“Don’t you dare shoot. Kill me, but let my son go!” Raymond jumped to his feet quickly. He was ready to go down to hell but as for his son, he wanted him to live at least.“And why should I do that? He was the one who shot me. Why didn’t you tell him anything?” Harrison replied.“You are the enemy. You don’t expect us not to kill you, right?” Raymond replied.“You are my enemy now, so don’t expect me to spare you, right?" Harrison said, but there was reluctance in his gestures. He didn’t want to kill them after he knew he made their lives miserable. Though they caused it themselves and might have gone down another path, they chose this one.“Why do you hesitate? You can’t shoot?” Larry said with a mocking smile.“We should call the cops instead,” Caroline suggested as she saw how hard he was thinking about it. She wouldn’t want him to be a killer because of her, and also it wasn’t like she wanted anyone dead. What she wanted was a way out of this and never to fall victim again.“You ar
Harrison couldn’t help but shiver as the voice came out unexpectedly, and it was from someone he never anticipated. If he was told such a person would show up, then he would never believe it. The urge to turn flooded inside him and after turning he was able to confirm properly.“Don’t give me that look. After sending your men to chase after me, you don’t think I will die easily, do you?” The voice said again, appearing in the light and looking like he shadowed the place.“Edward?” Harrison said in shock and even forgot he wanted to punch Larry who was before him. He forgot everything as it felt like his thoughts were broken into fragments.His heart began to pound not because Edward had figured him out since he expected such, but what about his men? There were about ten of them he sent to tail after Edward. Where could they be? Harrison looked around and couldn’t even find them.“Are you Looking for your men?” Edward couldn’t help but notice that Harrison was tense as he looked around.
“What are you talking about? What old man are they talking about?” Caroline asked curiously, ignoring the pain she was feeling as it seemed what she heard was more important than she thought.“He is in danger. I have to save him.” Harrison said looking towards the exit, but at the same time, he knew he wouldn’t be able to leave Caroline down there. Should he choose someone else's life above hers? But even at that, both lives were just so significant to him.“Save who?” Caroline asked as she was getting more invested in the topic.“Ramon, his life is in danger!” Harrison replied, shivering. Without Ramon, he wouldn’t have gotten this life, all this fame, and this money even though he was entitled to it, who would be the one to open up to him?The world was filled with ambitious people. If they had such opportunities, they would rather take the wealth for themselves rather than give it to the rightful heir. In Ramon’s case, he was very genuine, and every so often Harrison saw him as a fa
Ramon couldn’t believe his eyes. In a thousand years to come he would never believe that Whitman, who he picked from the street and trained to this level would show him this high level of betrayal and even have a gun pointed at his face.It was just too good to be true and aside from all these thoughts, his heart was heaving heavily under his chest. It was as though he was having a panic attack.“How much did Edward pay you? How much is your loyalty worth?” Ramon said with so much bitterness.“Pay me?” Whitman raised a brow as though he heard a funny joke. “Seems like you don’t understand what’s going on. Edward is my brother, and we are going to take over Sterling Corporation to ourselves. It has to be ours regardless of what!” He grunted.“You are not Sterling's son. Not you or Edward. Both of you are just bastard children who need to find their real father. Stop claiming that Sterling is your father just so you can exploit his wealth for your gain. It won’t go in your favor.” Ramon
“I don’t know. It happened right before I shot him. I didn’t know he was texting Harrison.” Whitman replied, looking tense.“What? Has your senses been off lately or what? Why engage him in a conversation when I told you to kill him? Just fucking kill him and that wasn’t clear to you? You still had to make mistakes, huh?” Edward fumed in anger.Though he was happy Ramon had been shot, he wouldn’t take mistakes lightly. His orders were absolute, and he expected everyone to take it with caution and get it right.Now they had more situations to worry about. Edward did mention to Harrison that Ramon was in danger, but he didn’t disclose the location. If Ramon texted him, then they were in danger.“I wanted the access codes to the vaults. Without Ramon, how will we get the money?” Whitman tried to state a reasonable fact.“We could have figured something out. We could have done something. You should have just killed him and exited the place!” Edward said with a frown and started thinking o
