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Sometimes it's really weird working in Japan. I don't fit in at all. I'm 5'10, long curly blonde hair, green-blue eyes and in shape curvy body. I have been working at the Tres Spades for a week now. I'm a translator and guest relations manager; I also work the front desk on my days that we don't need a translator. I'm only 21 but I graduated top of my class in foreign business management and Language. I know 7 languages including English, Russian, French, Japanese, Cantonese, Chinese, and Spanish. I only know so many languages because my dad half American/ half French and my mom was half American/ half Russian. So I grew up learning 3 languages, my parents wanted me to know as many languages as I could so I could grow up and have a good paying job. I starting learning Chinese, Cantonese and Japanese when my father paid for an in house tutor to live with us, they were the hardest languages to learn. My dad had plenty of money and so did my mom. I was home schooled and I graduated high school at 16 and then went to college. They were always supporting me, my father also made me take Soo Bahk Do and kicking boxing since I was 8. I've grown up to be the "Perfect child" except my mood swings, I always spoke what I thought and that always got me in trouble.

My parents died in a car crash a few months ago and I was torn, so I got a job here in Japan. I had no friends really from being homeschooled and my college friends were off around the world, I liked Japanese the most so I decided to try and get a job in Japan. Two days after looking, I found a job as Translator and guest relations manager. I put in my resume and started packing my boxes. I bought my Visa, and was staying near my once Tutor, Kio No. I got the job 2 weeks ago. I live in an apartment in the manager's dorm, I'm the youngest one. They really don't talk to me except in the meeting except for Mr. K who is the Top Manager of the whole Hotel.

I have yet to meet the owner, but that really doesn't bother me. I know I'm doing a good job, I even made a friend with a maid named Amie, and she is a klutz but a totally great and nice person. I see Erika pick on her and I will make life hell for Erika. I have got the hang of this manager thing. Mr. K asked if I would be the manager of the maids today as well being the translator. He gave me a pager and said he would page me if he needed anything.

I get down to the maid meeting "Hello I'm the Manager today, some of you might not know me but my name is Ms. Baucom. If you have any questions please let me know. Have a great day, work hard and let the hotel stay beautiful" They all look at me happily.

I then say "Amie and Nikko, you will be working with me today. Everyone else get in your normal pairs."

I smile and look down at my clip board "Who is Erika?"

Erika raises her hand all smiles and says "That's me! Ms. Baucom."

I give a big smile "Erika, I have heard great stuff about you, I hope to see you work hard because I heard you are very good at your job."

She smiles "Yes ma'am I can totally show you."

I smile "Great! Everyone meetings over! Have a good day at work!"

Everyone leaves except Amie and Nikko, I smile at them "Okay ladies get to work on the 56 floor; I shall be up in a minute."

They both give me bright smiles "Yes, Ms. Baucom."

Gosh acting to be happy all the time is a drainer, but I really like working here. I grab my binder and put my pen in my bun at the top of my head and walk out. As I walk out of the 5 men are standing to the side with Mr. K, the one with the hat nudges his friend and then they all turn to look at me. I look straight ahead and keep walking. I hear a woman voice say "Excuse me"

I look over to the older skinny American woman and say "Yes ma'am, how can I help you today?"

She smiles brightly at me, excited that she doesn't have to try and speak Japanese. "Thank the lord, I have no idea where I'm at or what I'm doing. I'm looking for a dress shop called "Dress Class"."

I smile and say "If you follow me to the desk, or if you would like to wait here. I can give you the map in English and walk you up if you like?"

She keeps the smile on her face "That would be great; my name is Mrs. Peters, what's your name dearie?"

I look at her and bow slightly before I can catch myself "Excuse me, name is Ms. Baucom and it's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Peters"

She smiles "Nice to meet you too, dear."

We walk up to the desk, making small talk as we go. I go up to the computer and print out places that know English or take American money. I gently show her the papers "These are papers showing places that know English and take American money. If you need any help please come back and I can help you, the store you are asking for is on the second floor and the third store on your left after you get off the elevator. Would you like me to walk you up?"

She says "Thank you for all your help, this is great! No dear, your directions are great I'm sure, thank you again! If I need anything, I'll make sure to come back to you."

I smile "Okay Mrs. Peters, have a great day!"

I smile as she walks away, then this Japanese man comes over with a big flirty smile "Hello beautiful, I don't believe we meet before my names Shion Dorr. I'm a waiter in the Casino."

I want to roll my eyes at him but I don't, I give a small smile "Hi, my name is Ms. Baucom. I'm the new translator and guest relation manager. Nice to meet you, now if you excuse me I need to get to a prior engagement."

