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fifty nine- a gift from an old friend
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Sir Barnes barged angrily into his fancy office with pain in his eyes.

Sunlight flooded through huge windows, making everything feel warm and alive, a contrast to the way he felt inside.

He sat at his shiny desk, thinking hard about how to tell the board in Los Angeles what was happening.

He had sent a letter to the headquarters saying the shopping mall had been completed and now , the only thing that laid is in ruins.

He pondered with regret over how to break the news to the Group that the grand opening of the shopping mall couldn't happen as planned tomorrow.

Anger pulsed through him at the thought of facing the shame of disappointing not only Mello but also the entire board.

With grave pain, he turned to his computer, his eyes fixed on the live feed from the security cameras positioned throughout the shopping mall.

He sighed, his fingers trembling as he navigated through the security footage of the shopping mall, studying how everything capsized in just few minutes of the invas
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