Mother is Not a Night Woman
First day

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That night Laras took Via to meet a man. Upon entering that cursed place, Via felt like he was being pulled into dirty mud. I want to run out of that place. However, every time he remembered Lyla's condition, he tried to strengthen his heart.

"This boss is the girl who will join us" Laras told a burly man. Marco, a 35-year-old man known to be the owner of an entertainment venue. The smiling man looked at Via, watching from toe to toe.

"Beautiful to your friend. Whose name?" ask the man.

With a feeling of shame mixed with doubt, Via mentioned his name. "My name is Alviana, sir!" the answer.

"No no no...! Do not use real names. Here you will be called under a pseudonym. How about I give you a call, Cleopatra. How's Scarlet?"

"Good, Boss, right," Laras replied with his trademark smile. Baras uses Scarlet's nickname there. And from that day on, Via became Cleopatra. Laras also began to introduce him to the night world, a world that for Via very dark.

Via entered the dressing room accompanied by Laras. She helps decorate herself like other comfort women. Dressing menor with clothes quite open. Via was even embarrassed to stare at his reflection in the mirror.

"Ras, are there no clothes other than this?" Via re-examined his body with the dress. "It's too open."

"This is a fitting outfit, Cleo ..." Laras had already started calling out the pseudonym Via. "We're here to entertain. If your clothes are covered, where is there a man who would hire your services?" clear Baras.

Hearing Laras' words, Via shed tears. Is this a test of his life? Limitations made him choose shortcuts. However, Via had no other choice to go.

I have to be strong for Lyla, she said in her heart.

"Via, I did at first. No woman would sell herself if it were not for the forced circumstances. I was heavy at first, but over time I got used to it. You too will be like that," said Laras while rubbing Via's shoulder.

Via nodded slowly, but his whole heart refused.

After finishing decorating himself, Via and Laras came out of the dressing room. They walked towards a table, where some men were drinking. Never having set foot in such a place before made Via completely terrified. In that place was only a striped and drunken nose man, with a devoted woman pouring drinks by his side.

It was there that Via first met Wira. A handsome man sits alone in a corner, while his other friend enjoys being with women. One thing Via knows, heroes are different. The man did not even want to be approached or touched, although some beautiful women offered to him. Via then glanced at Laras, who was now writhing spoiled in the arms of a man, while pouring a drink. He gave Via the code with a blink of an eye, as if showing Via, a way to seduce.

Within seconds, a man pulled her to sit joined there. Via tries to dodge, but the man puts some money on him. And for whatever sake, if not given Lyla's medical expenses, Via would have already thrown the money into the face of the striped-nose man. Finally he was only able to remain silent in his seat, without taking out a word. While Laras really enjoyed his role.

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"You have to pay the right price for him" Marco told a man.

"Well, how much do I have to pay for it? You can guarantee him new stuff, right?"

Aldi, a striped-nose man, who was also a drinking buddy of Wira, came to Marco that night to hire Via for overnight.

Marco then whispered the amount the man had to pay to spend the night with Via. Although surprised by the value mentioned by Marco, but he still agreed.

"It is also expensive .." said Aldi.

"If you can't, I'll give it to someone else."

"No .. no .. I want it. I'll pay anything to get it."

Via swept away the dripping tears soaking his face, upon hearing Aldi and Marco talk. Finally, he had actually sold his pride. Something that might stain him for life.

After completing his business with Marco, Aldi also invited Via to leave the place to a luxury hotel. When about to go out, along with the Hero who will also go in a state of half-drunk. Wira had a cynical glance at Via, making the woman look down embarrassed.

Throughout the journey Via was silent, although Aldi several times opened his voice, but he seemed to not heed the existence of Aldi there. His mind floated, and his gaze only led to the crowd of the street that night.

"Cleo .. You're called Cleopatra, right?" tanya Aldi started the conversation for the umpteenth time.

"I-iya." she replied trembling.

"Why do you want to be a comfort woman? Isn't that how you just ruined your life?" ask later.

He just heard the question without answering. He prefers silence. For less than an hour, they arrived at a luxury hotel. Entering a room, the first thing he thought about was just the destruction of his future. Especially sins that may not be accounted for later on to the creator.

"Do you like this place?"

"No," he answered flatly.

Slowly Aldi stepped closer to Via, along with the footsteps of Via who continued to retreat backwards. He was even trembling in fear.

"What's Cleo? Why do you keep stepping back?"

The clear liquid began to inundate Via's eyeballs, as his back had stuck to the wall. But Aldi doesn't care. He swallowed the saliva, as his gaze explored the beautiful and sexy body now standing before him. I can't wait to touch every part of it. The man pulled violently on Via's wrist and tried to hug her. However, Via pushed him back a few steps.

"Please don't touch me!"

"What do you mean, Cleo? I bought you. I paid you a very high price for tonight. So now serve me," cried Aldi as he drew Via's hand and threw him on the bed.

Via tried to rebel with all his might, until his clothes were torn in some parts, but Aldi who had been controlled by lust did not give a gap. When he wanted to kiss her, Via kicked the man in the stomach so hard that he roared in pain. Not wanting to lose the chance, Via took advantage of the situation to escape.

Holding back the cries, Via ran through a long passageway, looking for a way out. Upon arriving at an elevator, he bumped into a middle-aged man.

Ma-I'm sorry," he said stammering as he looked back, afraid that Aldi would find him there.

"It's okay" said the man. Seeing the fear on Via's face, he asked again. "What's up, kid? Is someone chasing you?"

Via has not been able to answer. Sometimes just looking back there.

The middle-aged man noticed Via's appearance with his clothes slightly exposed and torn in some parts. Feeling sorry, he also gave his suit to cover Via's body, then invited him into a large room.

"Calm down, you're safe here" he said, trying to quell Via's growing cries.

People say, God will not give man a test beyond his limits. Via was convinced, that was why God sent an angel to help him that night, a kind man named Mr. Gunawan.

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