Fan Fiction

Illumination

by Breeze

Chapter 19

Their Beginning

Bernice gulped down another glass of vodka.

Seven years… They started off as friends seven years ago…now seven years later, they are friends again. She wanted to scream, to yell. She wanted to hit something …anything …because it just wasn’t fair. She wanted to ask why…

But there was no reason…

Love was never rational.

Haven’t her mother told her that several times?

She witnessed how devastated Steven was when the doctor came out and said Linda’s was in a coma. At that moment, she knew she had lost.

Steven is truly in love with Linda.

What’s the point of fighting and denying? The man she loved fall in love with someone else…

She closed her eyes tightly and down another glass. She had already decided. She will allow herself this one night of misery…Tomorrow she will have to start leaving it all behind her and continue on her life….yet for now, she just want to forget and feel sorry for herself…

With a sigh, she grabbed for the glass of alcohol that the bartender placed in front of her when she felt a hand on top of her. She turned toward it and realized a large masculine hand was on top of her.

“Sorry…” He mumbled in an already drunken state. “Go ahead.” He motioned for her to have it and shout for another glass.

Bernice turned toward the man next to her but because of the effect of the alcohol; her eyes are so blurry she couldn’t get a good look at him. “Thanks…” She mumbled and started drinking again.

They remain in silent until he said, “You know, they added water in it.”

Bernice squint her eyes to get a better look at him. He was swirling the liquid in the glass.

“Huh?” She placed her head on the table because her head suddenly felt too heavy.

“Water. They mixed water into the alcohol. So if you want to get drunk, you need to order more. More business, you know?” He closed his eyes and lean over to her. “Do you want to get drunk?”

She nodded.

The next thing she remembered, she was in the back of a car and in the man’s arm.

Under the influence of the amount of alcohol she consumed, Bernice laughed.

“What’s so funny?”

She giggled. “I don’t know.” She tried to look at this man in front of her. “What did you say?”

He laughed, more like a rumbling sound from deep within. “You are so drunk.”

Bernice climbed on top of him and squint her eyes at him. “Who are you?”

“Who am I?” He laughed with his face red in drunkenness. “I don’t know.” He turned toward her. “Who am I?”

Bernice giggled. “You are so funny.”

The car suddenly stopped.

“Where are we going?”

The man looked outside. “Kowloon Motel?” He looked at the building in front of them and said in a blurry voice.

“I thought we are going to your house.” Bernice looked up as if she just woke up.

He shrugged and scratched his head. “I don’t remember…I forgot where I lived.” He laughed as Bernice giggled again.

“That will be thirty-two dollars…” The taxi driver said.

The man tried to find his pocket. “Where…”

Bernice pulled his wallet out. “Here…” She threw it at the driver.

The driver took the money as the couple climbed out of the car, both leaning toward each other in a drunken state.

The driver threw the wallet back to them. He shook his head at the couple slumping in front of him.

“People these days…” The driver whispered before starting his car.

Bernice didn’t know how it happened.

They were both so drunk.

The next thing she knew, she was on the bed…

…and the man was on top of her…

***

Bernice woke up with a huge headache.

…and a strange man next to her.

Oh my god!

Bernice jumped up and grabbed the blanket to cover her naked body.

She closed her eyes tight and shook her head clear. What had she done?

Why did she drown herself in alcohol? She didn’t even remember what happened. Her head was killing her and…she slowly looked over at the man.

Damn. He looked familiar.

Jesus!

No, Moses!

Moses Chan.

The damn movie star.

Bernice frowned. She didn’t even remember who initiated the intimacy. She wanted to be angry at him…

Instead she simple sighed and started putting on her clothes.

Whoever fault it was…she was drunk, too. She was partially responsible.

All she can do now was to forget about it.

She can’t go back and correct what happened.

Grabbing her coat on the floor, she quickly walked away without a backward glance.

***

The night was dark and clear.

The mansion was solid and quiet.

…except for a silent figure on the tree.

The person jumped down from the thick branch and onto the floor.

The narrow outline of a person climbed into one of the window. Then she sneaked into one of the room and started searching when suddenly a hand covered her mouth.

She raised her elbow to jab the person when he blocked it.

