Chapter 4

“It’s you…” he repeated again as Chou just smile and slowly walk backward.

“You’re that girl…”

“What a nice surprise to see you here…” Chou said slowly trying to swallow what was left in her mouth.

“You’re the suicidal girl!” He said loudly causing a few people around her to look at her.

“Shhhh!! What you want the whole world to know I’m suicidal and I have a name for goodness sake” Chou said covering his mouth.

“But you tried to suicide and I don’t even know your name” he said as she let go of his mouth.

“Yes I tried to suicide but your words inspire me so much I decide to live a happy, life” Chou said with a big smile on her face.

“Really? I’m glad I help a person in need. I’m Kim Yesung”

“I know…” Chou said when she noticed his weird face, “I mean I found your wallet which had your name in it and you left so I couldn’t give it back to you. But I’m sooo sorry, when I was about to turn it to the lost and found, a big, big man stole it and I chase after it and when I finally caught up with him he threw me the wallet and all your cash was gone! I’m soooo sorry!!” Chou said covering her face with her hand pretending to cry.

“Ah don’t worry about it; I’m not worrying about the cash, just my license and my associates business cards. I was suppose to call one of them tomorrow and I practically panic when I couldn’t find his number”

Chou removes her hand from her face and look at him, “So you’re saying if that robber took your credit card…you don’t even care?”

“Not really…should I?”

“What happens if he max it out?”

“Well most of them are expired and one or two I sorta max out…so its no use” Yesung replied.

“Seriously? You carry expire credit cards with you?” Chou asked with a wtf face.

“Well most of the stores I go to, knows who I am and they just put it under my name and my company pays for it. Beside I own the company…so it’s a win-win situation” Yesung replied as Chou stare at him in disbelief eyes.

“Wait…you own a company?”

“Yeah…mostly investment but you know those new mp3 players those teenagers carry? Yeah I created that and several games”

“Whoa I did not know I got save by a man who is so creative!” Chou said with excitement in her tone.

“Haha I’m not creative, by the way I never got a chance to know your name yet” Yesung said with a huge smile.

“My name is Chou Ishikawa.” She said shaking his hand.

“Chou really unique name” he said with a smile, “So what are you doing here?”

“Uh… well you see… my cousin sees how depress I was so he wanted to cheer me up by bringing me to social party you know…meet new people.” Chou said lying through her teeth.

“Ah that’s nice of your cousin. Where do you work?”

“That you see…I quitted my old job as a fashion model…so now I’m currently unemployed” Chou said sadly.

“You know what, my secretary just left and I need a new one… are you good with computer and taking notes and keeping up with meetings?” Yesung asked

“Omg really you’re offering me a job?!?” Chou squeal as Yesung nods his head. “Ahhh that is so nice of you! Do I have to do an interview?”

“That’s okay; I personally hired you so I just tell the human resources department. You can come in tomorrow right?”

“Yes I can. Do I give you a call if I arrive?” Chou asked excitedly.

“Sure, here is my cellphone when you get to the building and go inside and give me a call.” Yesung replied handing her his business card with his phone number behind it.

“Here is my number. Thank you so much for the job offer.” Chou said with a big smile as Ryo approach behind her.

“Hey who are you talking too?” Ryo asked through his teeth.

“This is Kim Yesung, he just offer me a job at his company” Chou said, “And Yesung this is my lousy cousin Ryo who is a lawyer” she said smacking his back hard

“Hi nice to meet you, it’s nice of you to take your cousin to these occasion. She really would need a lot of help getting back up on her feet and stop thinking about suicide” Yesung said as Ryo look over at Chou with the wtf look on his face.

“Yeah…she really needs help you know. She’s just too depressing these days. I’m glad I can help her back on her feet!” Ryo said hugging Chou who was next to him tightly like she was a stuff penguin.

“That’s awesome, anyways I have to go. I have a lot of business people to talk to.” Yesung said leaving as Chou wave goodbye.

“Suicide?”

“What? I was working and well he was there and save me and now I just got a job offer at an awesome place with a hot boss” Chou said waving the business card in front of Ryo who smack her in the head.

