2024-11-04 19:42:31Stephanie opened the door and quickly got out of the car.
“Are you okay?” She stopped a few feet from Ryan. He was staring at in a way that made her wonder if she wore something weird on her face.“It's late…” she muttered. He still didn't say anything.“I don't think you can get a cab at this time. How about I drive you home? I'm also heading in that direction,” she said even though Ryan's house to her hotel were completely different routes.Whether Ryan caught on her lie or he simply didn't care, he walked around to the passenger seat and opened the door.Stephanie pinched herself just to be sure she wasn't dreaming.Hell, Ryan has always been unpredictable but this is really unusual. He'd normally ignore her and continue walking off if it were some other time.She got inside the car and fastened her seat belt, all the while stealing glances at Ryan.She started driving. Ryan didn't mutter a word.
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“Mr Ryan.” A man dressed in an expensive black suit called Ryan's attention as soon as he got to the restaurant.“Yes…?” “This way, sir,” the man said and led him inside the restaurant.Ryan glanced around. He sighted a couple of men in blue suits, each having stern looks on their faces. He followed the man wearing black into the restaurant.The man waited at the door to the VIP room while Ryan went inside.His father was sitting at a corner of the room, a magazine in his hands.Ryan stared at his father. The man looked very old. The last time he saw his father, the man wasn't using glasses but now it seemed so. A noticeable part of his hair had turned gray too. From where Ryan stood watching the man, he could see the wrinkles now on his father's face.Mr Lopez raised his head. He slowly dropped the magazine in his hand and looked at his son. He tried to maintain a firm expression as he looked at how
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Ryan retraced his steps back to his father. “Are you saying this to discourage me?” “I wish I were but it's the blunt truth.” “When did she cheat on you?” Mr Lopez stared at Ryan.“I can't put it past you to lie about something like this. I mean, she is not even here to defend herself.” Mr Lopez stood up abruptly from his seat. He walked closer to Ryan. “Watch your tongue, kid.” “When did she cheat on you?” “You don't get to talk to me like that!” “You asked for it!” Ryan shouted back. He tried to lower his voice before speaking again. “You deserve to be treated worse like this. You have failed both in your responsibility as a father and a husband. All you care about is your freaking job.” It was after Ryan said the words that he realized the intensity of what he had said.“What…?”Well, since he started, he might as well scream out all the words in his brain that he wanted his father to
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Mr Lopez couldn't look at Ryan after exploding in anger like that. Seems he's the one being overly emotional here. If only he could be as bold as Ryan to try to find out who killed his wife. If only he could…For all he cared, his friend could have been the one who killed his wife…but what will that lead to? He already lost his wife, should he lose the good memories he had with his friend too? Mr Lopez knew the dark secret. He knew Lucy mistakenly killed his wife (Lucy's wife) but was scared that Emmett would find out. Mr Lopez knew Lucy might have been the one who asked his wife to pretend to be Emmet's mother, but…Like hell, should she have done that after his warning for her not to do it? Should his wife have done that? “Where is Lucy now?” Ryan asked, interrupting his chain of thought.“He died last year,” Mr Lopez muttered.“I'm going to find out who killed Mom no matter what you say,” Ryan said and stormed out of the re
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An hour later, Anderson was ushered by Cathy into Hill's sitting room.“Uncle, are you really Stephanie’s boyfriend?” Cathy asked, her eyes twinkling with excitement.Anderson nodded. “Stephanie told me a lot about you.” He dipped his hand in his pocket and brought out a box. He gave it to Cathy.“Is this for me?” She asked, examining the box happily.“Of course, it's for you.”Cathy quickly opened the box. It revealed a necklace. She took it out and checked the design. It was a letter L. She checked it well. Her eyes widened.“This…were you the one who bought this?” Anderson smiled.“This… this is the last necklace Albert Hercules Rowdy made before his death!” She jumped up excitedly. “I placed an order for it but someone got it before me. I can't believe it was you. Indeed…” she stared at the necklace, her eyes radiating joy, “this necklace was destined to me mine.” She turned to Anderson. “Can you put it on
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“I want to give you my reply,” Stephanie said at the other end.“Um, go ahead.” Ryan flipped through the book on the table.“I'll get married to you again.”“Congratulations. I'll withdraw the divorce suit from the court.”“Of course, I'm not expecting a fancy proposal but…well…anything you want.” Ryan glanced at Landon. He couldn't quite catch what Landon was whispering.“Anderson asked when I'd be getting married to him,” Stephanie said.“Just tell him I've withdrawn the divorce suit.”“Let's make a plan in case Anderson proposes to me. You can try to stop him because I feel somehow uneasy around him. You know what I'm talking about?” “Think of whatever we can do and let me know the part you want me to play.”“Alright.”Ryan ended the call.“Are you out of your mind?” Landon snapped at Ryan.“What?”“You're really getting married to Stephanie again?”