“Shh! It’s me.”

Myolie quickly pulled the man toward her and looked at him.

“Raymond? What are you doing here?” She was shocked to see him here.

“Whatever you are doing is exactly why I’m here?” He started pulling the books onto the floor and searching the cabinets.

“Raymond! Can you stop being so loud?” Myolie whispered in a loud tone.

Raymond ignored her. “Shut up and look for the videos.” He continued to search for the evidence to convict Vincent. Thinking about Linda in the hospital, laying there so helpless, he need to do something...anything. If there was a possibility that the evidence was here, he will find it no matter what. Yet, he was as shock as Myolie when he saw her shadow from afar.

Myolie frowned at Raymond’s harsh tone but she understood how much he wanted to make Vincent suffer…just like her.

She was looking through the office desk when she noticed something was wrong with the tiles underneath. Curiously, she picked it open with a screwdriver on her wrist bag. Once she got it opened, her eyes widen open to the columns of disks there. All with different labels and descriptions.

“Raymond…I found it.”

Raymond quickly walked over to her and glanced at the columns of disks. “Let grab it and go.”

Myolie nodded when suddenly they heard footstep outside.

“What…” Before Myolie can finish what she was saying, Raymond placed his hand over her mouth and pulled her toward him. They both rolled under the bed as a guard walked into the room.

Myolie’s eyes widen as Raymond rolled on top of her with his hand on her mouth. His eyes signal her not to make any kind of noise. They both listen and watch as the guard shut the door and locked it. Then, he went over to the same spot Myolie was just minutes before and opened the tiles and picked up a disk. Next, they heard the running of the DVD player…and the sound of grunting and moaning.

Myolie’s face instantly turned red from those sounds.

“The guard is watching the videos.” Raymond whispered so softly in her ears. “This might take a while.”

Myolie nodded as Raymond removed his hand from her mouth. She really wanted to move to a more comfortable position but she was afraid it might make some kind of noise to alert the guard. So they stay where they were.

She stared at up Raymond. His face was so close to her. She can feel his hot breathe on the side of her neck. Their cheeks were almost touching and…Myolie blushed when she realized that she could feel every part of his body in this position. His chest was on top of hers and she was afraid that he will hear the rapid beating of her heart. Her body suddenly felt really hot and… the noise projected in the room wasn’t helping. She was tempted to move, whether away or closer to the warmth, she wasn’t sure.

“Ray…” She started to say and stopped…not because of the guard who stopped the video and started walking around… but because Raymond placed his lips on top of her to prevent any noises from coming out of her mouth. She looked into his dark soft eyes and felt her world shift under her. She was not on the carpet under the bed anymore; she was floating in some unknown place. Her eyes slowly shut as she enjoyed the feeling of Raymond on top of her.

It wasn’t until Raymond removed his lips from her and moved away that Myolie realized the guard had left.

“Psst! Come on, Myolie! Stop day dreaming.” Raymond quickly went to the door and leaned against it to hear if the guard will come back.

Myolie snapped out of her state and quickly started packing the disks.

When they are finished, they sneaked back out.

Three days later, Vincent Wong was convicted and sentenced. He was not only guilty of raping several girls but he was also convicted for his attempt in Linda’s life. After several threats from Raymond, Vincent’s shaky defense lawyer spilled everything out. Along with the evidences, Raymond and Myolie had obtained, Vincent was sentenced twenty years.

***

“Linda…” Steven gently kissed her hand. “He’s in jail now. Although it’s not enough, we did it. He is paying for what he did.”

He closed his eyes. “It’s time to wake up, sleepyhead.” He gently stroked her hair.

She didn’t respond.

“I know you will wake up one day…” Steven said in hope. “You will…and then I will tell you what I’ve long to tell you all along.”

He closed his eyes and leaned against her.

He will wait.

Patiently…waiting for her to wake up…someday…

***

The man slammed the door shut and slowly slumped toward the sofa covered in winkled newspapers, empty cartons, and dirty clothes. Grabbing onto a beer, he dropped onto the sofa, twisted the cap off, and gulped down the can like his life depend on it. His eyes were out of focus with a day’s growth of beard on his face. He lay there on the sofa staring at the ceiling fan, swirling and swirling. In his mind, he thought of a merry-go-round, swirling and swirling with someone riding on the horses. She will be screaming with delight.

