are you one of his avid fan?" He grinned at her.

"Fan?" She instantly wonder who he is. Maybe a popular guy in China, an artist or a singer also may be a rapper or a model. Isarry focused her sight on the man. She can say he's a kind of handsome and very appealing but in his situation, stricken by a fist on his lower back, she shouldn't daydream about him. They need to escape by the way. "Of course I am..." They laughed at her, while the sole man is just looking at her. "But..more than that!" They stop.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" Hit-fall man mockery.

"I'm HIS GIRLFRIEND! There's no way he will cheat on me!" She boldly said.

For 5 seconds the surrounding been quiet then conforms by a demonic laughter. "Are you crazy! No one will believe that she's your boyfriend. No way!" Men continuously laughed.

The sole man come close to her. "You really think that I can't have one?" He spite.

"Whose crazy will fall for you, Bai!?" Hit-fall man insulted the man next to her. Isarry can feel the raging intensity of Bai by staring at him.

"F*ck you!" He dash into hit-fall man. His men strike their bats. He tumble back.

"STOP!!! PLEASE STOP!" She pleaded.

Worrying about Bai, Isarry quickly approaches him. "A-are you o-okay?" She cries seeing his face with unexplainable pain. "Can y-you s-stand?" Bai didn't answer but tries to stand.

"Please! Let us leave!" She sobs. "Please!"

"Boss! Isn't she really his girlfriend?" One of the guy doubted.

"What do you mean?" Hit-fall man ask.

"She act like one! Let leave them! What if she already call a cop?" He scruple.

"WHAT THE..."

"Boss come on!" They hurriedly go away.

"T-they're g-gone!" She happily stated. Bai fixed himself and left her.