PARALLELED: Wait! Why Am I Suddenly Filthy Rich?

Chapter 6: Tanya Meets...

Heart beating so fast along with droplets of sweats and a paused breath, two small wrists was moving up and down in an effort to loosen up the rope that binds her hand together. In the corner of her eyes, she saw the sound asleep guard who almost molested her the other day. In the back of her mind, she wanted to get even with the man but she knew that it won’t help her escape. And she has to- right now- or else, the woman earlier will successfully sell her out tomorrow.

After another minute, she felt the rope loosen up so she carefully untied herself. Then she slowly stood up and walked away. Her wounds are hurting everywhere yet she endured it. She even coughed up some blood shortly after but she just ignored everything. She needs to escape. She wanted to live. She has to live. 

And finally, she found the way out. She walked and walked and walked, until she finally saw signs of a road. But since it was already beyond midnight, no cars are seen driving around. There are also no buildings or houses. It's like she was brought in a secluded area.

When she was sure that she was already far away from that hell she was brought into, she finally felt relief. And maybe because of that relief she felt, her mind was finally able to address the excruciating pain her body was feeling. And without warning, her eyes turned blurry and before she knew it, she collapsed right in the middle of the road.

One month. It’s already been one month since Tanya was sent to the parallel world. And within those days, she was finally able to realize who “Tanya Gasque” was in this world.

A young bachelorette that owns a number of corporations and chains. And the most profitable one is an investment company named TG Capital. And in this company, the CEO isn’t actually her but a man named Russell Collins. Apparently, the version of her in this world doesn’t like to interact people more. Thus, she has lots of loyal subordinates that works in behalf of her instead.

And one of those subordinates is Russell. She already met the man and she understood immediately why TG Capital is the most profitable company among the companies she “owns”. She might have zero to small knowledge about the in’s and outs of the company but she is familiar about how the general idea works with this company. And with that, she can say that Russell is one of those guys in suit that she heard and knew about back from her original world. A true and fearsome businessman.

“How’s the meeting, Miss Tanya?” Gilbert asked after the guests left her house.

That meeting was the second time this month. Her appointed CEO’s in every companies are scheduling a meeting together once every two weeks to report each company statuses. May it be a new project, new clients, or even a drop of sales. Everything will be reported. That was how “she” was able to manage everything together.

“I guess, this one is not as bad as before.” She answered.

“I’m glad to hear that then, Miss. Those CEO’s must have been doing their very best to recover the loss last time.” Gilbert happily stated.

Tanya just nodded awkwardly. She was actually referring to how she was no longer clueless this time compared last time since she was finally able to study everything about her “businesses”. But by the looks of it, Gilbert seems to misunderstood her point. Well, the old man has actually no idea about her entire cluelessness, so she just let it pass and didn't comment.

She closed her laptop and stood. Tanya's still inside the conference room located at the first floor of her mansion and still wants to do some work more there but she suddenly felt sleepy so she decided to rest up first. Business matters are no joke apparently so she got surprisingly exhausted after that meeting.

“I’ll just take a nap. Tell Monty and Morty to prepare the car a quarter before 7pm. I need to go somewhere.” She told Gilbert before walking out of the conference room and climbed upstairs.

“Will do La- Miss Tanya.”

Gilbert almost slipped his tongue again. Well, sooner or later, this old man will get used to it. She already scolded everyone not to call her “young lady”. Why? Because it’s too cringey. Besides, she’s nowhere like a lady. With her man-like actions, that would be too contrasting.

After setting her alarm, Tanya laid down and slept shortly after. Though her alarm went off at the right time, Tanya still overslept and woke up around 9pm. She immediately looked for her bodyguards and luckily, the two are still willing to drive for her. She is already hungry as it’s already late yet she didn’t bother. She has to go now. Hungry or not.

But to where exactly is she heading? It's no other thanthe place she considered home; the Convent Orphanage of Sisters of Mary.

Surprisingly, the place still exists in this world. And for Tanya, the place connects her to the people from her original world. The sisters in charge of the convent as well as the kids living there might be new but seeing the orphanage to be the same as it was, it was more than enough for her.

After knowing the convent’s existence, she has been donating and visiting the place. And tonight at 8pm, she was actually invited to come and watch their mini-program. The kids wanted to thank her. And yet, she’s already an hour late. The kids are surely waiting for her. And she can’t disappoint them. She just can’t.

That’s why she made Monty drive as fast as he can and luckily, they hit no traffic on the way so they reached the convent shortly after. Tanya was so happy to see the kids happy upon seeing her. She apologized to the kids and the program then started immediately.

It was already midnight when Tanya bid goodbye to the kids of the convent.

A few minutes after being on their way home, Monty suddenly stopped the car. “Miss Tanya. I’m sorry but I think we need to use a different road. There’s a road block sign ahead saying that a water hydrant has blown up and is currently under maintenance. We need to turn around Miss and that road will take us longer to go home.” Morty announced.

“That’s okay. I’m no longer in hurry. And I’m sorry if I made you two work at this late hour. It was just really important for me.” Tanya sincerely apologized to her two bodyguards.

“No Miss. It’s fine. This is our job. Besides, you’ve already done so much for us and doing late-hour works like this is not a big deal. Right, Morty?” Monty assured her.

“Yes Miss! No worries, really.” Monty seconded and gave Tanya a quick thumbs up on the rearview mirror.

Tanya smiled. She will surely miss this people when she goes back to her original world. All of them are too nice.

The twin was then busy chitchatting after that. It was already awhile on the dark road when Monty suddenly stopped the car again. 

“What’s wrong?” Tanya asked.

“Miss. What should we do? There’s a collapsed kid in the middle of the road.”

Tanya’s eyes widened. “What?” She moved to get a view up front of the road and when she saw the situation, she quickly hopped out of the car and rushed towards the kid.

“Miss Tanya, wait up. You should not go out like that. We’re in the middle of this unfamiliar road. It’s not safe.” Monty said after following Tanya.

“Let’s take this kid to the hospital Monty. Hurry!” Tanya ordered quickly. She was so disturbed upon the kid’s state. Bruises and wounds everywhere. There’s even a blood stain on her shirt!

“What? But Miss-”

“Just do it Monty!” Morty yelled behind. And as the twin locked eyes, Monty sighed and picked the kid up. He placed the kid on the back seat and I let the kid's head rest on my lap. Morty then quickly turned the car around to rush the kid to the nearest hospital.