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After the police alteration and Coke story Ryan returned home to his troubled wife who could hardly understand why her husband was calm about the entire situation when he had just made the news headlines."Babe I don't think you are handling this all too well, I know we agreed in staying low-key and behaving as though we know nothing but it's hurting your integrity right now," Stacy said as Arianna and Louis concurred with what Stacy was saying."You should listen to Stacy, Ryan she sure knows what is good for you and she is speaking from a place of love baby," Arianna said."Hey Ryan, I know it's important to you to be a tough macho man, and I'm glad you take that seriously," Arianna said. "But when it comes to enemies, you have to use caution and learn how to leave your feelings out of it. Don't let your opinion or feelings for someone get in the way of the bigger task at hand - taking down the enemy." "Sometimes it's not just enough to be tough," Arianna continued. "You have to be
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Ernestine had been searching for her lost love, Alan, for weeks. She had eagerly anticipated the evening she first met him. Ever since their single sexual encounter, he had been avoiding her and it left her feeling bereft. She remembered the way his eyes twinkled when he laughed, how his voice made her stomach flutter with anticipation. Ernestine searched everywhere for him. She even checked the bars, clubs, and busy streets that they had frequented together. She looked for him on social media but there was no trace of him. As days went by, she turned to more desperate measures to track him down.Ernestine decided to enlist the help of her closest friends. She asked them to spread the word, to seek out anyone who knew him or may have seen him recently. In her desperation, Ernestine was even contemplating putting out a missing persons report in the local newspaper.Slowly but surely, Ernestine's search was rewarded. People started to come forward with information about Alan's wh
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"Hello?" Emily spoke into the phone No response."You nitwit don't call this number again if you wouldn't be able to speak up" she flared."Don't hang up please" was the voice of a woman, it sounded frail and scary and she could hardly talk audibly."Who is this?" Emily asked this time without caring who was around her."This is the person you've been wanting to meet, Teddy's supposedly dead wife" she responded for a minute Emily almost collapsed and then Teddy gave her a look."Did you win the lottery or something why are you looking at me like that?" Teddy asked taking a swap of his cigarette."Oh it's nobody it's just a wrong number " she replied as she turned the phone off.Within seconds she received a message from the number."Let's meet later tonight under the elementary bridge by St Therese College" the message read.This was a breakthrough for her because ever since the investigator had given her the information and Ernestine and Teddy being too clingy with their demand she
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"What do you want from me?" Emily asked quite terrified as she was trying her best to keep calm but the situation she found herself in was not even helping."Well you'd fund out pretty soon" Lilian responded for the second time."But I thought I was here to help bring down Teddy" She raised a question."Oh yes, you are and I want to bring Teddy down for hurting me but don't you think playing with a gold digger and calling to see who he lives so much would be such a great idea?" Lilian answered."How can you call me a gold digger I didn't even take anything from you" Emily countered but a slap was matted onto her face and she yelped in pain "What was that for?" she asked unable to touch her jaw."Well that was for what you did to me when I was married to that bastard, I realised he was cheating and the moment I found out my finances were dropping because of his excessive spending on a bimbo I sent out men to find you and when they did I was told how you were living a frivolous life yo
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Emilie had been seated on a chair, her wrists and ankles bound by rope. She had no idea what was in store for her, or why she had been taken in the first place. All she knew was that Teddy—the one person who had promised to look out for her—had not initiated a search party for her. Despite her best efforts to keep her cool, the thought of being at the mercy of her captors was too much for Emilie to bear.She felt like she was losing control of her life and the realization scared her. Emilie closed her eyes and tried her best to shut out the sound of her captors' voices. Every time they spoke, she heard their malice and disdain. It was becoming increasingly difficult for her to remain calm in her current situation. Despite her attempts to block out all noise, Emilie couldn't help but feel the pressure and fear radiating from her captors. The fear of the unknown was almost too much for her to handle and her thoughts began to spiral. Thoughts of her parents, her friends, and eve
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"Babe, what are your plans for today?", Stacy asked Ryan who was focused on his laptop."We have that product luncheon this weekend and we would have to attend the entire family has got to attend baby," he said as he held her hands and placed her on his lap."Okay, but why are you telling me just now babe?" Stacy asked calmly."Damn this motherhood is taking a whole lot of things away from you eh," he said tapping his wife's ass."You should stop doing that those children could walk.in here any moment and I would not want my kids seeing you jumping into me okay" she said."Well, you just gave me an idea didn't you?" he said."Don't do that okay?" she said as she was about to run away from him but he held her."Just a bit we won't go for hours babe," he said.Then she gave in as he kissed her neck and that was her weak point for sure as she melted into his arms.Ryan and Stacy were enjoying a romantic evening in their bedroom. The two were completely lost in the moment, as they passion
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"I need Emilie to carry out a task for me" Ernestine spoke on the phone to Teddy."She claims to be kidnapped by my dead ex-wife, I guess she changed her mind about joining us with our plans" he explained."Are you crazy, she has been kidnapped for three days and you didn't care to tell me, and which ex-wife are you talking about?" Ernestine screeched as she was ready to gnaw his head off."Well, I thought she had..." Teddy began to say but was cut off."We need to get into action and you stay focused else we wouldn't like this," Ernestine said.Ernestine was worried about Emilie, she knew Emilie was gullible and could spew all their plans if pressured and they had to find out why and how she could have gone missing without a trace. Ernestine was desperate to find out what had happened to her and if it had been a kidnapping or not. That's why she decided to enlist help from her good homework boy Leslie. She asked Leslie "Would you be willing to get whoever are we holding her and pos
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"Do you still have her in your camp?"Ryan asked Lilian "Yes and Teddy came here spewing shit and almost shot me but I shot him first" she explained."Well that serves them right" he replied on the Phone.He didn't want to show up at the captive hideout yet as per Alan's advice.Ryan and Lilian had been discussing on the phone for a while now about where Emilie had been kept. Ryan was getting increasingly anxious as he knew that if Ryan showed up, their entire plan would blow up and they would have to start from scratch.Lilian tried to assure Ryan that Emilie had been put somewhere far away and that it was unlikely for he to show up anytime soon. Ryan was still worried though and continuously asked Lilian questions about where she had put Emilie because they had to make sure no one could find her ÷rnestine also had connected strong connections that could use some kind of force and at the end of the day their plans could be futile."You don't have to worry I've been using for two yea