I bow and start to walk away, he grabs my wrist and says "Wait, wher—"

I raise an eyebrow at him and glare at him and snatch my wrist out of his hand and I finish with a smile "Don't touch me or grab me, I don't want to know you or go on a date or anything. I am here to work, not make friends. So please, leave me alone. Have a great day."

With that I walk away, rubbing my wrist and mad he thinks he can just grab people like that. I put a fake ass smile on face and go back behind the Front Desk; I know everyone just saw that. I type the rest of the paper I was working on print it, and put it in my binder. I then grab it and head for the elevator. I start walking to the elevator and I hear Mr. K say "Ms. Baucom, a minute please."

I turn around and walk over to Mr. K and the group of hot men. I keep a smile on my face. I walk up to them, bow as he says "Ms. Baucom this is the Owner of the hotel, Mr. Ichnomiya."

He says as looks to the man on his left, who is shorter than me with my heels on and dark brown hair, a black and purple expensive suit and a handsome face "Mr. Ichnomiya, it's a pleasure to meet you."

He looks a little surprised "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Baucom."

A man with a hat then introduces himself "I'm Baba, it's nice to meet you Ms. Baucom." I smile "Nice to meet you Baba"

Baba then says pointing to the one who almost looks like an angel and says "This is Ota Kisaki. Yes he is the famous Artist!"

I give him a small smile "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Kisaki. I've never heard of you work but I'm sure you are great."

He looks a little surprised and says with a pout "You don't know who I am?"

I had to bite the inside of my cheek from laughing and say "No I haven't. I'm sorry but if it helps I just got in Japan two weeks ago."

He looks so hurt, Baba continues "This is a Soryu Oh," He points to the man in a grey suit, he looks so dangerously sexy with his slicked back black hair and his dark grey eyes. I won't look away I'm not a coward. I keep eye contact and smile with him "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Oh."

We keep eye contact for a few more minutes and he says nonchalant like we didn't just have a staring contest "Nice to meet you, Ms. Baucom."

Baba then says laughingly "Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a woman stare at Soryu and not cower in fear….. This is Mamoru."

He says with a lazy smile "Nice to meet you kid"

I hold back a laugh and say "Nice to meet you."

I keep the smile on my face, unsure of what to do now. All these men are looking at me, I want to run and hide but I won't. I won't let men get gratification out of that.

I keep the smile on my face "Mr. K, I was just about to go check on the girls upstairs cleaning."

He gives me a small smile "Yes, Ms. Baucom go ahead and make sure your pager is on, please."

I give a small smile and say "Nice to meet you Mr. Ichnomiya and all of you. And yes sir, call me if you need anything."

With that I bow and turn on my heel. I walk to elevator and take a deep breath when the elevator doors close. I wait till I get the 56 floor to check on Amie and Nikko, they work fast I use my key and check the rooms. They look really good; I give them a piece of candy. Now I'm off to checking the rest of the girls, it takes me two hours and I was about to check on Erika when my Pager goes off, I grab my binder and look at the pager as I walk to the elevator "Cora, please come to the Front Desk"

I smile and look down at my watch as I come down the elevator. I will get there before 5 minutes. I get out of the elevator and start walking to the desk. It's only been 2 minutes. I walk up to the desk and Mr. K is standing there, I smile. He looks shocked "Well Ms. Cora that was certainly fast"

I smile "Yes sir, I like to be on time"

He gives me a small smile "Here is a pager from the penthouse and here's a card to get in. Don't lose it, no one but the VIPs and you and I have a key."

"I'm sorry to ask this Mr. K but why would I get anything to the penthouse?"

He keeps the smile "…. Because he will have VIP guest upstairs that are foreign and he will need you to translate."

I smile "Okay…. I won't lose it."

He then says "Alright Ms. Baucom, Also I would like for you to pick the new maid for cleaning the VIP Suites."

I smile "Yes sir, may I let you know by the end of the week? I want to make sure I get the best maid."

He gives a bright smile "Yes, Let me know by Friday at 5:30, I will tell them at 6. I will let them know in our morning meeting we will be having a meeting at 6."

I smile "Yes sir, do I need to keep both pagers or give you one back?"

He says "Please keep both, Ms. Baucom. You can have your Break at 2. Okay?"

I smile "Yes sir, Thank you."

I walk away and go check on Erika, I look at her work. She's good but she isn't the best. I go see some of the other maids and by the time I know it, it's already 2. I take the elevator then go in my office behind the front desk. I shut the door, and put my head on the desk. I need coffee; I start up my coffee machine and decide I'm going to do a dark roast. As it finishes, the smell fills my whole office with the smell. I take a sip, it's so strong. I wouldn't need to drink coffee if my nightmares didn't keep me up.

I sit there drinking my coffee please no flashbacks today, please. Think of something happy, unicorns, ducks, puppies… Then 45 minutes have gone by.

