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When Christine woke up, it was to the sound of a truck engine being turned off. Blinking hard to try to get rid of her dazed state, she realized that she and Ryan were leaning against a dusty concrete wall in a construction site, with their hands bound behind their backs. Standing over them were Seng and Kumar, grinning from ear to ear as they surveyed the scene.

"So you think you foreigners can come here and jump into our newest clubs just because you are Americans? Especially bringing your ang moh boyfriend along?" sneered Seng. "Even Kumar who came from India 5 years ago had to get my promoter friend's help to get in. You think you are so great?!"

Kumar snorted in reply, obviously the strong but silent type.

"Let us go or I'll call the embassy," retorted Ryan. "You know that we have diplomatic immunity and all you guys will be in trouble. Let us go now and we won't call the cops."

"So you think you can threaten us in our own country?" said Poh as he walked over from the truck, gesturing at the construction site. "You foreigners seem to be trespassing on a private construction site. In fact, I will tell them that you were trying to sell drugs to locals here. I have a small bag of cocaine I found that could possibly belong to you two..."

"You can't do anything to u.. UGH" Ryan's comeback was cut short by Kumar's kick to his ribs, causing him to double over backwards in pain.

"I've had enough of this ang moh's nonsense. Sibeh sian. Tie him to the pillar and make him shut up!" commanded Seng.

With that, Kumar and Poh dragged Ryan over to a nearby pillar and used some thick cable ties to bind him to the pillar. To accomplish the shutting up part, they gagged him with a dirty cloth, reducing his furious yells to muffled sounds.

"Good good. Now we can have him watch us have fun with his chio Asian girlfriend," sneered Seng as he sauntered over to Christine to caress her cheek.

At this point, she was so stunned that she hadn't said anything. But this time, the physical contact shocked her into action.

"GET AWAY from me you scum!" she screamed. "Don't you DARE touch me with your filthy hand!"

"Now now, is that any way to treat your host?" taunted Seng as he squatted down beside her, his hand sliding down her face, to her exposed neck, then down to her chest as he caressed her left breast with the gently touch of a lover.

"GO AWAY!!" she screamed again as she squirmed away from him, but the wall prevented her from getting any further from her tormentor.

"Stop struggling or your boyfriend will get it!" yelled Poh from across the room as he held a big construction blade to Ryan's throat.

A lump emerged in Christine's throat as she realized that any more resistance from her would result in them inflicting grevious harm to her darling boyfriend. He on the other hand was powerless to save her, and could only watch as the men had their way with her. She stopped moving, paralyzed by her shock and fear, as the weight of the world collapsed in on her.