The day was already halfway over when Luke arrived at his final location of the day. The office that he had worked for since graduating high school. Walking through the doors, he is immediately spotted by his old boss, Mr. Johnson. Seeing the man that had always looked down on him despite knowing who he was made Luke feel uneasy. "Oh! Good afternoon Luke!" Mr. Johnson exclaims cheerfully as he hurries over to meet with him. "What brings you here?" This cheerful tone sickened Luke. News of his inheritance must have made the rounds in the company or the sudden shift in attitude from Mr. Johnson was too suspicious to ignore. Either way, Luke knew that this would just make his visit that much simpler. "I'm too busy to talk with you, Mr. Johnson," Luke cuts him off rudely. "As a matter of fact, I have an important meeting to attend to. "Huh? Well alright then." Mr. Johnson says in confusion as he tries to hide his surprise. "Is there anything that I can do for you?" Luke shakes his he
Luke takes note of any problematic employees that need firing and puts together a list of potential replacements. Before making any moves with the branch he wanted to gather a group of people he could trust to have his back. Finishing his list, Luke figures that he's going to need someone to help him with the restaffing process. Giving it some thought, Luke realizes that he really doesn't have many options available to him. He had no connections with anyone outside of a small collection of people that had worked alongside him, but they were hardly trustworthy enough to help him manage this place. Pushing his thoughts to the back of his mind for now, Luke stands up from his chair as the moon rises above him casting long shadows across the walls of his office. After locking the door behind him, he heads out into the night air heading towards the garage lot where he had left his car. As soon as he steps foot inside, Luke reaches for the keys in the ignition ready to drive home. But as
Inside the room was a helpless Ella, tied to the bedposts with a thick rope. Her hands and feet were bound tightly to prevent her from moving. Her face was red with anger and embarrassment. As if things weren't bad enough already, Aria stood next to her laughing hysterically while pointing at her victim. "What's going on here?" Luke demands as he storms into the room and removes the gag from Ella's mouth. As soon as her mouth is freed, Ella starts shouting and cursing at her captor. "I'm going to kill you! How dare you do this to me! Do you know how uncomfortable this is! This is horrible! Unbelievable! Disgusting! I can't believe you would do such a thing!" She continues screaming as her words begin to shift to a language Luke can't understand. "Calm down Ella. You can deal with your friend later." Luke pleads as he tries to calm her down While Aria hides behind him nervously. Ella slowly begins to calm herself, allowing Luke to remove the rest of her restraints. Once she was fin
A few days have passed since Aria's kitchen meltdown and both Ella and Aria had grown accustomed to their new lives. While they were growing more comfortable with their situation, Luke was still struggling to figure out what he would do with his company. He wanted to use it as a startup for his own business in an attempt to break away from his family ties, but was having trouble thinking of what he could do to make an impact. Sitting at his desk, he wrapped his head trying to think of any useful ideas when Ella walked in carrying a collection of mail in hand. "I'm back with your mail. It was quite a bit too. I think you should really check it more often." Ella comments as she hands him a pile of envelopes, all of which were addressed to him personally. Luke picks up a few letters and opens them up. "junk after junk" he mumbles to himself while tossing the useless pieces of paper into a trash bin with a light clatter. "Ah ha! Now this is some pleasant news." Luke exclaims to Ella's
Luke spends the rest of his day arriving at various news agencies around town where he hands out copies of the images and recordings to different reporters. Making a deal with each one to release the scandal during his fathers party next month. He made sure to pay them handsomely to assure that things went as planned. All in all, his plan had been working flawlessly thus far and he had just under one week left to put things in place for the event. Everything was falling right into place and now, all Luke had to do was sit back and enjoy the fireworks. That evening after returning home, Luke goes straight into his home office and calls the private investigator, Cannon. Thanking him for the information gathered, Luke lets him know that he no longer needs to keep watch for his sister. But he would be sure to call him if he ever needed any more work done. After hanging up, Luke looks up at the clock hanging on the wall and sees it was almost ten o'clock pm. Checking his PC, Luke finds
Luke lays Ella down gently upon the bed in their room before moving out of the way and standing over her watching as she lies there on her back. "So what now? Will we just lay here or do we have more fun planned?" Ella asks seductively with a sly tone in her voice. "Of course we're not done yet." Luke says as he kneels down beside the bed, running his fingers over her smooth legs as he watches her closely. Ella's eyes follow him as he moves closer, reaching out to run her fingertips through the thick hair on his head before he leans in close to her. Their lips collide forcefully, as Ella wraps her arms tightly around him, pulling him down onto the bed with her while kissing him deeper. Their mouths move against each other in rhythm while their tongues begin to entwine together eagerly, making love to each other with their mouths. Breaking from their kiss, Ella rolls on top of Luke as he lays back against the soft sheets of the mattress, allowing her ample curves to rest on top of
