In the heights of the Mining boom, Western Australia leads the way. May it be coal, gold or copper, companies are growing, employing thousands of people all over the world and earning Billions.
One company, Leyton Prospecting, is the biggest mineral extractor in all of Western Australia. Focussing on Gold and copper, it's earning at least 12 Billion dollars per annum.
The main share holder, Morgan Leyton, has only one heiress, Taneya Leyton.
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Bang!!! A shotgun blasted in the air. Taneya closed her eyes with a shock of what she has just witnessed. A few minutes ago she was just deciding if she should unpack her things first or just go for a shower and crash.
The whole family only just got home from her fancy graduation dinner. She always hated those events where she has to talk to pretentious people as a host. Her mum Bianca, insisted on having a celebration for her double degree graduation, economics and mining engineering. It was 4 years of hard work and traveling each week from her home in Appleton to the University.
Tonight was exhausting for her. She was laying in bed trying to rest for a bit when she heard some noise outside. The full moon made everything visible.
Taneya looked out her window from the third floor of their mansion and her eyes widened when she saw her very graceful mum distressed and running across their well manicured yard trying to get away from someone. She saw her dad Morgan, coming out from the garage, pointing a gun to the direction of where her mum was. Then she heard a loud bang and another one straight after. She closed her eyes thinking her dad has shot her mum. When she opened her eyes she saw her mum laying on the ground unconscious.
Taneya froze in shock. She didn't know what to do. She knew that her parents were having some sort of problems.
Bianca and Morgan were very much in love when they got married which resulted to their one and only daughter Taneya. They were a picture of a perfect couple, up until a couple of years ago. Taneya would come home on a Friday night from the university and her mum and dad would be out to their separate dealings. She hasn't seen them both together in one room unless they were having a meal together. She would ask her mum on what going on but her mum would just say, "don't worry darling, we are fine" and just brush off her inquiries. She didn't think it was that serious that her dad, who has always been a great father to her, would actually do that to her mum.
She felt as if her whole blessed life just ended. For her, all the glamour and fortune is nothing without a happy family. She felt that all those hard work was for nothing. Her dad, whom she loved very much, is actually a monster.
In a panic, she grabbed the bag which had her clothes from the university apartment and her car keys. She hurried down the stairs and out though the back door. She ran and hopped in her brand new red mustang gt. As much as she hated using the car that her dad gave her as a graduation gift, she really wanted to get away. So, with her v8 engine roaring, her dad knew she has gone.
Taneya saw her dad from her mirrors, yelling something to her but she didn't care. With tears flowing from her eyes, she drove and drove and drove.
It was about 1 am when she pulled over on the side of the road and thought of where she should go. She came up with a conclusion that she would go to a busy city where she can blend in and hide, Sydney.
2 years later, in a family owned pub called MoJo's, works a girl who goes by the name, Molly. The pub itself is not that busy. Most of the patrons are regulars and occasionally asian tourists. There is a couple of Chinese restaurants and a Korean barbeque place nearby.
Molly is brunette with dark brown eyes. She normally just wears dark clothes with thick eyeliners around her eyes that would identify these days as an emo girl. She made sure that no one would ever think that she was once a blonde, blue eyed high fashioned girl. She had a very hard time adjusting to being a worker which is a very big contrast to how she was before. She soon got used to it. She wanted to make sure that her dad would not find her. She sold her car for cheap and is slowly using it for her living expenses along with her pay from the pub.
The owner of the pub, Mona and Jonathan is a very loving and easy going couple with a 10 year daughter, Abby and a 6 year old son, Conor. They only just bought the pub with their life savings at the time that Taneya first showed up. They were having trouble with staff so they didn't think twice when Taneya introduced herself as Molly and applied for a job. They even agreed to pay her in cash. There would always be vacant rooms on the second floor of the Pub, so the family of four decided to just live in the pub. There was also a spare room so they let Molly rent it.
"Hello there girly, just my usual schooner." Ordered Hank. One of the regulars. He works at the butcher a few doors down from the pub. He always comes for a beer before going home.
"How are you today Hank?" Asked Molly. As she flipped the icy cold beer tap.
"I'll be better in a few seconds when I have that schooner." Hank replied.
"Here you are." Molly placed the bubbling glass on the bar in front of Hank.
"Thanks girly, there's nothing like a cold one or two to finish the day." Hank took a long chug at the beer.
"Hey Molly, can you please point Tod to the toilets as soon as he gets here. One of the door has really come off this time." Mona instructed from the back. "I'm just heading for the groceries. We are out or chips." Mona uttered, as she went out the door.
Tod is their go to maintenance guy. Jonathan can do little fixes but not very good. He is best in the kitchen where he makes the best pub rissoles that one could ever have.
A few minutes later, Tod walked in with his tools. With all the things that goes wrong in the pub, he would be over almost every week. He just charges with beer sometimes.
"How are ya?" Molly lifted her head as Tod was towering over her.
"Not bad Mols, thanks. You?" Tod replied casually.
"Good. Thanks. Just over at the toilets Tod." Molly instructed without delay.
Tod nodded towards Hank's direction before turning to the toilets.