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Angus gets to the house, the whole delivery takes him an hour and ten minutes. He never sacrificed his life with the way he was rushing back to the house. The instant he drives the car into the compound like a madman and steps on the break with a loud screech of the tires, Mister Moore steps out of the house with his hands behind his back. He walks over to the car, inspecting every part of it, Angus looks at him with a dull expression. "You're late." Mister Moore says. "If you told me that I was going to encounter armed men on my way, I would have prepared more." Angus huffs. Mister Moore checks every nook and cranny of the car, he seems to be looking for a dent or something to complain about. "You fight. Were you in the army, Air Force?" Mister Moore looks at him. Of course, it was a setup, Angus rolls his eyes. "If you were bullied as much as I was as a child, you would have learned how to defend yourself," Angus says. Mister Moore rubs his chin as if he has just heard so
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Angus knows that this is not going to end well, not with the number of people that are waiting outside for him, not with the long guns that they are holding. Even with that, there is still very little he can do, he stays in the car with his chin against his hand. He keeps his eyes on Byron, like a hawk. Byron is pretending that his heart is not racing in his chest, but it's obvious that he is scared of these guys. His father has asked him to come here and speak to them, know who sent them into the town, and just make peace with them. He didn't want to come, but his brother and father have been thinking that he is a pussy. This is the right time to show them that he is not. One of them steps forward, he is probably the leader. He looks scary as hell with his intimidating height and huge tattoos, but Byron keeps walking forward. "Mister Moore called and I don't see Mister Moore!" The leader snorts. "Are you people now playing games with us?!" "Mister Moore is my father, fear no
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Angus is successful in getting the hospital to admit the boy, Manny. There is nothing wrong with the boy, he just seems to have a nasty fall, that's all. Angus asks them to keep him while he waits for Lorenzo to come to the hospital. He is not going to allow a wannabe terrorist to ruin something that he has been planning for a long time now. He walks through and fro, impatiently counting the minutes that go by before Lorenzo comes. Finally, Lorenzo arrives, he is rushing down the hall, with his hand placed against his face. He is in such a hurry. "You are late." Angus scowls at him. "Sorry, boss, I had a few things I needed to do…" "The boy is in there." Angus points to the door. They both walk in, the boy seems to be having a beauty sleep, not a single care in the world. "He is nothing serious, just a tyrant that my father-in-law asked me to take care of till he wakes up. The issue is that he seems to recognize me from the time I worked in the military." Angus says. "That
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Matilda is in front of the fashion shop, she is about to get in to buy the shoes that she needs. Just two pairs, that's all that she is getting. They don't have a lot of money right now, she has to be content. She takes her phone out to call Angus. It's his card that she is about to use, she has to tell him first. He picks up almost immediately. "Hello, wifey, what's up?" "Angus, how is your day going?" She asks. "Pretty good.""I'm in Bandor, I came to buy some good shoes for work. I'm about to use your card." She sighs. "Do you mind?" "Not at all, babe. There isn't much money on it, but go ahead and have fun, buy whatever you want." She smiles as she looks at the ground. Angus is actually very impressed with how content she is with the little they have. After all this has ended, the first thing he is going to do is to give her a black card, without limit. "I'll be home really soon, don't worry about me." She says. "Okay, love. I will make dinner before you come back." "B
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Matilda falls into her thoughts as soon as she gets into the taxi. She can't believe that she is about to be connected back to her old life, she is going to get in contact with her past. She doesn't know exactly how to feel about this. Her heart is beating with both fear and excitement. She gets to the house in a good time and the moment she opens the front door, the smell of food wafts into her nose. It's a small house, but gosh, the aroma is everywhere. She immediately sees Angus in the kitchen, with an apron around his waist. He looks up at her with the most beautiful smile, he looks so sexy in the kitchen. "Hey, love." He says to her. "Hey, husband." "You are just at the right time, come sit." He pulls a chair for her. Their small dining table is already in the kitchen and it has just two chairs. Despite this, the table has a big bowl of noodles and meatballs, they make her mouth water. "Jesus, Angus, I think you should cook every day." She laughs as she sits down. H
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Joanna immediately swings into action, she has to appease Angus immediately. Lorenzo is kind enough to help her with information, about where Matilda is working, so it's easy to fix a "coincidental meeting." She walks into the building, pretending that she has come in for business. She walks into the building, turning necks as she goes. She gets over to Matilda's table, pretending to read through a paper that is in her hand. "Hi, can you help me? I need to-" She stops as soon as they make eye contact, and both woman drop their jaws. "Oh my God, it's you!" Joanna points at her. "Joanna, hi!" Matilda stands up to her feet. She is excited to see Joanna, her good friend from her past, but she doesn't know if she should hug her. She is not sure of the depth of the friendship that they had. Joanna takes the bold step and gives her a quick side hug. "You work here? I had no idea!" "I just started a week ago, I'm sorry that I never called you back." "Come on, Matilda, it's nothin
