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The bus stopped for five seconds before speeding off again. Leon was no longer there. In his place was the grocery bag he had been holding which had fallen on the ground with half of the things inside spilled out. The bus drove into an alley and Leon was roughly pushed out of it blindfolded, then two men alighted from it and pushed him down to the floor, his back against a wall. They had tied his hands behind him inside the van so he wouldn’t struggle so much with them. While he could’ve easily escaped from them, he didn’t want to get into a fight in the middle of the road. Furthermore, he had decided that Kevin Larol wasn’t worth keeping around. For some reason, Aria couldn’t recall what happened on her date last night. She was so worried about it that she couldn’t sleep the whole night. Then she woke up and went to work as soon as day broke even though the day was Sunday, just because of how troubled she was. If she bumped into him one of these days, it was very likely that her
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It wasn’t that he couldn’t just yank it off, but he didn’t want to risk getting a mark on his hands. That’d only make Aria worried as she would think her family bullied him again. Kevin’s first reaction on seeing his hands were free was to instinctively retreat behind the bulky men he hired as an emergency warning instantly went off in his head that he was in danger. Now this was the terrific voice of the man who had broken his fingers and trampled down at him at the guesthouse.His body also reacted, trembling on its own as Leon raised his cold eyes to look at him.However, Kevin suddenly burst into a mocking laughter. He laughed like a maniac for several seconds to his heart’s content before he stopped and sniggered, “Hey, do you take me to be a fool?” “I knew the talks about you being an idiot was a lie, so I refused to believe them and hired these guys. Yes, look at them very well.” “They are not as weak as the other guys from the guesthouse. In fact, one of them can take down
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Kevin's eyes shook in horror and he subconsciously stepped backward. Leon had his fingers wrapped around the throats of the bulky men as he squeezed the life out of them. From where he stood, Kevin saw the men wheezing as they desperately slapped Leon's hand to get him to release his grip on them all to no avail. "H-how is that possible?" Kevin stuttered fearfully. Leon's dark eyes on him paralyzed his entire body with fear causing him to forget how to move. Leon shifted his eyes to them and spat out icily, "Professionals? Yes. But you can never compare to someone who was trained to defend himself from the young age of 2 up until when he was casted out. Think about that in your next life if you get any. Now, get lost!" Krack!He applied pressure on their throats and crushed their windpipes, instantly killing them before he tossed their limp body aside. People like them who would hurt the less privileged just because they were paid to do it didn't deserve to stay alive. And fro
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Leon went back to the grocery store to get another set of groceries. Because Aria would get notified if he bought the same thing with the card she gave him, he paid with the allowance she gave him every month to get whatever he wanted.Then he walked out of the store, hailed a taxi and got in. When he got home, he found the door ajar. Dean was in the living room with two of his friends as they played an online shooting game with the TV. “I didn’t know you had a brother, Dean.” One of his friends murmured seeing Leon walk in. Dean briefly tore his eyes away from his game to see who he was talking about and snorted. “I don’t have a brother. That’s my sister’s husband. He looks normal, but he’s an idiot who thinks like a child.” “How is it I’ve never seen him before?” The second boy asked, pausing his game to look at Leon as well. “He’s always up in their room or working around the house. Besides, my mother banned him from loitering around the living room when we have visitors.” Dea
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Grant gathered every member of the family into the living room of the Larol residence. He sat in the middle of the room while the rest of the family surrounded him.There was a pin-drop silence in the room as no one wanted to do anything that’d offend him. But after a while, someone voiced out cautiously, with carefully chosen words, “Family head, I hear it was a lowlife who dealt us this tragic blow. We shouldn’t take this lightiy!” “Kevin was your beloved son, are we just going to sit on our hands while that lowlife makes fun of the Larol family?” Another person chipped in. “No, we shouldn’t. The other families are already getting informed of what happened to us. Once they find out we were humiliated by a lowlife and are doing nothing about it, we’ll become a laughingstock to the people of Wentworth.” The third person butted in as well. Gavin Larol clenched his hand into a fist and raised his bloodshot eyes to glare at them, “I’m trying to think here, shut your damn mouths!” O
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After Leon got off the phone with Grant, a breaking news came into his phone. He was going to discard it as always when he sighted a familiar name on it. He frowned slightly seeing it said Kevin Larol was dead. Did the thugs go after him? No, they wouldn’t dare. They were ready to beat him to a pulp just to get on the Larol family’s good side. If it wasn’t them, then who was it? A thought suddenly struck Leon and he frowned slightly. The last person the Larol family knew Kevin was with was him. In that case, that means they’d definitely pin his death on him. The thought had just occurred to him when a call came into his phone. It was Wentworth’s country code and not a restricted number. He didn’t need to answer it to know who it was. But he answered it just to be clear. As soon as he did, the caller threatened, “Leon Bartlett, if you do not want to die a miserable death, get into a taxi and bring yourself to the Larol family residence in the next five minutes. Failure to do so
