In Selena’s room.Selena had just come to her room, and she was trying to get some sleep before dinner-time, but she was struggling because her nose wasn’t healed yet, and she was finding it hard to breathe, especially when lying down on the bed. Whenever she didn’t get sleep, she would generally read a book until she slipped into asleep, but tonight, she was just talking to herself.“The nose surgery will be perfect, I’m sure, and it’ll look more beautiful than before,” Selena briefly remembered how she was born with a slightly upturned nose, and her childhood friends used to call her Pug all the time, even though she was the class representative. They used to poke her with the pencils from back benches, steal her items, and mistreat her a lot in many different ways. One day, she fought with the entire class during recess, and she ended up smashing a girl’s face into the window and breaking her nose. Her friend later got their nose repaired, and that made Selena want to change the wa

Only Rebecca, Benjamin, and Delle didn’t eat dinner because of the same reason: Devon’s death. Delle had a good relationship with Devon, so her conscience didn’t let her eat that night, either.Delle was taking care of Jacob until Selena entered the room and told her to leave.Selena closed the door and sat next to Jacob’s bed.A minute passed silently.“How are your eyes?” asked Jacob, wearing a poker face.Selena sucked in a breath through the gap between her teeth. “You must be feeling quite happy inside.”“She’s your daughter first,” Jacob was able to slightly move his arms and legs now. A good night’s sleep would be enough for him to get up, he thought. “But throwing orange juice in the eyes? Just what did you do to piss her off that much?”She harrumphed. “You already know everything, yet you ask me like an innocent child.”“Well, you took her hard-earned money and kept it with you,” Jacob frankly said. “She didn’t do anything at that time because she’s not money-minded, but she

The next morning.Delle, for the first time in a long while, didn’t wake up when the alarm had rung. Kathy had to come and wake her up. Finding Delle naked was surely a surprise for Kathy, but she didn’t think Delle had sex with someone. That didn’t even cross her mind.“Get ready quickly. We might receive some guests today that’ll stay until the party finishes,” Kathy told her and left.Delle didn’t know when George had left, but thinking about last night, she smiled within herself. “I’ll prepare a special breakfast for you, George,” she thought. “It’d be a token of love, I guess?”Delle had never opened herself up in recent times because of her checkered past.“But first, I should take care of Madam Selena,” Delle dressed up quickly and put on minimal make-up before rushing to the kitchen. She made black coffee and took it to Selena’s room. The door was ajar, so she let herself in. She put the coffee plate on the lamp desk and opened the curtains. The sunrays refracted through the g

In the Pure Waters bar.Blackbear and Dewar were sitting before Rodnie in one of the private rooms on the first floor. There were women in bikinis on either side of Blackbear and Dewar, pressing and rubbing their arms, chest, and thighs with their arms as well as bodies.“We didn’t come here for this, Brother Rodnie,” Blackbear spoke, pushing the women aside.Dewar, however, seemed like he wanted the women to keep doing whatever they were doing.Rodnie gestured to the women to leave, and they skipped away on their toes.“I know why you came here, Blackbear,” Rodnie lit up his large cigar. “But I’m not going to join hands with the underworld again. I’ve long retired from that life. I do secret bettings, but that’s in order to satisfy some of my old friends’ requests and at the same time receive their help if necessary.”Blackbear kept staring at Rodnie, almost in a threatening manner. “You’ve lived twice as I did, so I don’t need to tell you what happens if you piss Boss Butcher off.”

“Enough,” Rebecca slapped her sister without restraint. “Whoa,” Selena quickly got out of her chair. “What’s the deal, Rebecca? She was only telling the truth!” Rebecca angrily glared at Selena. “I hope you two are not doing this together.” “What?” Selena was bewildered. Veronica, on the other hand, looked hurt. Tears sprang to her eyes. “I came running to tell you what Benjamin did, and in return, you hit me in the face. Thank you. I will remember this gift forever.” She turned around and ran away. Rebecca realized that she might have made a mistake. “Wait, Veronica!” She called, but her sister didn’t stop. “Tch,” Rebecca put her hand on top of her head. “You should go and apologize,” Selena suggested. As far as she remembered, the last time Rebecca hit her sister was when Veronica stole her snacks back in high school and gave it to some guy in Veronica’s class. Veronica also cried then and told Rebecca she’d give her organs for free if Rebecca ever needed them. “Take her shoppi