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Jonathan sees the bloodcurdling look of disgust on her face, but he immediately laughs it off. "Look at me, Matilda, let's forget what happened at the party." He says. "I am the god here, I can make you the manager and even do more for you. But the best part is that you don't even have to fight for these jobs if you accept to be mine. I will make you my wife and you won't have to work again." "Have you gone mad?!" She is dumbfounded. "Are you crazy? Why are you asking another man's wife to marry you?!""A man?" He snorts a laugh. "My dear, I won't call that dick less fellow you married a man. I see you jump into taxis every day, I see you wear cheap clothes and my heart bleeds for you. What kind of man allows his wife to suffer like that?" "Stop it, just stop it!" She presses her hands over her ear. "If you don't leave me alone, I promise you that this will end ugly." "Matilda, Matilda, Matilda." He sucks through his teeth. "Is it because I asked you to love me again, is that why
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The next day, Matilda sleeps very soundly. Angus doesn't bother to wake her up, even though it's almost ten o'clock. He prepares breakfast for her and then leaves her a small note on the bed. He gets ready to visit Jonathan and then he leaves the house in his car. He is dressed in a white shirt and black pants, very simple. Because he means business, Jonathan is going to regret doing this to Matilda. Angus gets to the company and leaves his car in the parking space. When he is done, he walks to the front door. Luckily, the doorman is not rude, he lets Angus in. Angus speaks to the reception and soon, he is waiting in the waiting room. He stays there for almost thirty minutes, even though there seems to be no one else there with him. Finally, a woman walks out of the office and informs Angus that he can enter. Angus stands to his feet and walks into the office. He sees Jonathan, they make eye contact and the first thing that Jonathan does is snort. "It's you, in the flesh,
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Angus and Lorenzo walk into their car with looks of satisfaction on their faces. They finally did it, they got El Salvador's location. “I always thought that Manny was a stupid kid. Who would have known he was such a genius?” Lorenzo thinks aloud. “Remember when I told you not to kill him?” Angus looks at him. “The little man has come in handy.” They start to journey back home, but they are not as gloomy as they came…****Matilda is leaning against the wall, as she stares at Angus. They are in their baby's nursery. The place is colored with a soft blue, it's decorated warmly, and it's the coziest room in the house. Angus has the baby in his arms as he gently moves from side to side, cooing her to sleep. Matilda's serious face breaks into a smile. Angus is timid about holding his daughter, but he is learning pretty fast. Their daughter's cry has been reduced to a silent whimper, and she has started going to sleep. “Matilda, you haven't said anything.” He glances at her. “You
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Joanna has been waiting for this day for a long time. It was unfortunate that she didn't get her when the raid happened at her house and she fled with her father, but she is ready to shoot her down now. They all walk into the office and shut the door, but Joanna doesn't let her guard down, she is still holding the gun, pointing it at Diane. Diane laughs and throws her hands in the air, in mockery. “Still have an attitude, I see.” “Joanna, drop the gun,” Angus says to her. “This is not the time and place, you know it.” “After what she did to me, everywhere is the place and whenever is the time.” Diane smiles as she leans against the table, she is totally not moved by the gun in her face. Lorenzo has a face as stiff as Joanna's. He wants to kill Diane as much as Joanna wants to, but he knows that Diane is Angus' sister and he respects him too much to do that. “You think you can mess with just anyone you want, huh?” Joanna draws closer.“Angus, okay, I think you need to put this b
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She is not supposed to have gone into labor, she still has a few more days, and that's why Angus is taken by surprise. This is not a joke, she is squeezing her face in pain. “Argh! Jesus Christ!” She whimpers as she grabs the base of her belly. Angus rushes over to her, more confused than he has ever been in his life. She is suffering so much from the pain, that he has to sit down on the ground with her. She grabs his arm, squeezing the hell out of it as she bites down on her one hand. “Angus, it hurts!” Angus is so lost, that his brain has been wiped out. Everything has been arranged with the doctors and all, but he didn't expect her to go into labor so early. To be honest, he hasn't given himself a lecture on what to do when labor comes. He is like an unprepared student now! “Hey, baby, you are doing great.” He encourages her, even though he is nervous. “Then why does it feel like I'm fucking dying?!” She bares her teeth. “It's okay, just break okay?” Angus soothes her.
