Finally, he"s done making a set of reports. All he needs now is to drive around the Island to take photos of certain areas he has to enclose on the report he will submit to the boss.However, remembering what happened to his car made him in rage for a minute. He has no choice but sent it back to the Mainland City to repair his poor car.
Mayor Chang says he will provide him a car and a driver, but staring at the person in front of the steering wheel, he felt unsafe.
"What are you waiting for?" Joanna asked lazily.
"I doubted I will come home alive if I allow you to drive me around."
"I learned how to drive when I was 16! All I need is a driver license and that was soon!"
"Why are shouting? Have you forgotten Rule number 6?"
"Are we inside the house?" Joanna lifted up her chin. "We"re outside, so that"s not effective!"
Rudolf was dumbfounded. Seriously? He can"t believe of this girl! She"s insolent and stubborn! He will have a heart attack all the time talking to her! Rudolf heave a furious sighed.
"If you won"t get in, then go and walk!"
He rolled his eyes in anger. Looks like he needs to clarify how she was indebted to him.
He stared at the girl for a long moment. She only looks away but raises her one finger. "100 dollars. . ."
"What?"
"100 dollars per hour of my service!" She said.
"You?" His brow rose upward and laugh sarcastically.
"And what the h.e.l.l are you thinking?!" Joanna yells again. "You"re paying me 100 dollars once I do something like driving you around! Making your meals! And double it if overwork you want me to do!"
"Overwork?"
"Yeah. If I have to save you from drowning or when a dog chasing you, then, you have to pay me more!" She said proudly.
Rudolf laughs. Very hard and loud. After a while, the smile vanishes from his face. "Are you insane? Even am paying a tour guide, I won"t charge that much!"
"Are you not feel lucky? That the mayor"s daughter who became your private driver and tour guide? You better be grateful!"
Rudolf can"t believe how really unbelievable this girl is. "Your father provided me for free! How dare you charging me that much!"
"If you wanted me to pay you, then that"s a deduction to my debts on you. Now choose?"
He feels like, his eyeb.a.l.l.s want to jump off from his eyes. How unimaginable of what runs inside this teenagers head. But it made Rudolf thinks for a moment, "50 dollars." he bids.
"No way! I won"t agree!"
"If you won"t, then 20 dollars. Last deal--"
Joanna stays silent. "Okay, fine! 50 dollars, then 100 for hard work!"
Rudolf sighed. It"s getting hotter so he decided to agree and climbed on the pa.s.senger seat.
Joanna brought him to the hot spring. He took a lot of photos when his camera caught someone. He stared for a moment then looks away. He continued to take more photos and tested how hot it was.
The place was incredible. Just needed a lot of caring about the area and trees around.
He found Joanna keep taking a selfie on herself. He shook his head in amazement. Teenagers these days.
Next stop is on a hill-climbing up to the volcano although they didn"t need to go the peak.
The view from here is perfect. He looks around and saw Joanna on top of a tree.
"What are you doing?"
"What?"
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"You are so unlady!" Rudolf saw the fruit flying toward him. Good thing he quickly notices and able to catch it.
"Instead of being grateful, how dare you calling me unlady!" Joanna keeps throwing the fruits at him.
"Wait! Enough! Ouch! That hurt! You"ll go to stop or I"ll reduce to 25 dollars per hour!" He threatens her.
Joanna still annoyed but she stops throwing the fruits. She stayed on top of the tree and choose to ignores him.
In the end, Rudolf picking up and gather the fruits. He did saw a stream nearby. He went to wash the fruits and began eating them.
Their next stop is the surfing beach. The waves are huge. There are also surfers went riding the waves today.
"Joana! Where have you been yesterday?"
"Og my gos.h.!.+ Is he your boyfriend? No wonder you ditch my birthday party yesterday!"
"What? Of course not! Although he"s cute,--" she rolled her eyes.
"What?" her friends give her a teasing smile.
"Ah, never mind!"
"Jeez. . . what do I expect? You surely will punch him instead than letting him kiss you."
"What? No way!"
Joanna smirked. She glanced at Rudolf and her heartthrob, squealing from happiness. She was bliss seeing him upset and angry. She can p.i.s.s him to her heart content, at the same time, she can freely watch his handsome face!
Rudolf feels a chill on his spine. And who"s person talking about him now? He glances at the group of the teenagers that gathers on the beach. He saw Joanna punching someone like as a joke and playing because the guy is laughing.
And who is that?
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It was night. . .
Rudolf stretches his back from hours of making reports. On the data, he inserted those photos he took earlier. He came across to the photo he took as a stolen shot. He shook his head and closes his laptop.
He stood from the seat and get out of the guest room. As he marches toward the kitchen, he notices Mayor Chang walking back in forth outside.
"Mayor Chang, what"s the matter?"
"Ah. Am just worried about Joanna. She"s not coming back yet."
Rudolf glance at his wrist.w.a.tch, it is quarter to nine.
"Can"t we send someone to get her? Am not familiar here yet, so I don"t know where to go."
"That"s right, I"ll ask my council members, might she was seen in their neighborhood."
"I will check if she was online on the game--" ah, that was a huge mistake. He shouldn"t reveal to Mayor Chang that he already knows his daughter because of the game.
"That"s right! Do you play on that game also? My daughter was addicted to it too and playing with her friends."
"Uhm, yes Mayor Chang. I heard her name on the game. I"ll try to locate her."
"Thank you, Mr. Lau!"
"Just call me Rudolf, Mr. Lau. . ."
"Ah, that"s right. You"ll be a great son-in-law!" Mayor Chang laughs.
Rudolf was left stupefied. First, Joanna offers to be his wife, now her father praises him if he was his son-in-law. What happens to this father-daughter tandem? He shook his head and march back to the guest room.
He dives on the game and starts searching for Joanna"s in-game name. He brought a system device that will connect him to ATHENA and provides him a private internet connection.
He began searching for Joanna"s location and he found her but he realized, why he is doing this? On top of that, he never used ATHENA for his own interest or affairs.
Is this the first time he did something like this? he asked himself.