POOL OF SURPRISES.HERVEAUX’S POV.The moon was dazzling, smearing it full light on the glassy glazed table on the terrace. Herveaux was overwhelmed between agreeing to Brandon’s floor sweeping offer and Andallio's self-pushed amount of money. "Can you give us some time to think about it?" Andallio resulted sulking in his pride."How dumb can you sound? When will you stop? Tomorrow is the meeting with the family. The earlier we solve this, the better!!!" Olvido arced, banging the table wildly. "How dare you!" Andallio fired puzzlingly and furiously as he moved to hit Olvido. "Stop it! I am tired of the both of you!" Herveaux rose to his feet, putting both of them at ease."I accept the offer; we get this done!!!" He roared, flaring aside everything on the table. "I agree! Better than have this fool!" Olvido reeked arrogantly.Herveaux didn’t spend a minute turning it into a poll to end the irrefutable discord. "Two votes, who’s in or out?" he surmounted the pressure."I can’t
THE SUCIDE. HERVEAUX’S"You all say I am retarded, but in reality, it’s all of you that are retarded," Andallio snickered. Gripping Herveaux’s hair as he spoke to his face."You won’t get away with this! I’ll make sure you pay!" Herveaux yelled. Andallio handled his walking stick, ready to strike Herveaux, but Fredrick held him back."If you kill him now, not even your heinous RAD identity can save you. A second murder in the glass house—is that what you want?" Fredrick hammered lowly. "You’re right, hey brother, wait, can we talk this out?" Andallio ordered his men to let go and excuse them. Herveaux was confused and afraid of what his brother might do to him. "I won’t go after Olvido anymore. I know you don’t trust me, but can we talk?" Andallio closed in on him like a predator after its prey. Herveaux retraced his steps, moving backwardly until he fell inside the pool."You know you can’t kill me here, right?" Herveaux dived, pushing his fears aside and facing Andallio. He
"Your coat, boss," Madrigal said, hanging it inside the car after collecting it from one of Andallio's masked men. "Thank you—weirdo," Madrigal commented in a lower tone, but Brandon could hear him clearly. "Ha-aha why did you call them weird?" Brandon asked entering the car. "The masks seem shady to me; what’s that scent on your coat?"Brandon unhooked his coat and sniffed the scent. "Oh—it must be Herveaux; he hugged me out of, I don’t know, uncontrollable emotion. Drive me home," he responded, hanging the coat and planting himself on the seat, leaving out a stressed exhaust sigh as he waited for Madrigal to get the car moving. "Hey man, what’s wrong? Hit the brakes, let’s move." Brandon tapped him and moved closer. He saw Esmeralda and Hailey whipping in each other's ears, and Esmeralda was coming in their direction."You came this far; will you be okay?" Brandon whispered into his ears as he stood still, holding the car's steering wheel. "I should be; why is she coming here?
HAILEY’S APARTMENT. Douxed up in a bath suit and her hair tied up in a petty twooel, Hailey took her cellphone, which has been ringing for hours, from her purse. "He’s still sleeping?" She patted Jordan on his legs. She turned on her phone, and it was bombarded with messages about Ramirez’s unbelievably steep rise to the top. They boosted the market and now have the top share. "That spoilt brat didn't tell me anything; how on earth can a meeting in one night do this?" Hailey uttered a thought out loud, not ignoring the fact that she was outright surprised. "Who’ll believe I was there when this happened?" Hailey groaned. "I feel like it has something to do with Bradon; I need to get out on time." She left the bathroom and rubbed some cream on her body. "Arrhh," Jordan Vera-Dona yaened. Getting out of the sofa where he slept last night"That’s too much of a yawn for a man who used to be a cop," she blurted, playfully massaging her legs seductively. Jordan Vera-Dona knelt before
AT THE OFFICE FALL BACK. "What!" The whole crowd began chattering, bringing out their phones, and asking each other questions on the table. Hailey laughed wickedly in her head as she saw all of them immersed in confusion. "Good, that is what I want—you all to be caught unaware!" she muttered lowly. "Boss, did you hear her? What’s going on?" Madrigal asked Brandon mockingly, and it stopped when he saw his face brimming with anger. Brandon stormed out of the board room, with Madrigal and Marcellus catching up to him. "She enjoyed every bit of it? How didn't we see this coming?" Brandon roared, flaring up. "It might be a lie; we can’t trust that woman; we should talk to Esmeralda herself," Marcellus suggested innocently, but was welcomed by a vile, uncanny expression that made him think otherwise. "Maybe we shouldn't," he mused. Brandon and Madrigal had just finished celebrating their limitless success and smooth ride in their revenge plan, and then Hailey and Esmeralda happened
"Thank God he’s gone," Esmeralda breathed. Reversing the car back to the route she was going to take before he offered to drive her there. "Wait for me, Vanessa," she muttered, selecting a cool song on her playlist. She noticed a car following her in the mirror, and she stopped suddenly. He car zoomed off without waiting before she resumed her. "Brandon, you’ll never change!" she snarled. She pulled over at a restaurant in an enclosed and serene area. "Vanessa Silverrio," she mentioned to the waitress at the restaurant so she could get the table they reserved. Vanessa had told her she was waiting for her there, but she was nowhere in view. "Come with me, ma’am. He asked me to bring you here; you must be Esmeralda." The waitress asked courteously, confusing Esmeralda. "Wait—which man? I am here for a woman and not a man; what’s going on here?" Esmeralda alarmed. Hugging her bag more closely to her thighs. "The man said you would come to ask for Lady; she sent him—he’s over
~Life hasn’t been the same as I have been fighting for a while now.~I got the courage last night; at least I didn’t die a failure.~It’s too hard, and I am tired."This is perfect, boss," Andallio’s aide praised him. After examining the text and cleaning Andallio’s fingerprints from the cellphone, he hid it under his bed. To create the intuition that it slipped off his hands after he passed out. "The police will soon be here—who should we blame for leaking it online?"Andallio mounted on the bed. Peering into Herveaux’s cold body, which was covered from head to toe, "You should have just stayed back without interfering," he muttered."Get a maid; one of you should admit it; I shouldn’t be teaching you your job; get out!" He trolled, whizzing off the curtains in his way.He went back to the terrace with a teary eye, punching the rails and kicking them aggressively. "There’s no going back; I have come too far," he threshed, sweeping the droplets out of his eyes as the cops entered the
ARTURO."The last time I came here, hmmm—" he streched his head out of the car, breathing in the air in front of the glass house before driving in. "It smells like chaos in there; no more regulars," he muzzled as he got down. "Sorry, sir, you can’t go in; our boss has assigned visitors." The men at the gate stopped him. "I hate these guys so much—hmm, go tell him I am here." His face coiled as he mustered his courage to subdue his embarrassment. "Wait here, sir," they ordered him as they sent a message. Arturo felt really disappointed that they treated him that way. Don Soriano had never accepted, but it never got this far. The humiliation was one thing he promised never to accept again from anyone, no matter what."You can go in, boo—he said they are on the terrace." The man returned, ushering him up to the terrace. "And why are you following me?" he asked warily. " Just work with me, sir," the man responded. " FU**!" Arturo smirked, shaking his head. He got to the terrace, w