… a packet of rice on the ground. It has not start to rot… Someone must have been here today and threw this packet of rice on the ground. Where is MeiFong? HongKun have a sudden urge to shout out her name. However he did not let any sound escape his mouth as it might cause harm to MeiFong.
HongKun reached the corner of the corridor where the candle is. After the turn, HongKun came face to face with the carpark door. It was shut but the tiny window on the door allowed him to see what is happening on the other side. HongKun moved slowly and as quiet as possible up to the small window and take a peep. The entire carpark was turned into a made shift home for beggars. Some of them are young, with the exception of a few old ones lying around with no sign of life in them whatsoever. Hongkun suspect they belonged to the beggar syndicate where young children and old people were kidnapped to beg and steal things from the shoppers.
Suddenly HongKun heard a loud cry that almost made him drop his gun. "Please don hit me anymore…." Another voice shouted, "Then how the hell can you let him out of your sight?" "I ask you to follow him after you give him the box and you can come back here telling me he disappeared?!" "there will be no dinner for you tonight! And you better stop crying or I will break your legs!" "Just now that stupid girl cried so much, until I pissed off and kicked her rice away. You can have it if you want…don waste my money." "later you better go find that bf of hers if not I will bring her to Bali and join those beggars over there…" HongKun then saw a man as he appeared from the slope leading down to the basemen2 carpark. "you guys better watch them! Especially the girl! Call me in the middle of my dinner. I told my wife I go out to answer a business call. Now I have to rush back to raffles city." "Tomorrow if the boy cannot find that guy I will kill you two together with the boy and feed the dogs!"
The man got into a black car and drove off. HongKun raise his head to allow himself to see a bit more of the car park. He could not see MeiFong. "she must be at basement 2." HongKun thought to himself. "How I get to basement 2 without being noticed?" The door leading to the stairwell was locked and the lifts are no longer in service. Seconds ticked by as HongKun racked his mind for a solution.
Minutes later, the perfect solution presented itself to HongKun. He saw a little boy walking towards him. The little boy was non other than one who passed him the box earlier. HongKun quickly moved back along the corridor to prevent himself from being noticed by the others when the little boy opens the door. True enough, the little boy was coming for the rice that was on the ground. The rice has brought the fateful pair together again. The little kid noticed HongKun straight away when he entered the corridor. He was shocked… "How you come in one? The security guard never see you?" the little kid whispered. HongKun smile and replied "the security guard was not that the desk…" without a word, the little boy lunched himself forward and hugged HongKun tight. "thank you for your four dollars. It saved my little sister from dying of hunger." Tears already began rushing to HongKun's eye. "Everyday we have 100 packet of tissue. We have to sell finish and beg on the streets. At night before 10 we need to give 100 dollar back to boss. If not we got no food to eat…" "the old uncle they all cannot give 100 dollar so they no eat for a few days le." "my sister and I we from Malaysia. They catch us when we go shopping with mama and bring us here." "my sister also cannot get 100 dollars. So I sell very hard and try to make more for her also… but always not enough." "that time you give me the money I go buy food and penadol for her eat. But we always wet by the rain and she not strong." "she died last year le…" Tears flowed down the little boy's cheeks…
The little boy wiped his tears away quickly. "So I cannot die. I will escape and go back to mama and tell them about sister." HongKun was speechless… He stared as the little boy picked up the packet of rice and ate all of it slowly, even though the rice had been soaked with MeiFong's tears and was stepped on. HongKun told himself "I can no longer be weak anymore." "I will save MeiFong, the little boy, and everyone here…"
Ideas began to appear from the much calmer mind of his. "what should I do?" HongKun quickly reached into his pocket for his phone but it was no longer there. "boss asked me to steal one. If I don't then he will kill girl."
1. take the gun and shoot the guards
2. wait everyone sleeping and take the risk and rescue MeiFong
3. go up to the streets and call for help.
