AT THE COMPANY. "Answer that yourself; do you care?" Vanessa snapped. She slipped and lost her balance. Brandon ran hurriedly to stop her from falling. He held her up by the waist, eyes locked on each other, and he kissed her out of the blue. The moment ended, and Vanessa pushed him away from her. "What did you do that for?" she questioned him angrily. "Nothing, Stay away from Torillio; he is a dangerous man. He’s been threatening to kill my son. He found him. What do you think he’ll do to you when he finds out you’re not really into him?" Brandon asked fussily."I am an adult; I can handle whatever situation I am in. About your son, I will find out what I can get. I meant everything he knows about your son’s location," Vanessa assured. She adjusted her clothes and walked to the door. Brandon double-crossed her. stopping her from leaving."I don’t want you to get involved; it’s dangerous, and I don’t want to lose you," Brandon voiced ardently."Me too; now get out of my way
AT THE MEETING. Don Soriano was summoned by the five to face the penalties for announcing Grandma Pillar’s death publicly without first informing them. He was invited to the dusk to defend himself. "I have no regrets, I should have acted better, please punish me according to our rules," he uttered boldly. The five whispered lowly to each other. "You, he’s a part of your family, should we be lenient?" They asked Brandon. "Family doesn’t mix with the law, punish him!" Brandon coerced. "Do you by any means know the punishment for belittling the family?" They asked him synchronously. Brandon wasn’t aware, he smirked pretending to know. "Death," "What?" Brandon yelled."I get why Herveaux was so scared and angry," he muttered to himself. "Yes Death but we have the power to lesson the sentence," The echoed. "do we five all agree for the second time to make his face the law?" The four of them echoed. "Yes," the roared alongside Brandon. "For the last time FIVE, we
AT RAD’S HIDEOUT. Andallio and his men were merrying celebrating his newly acquired post, playing loud music and drinking. “Guys don’t get drunk, we have work to do and we also have a prisoner,”“Boss, What do we do next, when will you reveal your brilliant identity to your family?” His rigt hand man asked him. “Hmmmm,” he muttered delightedly clasping his hand together amusingly. “I think I should take things slow and steady right now they are grieving, Grandma Pillar’s wake would be either today or tomorrow,” Andallio responded sadly. “I didn’t want to kill her, she killed me first, I was just faster,” he added gulping. “Who is that?” he asked. One of his men that guarded the prison was there to see him. “Boss, Fredrick has been insisting that he wants to have a word with you for days now, what should I tell him?” he asked aptly. Adallio gave his drink to his right hand man. “I’ll follow you to the prison,” he rpeleid and followed him there. Fredrick was lea
AT THE JEWELRYL STORE. Torillio was sitting in his office smoking cigar and going through some files on his phone when his aide came to inform him about Arturo’s presence. “Send him up,” he uttered puffing the smoke in the air. Arturo entered and had his seat, He took a magazine on Torillio’s table, crossed his legs perfectly and started glancing through the pages. “Hmmm, you mean business, or are you going into modeling? I have an agency,” Torillio jocked lightly. “No, Andallio is now the leader in my family, it should have been me, it’s time, we should carry out our plans,” Arturo uttered . Torillio crushed his cigarette in the ash tray. “Finsih him up ad we have a deal,” he replied. “Who? Are you expecting anyone?” Arturo asked after hearing footsteps of aomeone approaching. “Not really, might be Vanessa or Aliaana oen of them,” Toirllio responded. He opened the door and it was Aliaana. He sateyed at the entrance blocking her form coming in. “Aren’t you goi
AT THE GLASS HOUSE.Olvido stood in front of Stephanie’s door all night, he slept off waititng for her. Unknowing to Stephanie she opened the door, carrying her fully packed luggage reday to leave the glasshouse. He fell inside her room as she opened the door. “Ouch, that hurts really bad,” Olvido haowled. “Where are you going with your bag?” he asked her outrightly. “Why are you at my door?” she reiterated aggressively. “What do mean by that, since when has it become a taboo to wait at your door, you wouldn’t speak to me and I had to watch you,” Olvido replied sternly. He collected her luggage from her and pushed her back in the room. “Sit,” he said forcing her to the bed. “Stop it, you’re hurting me,” she flared up. “I’m sorry, I know you’re running away from who? From what? We have a bad past that I regret but please tell me something Stephanie, what if the person strikes again?” Olvido pleaded harshly. “You’re still hurting me, let go of my arm,” Stephanie yel
AT BRANDON’S MANSION. “Your father, I don’t really want to send him to jail but, if it has to be this way before I was the streets clean of murderers then so be it,” Brandon replied aptly. “Last night I thought you were just joking when you said so, but it was real after all, I’ll take my leave now, you’ll never see me again Brandon,” Vanessa stroked. “How did things get to this? Do you know how many people your father has killed and more will still die, I am going to wipe them all out!” Brandon coerced. “You’re drunk, just go and sleep, I am leaving,” Vanessa snapped. “I love you too,” Brandon exclaimed. She banged the door and left hurriedly. ~THE NEXT MORNING. Brandon woke up with a slight hangover, he took his shower and got fully dressed before coming down. “Good morning boss,” Madrigal uttered. “Madrigal, did you sleep here last night?” “Yes boss, I think you were wasted and needed help, I’m so glad she came around,”“Who? Vanessa?” Brandon asked“Yes b
"Brandon?" Stephanie responded that she was surprised to see him at the hotel. "Did the both of you come here together?" she queried him aptly. Picking up her stuff from the ground with him. "You mean?" Brandon asked skeptically to find out if it was Andallio she was referring to or someone else."Olvido? I left the room angrily because he showed up at my door. I wanted space, and that was why I left the glass house," Stephanie ranted."Could it be Andallio wasn’t there to see her?" Brandon wondered. "What about you? Cheating on your wife, huh?" Stephanie mushed lightly. "Don’t act like you don't know what’s up between I and Kimberly. Okay, just forget it. Have a nice stay, I’ll get going," Brandon uttered. He stared a bit and watched which room she entered before going back to the restaurant. Vanessa was there, seated angrily in their reserved spot. "Hey Vanessa, you didn’t leave?" "Yes Brandon, I’ll leave in the evening, I don’t feel like going home now," she responded
GRANDMA PILLAR. The whole family was dressed in white; the cars that graced the venues were white; everything there aside from nature’s design was also white. It was the theme of the party to honor Grandma Pillar’s memory. Her favorite color was also white.The program started, and Andallio, the new head of the family, ordered that the security be increased and her body be placed in a closed coffin. The whole family was present, even the five who graced the wake. They paid their final rites to her, and it was time for her to be buried. They buried her in the innermost part of the glass house. It was time for Don Soriano to give his speech. He mounted the podium and shed tears before he started talking."She built this house from scratch, every san, brick by brick, and I think it’s justifiable that her final place also be this house. Thank you all for coming," he uttered shortly and came down from the stage. He stopped by Brandon’s table, heaving a great sigh before sitting beside