“Do you know who you were dealing with? He’s Kim Yesung, currently engage to a girl name Sunny”

“What?!?! He’s in engaged?!?”

“If you weren’t too depressed and all suicidal you would know. It’s plastered all over the newspaper.” Ryo said as Chou stuck her tongue at him.

“It was an act okay sheesh don’t need to rub those words in my face all the time. You make me look like I’m emo or something” Chou mumbles covering half her face from people

“Whatever you’re emo anyways…Ah look there’s his fiancée” Ryo said pointing Chou the girl who was sitting at the dinner table texting and then fixing her hair in a small mirror.

“She’s so superficial. I’m better than her”

“You sound like you have a lot of confidence in yourself” Ryo said taking a sip of his wine.

“Not confidence but a lot of how you say… courage and guts? I mean come on look at her! I can break that girl into half in a second!”

“Hahaha sureeeeee you can” Ryo said trying not to laugh so hard.

“Watch me, I will ruin her, I tell you ruin her!!” Chou said shaking her fist at the girl who was now putting on lip gloss.

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“Should I even tell him my real name?” she questioned herself as she took a look at him.

“Are you okay? You seem to look sick?” Jin asked as Riyo shook her head.

“Sorry maybe the wine just got to my head I’ll be alright” Riyo said with a small smile.

“I’m sorry to approach you like that, usually I would try to avoid it but this time I really wanted to ask you” Jin said as she just look at him.

“My name is Riyo, I think your friend probably won’t have the same name as me right?”

“Actually no…but your eyes remind me of her so much” Jin replied as he felt a relief after finding out she wasn’t the one he was looking for.

“Ah I see…you also look similar to a friend of mines to but he left a while ago. Maybe he’s married by now” Riyo said as she begin to walk as Jin did the same.

“Why give up so easily?”

“Because my hope died when he stops returning my mails” Riyo said as she stops and look at him.

“Why not go find him and face him to know the truth?” Jin asked.

“I’m afraid I guess…I got hurt so many times and I just don’t want to face it. What happen if I appear in front of his house and his wife opens the door? It will kill my heart” Riyo replied as Jin nods his head.

“I understand. I was wondering the same thing with that friend of mines…maybe by now she’s living a different life and don’t want to see me again.”

“haha I guess we both are in the same situation” Riyo said letting out a light laugh hoping to get rid of their unhappiness.

“Haha yeah…so why are you here?”

“Business and you?”

“Well my supervisor wanted the whole team to come for some stupid reason” Jin replied.

“You’re a cop?”

“Yeah…why I don’t look like one?” Jin asked looking at his outfit.

“Haha not really more like a son of a business man who is out here trying to escape from the girls” Riyo said as Jin begins to blush.

“I wish I can be rich, I just got transfer here from the states, so I’m trying to adjust to stuff that is really new to me”

“Don’t worry everything here is the same as the states just its on the other side of the world…” Riyo mumble as she tries to figure out what she just said.

“Hahaha don’t worry I understand” Jin said as they stop before walking into the mansion.

“Well I should get back in there to finish my business and you should be doing your job before your supervisor catches you talking to a girl” Riyo teased Jin as he ruffle his hair.

“Alright, it’s really nice to meet you Riyo.” Jin said as he wrote down his phone number on a piece of napkin, “When you are bored or something, just give me a call well not in the daytime since I’m working”

“Here is my number, sometimes I put it on vibrate so I won’t hear it but I will call you back” Riyo said handing him her number on a napkin.

“Great I just made some more new friends in Japan” Jin said with a smile as Riyo walk in turning around waving bye to him and disappear into the crowd.

“She’s not Rika…but so much alike.” Jin whispered as he went the other direction into the crowd.

“Hey Ryo, are we done yet” Riyo asked when she found Ryo and Chou arguing at the food table.

“Well I should ask you that question since you wanted to be here.” Ryo replied as he stuffed the crab cake into his mouth

“Well everything seems to go as planned. That nasty perverted man is staring at me again…” Riyo replied trying not to look at Sinji Seido.

“And I got a new job!” Chou said with excitement as Riyo got all confuse and lost. “I fill you in when we get home” Chou said as Ryo begin to head toward the exit when all sudden he bump into the lady in front of him who was trying to get a napkin that was stuck on her heels.

