Chapter 11. Debt Collectors

Being in the same car as the man who had saved her from Brian for the second time kept Anna from saying much. Especially at this time. The feeling of shame that welled up in the girl seemed to make her want to just jump off the top of the car.

How not, the outfit that was attached to her body currently belonged to the man who was driving next to her, all without exception. Although in her heart, she slightly justified her actions because the man had also thrown away her clothes. There's no way she can walk outside with the body half-naked.

Feeling something hit her back, Anna looked back at the chair she was sitting on. Her eyes found a bag that was none other than hers. Gosh, whereas she had searched for her bag before leaving the man's house but couldn't find it, it was in this car.

"Have you had breakfast?" Devan's baritone voice tapped the girl's ear.

"Of course, I saw the food that I prepared for you on the table this morning was reduced a lot or is it just my feelings," said Devan without looking at the girl, his hand then took a packet of candy from his dashboard car and put it in his mouth, accompanied by a smile that was very annoying for Anna.

Anna didn't answer, rooted to the spot. She was ashamed, very ashamed.

Devan glanced at Anna and then smiled again. In all his life, this was the first time he met a strange girl and managed to make him a little curious, even he did things that were out of his habit.

"Who is that man?" asked Devan who seemed to remain focused on the steering wheel.

Not getting an answer from his interlocutor, Devan turned his head and found Anna who was frozen with teary-eyed eyes.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked about it," said Devan back.

There was silence for a few minutes, no sound between the two of them.

"He's my boyfriend," Anna replied after a long silence in a slightly hoarse voice.

Hearing this, Devan turned his head, "He wasn't like your boyfriend..."

"That was only until last night. Right now I don't even want to see him anymore,"

Devan's brow furrowed, he was curious but reluctant to ask further, thinking that it was none of his affairs.

"Never mind, I'm the broken heart of him. Don't ask anymore," said Anna.

"Now, where are you taking me?" She added again in a tone that sounded better than before.

Looking at the clock showing 11.30, Anna sighed harshly.

"I'd better get off here, I'll be back to work soon," she continued without waiting for the man to answer her question.

"Okay, where is your house? Maybe I can take you," Devan offered, no one knows what happened to him, his attitude now changed three hundred and sixty degrees from usual. Only, the man didn't notice.

"I don't like being rejected," he said again when he saw the girl wanted to respond.

Hesitantly, Anna gave the address of the boarding house where she lived. To be honest, right now she doesn't have the energy to walk at all. But after all, she had to conserve her energy because she would soon be back at work, her second part-time job in a restaurant as a waitress.

Never mind, this would also be the last time they met. Anna was very sure of that.

A few minutes later, they entered a hallway which was the direction of the road to the girl's boarding house.

When Anna felt that she would soon arrive, her eyes caught several people in black uniforms standing in front of the building where she lived.

"Stop. Stop, stop," said the girl in a panic.

"What is it?"

"I-I will come back to my house later," Anna replied in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Why all of a sudden? Aren't you going to work?" Devan asked confused.

"Please, don't ask anything, and bring me out of this hallway, Quick!" begged Anna to the man. The people she saw was debt collector, a different person from the one she met when she was at the cafe.

Yes, her father left the girl a huge debt. Not only on one loan shark, but there are several. Anna also only found out when the people came to collect the debt on her behalf. That's what made the girl a little frustrated, her father left the debt that used so much of her identity.

At this moment, she didn't know what to do anymore, lost her one part-time job, betrayed by Brian whom she trusted so much and the loan sharks were always coming to her, squeezing all her remaining salary.

All she could do now was avoid them. Once upon a time, in a month she did not pay the loan shark a penny because her boyfriend, Brian, needed money and the girl ended up spending the night in the shop yards just to avoid and hide from those people who almost every day came and threatened her for not paying them.

She also didn't say anything about her situation to her boyfriend because she didn't want to add to the burden on his mind. Let's say she's a fool for assuming it all on herself and ends up being betrayed by that man.

Seeing the girl pleading, Devan sighed and immediately left the place. He didn't turn the car around because the road was a bit narrow so he could only keep driving until he reached the end of the alley that connected it to the highway.

"Is it because of those people?" asked Devan suddenly when he saw Anna had relaxed a bit, a few minutes ago, he had glanced at the girl and found her hiding her face slightly when passing people in black clothes in the hallway had just they passed.