Then there was knocking throwing me out of my thoughts, I smile and say "Come in".

In walks Baba, I smile and say "Hello Mr. Baba, how can I help you?"

He looks me over and says with a big smile "You can call me Baba, what's your First name?"

I give a small smile "My name is Cora, and okay Baba."

He gives me a bright smile and says "You know the boss paged you 30 minutes ago?"

I jump up, and look at the pager, and my eyes go wide in the middle of distracting myself I missed his page.

I say out loud "How did I miss that that?"

Baba came closer but didn't touch me "Hey it's alright! Come on the boss is waiting."

I smile "Okay, let's go."

I take one last sip of my coffee then grab my keys and pagers put them in my pocket and grab my cell phone and put it in the other. With that we walk out and I lock my door and go to the VIP elevator.

We get up stairs and Eisuke and the rest of them are sitting there, man I wish I could have brought my coffee. Shit I have to pee, this is not good.

I walk in and Eisuke raises an eyebrow at me "Well what happened Ms. Baucom? Is there a reason you ignored my page?"

I keep a straight face and say "I'm so sorry; I was not ignoring your page. I had zoned out when I made coffee. I have no excuse, I'm sorry."

He doesn't say anything else about it, he moves on says "Well Cora, we have a special Russian guest coming and you will be here to translate for me on tomorrow night."

I nod and say "Yes sir, what time should I come up?"

He says "I realize you have a day off tomorrow so be up here by 5."

I say "Yes sir"

He then says "You can leave now"

I bow and was about to walk out and he says "Ms. Baucom."

I turn around and he smirks at me "Don't be late; I would hate to have to punish you, you got a warning I wouldn't let it happen again."

I keep the smile on my face "Of course, sir"

I walk fast out the door, and get in the elevator and go down.

The next day I just have a bad feeling that today is not going to be a good day; I decide I better go for a long run. I change into a sports bra, VS jacket, yoga pants, Nikes and put my hair in a ponytail then plug my headphones into my phone. Put it in my pocket with my pager, my keys and some cash then zip it up. Then I'm off for a run, I run about 6 miles and I go as hard as I can, sweat just dripping off me.

I run into a little stop and go shop, walk in and grab two bottles of water then I walk up to the counter. I take out my head phones and take my cash out, and I look up to see Baba saying "Hello Cora! How are you today? You just get done working out?"

I smile shyly "H-I yes, I try to work out every day and I'm fine thank you. How much do I owe you?" I say as I pull out my cash.

He gives me a charming smile "Don't worry about it, it's on me today."

I shake my head "No it's fine; please just let me pay for it. I don't like people paying for me. I have enough money."

Baba looks at me curiously "I have more than enough money to pay for it as well Cora."

I was getting irritated; I threw the money on the counter and ran out the door. I ran for about 5 minutes and sit against an alley wall drinking one of the bottles of water.

I sit there for about 10 minutes, trying to calm myself down. I need to kick box. I talk out my phone and dial Mr. K number. "Hello, this is Mr. K how can I help you?'

I smile "Mr. K its Cora, I was wondering if I am allowed to use the gym on my off days?"

He says cheerful "Yes Ms. Baucom, that's fine. You are allowed to use anything that isn't closed off for an event."

I smile "Thank you Mr. K! Have a good day."

He says your welcome and hangs up.

I walk slowly into the lobby to the elevator then get in it right before it closes it opens again. It's Amie of course.

I smile "Hi Amie, how are you today?"

She gives me a bright smile "Ms. Baucom, I'm great thanks for asking!"

I glare at her "Amie when we are by ourselves you can call me Cora; I am your friend too! I'm only your manager this week."

She smiles "I know, it's just weird, Erika has backed off a lot this week and it's all thanks to you. You check on us enough, so she can't just shove work on everyone else."

I give her a nod "Yes, I think she works very well but she is a bully. I plan to make sure she stops bulling people before he hires a new manager."

The elevator chimes as I get off at the gym, I smile and turn back "Keep your head up, you are a great worker."

I run to the kickboxing room, shut the door and keep the lights off. I plug my music to the sound system and start kick boxing for about 45 minutes. I can imagine those guys faces that use to mock me, use to shove me around and force me to do stuff. I keep going till I fall to the ground crying.

I lay my back against the wall and just sit there, not crying anymore nor moving. I will not let them get to me. I will beat what they did to me and live my life. I will never stop living, even when they tried to take all the light out of me and make me a submissive bitch but that's never going to happen. I will always pull threw; I get up and grab my phone from the port.

I go to the elevator, and then walk to the Manager dorms, I get in throw my stuff down and look at the clock its 3pm. I take the shower and then put on a black dress skirt, then thigh high black stockings and a blue button down shirt and tuck it in the skirt. I throw on my black tight fitted suit jacket. My black pumps and finishes it off with my necklace that has my mother's ring on it. I do a little cat eye and a light red lipstick. I French braid my hair down my back and leave my bangs out.

