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The Heir of the Family 232 - Miscalculation
In fact, Judeo hasn’t had any sleep since last night. He looks so tired and pale. And somehow, that condition helps him in convincing Nora that he is not a bad guy. He does look like a weak person who comes from a poor family at the moment. Judeo keeps his solemn look, even making it look more gloomy. He is silent for a moment. Before going to the next phase of his scenario, he gives a chance for Nora to have some doubt in her bad thoughts and judgement about him. “I don’t want anything from you. I’m just a man, the weak from a poor family. I don’t have the confidence to take this matter to the court or to the police. I’m afraid your husband didn’t do this only by himself. He could have a backup from some gangsters out there. I’m just too afraid to take the risk, because I still have a family to protect.” And so, Nora’s suspicious gaze slowly turns into a confused one. There Judeo affirms that everything has been going according to Victor’s plan. “If it’s that dangerous, then, why
The Heir of the Family 233 - How Can I Help You?
Elsewhere, on the road, Victor looks so tired in the back seat. He rubs his forehead, feeling so dizzy after forcing his brain to work to its full capacity.He could just give all that evidence to the police, and report Leonard by himself. But he is never so sure about that option. Because he believes that he has been in the police’s radar since the issue of Diego’s death.After all, he can’t just tell the police how he collected those videos so far. He has kicked that man from his company. He just doesn’t want that issue to lead the public’s attention back to his company again, and deteriorate the company’s image even further.“I hope that man goes to jail without dragging me and the company in his issue,” says Victor with a tired face.“Heh, is that how you pay him back? Without getting yourself involved?” Mike responds with a bit of silly chuckle.“Isn’t this what you want? To think it through thoroughly, no more half measures? Without putting myself into the more trouble?” replies
The Heir of the Family 234 - I know what you have done
But they don’t find anything inside that house. Except for one room that is still locked from the other side. Until a few moments later, Frank and Morgan come to that house, since they happen to be patrolling near that location. They then break the door of that office. There they find Leonard lying on the floor, already dead because of one gunshot in the mouth. “Cast them out!” says Officer Frank to his partner, to keep those neighbors out of that house. Officer Frank examines the condition of that one room for a moment. It’s really a murder inside a locked room, with no other way in or out of that room. There’s a Glock17 near his dead body, a handgun that Leonard possesses legally with a license. The blood has been so thick flowing out on the floor. The glass cabinet behind Leonard’s working desk is also broken because of the bullet that penetrated Leonard’s head. “Jesus Christ!” he mumbles with a wrinkled face. Despite all that, he is still not so sure if it’s a suicide, since
The Heir of the Family 235 - What Did You Do?
When Mrs. Emilia directly expresses her condolences to Nora, Victor is just silently standing in front of the bed where Grace is still lying unconsciously. He notices the condition of Grace’s left hand. And so, he slowly walks closer to her while he keeps observing that left hand.“Victor?” asks Mrs. Emilia softly, expecting him to also express his condolences to Leonard’s wife.But Victor doesn’t give any response. The tip of his fingers slightly touch the part of Grace’s hand that is wrapped by bandages.He begins to suspect that the girl was committing a suicide. He can’t imagine how chaotic the situation in that house could be, something that is really out of his calculation.Nora notices Victor’s concern. But she doesn’t want anyone to think bad about her daughter or Leonard. So she tries to bring up a story to cover that issue.“I heard a story that she often got bullied in the school by her friends,” says Nora.“Huh?” responses Mrs. Emilia with a startled face. “Did she…”“Yes,
The Heir of the Family 236 - Viona's Grudge
Mia is still thinking so bad of Victor. She believes that Victor is a boss of gangsters, and that prejudice is also affecting her view on everyone around Victor, including Judeo.And the fact Judeo enters that lobby along with a peculiar man with his distinctive muslim outfit only makes her judgment on them even worse.“What are you doing here?” asks Mia coldly, talking with a sullen face toward Judeo.Khaled doesn’t look so happy about how that receptionist girl treats Judeo. He believes that they come there at Atkinson’s request.“Young lady! I believe, as a receptionist, this is not how you should serve a guest. Has this company's standard of service been so low treating guests like this?” asks Khaled rhetorically.But Mia ignores him, and calls the securities instead. She asks them to check on those two people's belongings.And of course, it makes Judeo a bit panicked. The truth is, there are some devices inside his bag that he shouldn’t let anyone know about.“Hey, what’s this? W
The Heir of the Family 237 - Not As Good As You Thought
Judeo raises his head slightly to see Viona leave. He looks so clueless, not expecting that Viona would be so mad because of it. Victor arrives and has the chance to see Viona’s mad face. He tries to stop her, but Viona just walks away. “Um, did I miss something?” asks Victor. But Judeo just ignores him and tries to close his eyes. Victor averts his attention to Judy, and finds Judy looking so gloomy with so many thoughts in her head. That’s when Victor mistakenly thinks that there must be something between Viona and Judy. Without asking anything to Judy, he just leaves that office to see Viona. “Hey, what is this? Did she make another mistake again? Can’t you be a bit…” “What?” Viona interrupts him with a wrinkled face. “Did you think there was something between me and Judy?” “Then what?” replies Victor impatiently. “You just left with that face again, like a balloon that is going to explode. And there I found Judy looking upset behind her desktop.” “Did she look upset to you?
The Heir of the Family 238 - It's All Money
It’s still so early in the afternoon, and Victor already decides to get back to the hideout with the others. They want to immediately respond to the issue of the spreading of the nude videos recorded by Leonard. Victor is worried about the risk that the video involving Judy will spread more widely.On the journey, Judeo is back to sleep at the back seat. While Victor, who sits in the front seat beside Mike, keeps getting messages from Jimmy. But Victor ignores him, not even reading the message he receives.Jimmy even calls him a few times, until Victor decides to just turn off his phone. Mike just glances a bit, and then lets out a little chuckle, noticing that Victor really wants to treat his issue one at a time seriously.“You could just ask for their help again?” Mike suggests.“Are you talking about the issue of these videos? Asking those people from La Marca to fix this? This has nothing to do with them. There’s no way they are going to listen to my demand,” Victor argues.After
The Heir of the Family 239 - It's Coming
A few moments ago, Atkinson himself has just been visiting one of the labs in his pharmaceutical factory. The Quality Control manager has informed him regarding the problem with their instruments, while the people from Counterbrand haven't come to them yet. “We’ve been using the same methods, gradient system, and the same column. All these conditions and systems were effective. But recently, we’ve never had any good separation. There are always tailings in the graphics. There’s no way we are going to do any calculation using the data from this kind of terrible separation.” “Have you tried a different column?” asks Atkinson. “We have, but to no avail. I believe the issue is not the column, nor the gradient system. Usually, there’s no issue with this system and the columns so far. We are using the same method as what the people in the Research and Development use for these samples. I believe there’s something wrong with the instruments.” And so, that skinny old man Atkinson can only
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