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It doesn't click to Stacy that she is the important guest that they are clearing the hospital to accommodate. “Oh, that's so sad that you people are going to get a big client today. Can I come back tomorrow?” Stacy asks. The nurse looks at her and laughs, she believes that Stacy is just trying to be funny. “Oh, listen to you, silly, we are clearing the place because we need to accommodate you. Come up, please, I have a special room already prepared for you!” “Huh?” Stacy squints, but she is not given time to dwell on her shock, instead she pulls her towards the elevator. The nurse is very excited to be the one that is handling the case of Stacy Lance today. This is better than even meeting the biggest celebrity! Months ago, when Stacy came into the hospital to register for her antenatal, she was worried that they wouldn't be able to afford the hospital, since it's the best in the city, but Gray was persuasive. She doesn't know what was discussed behind the scene, even the nurs
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This comes as a great shock to everyone, but the news is interrupted when someone goes to the newscaster and whispers a few things to her. The woman heaves and shuffles the papers in her hands. Her eyes are heavy with unsaid words and some heavy emotions. “Ladies and gentlemen, I know that I have just announced the death of the first lady, but I'm afraid that is the least of the shocking news that we have heard today.” She says. “Yes, people of Westland, the first lady is not just dead, but their three children have also gone missing.” Her co-host says. “The national security administration has intensified the search for the three kids within the last hours, but she has not been found at all. It seems that all like their sister Melody, the entire of the Brody children has gone missing.” “This is a tough time for the president and for the nation. The president is in hiding, his wife is dead, and his kids’ whereabouts remains unknown.” Stacy feels a sense of fear grip her so fast t
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What? This has got to be a very bad dream. She looks up in disbelief, thinking that she has been somehow hit too, but she is fine. The bullets were shot by experts, and that means that she is the only one who was not harmed. It's even crazy when she sees some army people coming out in black uniforms. Some of them are holding some of the longest guns that she has ever seen. She raises her eyes, she feels her tears scratching the inside of her throats. She wants to beg them that she is just pregnant, and she is not a violent person. “Protect her at all costs!” “That's an order from the Mars!” “Annihilate any one who comes close to her!” What is happening? What's going on? The door opens and William's strong hand pulls her out of the booth. She is mentally shaken by what she has just witnessed, even though she is not hurt. He looks at her body, making sure that she has not been hit by mistake, only when he sees that she is not in danger does he sigh. “God, your husband is goin
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That slap caught Gray off guard, he has never considered her to be a violent person. He touches his face with his two fingers, and then he looks up at her. Her left lip is angrily folded in her lips, and her chest is heaving up and down. “That's for staying away for so long and for getting yourself into danger! How dare you play with death so carelessly like that?!” She blasts him. Gray blinks with surprise. She has been a very patient and never complaining wife, but this is the first time that she has shown so much displeasure with him. He is not even thinking about the slap, he deserves it because he had allowed himself to be caught up with saving the country, that he forgot to prioritize time with his pregnant wife. He sighs as he takes a few steps forward, wraps his hands around her neck and kisses her. At that moment all the anger in her goes away. She is happy that she got to yell at him first before he kissed her, because she is sure that she would have forgiven him
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Wendy feels like she has been on a rollercoaster for the last days. She has been in serious denial because she doesn't want to believe that her cousin, Stacy, is married to Gray, her ex husband that turned out to be the richest man in the world. She still can't bring herself to believe this. Even when Mateo and his parents get back their houses, and life gradually returns to normal for her. She doesn't believe this, even though her husband has made a serious 180 with his life, and she thought that Mateo is pretending, but he keeps it up for a while. Wendy watches him as he cooks in the kitchen , while she sits down and sips from a glass of wine. “Okay, Mateo, I think you have kept this up for so long, and it's tiring at this point.” Mateo stops and raises his head to look up. “What the hell are you talking about, Wendy?” “This!” She gestures at him. “Just how long do you intend to keep this up?!” Mateo just laughs and shakes his head. “I have to leave, okay? James doesn't like
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. Wendy sits in the corner, she has been staring at the same picture for almost an hour.She uses her laptop to compare pictures of Gray and pictures of the Mars and the anonymous trillionaire. It's the same body frame, the hands look exactly the same, and even though the hair and face of the Mars and the anonymous trillionaire are not exposed, she finds them to be the exact same. Same small freckle on his left hand, she remembers seeing that all the time when they were married. She used to tell him that it looked like he played in the sun too much. It has always been her ex husband, but she has been too caught up in her own shit to realize that. Now, she regrets it. Because he had the opportunity to harshly punish her for everything she did to him and Stacy, but he never did that. Tears fill her eyes, and she sees Mateo sigh from where he is seated and just watching her. “I'm sorry, I should have realized that you were telling the truth sooner.” She wipes her tears. “Yeah, it
