‘ Shuuuuu … No matter she is your friend or not , both of you can ’ t walk out of this door tonight ! Men ! Get your guns ready ! It ’ s time to shoot !’ the moneylender yelled .
Approaching footsteps became louder and louder and eventually halted beside Pandora and me . My mouth and body were shivering and so were Pandora ’ s . ‘ Who would like to die first ? Ha ha … Let you witness her death first ! Let you see how you have SAVED her !!!!’ this despicable men talked to me insidiously and he snatched a gun from a man and pointed the muzzle of the gun at Pandora ’ s head . His forefinger was placed on the trigger and he counted THREE seconds .
‘ THREE !’ ‘ NOO !!!’ ‘ TWO !’ ‘ STOP IT !!!’ “ ONE !!!!’ ‘ We will repay the debt with interest !’
I held my breath and swallowed my saliva to release my nerve . The moneylender pointed the gun at me . Pandora collapsed weakly on the floor and it was my turn to face Azrael .
‘ Clever girl , tell me about your plan in detail or else you two must die !!!’
‘ Yes , sir … Pandora owed you piles of money and she should repay the debt with interest immediately . However , we can ’ t repay the debt now and we should be killed . True , there is a loss of life but also a loss of money to you . Facing such situation , why don ’ t you minimize your loss and maximize your wealth by letting us off with the interest charged according to the inflation rate ? You have lost in the past as the purchasing power of those money paid by the borrowers to you reduced in the future . Nevertheless , you won ’ t lose anything if you adopt my plan .’
‘ That sounds reasonable and beneficial to me … but I ’ m not going to extend the repayment time ! My patience is limited !!!’
‘ Yes … yes … sir ... As you know that , poor people like us don ’ t have much money now and I beg you to allow us to repay the debts within … within two … TWO years . PLEASE !!!’
‘ TWO YEARS !! Are you kidding ?! ’
‘ Nope , nope , nope … Low-class people like us need more time to struggle and experience the hardship of life . Shooting us to death is letting us off lightly and wasting yours bullets . Right ?’
‘ Get out of this place NOW ! Do what you ’ ve promised !!’
I grabbed Pandora quickly to escape from the casino . We smiled at one another and wiped the sweat off each other ’ s face with our handkerchiefs . That was a familiar moment we have experienced before .
‘ Thank you and sorry , Holly !’ Pandora looked at me with thankfulness and regret . ‘ We are friends , right ?’