After a few moments of silence, their conversation is interrupted by Gambino's daughter. That little girl starts shouting from afar, asking him to immediately go home.
“Anyway, Jimmy. Can you take my family back to my house with you? I still have something to do with Albert,” says Gambino.
Jimmy shows his languid face. But Gambino just invites him to get to his family. He then tries to convince his wife and his daughter, telling them to go back with Jimmy.
“Why are you not coming with us, Papa?” asks Sofia.
“It’s okay, Sofia!” Jimmy lifts that little girl and takes her away. “Uncle Jimmy will be your hero for the day.”
Sylvia, Gambino’s wife, doesn’t say anything and just heads back to the car. She knows what her husband is doing with those people, and never shows her objection. She be
After that, Gambino ends the call. But he immediately makes another call, to inform another leader of La Marca about his intention to hold that meeting.[When? Where]“This Friday, 8 p.m. I plan to use Uncle Minh’s restaurant. I'll let you know later if anything changes.”It’s a quick one. And the man on the phone just immediately cuts off the phone without saying any closure to their conversation.After finishing with that one, only then does Gambino intend to get into the car. But then, he notices someone from afar in that same parking area.Apparently, that man has been observing Gambino for a while. And Gambino holds the door, and stares back at that man with a solemn look.He is Dennis Murphy, and Gambino is no stranger to that man’s face and his car. After all, Dennis was the one who prom
The tears gradually well in her eyes. It really saddens her, to learn the friend she had been living with for the past few years, is now seriously despising her that far.She is so sad, because she still naively sees Mia as a friend. She believes the issue between her and Mia is just a matter of misunderstanding.She tries her best to hold her cries. She immediately takes her face away to the right to look at the pedestrians. But Victor and Mike already notice it.“Who is it?” asks Victor.“It’s from the girls at the pizza shop. They think that we are dating, and now they make fun of us. How silly is that,” replies Judy while acting like she is holding a chuckle.Mike replies her chuckle with another chuckle too. “Yeah, it does look so silly? I mean, you two are as naive as teenagers regardless of your age. But I t
No matter how good your heart, no matter how wise you are, it’s almost impossible to be the best of you in every given time and condition. Your environment will keep distracting you from who you are, taking you away from the right path that you choose.A naive kid who doesn’t even have the heart to kill an ant, could just turn into a psycho. A lovely caring mother could turn into a cold-hearted killer to protect the one she loves. Even a professor of theology could just turn into the devil given the circumstances.This is not about justifying good people who choose the wrong way of life. This is about reality, that it’s never easy to stay being Mr. Nice Guy for everyone, for every given time. The wise could just make the worst decision when he loses control over himself.“Just you wait! I’ll make you pay for this!”He keeps slamming that san
Judeo helps Chappy to put the gloves on his hands. He glances a little at Chappy, and finds a sense of indecisiveness on Chappy’s face. “What? Feeling not ready?” asks Judeo. “Nothing!” replies Chappy. “Don’t tell me you are chickened out now,” says Judeo as he taps both of Chappy’s hands, just to make sure that the gloves are fixed. Chappy gets into the ring with so many thoughts in his head. It’s not like he is doubting his decision to challenge Victor. He just finds Victor so much different at the moment. Victor doesn’t even take a look at him. He keeps shadow-boxing at one corner of the ring, to not let his body cool down. Judeo also gets into the ring, but only to tell them the rule. “Hey, I don’t know all the rules in boxing. Just don’t hit too low on the hip, not on the back of the head, and never use your elbow. Be sportive yourselves, ‘cause I can’t stay in the ring to be the referee.” “Are you leaving?” asks Chappy with a bit of an awry face. “Stupid! I need to hit th
Victor is petrified with a pale face to think about that outcome. He realizes he has gone too far to vent out his anger on Chappy.But really, he doesn’t want to let Chappy die. He rushes to Mike, and tries to prevent him from killing Chappy.“No! Let’s take him to a doctor!”“If he dies after that, the doctor will surely know how he dies and who kills him. Even if he doesn't die, we’ll still have to explain how he got hurt and who did it,” replies Mike.It shuts Victor silent to hear those two kinds of scenarios. He is really not ready for that consequence yet, and begins to regret losing control because of his anger.At the same time, Chappy starts coughing and is back to his consciousness. It averts those two’s attention.Chappy tries to get up since he doesn’t realize his current condition. But Judeo prevents him and holds him down on the canvas.“No, Chappy. Don’t force yourself. Just stay there for a moment. Can you see my fingers?”“Huh? Um, it’s, it’s three? Why? Did I lose th
The only thing that comes to Mike’s mind is that a part of Victor’s ribs may have been broken by Chappy. He just didn’t expect a junkie like Chappy could inflict that much damage to Victor.“This is what happens when you are too naive and feed a dog without knowing anything about keeping a pet.”“He is not a dog,” Victor refutes.“But he did bite you,” replies Mike plainly.“Well, it proves that he is no longer a junkie.”“So? Does that mean you gain more interest in petting him?”“Dude, please! Stop looking down on fellow human beings. He is not a dog.”At the moment, Victor is being examined by the same doctor who treated his broken knuckles a few weeks ago. He is Dr. Chris Lamar, a black man with a smooth bald h
In the morning, Judy is waiting for Victor who said that he would pick her up at her apartment. She seems uneasy, feeling unprepared to become an assistant to the CEO of a big company like Counterbrand.The problem is, even after it is already past 8 a.m, Victor is nowhere to be seen. It makes Judy even more worried.Although she does not feel worthy of being an assistant, but now, she doesn't want Victor to cancel that job offer either. She is worried that Victor may cancel his intention to hire her as an assistant.Until then, she takes the risk to call, and Victor answers her with a voice like someone who is half asleep.[Oh, Judy! What time is it?]“What? You're still asleep?”[Oh, right! I should have picked you up now. But… Hey! Why don’t you just go to the office yourself. You could just help
So far, there have been four companies who cancel their next demands for goods supplies to Counterbrand. But sadly, those four are quite a huge loss. The rest only use that situation to gain some advantages from Counterbrand, thinking that they have an upper hand in negotiating the term. They haven’t canceled their demands yet. But Viona and Mrs. Emilia can only put them on hold for the time being. Viona leaves her office to find Victor. Sadly, when she enters Victor’s office, she only finds Judy there. “Oh, Judy! You are here. Where is Victor?” “Victor, he is not here yet. He said he is going to be late. Is there something that I can help with?” asks Judy awkwardly. “Really, this is not something I can ask you for help,” replies Viona curtly. It only makes Judy even more insecure with her status and situation. All she can do is just smile awkwardly. And weirdly, Viona is still standing there, as if she is waiting for Judy to do something. “Come on! Aren’t you going to call hi