Forced Heart

"You are nothing but an additional mouth to feed." yelled my aunt, furiously. I didn't mean to be a burden to their family, but when my parents died in an accident, I had nobody to ask for help. It was my uncle, Bob who decided to take me in, being my legal guardian until I could stand on my own. My Uncle was a good man, a fatherly figure, very loving and caring. Needless to say, I was happy here if it wasn't for his wife. She wanted to get rid of me as according to her, I was nothing, but a useless charity case. "What the hell are you doing? Day dreaming? Listen here, if you want to stay here, you must help us to earn money! Now get back to work." She shouted, her eyes shooting daggers. I was snapped out of my thoughts hearing her angry voice. Sighing, I grabbed a box and placed it in the counter. They managed a small bar which was the only source of earning for their daily living, including me of course. I was needed to help here as a p*****t for my stay, and to minimize their labor cost. "Oh! How I wish, I could just find a job that could compensate all my needs." I murmured to myself. "Hi Farrah! Looks like the witch was furious again." Mira one of the worker here said, while arranging the countertops to prepare for the opening of the bar. "Please don't call her that. She's still my aunt and the owner of this bar which means she's still our boss." I said, a frown morphing on my face as I continued doing my task. "That's if you're a family member but she didn't treat you as one. Did she?" without waiting for an answer, she continued. "Girl, you're working your ass here, so it means you're paying on whatever they are spending on you. It's not like you're just asking to have this and you know that very well." "Forget it Mira, no harm done." After finishing refilling the stocks at the counter, I left Mira to change into my uniform. Going to the employees’ room, I bumped into my cousin Kiera. She was like a sister to me, one and only child of Uncle Bob and Aunt Tessa. "Farrah!" She gave me a bear hug. "Kiera, what are you doing here?" surprised by her presence, I hugged her back. "We could enjoy this night here, you know. I'll ask Mama to give us discount. Let's go hit the bar!" She excitedly exclaimed. "Oh no, I really need to help here. Some other time, maybe when I get the chance to ask for a rest day, but not for now dear." I tried to convince but Kiera being the persistent one gave me her puppy look, but this wouldn't work on me already. "Oh dear, I promise, I'll take a leave by next week. Okay? Please don't give me that look now. Tonight there would be a lot of guest so I really have to be here." I explained to her. "Okay fine." She heaved a defeated sigh. "You win this time but promise me that you will do as I say next week. And don't worry I will ask Mama to give you a rest day." She stated, winking at me as she made her way towards the exit. This maybe a small bar, but it was running very well. Even big time guests arrived here sometimes to get some drinks. It was located near the business building, which is why this was quite busy. There were times when the high end bars would already be occupied and people would have to drop by here, just to pass their time or weekend. "Farrah go and get orders of table number 9. That's a Chinese businessman, you better give your best service." said my aunt Tessa giving a pointed look before turning back to surveying the bar for other big time guests. I tentatively walked towards table number 9. Holding a pen and notepad, I opened my mouth to take the order but Mr Lao, the businessman asked me if we were serving girls that may accompany him for the whole night. "Sorry sir but we only cater drinks and foods here." I answered him politely, but he interrupted me, asking for the manager whom he could talk to. So aunt Tessa came to ask for what she could offer him. "I was asking this young lady here if you could get me a girl who could accompany me the whole night and when I say the whole night I mean until I could get back to my hotel. Could you arrange it for me? I could give you a handful of tip, and this young lady here could be just the perfect one to accompany me. I'll pay you five times of your monthly salary." He said, eyeing me up and down. I swallowed, seeing his eyes filled with lust. Mr. Lao looked old, probably around his mid 40 already with gray hair. He wasn't that tall but had the typical Chinese physique. "Sorry sir, but I don't accompany guests. My job is to serve them their orders, that's all." I explained nervously but my aunt cut me off. "Sir, we could surely do some arrangements on that." She said, nodding her head with a polite smile. She turned towards me, "Farrah, don't be a fool. We could earn money, all you have to do is to accompany this man here." My aunt hissed at me, narrowing her eyes. "But what if he was looking for more than that?" I asked, trying to ease my nervousness. My Aunt would do all she could to earn money so I had to think of ways to reject her. "Are you stupid? Didn't you hear him say that he was willing to pay you with a huge amount of money? So whatever he wants you to do just do it, even if he wants to bed you!" I could feel my blood boil. I couldn't believe my aunt could say this. I'm not a prostitute that she could ask to go with random guys anytime. "Aunt Tessa I can't do this. I'm not a prostitute for you to offer me to a man in exchange of some money!" With that I turned to leave but a hand stopped me forcefully. I looked back to see Mr Lao who was still having his arrangements with my Aunt. God help me.