As Benny’s senses started to fade, he mustered his last bit of strength to try and get up.
“Sir, are you alright?” A soft female voice broke through the haze, followed by gentle hands lifting him.
Seeing the woman before him, Benny offered a rare, heartfelt smile.
“Evelyn…”
Benny spent a restless night, his dreams replaying memories with Evelyn. Yet, happiness was as brief as a shooting star, transforming into a nightmare where Evelyn lay bloodied in his arms.
Waking groggily, his head throbbed intensely. The light fixture above flickered erratically, leaving his mind in a brief state of emptiness.
Gradually, his thoughts began to coalesce, piecing together the previous night’s events.
After his departure from Prosperity Group, he had drowned his sorrows in a bar and thought he saw Evelyn in his drunken state.
Suddenly, Benny sat up, realizing something was wrong.
He threw off the covers to find his trouser leg empty and lifeless.
His gaze hardened as he looked around, recognizing the hotel room.
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His prosthetic leg was positioned at the bed’s end.
A wave of anger and fear washed over Benny. Never before had he been so intoxicated that he lost complete consciousness or found himself at the mercy of strangers.
As he struggled to get out of bed, a noise from the bathroom drew his attention.
The door opened, revealing a woman.
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Seeing Benny awake, Flossie paused briefly, then smiled.
“You’re awake? I thought you’d sleep longer.”
The heavy workload she’d been under had been suffocating. Only last night did Flossie find a rare moment of leisure at a bar, unbeknownst to her agent.
She didn’t expect to find Benny in distress near the restroom.
Approaching him, she found him so drunk he was barely coherent, muttering a name as he clutched her hand.
Flossie had no choice but to take Benny to a hotel.
She intended to leave him there and depart, but upon seeing his face clearly, she was struck by his resemblance to Tobin.
This halted her from leaving, and she tended to his wounds.
In doing so, she discovered the unnatural feel of one of his legs, cold and unyielding.