“Sorry” Erika mumbled as she finally got the paper off. “Stupid heels”

Ryo looked at the lady in front of him; he stared at her until she gave him this weird look.

“What are you looking at you perv?!” Erika exclaimed as Ryo just back down.

“Sheesh you just remind me of close friend of mines that’s why I look at you. You’re not that hot, I seen ones better than you” Ryo said as she got her hand in a fist.

“You little bastard…”

“Ah Erika no violence in front of our b-o-s-s…he’s just a few feet away from you” Aya said.

“You’re lucky this time pervert” Erika said as Aya drag her away.

“Whoa Ryo pissing off a girl…first time” Chou said clapping her hands as Ryo rolled his eyes and begin to walk while the two girls were behind him.

“Ah Ms. London and Cassie, leaving so soon?” Sinji Seido said whom appeared out of nowhere behind them.

“Ah yes, we have to wake up early to do some business so that’s why we’re going back to our hotel to have a good rest. Thank you for a wonderful party” London (Riyo) said walking out the door.

“Yeah…whatever my sis said we will see you around if we need something” Cassie (Chou) said as Ryo excuse himself leaving the mansion.

“Bob, we got to do business with them.” Seido said to his personal secretary.

“Why sir?”

“Because they are the daughters of a powerful businessman in the states” he replied as his secretary type it into his blackberry.

The drive home was quite until Ryo spoke up, “Yah I told that creep that you and I used to date”

“WHAT?!?!? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!?!” Chou yelled as she begins to choke Ryo who was driving, Riyo grab the wheel as Ryo let go trying to pry Chou’s hand off his neck

Ryo finally pry her fingers off his throat before he choke to death instead of dying in a car accident, “What else do you want me to say?? He asked me what were you two to me and I just panic!”

“Well you can tell him we’re like high school buddies or college buddies or even Riyo ex why me?!?!?” Chou asked in an angry tone.

“I read in the magazine once that Cassie dated a guy so I might as well go with the flow” Ryo said letting out a few cough. “God you look like a weak girl but can choke”

“If both of you are done, can you drive again because I don’t want to die yet” Riyo said as Ryo took over the wheel.

“Sheesh you seem in a bad mood” Chou said looking at Riyo who just stare out the window.

“I’m just tired that’s all” Riyo lied as she tried to sleep all the way home from the ride while Ryo and Chou begin to argue again.

Kaiyo held her cup of coffee as she made her way up to her room as she closed the door behind her. She turns on her laptop and watches it log her onto the net. Placing the cup of coffee on the table, she took out a small key and unlocks the bottom drawer; she reached in and pulled out an old journal.

Closing the drawer, she opens the journal and took out a photo looking at it. It has been a while she even glance at this picture. Staring at it for a while she then place it back into the journal and back into the drawer locking it up.

Kaiyo sat in the chair for a while just staring at the laptop screen until her cellphone rang. She picks it up and looks at the caller id and flips it open to answer,

“Hello?”

“You’re just in luck; I just receive a phone/email on a new mission and the offer nobody can decline”

“Who is it this time?”

“The most powerful, rich man right now in Japan, Sinji Seido” Hideaki said as Kaiyo’s eyes widen.

“Sinji Seido?!?”

“You know him?”

“Riyo and Chou next target is him, if we do our mission it will conflict theirs’”

“Don’t need worry; Riyo will get the mission done in about 3 days at least, and after she’s done we will do our mission. Beside this person said within 2 weeks before he attend this opening for his new cooperation” Hideaki said as Kaiyo relaxed a bit.

“That’s a good thing, are you going to meet up with this person?”

“Yeah, tomorrow and I will meet up with you later tomorrow to discuss it in detail with you.” Hideaki said.

“At my café place?”

“Sure why not since you did offer me a cup of coffee, beside I haven’t seen Chou or Riyo in a while good to catch up with them”

“Okay…I see you tomorrow then” Kaiyo said hanging up the phone. She then lean back on her chair closing her eyes hoping all these nightmares would go away, but she knows that is impossible.

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