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Everyone's eyes immediately shifted to Jeff, while Gavin's pupils dilated a little. However, Jeff didn't seem flustered at Leon’s words like a guilty person would. He knew better than to control his emotions. His eyes darkened, and he snickered in response, "Do you think pointing fingers at me and accusing me of killing my brother will work in your favor?" "Yes, Kevin and I were at odds with each other all his life, and I hated him sometimes, but I never wished him death." "So stop trying to paint me in a bad light in front of the rest of the Larol family!" Some member of the Larol family turned to Gavin and voiced out impatiently. "Family head, this lowlife keeps saying disrespectful things about our family. Someone like him doesn’t deserve to be in your presence!” “Yes, he shouldn't even have the privilege of meeting a member of our family, let alone exchange words with us!" "Where are the men Jeff hired? We should have them rip out this lowlife’s foolish tongue before anyth
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Leon stared down at rhem with icy eyes and the men, who were still unconscious, trembled in fright and tried to crawl backward, but there was no strength left in their arm to do so. “We are merely hired fighters. We were just acting on orders!” They quickly cried out when Leon began walking towards them. Leon, who had no intention of doing anything else to them, looked away from them and settled it on Gavin. “What part of, I didn’t kill your son, do you not understand?” “You were the last person my son was with and you have every reason to kill him. Do you take me as a fool?” Gavin gritted his teeth in annoyance and anger. Leon looked away from him and turned around to leave, but paused and shrugged without glancing back at him, “Whether you believe me or not is none of my business.” “I came here to make that clear. Furthermore, since Kevin is now dead, it is no longer my intention to go ahead with the bet I made with him.” Then he continued on his way out. Everyone quickly tu
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“Yeah, it’s Aria.” Ryan’s eyes darkened as he said dispiritedly. “Aria, hurry up here. These gentlemen have better things to do than to stay here.” Joseph urged her, forcing on a wide smile. Aria gripped the hand of her bag tighter and swallowed hard when her eyes met the furious look in Stella’s eyes. Nevertheless, she lowered her eyes to the floor and strutted towards the men. “Miss Aria Miller?” The second man repeated, raising his brows questioningly as she got close to him. She nodded, “Yes, I am.” As soon as the words rolled off her tongue, the one with the invite reached into the pocket of his suit jacket for it. He handed it over to her with a gentle look on his face. “Ms. Miller, you’ve been invited to Carolyn Jensen’s fundraiser which is being held tonight.” “The venue and time is written in the visitation. Ms. Jensen looks forward to seeing you tonight. Have a nice day.” Then they left immediately. As soon as they walked out of the door, Joseph snatc
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Aria hurriedly closed her eyes to shield the water from getting in. Then, she wiped it off with her palm and slowly opened her eyes to gaze blankly at Ryan.The corners of his lips hooked up into a mocking smile as he dropped his hand and snorted, “What is that scary look for? Is this your way of thanking those who do good deed for you?” Some staffs who were lurking behind him chipped in with a huff, “She can’t even thank you for giving her water.” “How ungrateful. If I were Ryan, I wouldn’t give her anything ever again.” “Look how hard she’s glaring at him after what he went through to bring her that water.” When she kept looking at him without saying a word, he scoffed in contempt, “You still won’t thank you? I just saved you from dying from thirst and you repay me by glaring hard at me?” “Honestly, if I knew you’d be like this, I would’ve saved myself the time and energy of bringing you this water.” “No one even remembered you were standing outside except me. Yet, this is how
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Change 98
“Mr. Bartlett, this is not somewhere I can be. Keegan Gyst isn’t someone that I can just cross into his territory.” “He may not be around now, but when he returns and finds out I crossed into his territory, he won’t take it lightly with…” Rex Mercer was saying, fear laced into his voice as he walked into the basement with his boys, but instantly fell silent when he saw the sight in front of him. He didn’t know which was more shocking; the sight of Keegan’s men heaped onto each other as they groaned in pain or the sight of Keegan himself lying helplessly under Leon’s foot. The shock in his eyes disappeared after a few seconds and he rushed towards Leon unable to hide his excitement. He stood above Keegan, his eyes wide open in disbelief. “Y-you defeated him! You defeated him!” “Do you know anyone called Carolyn Jensen?” Leon blankly asked without turning to look at him. Rex Mercer’s happiness dwindled a little and his brows knitted into a small frown. He was silent for a moment b