He whispered her name as tears stained his eyes.

Suddenly the doorbell rang. “Moses! Open the damn door!”

Moses continued to drink as his father burst into the room. Dan took one look at the hellhole and looked at his son in disgust. “What the hell is that smell?”

Moses ignored him and continued drinking.

“Get up!” Dan shouted. “Look at you! You are a freaking millions of dollars movie star and you are throwing it all away! For what? That stupid sl*t?”

Dan tried to drag Moses up but he pushed him away. “What do you care?” Moses gulped down the alcohol. “I’m just a freaking money tree to you. Well, face it, Dan! We are in the mud hole now! No one is going to hire me again! I have no use to you any longer!” He kicked the table and drop back down on the sofa.

“You’re wrong. I just talk to Director Sung, he wants you to star in his upcoming movie.”

Moses laughed. “Really, Dan? Are you so desperate for money that you are asking your son to film in a porno?” He laughed and opened another beer.

Dan looked at the filth he was in and made a disgusted face. He won’t even come here if he wasn’t piled with debts. “Come on, Moses. I’m your father. I need this money. It’s just one time.”

Moses laughed. “You know what’s so funny?” He laughed. “If I am not a male, you probably sold me to the highest bidder.”

Dan looked away in disgust of his son. “I HELP you! I raised you up to stardom! I was the one who gave you your name and fame…now that I need a little help you can’t even do this one little thing for me?!”

“One little thing?” Moses threw the bottle across the room. “I…” He pointed to his chest. “I was your tool! You used me to make money…You worked me to death…every single stunt…every single scene…you pushed me to the maximum…not for ME. FOR YOU!!!”

“I was helping you.”

“NO! You were helping yourself all along. You were the one who gave me those drugs, you were the one that make me lost that case, and YOU are the one that helped my wife when she was sleeping with my best friend. Oh, you were helping me alright.” He mumbled in bitterness.

Moses settled back down as Dan angrily walked away, slamming the door behind him.

He grabbed another bottle and drowned himself in misery.

Life…

He suddenly thought of the doctor that saved him from death.

He laughed.

At first he thought she was an angel…to give him a second chance.

Now, he realized the truth.

She was the devil.

She saved him from death…

…and each and every single moment…

He was living worst off than death…

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Hello readers,

Well…this chapter ended my stage one in this story…with the Vincent business over, Linda in a coma, and Kenneth in jail. Selena/Kenneth and Steven/Linda will be taking a break from now on…of course, I will continue mentioning them…but now I need to focus on everyone else…But they will come back…and their story will continue…they are far from finish yet…so let me summarize what is going on…
Moses and Bernice seemed to start off their relationship in a night of blurriness… Raymond is already in love with Tavia but he knew nothing is going to happen there…Myolie started having these weird feeling whenever Raymond is around…and Tavia is stuck in a revolving affair. Btw, what’s the deal with Ron? Why is he so obsessive…Wow… still a lot going on…

By the way, it might take me awhile to update because of finals and papers coming up...I will try my best through...In the meantime, I started planning for my new story in the summer...

So far, I'm planning to try something new and unique...I haven't decided on the pairing yet...but I'm thinking about Berray, Raymeila, and Fungyi...why? Let me list my reason...

Berray: I have always liked this pairing since I see them a lot in functions but they were never in a series together. I think they would make a fresh and beautiful couple.

Raymeila: I have always been a Raymeila's fan since TLB but for the past few years, I have seen so little of Leila. I think she looked so cute and adorable with Raymond.

FungYi: I know...I know...I always have FungYi but with FungYi's fan as motivation, and with the possibility of a FungYi series. I can't help it!

As for Myolie's fan, I hope you might enjoy her pairing with Ron because I suddenly started to really like Ron...and I already have the perfect and unique characters and storyline for those two...Haha...You will have to wait and find out...

I will keep most of actresses and actor here but as I mention before I want to try something new and refreshing...well...that's all for you to ponder about while you wait for my slow update... It will start picking up in the summer! Smile!

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Copyrighted to Breeze.
Dated on April 21, 2009.