Days fly by as Luke enjoys his life alongside his two female companions. Surprisingly, Aria proved to be extremely useful in keeping their home clean and tidy while Ella took over most of the cooking duties, which was a huge relief to Luke, allowing him more time to investigate and focus on his job without having to worry about anything else. Luke was enjoying the peaceful life that he was living with these two beautiful women and to top things off. It was finally time to watch his sister's downfall. Luke looks into the mirror at his reflection while wearing a black tuxedo shirt with an elegant gold tie and dark gray slacks. He smiles when he sees himself dressed for the occasion before heading downstairs to join Aria and Ella. They were both dressed nicely in formal dresses that compliment one another well. Aria's was a short red dress with a plunging neckline that showed plenty of cleavage. Ella's was a white sleeveless mini dress that stopped just below her knees showing off long
"Attention please." Luke hears as his fathers voice reverberates across the room. "I thank you all for joining us tonight in celebrating this special occasion. As most of you are aware, my beloved children will be officially taking over our family business. I hold this day very dear to my heart and know that we will all continue to prosper under their management." After making his statement, Luke's father pauses to let the crowd give their applause. And they all do exactly that with Luke following suit. "Now let me introduce you all to the future of our corporation." Luke's father exclaims as he motions for his children along with his niece to stand by his side. "My lovely wife and I are proud to present..." Luke's eyes widen as his siblings make their way to the center of the room to stand by their father. But Luke had something else on his mind. Behind his family was Aria, trying her hardest to reorganize the tower of plates and glasses that was in front of her and failing misera
The passenger side door swings open to reveal A thin passenger with long hair tied up into a ponytail. He was dressed casually in a white collared shirt and black slacks. "Welcome back brother. You made quite the entrance I must say." Jonathan said with a smile from within the vehicle. "So how was your vacation?" Luke looked at his brother with disdain, "What are you doing here!? Why did you have to show up now!?" He growls angrily. "That's a silly question. I'm just here to pick up my brother and his companion." His older brother explained, "why don't you have a seat so that we can catch up. It's about time that we have a talk." Jonathan suggests with a grin while gesturing with his hand out towards the passenger seat. "Don't get your hopes up. I wouldn't ride in the same space as you if you paid me to." Luke retorted coldly. "How about you run on home and wait for me to tear you down, just like I did with Marilyn." Luke tells him with a scowl. "I'm sorry to hear that, but I don
Luke watched on in shame at the mess taking place in front of him. The room was already cluttered as is with the bodies of the guests scattered about, but now Ella and Le were making an even bigger mess of things. And all over a single bottle of liquor. "Haha, your going to have to try harder if you want to catch me." Ella remarked as she kept away from Lee while holding on to the bottle loosely in her hands. "You think you're funny!?" Lee huffed in frustration as he attempted to tackle her but she effortlessly dodged him and quickly disappeared behind the bar. "Ha Ha Ha! Very cute Lee." She taunted him as she tipped the bottle upside down, allowing the liquid to flow down into two glasses. She handed one of them to him with an amused look before downing her own glass in an instant. "Hey! You can't just drink it like that! It's not a shot!" He said while pointing his finger accusingly at her. "Oh yeah? Well I don't have any patience today so I'm going to just drink it however I d
A week and a half passes and Luke, Ella and Lee are now able to see land. It wouldn't be long now until they were back on solid ground. "Ahhh, Doesn't it just look so nice?" Ella exclaimed joyfully while looking out the transparent plane covering their room. Her eyes were fixated on the land as if it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Luke couldn't help but laugh at her enthusiasm, but he also found it somewhat amusing seeing her this way given how much she had been through recently. "When I get back I'm going to take a nice long bath with extra bubbles and candles. Maybe even light some incense while I soak under the starry sky. Then I'll get out and dry off slowly while laying out by a pool somewhere in the desert with an ice cold beer in my hand." Ella continued on with her fantasy. "What about you half-pint? Are you going to go back to your family to tell them what happened? I'm sure that they would want to know how their youngest son almost died on his business tri