“Hello,” Harrison said as soon as the call was answered on the other end and then a grumbling voice came in.“What do you want now? You are a free man now so why are you calling me?” Maxwell couldn’t lower the anger he felt after seeing the call. As much as he hated Harrison, he was unable to bring himself to ignore the call, or else the consequences would be worse.“Ramon is dead,” Harrison said and went silent for a while. Maxwell felt his words and his anger died down quickly.“What? What happened?” He gasped in shock.“He was murdered, and I am going to take revenge for him. I don’t care what the cops would say or if this means breaking the law. The law couldn’t save Ramon so why should I mind the law when I’m taking out vengeance.” Harrison said.As much as he wanted to go on a rampage, he wanted to tell everyone his reason so they wouldn’t see him as a monster. The world has to know that it wasn’t his fault for taking such action as he was suffering in pain.“I doubt that’s the
The tension became hot and it felt like air was sucked out of their lungs leaving them dry and vulnerable. That should be the time when they should bow their heads and beg for forgiveness, but the men didn’t look like they would.Though they were shocked by his words, there was no trace of fear radiating off them. It felt like they had gradually made up their minds to accept death.Noticing this, Whitman was quite stunned. He knew their loyalty was as tough as a rock, but in the face of death, anyone was supposed to shiver.Smiling, he pulled out a gun and cracked it, then pointed it at one of them.“Swear loyalty to me and I will spare your life.” He said instead as the thought of using them against Harrison would seem befitting to him.“Tch!” All the men spat at his face at once as though they were all in sync with each other. Their eyes were stern as they held nothing but disgust. If not for the fact that they were being tied, they would have lunged at him by now.“Wrap things up
“What’s the meaning of this? Why are you pointing a gun at my head?” Whitman was shocked by the turn of events. He didn’t expect them to come to his house and threaten him.“You are his ally ain’t you? I’ve seen you a couple of times with that brat called Harrison. Who knows, maybe you are here working for him undercover.” Larry spits his suspicion while Raymond nods his head in support.“Stand down!” Edward snapped but was being ignored. “I said bring the gun down!” He said again and yet no one paid a listening ear to him.“It’s the opposite. I am working with Edward here to bring Harrison down.” Whitman explained.“What? Don’t be shitting me. You are the same person who gave out our hideout to Harrison, and you want us to believe you? You should talk fast before I put four bullets into your thick skull!” Larry threatened.The look on his face was so cold, signifying his threats wasn’t a bluff. Already, he had adjusted the gun and had his finger wrapped around the trigger button. Any
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“You must have thought you were way too smart to be dealt with. You got me so bad that I thought I was done for. I have never faced an opponent like you and for that, I’ll give you a ten. You are damn good!” Harrison said with a hint of mockery in his tone and Edward became pissed.However, he tried to think about what went wrong to make his plan fail and how it was so hard for him to figure out what was going on. In a thousand years, he would never expect someone as low as Ramon to be able to exceed him in intellectual strategy.“What? Don’t tell me you are spacing out at such times. And why weren’t you able to figure out what was going on? I mean, you have cameras watching, don't you?” Harrison said sarcastically.Edward felt pressured and it felt like the right time for Harrison to make it harder on him. After all, Harrison suffered the same fate earlier.“How did I not figure this out?” Edward finally said, scolding himself.“Because you are so dumb to notice.” Harrison fired at h
Being indoors for a long while had made their senses a bit shaken off and when they had to adjust to a sudden brightness, they couldn’t help but blink their eyes multiple times.Everyone was shocked to see someone had walked into a room. An unknown someone they didn’t know but were so desperate to see his face, yet their sight was failing to adjust to the light.However, after the figure spoke, every single effect of the sudden brightness was washed off and replaced with curiosity.Starting from the leg, everyone scanned the figure from the toe, slowly heading to his face. When they arrived at the finish point, they all nearly fell on their backs.“Ramon?” Everyone yelled seemingly as though they had seen a ghost. It had to be a ghost right, or maybe their senses were playing tricks on them? They just couldn’t figure it out as their jaws were wide open, almost dropping to the floor.“Jesus Christ! What the hell is this?” Edward yelled, shaking his head from side to side to see if ever
Back inside the small cabin in the rural area.Edward and the others were seated on the couch watching the Television. They weren’t watching the news but something else. There were some wireless connected cameras fixed in some certain place while the television displayed each of those scenes that happened in each place Furthermore, there was a remote control in Edward’s hand, and he was able to make each scene that was showing in a mini spot on the screen occupy the whole screen, so everyone could have their view of what was happening.Right there, on the screen, it was showing that Harrison just walked into the hospital ward. Not only could Edward and the others watch what was going on, but they were able to hear the conversation that was going on.Meanwhile, Larry who was seated at the far end of the room was enjoying the show the most since he was the one who delivered the flower directly to her. He played his part so well that she was unable to recognize him. Of course, he was pu