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Exactly one hour later, Ryan paid the cab man. He looked around the place where the party was going to take place. Unlike the last party he went with Presley, the people walking here looked harmless like your day-to-day neighbors.“Hey!” A voice shouted behind him. He looked behind him. Presley was looking at him from inside a Ferrari.“What's up, Ryan?” She opened the door and walked toward him.Ryan doubted she would ever change her mode of dressing. “I wish Kipp would see you right now.”She chuckled. “He insisted on assessing my clothes on the phone before I left. Complained but I made him realize he doesn't get to tell me what to wear.”Ryan sighed. “I don't know what to say.”She laughed and led him toward the party.“I hope this isn't like the other party.”“Yeah, you and Kipp are supposed to be siblings. Such a dick. He informed all his friends not to allow me in their parties unless
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“Look, Presley, I don't know what he told you, but I'm not giving up on taking revenge on who killed Mom.”Presley cleared her throat and lowered her voice, “I'm not saying you shouldn't do whatever you want, but dad is fragile at heart. He gets really hurt when people around him are guilty of something.”Ryan frowned. “So?”“Don't you get it?” She tap her fist on the table. Ryan shook his head. “I don't know what you're talking about.”“Alright. I'm going to explain.” She took a glass of wine from a waitress walking around and took a sip.“Dad told you about your mom cheating on him?” Presley asked.Ryan's mouth opened slightly. Just how many people did his father tell that nonsense? For crying out loud, he shouldn't continue destroying his mother's reputation just because she can't come out from the grave and defend herself!“Don't worry, I am the only one dad told about it. It slipped from him after one frus
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Ryan cleared his throat, ready to watch a thrilling drama.“Ryan, did you happen to know this girl?” Presley pointed at Brenda while looking at Ryan.“Wow…wow…amazing…Ryan, when did you start moving around with brainless people?” Presley scoffed. “Is this the insane girl you were telling me about, Ryan?”“You're the one who's insane.”“What? Did I hit a nerve?” “I can't blame you. You have shit for a brain,” Brenda said.At this point, Lewis, who had been looking at the two women in shock, attempted to say something but Ryan dragged Lewis on the chair.“They have been holding it in for too long, allow them,” Ryan whispered to Lewis who still looked bewildered.“Right from the day you stepped in our house, I knew you are someone I should always avoid,” Brenda said.“Really? You could have stopped me from doing your laundry for you then.”“Did I ask you to do it? Was it not because you
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“I was coming to check on you, sir,” the butler said. “Are you the one waiting for me inside?” The butler nodded. “Yes, sir.” For some seconds, it didn't make sense for Ryan. The butler…did the butler cause him to lose his memory? The butler took out a gun from his pocket and handed it over to Ryan. “There are forty bullets in there, I'll be waiting in the party. I saw a guy who caught my attention.” He winked at Ryan before walking away. Ryan sighed in relief. It really wouldn't have been funny if it was the butler who caused his amnesia. Slowly, Ryan walked in. In the center of the empty room were two men on their knees. He couldn't recognize one of them but he knew fully well who the second man was. His mother's only brother. The same man who had been by his side and comforted him when his mother died. Ryan adjusted the gun and pointed at the other man's head. He shot him dead with two bullets. He held the gun against his mother's brother's temple.
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Ryan stood rooted in the spot and tried to process the information. The girl he saved when he was eight was Stephanie? His father knew but still made a fool of him by making him carry out stupid assignment by using the Hill family to threaten him? He stared at his father. “You know what, dad? You're unbelievable.” He started toward the door. “Ryan…you are not the only one affected by your mother's death! You get it?” “Like hell, you were affected. Like hell, you missed her way more than I did. But what…?” Ryan laughed. “You made no attempt to find out who murdered her. What a way to miss someone.” “We have different ways of handling losses. This is just my way.” Ryan turned to look at his father. “You handled it in a very pathetic way.” “Thank you, but what would I have done? Left all the work and cried all day? Would that bring her back?” “Dad, stop, will you? Nothing will ever bring her back, yeah, but you are just making excuses. You allowed the fact that you thou
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Ryan ran his hand through his hair. “I'm sorry I lied to you.” “No problem, man. Things might have been awkward if you told me straight up that you were Lopez's heir,” Landon said. “By the way, what clothes do you wanna wear? I could choose for you if you are confused.” “I'll really love that.” Landon checked the clothes one after the other. He took out five pieces of clothing and dropped them on the bed. “You can try those,” he said. “Was it the butler who invited you here?” Ryan asked. “No. Your father called me a week ago and made me promise to come with our neighbors.” “Are our neighbors here too?” Ryan asked in surprise. “Yeah and don't worry, your father sponsored their transport fare.” Ryan rolled his eyes. “Of course he's supposed to do that since he invited them.” “We arrived last night.” “I'm really disappointed in you guys. Abbie too? She kept it a secret from me…” Ryan grumbled as he tried one of the clothes. Landon chuckled. “Um…Lewis came with Brenda too.