"So how long do you think it will take before we set foot on solid ground again? I'm starting to get a little nauseous." Ella said while looking down at her stomach. "Not too long I hope." Luke replied while staring ahead at the transparent plane covering the room. It's been a little over a week since we set off, so I would guess that it would take around the same time going back" He told her while scanning through different screens on the walls. "At this rate, my boredom is going to kill me before Jonathan can get the chance. I can only sit here so long without going insane." Luke complained with a groan, as he sat down in one of the seats. "I need something to read, or do... anything would be nice" Luke added as he began scanning around the room for any kind of entertainment that might be lying around. Searching the cluttered floor, Luke spotted a few different magazines that were spread open on the ground. grabbing a few of them, Luke tossed one of them over to Ella as he began
Ella follows Luke as he opens the door leading further ahead inside the ship. Covering their eyes to shield themselves from the sudden increase in brightness, The duo enter into the vessels bridge. The sun is raised high in the sky outside, and the warm air from the heat vents makes itself known throughout the ship, creating a strong contrast against the dimly lit interior of the ship. "This thing looks like it's straight out of the 2000's." Ella mumbled aloud as she followed behind Luke, staring down at the small computer consoles on the wall before them and their array of buttons and dials. Luke turned around and nodded while he scanned through the screens and monitors displayed in front of him on the wall. "I hope this isn't as complicated as it looks." He said as he reached out his hand and pressed a few buttons on the panel in front of him, causing the ship's lights to brighten up. "I guess I know what this does now. Hmmm, Let me check on some things real quick." Luke tells her
Turning his back to his sister's unmoving form, Luke walked over to where Ella stood and wrapped his arms around her. Holding her close to him as he tried desperately to hold on to what little sanity he had left. He had acted confident in the moment, but had yet to fully realize what he had just done. Once again, he had managed to find his way back to the path that his brother had set for him. He was finally beginning to take control of his life and destiny and yet, once again he found himself on the verge of losing it all. "What is wrong with me?" Luke whispers into Ella's ear while tightening their embrace. His hands shaking as he attempted to calm himself down, but the thought of what he just did continued to plague his mind and make him panic. "I killed Marilyn. I didn't just kill her, I actually strangled her with these hands. I watched her life leave her body. What the hell have I become?" Luke asks as he tries to calm down and regain his composure. Ella could feel his hands
"Is this what you call fun!" Ella said through gritted teeth as she glared at Marilyn. "Is this truly just one big game to you!" Ella shouted with rage. "You're just picking and choosing who lives and dies because you think you can! Just like those poor kids!" Ella screamed at the woman before her as she bawled her fists and raised them high. Marilyn let out a small laugh at her statement before turning her gaze down to Ella and giving her a smile that was meant to look kind and welcoming but instead gave the girl chills. "Oh, sweetheart! Don't you know that there are more important things than living or dying. Everyone here is doing their part to ensure a brighter future for everyone. Even you." She said as she stood up from her seat. "But you see, I don't have any plans for you today dear. Your time hasn't come just yet. The only one I need is my dear brother. After all, this was set up just for him." She said as she attempted to walk past Ella. But Ella's anger flared up once ag
As the screen fades to black, Luke can hear the sound of heavy machinery above him. Swimming up with his key in hand, Luke pops his head out of the water to find a thin catwalk extending from the wall opposite of the door. It continues to extend until it reaches the door, creating a path for him and Ella to stand on. Although out of reach currently, The water continued to rise which would soon allow them to reach the door if they wanted to escape. With a glance at Ella, Luke can only shake his head as he watches her playing in the water like a child. She's definitely enjoying herself way more than she should have been. Watching Luke play must have truly bored her. Once the water level was high enough, Luke grabbed hold of the catwalk's railing and pulled himself up. After taking a quick look back towards the water, Luke reached his hand out to pull Ella up from below. "Why, thank you kind sir." Ella replied sarcastically as she placed her hand in Luke's grip. The two were now sta
Pushing to finish this game in the next round, Luke raises his head and takes a deep breath, as the water was now high enough to cover his face. Turning to his side to check on Ella, Luke could see her floating away on her back while giving him a thumbs up. He could tell that she was having fun despite the obvious danger approaching. But at least this meant that she trusted him to pull through. Finishing his breath, Luke dives under to see what was happening on his screen. His starting hand turned out to be a 15 made up of a 7 and an 8. Unfortunately, though. It seemed as though player 1's turn was taking much longer than usual. The same thing happened last round, so it wasn't unusual. Luke was just in a bit of a hurry considering his circumstances. Finally taking his turn, Player 1 instantly used the cover option and ended his turn with a Hit. Putting his cards count at three and locking down anyone's ability to manipulate his cards was most likely the best alternative. With playe