Her Life Starts to Spin out of Control

Colin nodded, poured a glass of whiskey for Nina and placed it in front of her.

Herring picked a girl, as well, and the rest were asked to leave.

"Treat Mr. Li and Mr. Huo well. Got it?" The manager cautioned the girls, and walked out, closing the door behind him. Herring took out a stack of cash and gave it to the girls.

The two girls divided up the money excitedly, and placed them aside. They had to tend to the men. Nina wrapped her arm around Colin's shoulder and held her whiskey glass upto Colin's lips, "Mr. Li, please."

"Go away." Colin refused, swatting away her gesture. Nina cowered away, confused. What's his problem? She thought to herself.

"Hey bro, how about getting a room? You can get your needs met in private." Herring winked.

Colin waved his hand, "Not now." He continued nursing his whiskey glass as Nina sat beside him with a confused expression on her face.

A few minutes later, Colin's personal phone rang. He thought that it was Sophia, but

His stomach sunk and his heart began to beat faster when he saw the Caller ID. It was his mother.

It was almost 11pm, and usually his mother was preparing to retire to bed at that time. So it came as a shock when he saw that she was calling him.

He paused the music and motioned for everyone to be silent. Then, he slid the answer key.

"Hi mother. What are you doing up so late? Is everything okay?" "My son, are you still at work?"

"No, I'm out with Herring."

"Doing what?"

"Drinking."

"Is anyone else there?"

"...No!" Colin hesitated. Colin thought that his mother sounded as she usually does.

Without a goodbye, the call hung up. Colin stared at his phone, baffled. Just as he was about to place his phone back in his pocket, his mother called back, this time as a video call.

the call. Colin knew all too well that she wasn't going to stop calling.

therefore Colin knew that she was looking for something. The expression on her

do... " Before Colin could finish

through the video connection. "Mother,

I will keep on calling

no choice but to show her. He flipped the

had hung up the video call. Seconds later, she called back; this time a phone

of half naked women and you are married? Is this how I raised you?" Wendy was angry and embarrassed. She couldn't

the family. If ever the neighbors were to find

and well-cultured member of the society would be ruined.

himself

don't pretend that you didn't know what I was doing. Sophia told you, didn't she?" "Does

he puffed out a cloud of smoke. Sophia had

Herring simply sat there, gloating at what was happening in front of

to leave. They left without hesitation, with the money in their hands.

fiddled with his glass as he listened to the

answers, with long spaces of silence in between. Herring knew that Wendy was biting his ear off about the whole situation. Ten minutes later, Colin hung up the phone. "Let's get out of here." Colin spoke, more words than he had in

of the bar and headed to the cars. Herring asked the chauffeur to drop Colin off

cutting our night short. After an earful from the mother,

that Colin wasn't in the mood from the beginning.

Family comes first." And he got into his

got out of the

fiddled with opening the front door, as his hand kept on slipping. He blamed it on the anger that was

habit of sleeping in

weird habits, Colin thought, as his anger spilled into murmuring by

at the far corner light was on. He figured that Sophia would have

the door, went to

After a few minutes of

nearly broke the door down Meanwhile, inside the room,

anyway, She lay in bed wondering when Colin was going to do. When she heard him walking up the stairs

up and peeped

see that his impatience had turned