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his own mother had been driven away by his
father’s unfaithfulness. He felt a little less hostile towards Abby by now,
after realizing the plight that she had got herself into. He was still angry
with Abby for making him feel guilty for what he had done. How was he to face
Tiffany from then on?
    Abby put her clothes on in the cabin’s toilet before
she sat on the bed, and wept. She didn’t know what to do, other than to weep.
To weep for her silliness that a man like Samuel would actually like her when
he had been making use of her all along. Why had she been so ignorant? He had
been making purchases through her cards all this while and obtained money from
her, but she had thought of it as not much of a big deal since lovers share
money anyway, right? Her tears flowed onto her shirt and onto her skirt and
onto the bed.
    The state of which she was in would make any normal
human being with a decent heart feel so sympathetic towards her. Darren had a
conscience, and he sat beside her as she wept.
      “ Cheer up. Don’t feel so bad about
yourself. It is him who is losing out on you. You deserve better”
    “ I
thought.. he was.. the one.. He was my first boyfriend”
    “ Well
the next will be much better. So be happy, yeah?”
    “ I
know.. maybe I was lying to myself..I knew that maybe he didn’t love me like
what I thought.. but I kept telling myself that it was just me… what pains me
now is that my money.. it is all gone.. I have given them all to him…”
    “ YOU
HAVE LOST ALL YOUR MONEY?”
    Darren
took a step back and he struggled to understand how anyone can be as naïve as
Abby.
      Abby nodded and recounted the story of
how Samuel was her superior at her office, and how he had asked her out, been
so nice to her, then started requesting for her to pay for his meals, gifts for
others, as well as lend him money to start up a business outside the company.
She had given everything to him.
    “ Well I
happen to have some contacts in the casino. And I can make him lose all the
money he has by today”

 
    Chapter 4
    Payback

 
    Darren was disappointed that Tiffany had not showed
up. He had called her phone but there was no response. Since he had nothing
much better to do while on cruise, he decided to help Abby, the poor girl who
had just realized that she had been cheated of her love and of her money.
    He summoned his assistant, James, to take care of
Abby’s dressing. To enter such a classy casino, Abby could not afford to be
dressed like how she had just dressed- a floral old-fashioned shirt and a dull
grey skirt to her knees. James took a good look at Abby and summarized that she
was in sum-a fashion disaster. James whisked her off to a shop in the cruise,
which sold elegant dresses. Abby took a look at the price tags, and swallowed
her saliva. They were all so pricey, and it would take months of her salary to
buy just one. James assured her that the dress of her choice will be on loan,
and that she didn’t need to pay for anything. She tried dress after dress, and
finally chose one which James thought looked great on her.
    As Abby approached Darren at the upper deck, he
gasped.
    She was so beautiful.
    She was dressed in a gorgeous black cocktail dress
with intricate white laces on them. The only thing that felt out of place were
her black-rimmed glasses.
    Darren walked towards Abby who looked half-embarassed
to be seen in a dress, as if she had never worn one before. He took off her
specs, which she gasped.
    “ What’s the matter? You can’t see without your
specs?”
    “ No… No.. it’s not that. I have light myopia. I can
still see quite well. Why take off my specs though?”
    “ Because it makes you look less old-fashioned without
it and we are about to step into a classy place”
    “Oh..”
    “ Don’t you want your money back?”
    “ Yes.. I do..”
    “ So give me your glasses”
    Abbey gave her glasses to Darren and he walked into
the casino with her. He ushered her into the VIP place