I put my watch on and look down 4pm now, I eat some food I have in the kitchen and drink a cup of coffee and then before I know it is 4:30. I grab my purse that has everything in it, lock the door and walk to the hotel.

I walk into the hotel, and see Mr. K at the Front desk; I smile and say "Good evening, do you think I should go up now Mr. K?"

He smiles "Yes, Ms. Baucom. That would be a good idea."

I say goodbye and walk up to the pent house elevator, I get up to the penthouse and walk in and see all of them already sitting there.

I smile, walk up and bow "Good evening, gentlemen."

Baba then stands up and says cheerful "Cora you are a sight of beauty, you look gorgeous. Did you have a good work out?"

I give a shy smile "Hello Mr. Baba, Thank you for the compliment and the work out was quite….. Amusing"

I see all of them get a questioning gaze but I ignore it.

Eisuke then says "Sit there." He points to a spot next to Baba, I do as told. I sit there and listen to what he has to say.

Eisuke then says "I have a very important client coming in; we are doing business of sorts. Listen carefully; I will only say this once. What is said in this room is to stay between the people in this room, if any information gets out Ms. Baucom the blame will go on you. You will have a horrible punishment, you are to sign this paper a NDA, if any info gets out and you are the one who did it, your life with be forfeit."

What the hell did I get myself into now? Can't I just live a normal life? No that would be too damn easy. I say "Okay, I understand and I will sign the NDA."

Baba then tries to put something in my pocket as I'm talking and I grab his hand before I realize it, I glare at him "What are you doing, Baba?"

He is shocked "How did you do that? I've been—-"

Ota then says interrupting him "Omg did you see that!"

Soryu has a little smirk and says something to Eisuke that I couldn't hear.

Baba is just staring at my shocked "How did you do that?"

I raise an eyebrow "Because I felt something on my leg, i think people would realize it if you try to put something in there pocket, baba. What were you trying to put in my pocket anyway?"

He shows me and it's the money I threw on the counter. I glare at him "Baba, I don't want the money back, I don't need you to pay for me, I appreciate the thought but I can take care of myself."

Baba then says "Cora you know—"

Eisuke interrupts him "Cora I have an important guest who is Russian that's coming, I need you to sign the NDA. Then read this now, he will be here in 2 hours"

Before I could stop my smart mouth "Would you like me to do it in blood as well?" I grab a pen out of my purse.

Soryu responds "I can make that happen if you like."

I smile and say "Thank you but I think Ink will work better."

I start reading the NDA, telling me if I share anything my life will be in fault and possibly get sued, blah, blah. I read the whole thing making sure they aren't trying to play me into something. I smile as I see where there is a loop hole in this NDA but I didn't say anything. I signed it and handed it back to him.

He then says "The man that's about to come up and runs the Russian mob, you are to translate for us."

He then throws me a stack of papers "Read this; this is what we want and what we will get out of them. I want nothing more except of you can get more money; we will not go lower than that price. Read the papers and get all the information. They will have a translator too and don't think you will screw us over Ms. Baucom, Baba knows Russian too."

I smile "Of course not. I understand."

Two hours later, the guests arrive downstairs where we are meeting. I walk down with them trying to calm my breathing.

When we get down there I see the 4 people I never in my life wanted to see again, people that made my life hell. I don't stop moving, I keep walking with them next to Soryu. When I get closer they finally realize who I am, they all have smirks on their faces. I take a small step closer to Soryu, he notices but doesn't say anything.

Eisuke was about to say something but Alexander interrupted him saying in English "Well, well boys, look at Cora Baucom now. She's all grown up, you filled out quite beautifully. Wow what I wouldn't give to touch you again. "

I look at him in the eyes and say in Russian "You're a sick bastard. They are here to make a deal with you, not me. So why don't we get to business?"

He gives me a fake smile "Of course, excuse me dear Cora. Let us begin."

I'm nervous I talk to him the whole time but Soryu never leaves my side. He must feel something isn't right.

At the end he signs the deal, and they are about to walk out when Alexander says "Cora, could you please come grab the contract?"

I put on a brave face and swallow my fears "Of course"

I walk up and grab it from him and he then whispers in my ear "I'll be back for you Cora, I killed your parents and you will be mine."

With that he kisses my hand and shakes hands with Eisuke and Soryu, and then they walk out. I hand Eisuke the paper, and start walking towards the elevator. I need to get to my room; before I lose it. I start to feel like I can't breathe, I realize I'm having a panic attack. I started to fall down the last thing I remembered is looked into a pair of loving concerned grey eyes.

To be continued.