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Gray is very fast to act towards putting the country back in order. All the radicals are caught and put to death immediately. This is a crazy act that no one has ever done in the country before, and that means that the rest of the radicals immediately starts to find ways to flee the country, but Gray's army are all around the place, and they are immediately caught. They cry, they beg, they pledge slavery, but Gray and his people are not merciful at all. For the first time in their lives, Westlanders feel that their leader is handling everything accordingly, and in due time. They soon return back to their daily business, and it's almost as if the country was not almost taken over by terrorists. President Brody is restless by this. He has lost so much – his wife is dead and all his children are missing. Now that his last plan to get back power has failed, he knows that he is done for. The radicals that he paid so much money have all been killed, and he doesn't know what else to do
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The Gray corporation has to put out an announcement concerning what happened with the radicals, because the headquarters building and other branches around the country were the first place to be attacked by the radicals. So, it was easy to see that the radicals were connected to Brody, it was not even a reason for any double thinking. Alice Yashin is the one who is taking this up, she knows that it's a big deal, and she can't mess it up. It's going to be a press conference, and she has to be prepared as possible. She is in her office, putting all the bits together, and that's when she hears a knock on her door. She opens the door and sees that William is at the door, with a hot cup of coffee in a disposable cup for her. “From your favorite place,” he slightly raises it. “Gosh, it's like you read my mind.” She smiles. “I was dying for coffee from them.” She takes the coffee from him with thanks, and he joins her in the office. She goes to put on her jacket, and he is just walk
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Worry is not what's on Gray's mind right now. Instead he gently walks out of the room and to his office. He needs to get his laptop. He takes out his phone and gives a call to Alice Yashin. He knows that it's very late at night, but he needs something from her. Like he expected, she picks up immediately. “Hello, sir. Is everything okay? Is Stacy and the baby fine?” “Yeah, they are both sleeping. I just need you to send some files to me.” He says to her. She is quiet from uncertainty at the other end. “But, sir, you are a new father and you are not supposed to be working. Just tell me what to do, and I will handle it.” She says. She is being very generous, but he won't allow that. They have worked so hard for months to see that his mission is fulfilled, and now he is going to handle this one by himself. “Don't worry about it, Alice, I just need you to do one single thing for me. Send all the files we have on the Hyena to me immediately.” “The Hyena, sir? But the man is dead.”
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On the fifth of July, a day that will forever be remembered as the day that Gray Lance took over the country, but also as the day that his first child was born. “... The commander in chief of our country has just welcomed a baby girl, Amanda Marie Lance. Congratulations to the people of Westland…” Gray is sitting on the couch, as his eyes watch the almost mute television, where the report of the birth of his daughter has just been broadcasted…She is in his hands, so small and delicate, and she is the most perfect thing in the entire world. He hasn't taken his eyes off her, he is even too scared to breathe too loud. Stacy is totally exhausted, even though the birth was fortunately very short for her. She is lying in the bed, having a deep sleep.Gray is going to forever worship the ground that his wife walks on from this day forward. The pain he saw her go through in the labor room told him that women are not mere people, but super beings with great strength.” His daughter makes
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William is explaining everything to her, but she doesn't understand what is going on yet.Why should she be the one to deliver the speech, when she was just helping the anonymous trillionaire's wife? She opens her mouth with a small gap, but no words can come out. Everyone is kindly smiling at her, the way people would look at their savior…She sighs and presses her hand against her forehead. “But, I can't deliver the speech? I'm not the Mars' wife, that's not even possible.” William smiles at her. “Oh, Stacy. You have no idea how possible anything can be.” That's when it strikes her with a heavy beating of her chest. No,no,no. “Gray is the Mars?” She whispers, almost to herself. William looks so proud, he nods slowly. “But…” she stops. Gray is the Mars!! Gray is the anonymous trillionaire! She has been married to the richest man in the world the whole time, and she didn't even know that. This is big news to her, and in front of so many people. She would need like a month to