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Ryan stared at the worker for a few seconds. Has she lost her mind? “What did you say?” Ryan asked some seconds later. “Master had collapsed, sir.” “Where is he right now?” “At the hospital, sir.” “Which hospital?” Ryan grabbed a car key from the top of the drawer. “I don't have an…” Ryan didn't hear the rest of her words as he ran outside. A driver was waiting for him. He got in and the car sped on. “Does this happen often?” Ryan asked the driver. “No, sir. This is the first time something like this has ever happened, sir.” Ryan tried to control his knee jerk but it was impossible. Why should his father collapse on his birthday? The thought of losing the only family he had left brought numbness to his whole body. The car came to a halt in front of a big building. Ryan opened the car door and ran toward the gate. He ran inside. He stopped and looked around. This place looks nothing like a hospital. He was about to go back to meet the driver when he saw people coming out
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A really bad headache was what Ryan woke up to the next morning. What a way to start a birthday, he thought. He took the phone beeping on the bed. He checked the time. Seven a.m. He had a thousand messages from strange numbers. Yeah. He's back to this kind of life where he cannot have a private number. All the messages were congratulatory messages from people he had no idea who they were. Just as he clicked on one, ten more messages appeared. Ryan tossed the phone on the bed and got up. Just how people always figure out his number will remain a mystery to him. He went to the bathroom and grabbed his toothbrush. An idea came up in his head. “Ryan, we are no longer a kid…” he scolded himself but still, he dropped the toothbrush and walked to the end of his room where the digital scale was. He stood on it. He hasn't gained any weight. He went to the stadiometer his height hasn't increased too. He started laughing. What the hell is he doing? He is really not trying
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Ryan glanced at his father. He wanted to remind him that he was supposed to hand over the Right Life to him when he is twenty five but the man doesn't seem like he was ready to listen to anything else. Ryan looked at the men still on their knees. “I promise to do my best as your leader and not let you down.” There was the sound of gunshots, then total silence. For some seconds in which everyone processed the change of leadership, there was silence. At once, all the men got on their feet and together, they bowed at Ryan. “I should have known you guys were planning something dangerous when you told me a surprise was waiting for me,” Ryan said later that evening as he went with butler to the lounge. “That isn't a surprise. Your birthday is tomorrow.” “If that isn't a surprise, what the hell are you guys planning to do with me again?” Ryan asked. “You'll love it, sir. I'm sure of that.” The lounge was already set with tables filled with drinks. After they sat down, the butler
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“Is this an interview?” Ryan asked without looking at the man.“No…”“Stop asking me questions then.”Since the spread of the rumor about Anderson having something to do with the drop in the stock market, people have been coming out and talking about one bad thing or the other that Anderson did to them. The FBI had checked his house and he has been declared as wanted but since Ryan discarded the stupid guy's body, no one has been able to find him.Ryan tried to sleep throughout the rest of the ride to keep off the annoying whispers about him flying around the plane. Some people have an annoying habit of never minding their business.As soon as the plane landed, Ryan hurried out. Even with that, some people still managed to follow him. The guards that the butler had come with at the gate were the ones who rescued him in the end.The butler opened the door to a white Lamborghini for Ryan before sitting beside hi
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Ryan dropped his cross bag on the sofa and walked to the fridge. He opened it. He was still deciding on what to drink when Landon came into the sitting room.“You're ready?” Landon asked.“Yeah.” He finally settled for a bottle of water.“You're not inviting Stephanie?” “I already told you there is no party for me. I'm just going to see what my old man planned to surprise me with this time around.” Landon nodded rather vigorously. What's up with that smirk on Landon's face?“How's Abbie?” Landon waved his hand. “I hate her with all my heart. Don't mention her name around me anymore.”Ryan opened the seal of the water, he tried not to laugh as he drank the water.“Why is she getting all worked up over nothing?” Landon asked, anger on his face.“Why did you make the prank? How'd you feel if you heard her making a call to another guy and telling him she loves him?” “This is different,
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Stephanie frowned. “What are you talking about?” Cathy gave a white paper to Stephanie. Stephanie collected it and opened it carefully. In it was the neatly written handwriting of her father. ‘Dear, Stephanie. I am assuming you are twenty two now. How do you look? Beautiful? I'm sure of that. I have always been proud of you and I'll always be. Your skills and your curiosity to know more is something that makes you my favorite— I'm hoping Stewart has overcome his jealousy issue and won't throw a tantrum because of this. ‘Stephanie, you are to take this letter to Carlos Lopez. He and I agreed that you and Ryan Lopez, his son, would get married once you both turn twenty two. I would have told you this earlier but I don't want you to feel pressured. If by any chance you already found someone you love before coming across this letter, discard this idea. But if not, you could try dating Ryan Lopez. If you find out he's someone y