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Matilda is the last person that Angus is expecting to see standing in his house. Her belly has grown since the last time he saw her, she has gotten even bigger. She has a scarf around her neck, luggage at her feet, and a bag in her hand. Angus can't move his tongue, he can't just believe the fact that Matilda is at his doorstep. After he begged and begged for her to come back with him. She sighs and looks down, like she is ashamed of being here. “Are you even going to act like you are happy to see me?” “Oh, Matilda, hi, come in.” He pulls her bag into the house, she walks in like a good guest. The head of his security comes at him, with a confused look on his face. “I'm sorry sir, we were going to turn her back, but she was angry.” The man apologizes. “Timothy said that she's your wife…” “Timothy is right, that's my wife.” Fear covers the face of the man, he can't believe that he almost turned away the wife of his boss. He would have lost his job. “I'm sorry, sir…” “You don
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Angus has given this a good thought. He was going to leave her alone, but he decided against it. If there is one thing about Matilda that hasn't changed throughout the years, she can be as stubborn as a mule. If he lets her be, she is going to keep refusing to speak to him, even if it's going to break her down completely. She scoffs at his audacity to come up to her after she threatened to call the police. “Are you kidding me, Angus?” She frowns. “I am going to call the cops!”“Okay, Matilda, you can do that.” He shrugs. “Even if they arrest me, I'm going to just keep coming back, and guess who is going to get tired first?” She glares at him, squeezing her lips together. “You think you can bully me into forgiving you?” She puffs. “You think I'm going to fall for that?” Angus sighs, it seems that her stubbornness has increased over the months. “Look, Matilda, I've been getting your hospital reports.” He says. “Your doctor has advised that you are to be monitored as your date ge
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If she knows everything, if she has her full memory back, that means that there is nothing that Angus can do or say that is going to change her mind now. He has a long face, she is staring at him with her lower lip between her teeth. “Yeah, I know it all.” She lets out a painful chuckle. “I know that you worked for me, I know that I had a crazy fiance and I know that you killed him!” “Matilda….” “Oh, I sure as hell know that you are not seriously trying to speak now!” She silences him. “After all you have done?! Are you even serious?!” Angus looks down, running his hand through his face. Everything has crumbled to the ground, he knows that she is not going to forgive him. Can he even ask for her forgiveness? She walks around, looking at him with so much raging hate that she wants to punch his face. “You abandoned me when Greg fucking shot me!” She screams. “What kind of psycho are you?!” “Matilda, you don't understand!” He tells her. “Did you realize that everyone around me w
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The meeting has commenced, and the chapel is so filled up that some people have to be outside. They are singing hymns and the words are so emotional that Jade finds herself crying even when she says that she doesn't want to. Bryon hugs her close to himself and wipes her tears. Matilda is sitting right behind them, she puts her hand on Jade's shoulder so that she will know that she is not alone. After singing about two hymns, everyone sits back down. The Chaplin goes on to say a few words to everyone. He thanks Jade for choosing to honor her father in their small town and he says some words of encouragement to everyone. He reads out of the Bible and after twenty minutes, he leaves the stage as the organist plays on. Jade takes out a paper that she put in her pocket, she has written down everything that she wants to speak on. She walks to the stage with Byron. He stands by her side, offering her support as she looks up at the hall. It's filled up with staring people. She places
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Owens Daniels’ death anniversary is holding this weekend, Jade insisted that it's going to hold even though she hasn't still really gotten over her father's death. She has taken over his companies, and she has hired some people to run the companies for her, but she has gone back to school to get her law degree. Her father tried to get her to be serious with school when he was alive, but she wasn't just cut out for it – so she thought– but now she has gone back to honor her father. She is going to take over his firm and businesses once she is done with school. They are going to be holding a candle session in honor of him, and also a short service in the town’s chapel. It's supposed to be a small event, but almost fifty dignitaries have flown in for the service. Her shoulders droop as she hangs up the phone after another call. She looks happy, but her eyes are sad. It's a bittersweet experience for her. “They are all here for my dad.” She smiles at Byron, her husband. “They are
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Angus just gets out of the car around midnight. It's another exhausting day for him, but that's what it takes to be the world's only trillionaire. Lorenzo is at the door with him, the rest of the guards are going to take turns outside. Angus is undoing his tie as they walk into the house. It's a mansion situated away from any neighbors that will cost him his peace. The house was bought from one of the rich men in the country, he could not turn Angus around when Angus approached him. The interior of the house is speaking of so much wealth, Angus has gotten his eye for art from his grandfather, he made sure the house showed that. There is a chef in the kitchen, the place is full of different aromas of expensive food. She bows to Angus as soon as she sees him. “Good day, sir.” Angus looks at the dining table, it's filled with so much food that there is not one space left. “What's for dinner?” Angus asks as he takes off his jacket. “Pastamore with some creamy tomato sauce. Th