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Stacy is very surprised to see her Aunt, but she is even more surprised to see her Auntie kneeling in front of her and begging for mercy. “Please, I was blinded by the devil!” She cries. “I didn't know that you were going to turn out so great. Remember that I gave you a roof over your head and fed you for years. Please have pity on your old and wrinkled auntie. The truth is that Wendy and Mateo told their family that Gray and Stacy are not ordinary people, but the richest and most powerful couple in the country. Mr and Mrs de Nicola believe it very easily because they got their house back. They were happy and satisfied, even though they didn't get everything they had before, and they made sure to stop by the Gray corporation headquarters to thank him. Mrs Blanchard did not believe it at all. “Are you trying to tell me that the disgraceful son-in-law of the family is so rich? Please, spare me that nonsense!” Wendy continued to try to get her mother to change her mind, but her moth
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President Brody is dead and now, the Mars is going to take over as the president of the country by virtue of being the most competent General. No one is even opposed to this, and everyone is very happy. General Micheal retires happily, after everything, he is sure that he will now live a happy and peaceful life. Everyone is preparing for July fifth, for it's going to be the day that the Mars, who everyone now knows is General Gray Lance, will be sworn in. Hundreds of representatives of good countries come to form firm allies with the new leader of Westland, and everyone is so happy because July fifth is just a day away….There is only one person who doesn't know what exactly is going on, and that's Stacy. She read on the news that the wicked president has finally been killed by the Mars, and she is very happy because the country will know peace now. There is just one thing that she doesn't know, and that is that her husband was the one who killed the president. She didn't watch
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No one, except Brody, knows that this man is the anonymous trillionaire, but as soon as they see the fear in Brody's eyes, they immediately know. Brody fired up to three shots and none of them hit this man. He drops his gun in fright and starts to back into the wall. “You are not human!” He shivers. “You are not human, you fucking bastard!” He tries to find something to shield himself because from the look in Gray's eyes, he knows that he is about to be killed. He throws a chair in Gray's direction, but when he sees that doesn't work, he grabs the almost frightened newscaster lady and uses her as a human shield. She shrieks and he immediately slaps his hand over her mouth. “Shut up! If you come any closer to me, I am going to shoot her, you hear me!” Everyone is shaken, they don't want to lose another of their colleagues. They expect that the Mars would throw away his gun and negotiate with the crazy man, but that's not what happens. Gray casually checks his gun to see if it's
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Once Brody had said the single line that he had rehearsed, he expected for the professionals to take over. Yes, even though he has just barged into the place, shot a bunch of people, and traumatized the hell out of them, he expects for them to still be very professional and come up with the best questions. He sighs with anger when he sees that the newscasters are just holding on to each other like scared chickens, and trying their hardest not to make eye contact with him. “Now, listen to me, you two fools,” he picks up the gun again. “I didn't go through all that trouble for you two to be fucking dumb, so you better get your shit together, or I am going to blow your fucking brains all over the place.” The lady shuts her eyes as more tears pours out. She is sobbing, she has to press her hands over her mouth to keep the sound out. The man has to summon courage, else they are going to be dead, so he whispers to his colleague and pushes her to the side. He takes out his handkerchief
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Brody feels like he has been caught up in a crossroad, the only man that would have been able to help him turns out to be the enemy himself. He watched the official announcement, now the whole world knows the truth about what has happened. He doesn't have anywhere else to go, he doesn't have anything to use to save himself. He still has a few tens of supporters, they are afraid to come out and say so because they fear Mars and also the judgement from their friends and families. Some of them have cut off contact with him, and this breaks his heart even more. He can't flee the country too, because he knows that he is going to be caught at the airport, or as soon as he approaches any border.Brody knows that surrendering won't work, not after the many things that he and his family did. So, what will he do now? He decides to go on live TV and say his mind. Brody is surely a master manipulator and he knows that if he plays his cards right, he will gather the gullible lots among the W
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The anonymous trillionaire is Mars?! The journalists have a field day with this one, and it's the only thing that they are talking about! Surely, the Mars/anonymous trillionaire is a very smart man, because he has managed to keep his identity for so long, even though he has two different sides. No wonder he has been so devoted to their country! If he can turn his company into a trillion dollar one, then they can trust him with the country and they are sure that he is going to do a very good job with it. Stacy is one of the people that are blown away by this news. She sits down in front of the television in her room, as she watches a newscaster compare an image of the Mars and the anonymous trillionaire. “...now if you look at both pictures very closely, you will see that they are both equal in height. Don't miss the broad shoulders, or the mighty biceps that seem to be spilling out of his shirt….” Stacy scoffs. “Is this now a thirst trap? This is a very serious matter!” Wend