“Linda right?” Caroline asked, and the delivery man nodded at her before handing the flowers to her. She extended her hand and grabbed the vase. It was such a perfect piece as it had an ancient drawing sculptured on it. The material looked like glass, yet it was made of wood. The way it was polished alone was unique and must be a very costly piece.At once glance, Caroline took notice of it but what she was more invested about was how nice the flowers were. She couldn't resist the urge to dip her nose into it and allow the fragrance to waft into her nostrils.Bang!Just then the door was pushed open and Lucas pushed his head in. The moment he saw her with flowers he was shocked as he knew it wasn't there before and it wasn't like he saw anyone bring it in.That was when Caroline pulled out of the enjoyable feeling she was in. Her mind ran back to the lad who brought the flowers, and she wanted to thank him but after looking she noticed he was nowhere to be found. Rather, there was Lu
“Hello sis, how are you doing?” Linda's voice rang through the phone as soon as the call was picked up, and the receiver was left in shock. It took a while and there was no response. Nervously, Linda peeked glances at the phone to see if it was disconnected, but it wasn't.“Caroline? Are you there?” She called out again before a reply came through.“What do you want?” Caroline replied seemingly disgusted. “Are you calling to make more trouble? Remember I don't have that time at the moment, please.” She concluded and wanted to end the call when Linda spoke.“I am sorry.” She said and shockingly, Caroline couldn't bring herself to hang up. The words she just heard were too good to be true, yet it didn't feel like she was dreaming.Linda just apologized? Caroline started doubting her senses. She was unable to let herself fall for such a trap like before. She had witnessed too much and it was energy draining. Her stepmother pointed a gun at her and would have killed her if not for a mira
“Shit! The police department?” Whitman murmured the words out, as he would rather not be noticed by the caller. Moreover, everyone had their guard up thinking the place was surrounded by the police.There wasn’t any siren sound or any movement, so it must be an unnoticeable operation, right? Those were the thoughts that were running inside their heads as quickly Larry and Raymond took a peep at the window but there was no one outside.They felt a sigh of relief, but that didn’t quench their suspicion. They knew not to let their guard down. Never.“Yes, who am I speaking with?” Edward replied trying hard to keep his composure. He suddenly looked calm and collected like he wasn’t the same person who was nervous not long ago.Already he had speculated that whoever it was, it had to be someone who knew him. The number was private and after picking up, the caller said he was from the police department.After realizing all this, Edward wanted to laugh out loud, but he chose to play along fi
“What’s the meaning of this? Why are you pointing a gun at my head?” Whitman was shocked by the turn of events. He didn’t expect them to come to his house and threaten him.“You are his ally ain’t you? I’ve seen you a couple of times with that brat called Harrison. Who knows, maybe you are here working for him undercover.” Larry spits his suspicion while Raymond nods his head in support.“Stand down!” Edward snapped but was being ignored. “I said bring the gun down!” He said again and yet no one paid a listening ear to him.“It’s the opposite. I am working with Edward here to bring Harrison down.” Whitman explained.“What? Don’t be shitting me. You are the same person who gave out our hideout to Harrison, and you want us to believe you? You should talk fast before I put four bullets into your thick skull!” Larry threatened.The look on his face was so cold, signifying his threats wasn’t a bluff. Already, he had adjusted the gun and had his finger wrapped around the trigger button. Any
The tension became hot and it felt like air was sucked out of their lungs leaving them dry and vulnerable. That should be the time when they should bow their heads and beg for forgiveness, but the men didn’t look like they would.Though they were shocked by his words, there was no trace of fear radiating off them. It felt like they had gradually made up their minds to accept death.Noticing this, Whitman was quite stunned. He knew their loyalty was as tough as a rock, but in the face of death, anyone was supposed to shiver.Smiling, he pulled out a gun and cracked it, then pointed it at one of them.“Swear loyalty to me and I will spare your life.” He said instead as the thought of using them against Harrison would seem befitting to him.“Tch!” All the men spat at his face at once as though they were all in sync with each other. Their eyes were stern as they held nothing but disgust. If not for the fact that they were being tied, they would have lunged at him by now.“Wrap things up