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Keegan Gyst’s brows perked up slightly when he saw Calvin Heinz. But he only stared at him for a second before he threw his face to the side again.Calvin was bulkier and more muscular than Leon, but there were several of Keegan’s men with the exact same built. “It would take more than one backup to save you from dying today.” Leon stood behind Calvin and slipped a hand out of his pocket to look at the time on his wrist. Then he probed Calvin stoically, “Hurry up, I don’t have all day.” Calvin nodded and began advancing towards the thugs. Robert Weathers saw this and cackled loudly. “Don’t let those muscles in your arms fool you into thinking you can get out of this room alive.” “Instead of running towards the cause of your death, shouldnt you be running out of here? Seems you’re all muscles but no brains.” Calvin’s eyes shifted to him. The coldness in them made Robert flinch in fear and subconsciously huddle closer to Keegan. Calvin snatched the axe from the first thug he got
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Chapter 96
Robert Weathers sneered and turned on the light switch. The basement illuminated instantly, revealing the dozens of thugs wielding daggers and axes in the room. Leon’s eyes landed on the bulky man sitting in their midst. He had a gruesome knife scar which slanted from his left eyes down to the right side of his lips. Had he whoever gave him the scar slanted his hand a little further and they would’ve damaged his eyes and cut off a side of his lips. “I’ve worked for Mr. Gyst for over 10 years now and I’ve encountered worse scenarios that threatened to end my life, but I never gave up.” “Did you really think a retard like you was capable of making me turn against the man I revere with everything in me?”Leon listened to him with an indifferent look on his face as his eyes roamed the basement. Keegan Gyst stared at Leon intently before he scoffed in disbelief. “So this is the man who beat those bulky men I sent out with you earlier? I expected someone taller and muscular.” “But g
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Leon still didn’t respond. The silence was killing Robert. Every second that went by, the more the back of his shirt got soaked sweat. He peeled his eyes open and swallowed dryly when he saw the blank, unimpressed look on Leon’s face. He couldn’t take it any longer and cried out, “I’ll do anything you want me to. Anything. Just name it!” Leon’s expression finally cracked into a small smile. “Go meet my father-in-law. He’s the one who cares about stuffs like this.” Robert nodded without hesitation before the thugs dragged him to Anthony. Anthony would’ve jumped in fright seeing the thugs and Robert walking towards him had Leon not been with them. As soon as he got to him, Robert pointed at the woman, who was still sprawled on the ground sobbing quietly. “I will return this woman’s child to her and also lead you to Keegan’s next big transaction. I will also tell you whenever he’s about to take another kid. I’ll help you put him out of business.” Anthony stared at him with a susp
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Chapter 94
Robert Weathers scoffed seeing Leon maintain his confident stance. He looked away and slipped out his phone from his pocket, opened the camera app and started video recording. “I’ll record you being beaten up so I can watch it when you’re long dead to remind myself someone as stupid as you lived before.” Leon ignores him and slipped his hands into his pockets, sizing up the dozen thugs running towards him with his eyes. They all had their daggers and axes raised high up in the air. Their movements were erratic and uncoordinated. No doubt, these were just average people who were recruited by Keegan Gyst and given weapons. The first thug to get close to Leon charged at with a wild overhead swing of his axe. Leon stepped to the side at that very moment, just in time to save his arm from being hacked off.As the thug stumbled past him, Leon grabbed the his wrist, twisted it, and disarmed him in a single fluid motion. “Arghh!” Before the others could react to their colleague’s pain
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Anthony was speechless and had no idea what to do. This was the first time he was facing something like this. He had been doing this work for the past 25 years and none of the men he rescued children from ever found him. He reasoned since they hadn’t found him for the past 25 years, they would never be able to. So now that it finally happened, he had no plan in mind. He clenched his jaw tightly and glared hard at the restaurant owner, “You can’t do that! Don’t you see the weapons they’re wielding? If you send us out there, there’s no telling what will happen to us!” “To say the least, you and everyone in this restaurant will become an accessory to murder. That’ll be bad for your business, so you should hurry up and call the police!” The restaurant glared back at him and retorted, “You offended Keegan Gyst, he may not be the most dangerous person in Wentworth, but he’s someone you do not want to cross and neither do I.” “Furthermore, he has people in the police. If he finds out I
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Chapter 92
Thanks to the tempered glass, Robert Weathers could see the people inside the restaurant. His eyes flickered across the place for a moment before he turned to the van again and dragged out a severely bartered woman. Her eyes and cheeks were swollen and her lips were bled from all sides. The state of her face almost made it impossible for Anthony and Leon to recognize her. After a few seconds, Leon recognized her to be the mother of the boy they had rescued from Robert and taken back to the rescue home. .His eyes dimmed slightly and he pointed it out to Anthony, “Father-in-law, it’s the woman from the rescue home.” When Anthony recognized her, he panicked and shot out of his seat. He was about to stroll towards the door of the restaurant when he saw a dozen thugs holding axes and daggers climb out of the van to stand behind Robert. Robert pulled the woman by the hair and barked something into her face. Unfortunately, they were outside and far from Leon and Anthony. Hence, they
