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The Heir of the Family 342 - Charles' Weakness
Catarina drops from the chair. She hasn't died yet, still trying her best to close the fatal wound under her mouth. Both her hands, neck and her chest are all soaked with blood. She isn't able to make a voice, let alone a scream. She looks so in pain and in agony, crawling on the floor leaving the kitchen. Meanwhile, that man just ignores her in a dire state. He doesn’t care if Catarina will be able to survive after that or not. It’s as if he knows there’s nothing Catarina can do in that situation, and let her suffer for longer. He goes to the basement, and then opens a hidden door in one corner of that room. There’s a hidden passage leading to a small building for the electrical power maintenance room of Charles' mansion, about 20 meters away from this house. He knows so well about this passage, because he used to live here in the past. However, he doesn’t intend to go to this small building. He opens another hidden door, with a tunnel leading to the basement of Charles’ mansion.
The Heir of the Family 343 - You Can't Die Here
Johann looks down at Charles flatly. But then, he grins so mad like a madman, to be able to see Charles in his desperation.“That’s it. You need to realize, this is all because of that naivety of yours. You have to cast it out. You have to kill your conscience, like when you kill my family. You did great that time, acting like a hero erasing the devils from this world. But then you turned so soft, and let me live.”Charles’ face looks so pale, crying so low with a hoarse voice. He keeps mumbling with an unclear voice, which attracts Johann’s curiosity.That man approaches him, and draws his face closer to Charles, seeming to listen to what Charles’ saying right now.“Hm? Can’t you say it clearer?”“Thanks for coming closer to me,” Charles whispers with a face which has turned so mad.He suddenly bites Johann’s left ear. It shocks Johann and makes him groan so loud because of the pain.That’s only when that commotion attracts the attention of the two nurses downstairs. Cooper William,
The Heir of the Family 344 - The Master and Her Lackeys
What happened to Charles has caught the attention of several gangsters around California. They have been so quiet in the last ten years because of Charles's influence, and have been patient to wait for that old man to die.In fact, they already see him as a fossil even before this incident, with the thought he is a solitude person without any family and son. Soon after this incident, they start making their move.Charles himself doesn’t have any interest in this affair anymore. The only thing in his mind is all about Johann. It’s a good thing that Viona is still alive. But he can’t ignore what happened to Catarina.“Is there the need to go this far?” asks Charles, sitting on a wheelchair while observing his surroundings. He finds so many of his henchmen around that cemetery. There are too many of them, as if the one being buried is the most important woman in America.“I only left for two weeks, and look what happened to you,” replies Denzel.“Like I said. He won’t kill me,” says Char
The Heir of the Family 345 - You Can Have Her Back
Victor lifts his face to show his discontent with what Viona said to him. But Emma immediately exclaims him to lower his gaze. And Victor has no choices but to keep his act together.“Damn! You are playing dirty,” he whines.“I don’t need to play dirty to beat a kid like you.” Viona turns around, and escorts him to meet his dad. “Come!”Victor follows her. But Vincenzo immediately pulls his back to avoid him to look too stand out by himself.“Stick together!”He tells the others to also go with Victor, to make sure that the four of them are in one group. Viona glances behind, looking so annoyed that Emma also joins them. But she keeps quiet about it and keeps walking.The thing is, Johann is indeed observing the situation of that cemetery area. Part of his head is covered by bandages to cover the wound on his ear. He is quite far, hiding in the woods about 1 mile to the east of that cemetery area, observing the procession of Catarina funeral through binoculars.It’s not clear if he co
The Heir of the Family 346 - Protecting Who?
Emma rushes to her. But Viona just turns her attention away by keeping her composed look.“Lower your gaze, peasant!” she commands coldly. “Need me to remind Victor of all the things that you’ve done to him?”“I’ve told him everything,” says Emma. “Don’t think I’m here looking for his money. I don’t give a damn about his status as the son of a wealthy businessman. I never asked him for us to be together again. I didn’t even ask him for any forgiveness.”“Yes, that’s right! You don’t deserve any forgiveness,” Viona interrupts.Victor rushes to Viona, but she immediately halts him, reminding him to keep his act together as a lackey. So, Victor just keeps silent by holding his tired face.Viona walks away, heading back to Cooper and the others who have been waiting for her. Victor glances a bit at Emma. But then he just ignores her, and rushes toward Viona.He ignores the acting as a lackey, and talks to her casually. “So, who is the guy that you see as much better than me?”“It’s none o
The Heir of the Family 347 - The Bait
Emma tries to calm him down. But it only makes Victor even more furious at her, and casts her with a harsh shouting.“Get away from me, you greedy gold digger! Get away before I kill you too!”Emma is petrified. And of course, those harsh words hurt her feelings so much. The tears start welling in her eyes. Her throat feels so dry, feeling like it chokes her speechless.This isn’t the first time Emma has seen Victor express his disappointment toward her. It's just that this is the first time she sees him so furious, as if there is another side to Victor that she had never known before.She is so intimidated. Even now, her face is becoming paler, looking so scared that Victor could just hurt her any given time.But it is different for Vincenzo. He believes this side of Victor is just like the time back when Victor tried to kill Dominic Benson in his house. He even notices the fear in Emma because of Victor’s fury, so he just gives a sign to Leona to take Emma away.“Emma!” calls Leona,
The Heir of the Family 348 - The Return of The Missing CEO
For the time being, the current ownership of Counterbrand is held by Judy by the virtue of the power of attorney that Victor left to Jimmy. However, Jimmy has not told Judy about the background of Victor's decision, due to the influence of Charles, who still wants to keep Judy's status as his daughter a secret. Despite holding the ownership, she had been rejecting the idea of her becoming the CEO of the company. But the others insist on appointing her as the interim leader for Victor’s replacement. At first, it was Mrs. Emilia’s idea, since she knows about Judy’s status as Victor’s sister. It’s not that everyone completely agrees with her, because she never shares about that information so far, not even to Judy. Even right now, Benjamin Smith is still coming to Emilia’s office, only to show that he is still doubting that decision. “How is she doing so far?” “She understands most of our current project, because she has been following it as Victor’s personal assistant. But she still
The Heir of the Family 349 - He Is Behind You
And Victor, he still doesn't recognize who is the girl that is currently hugging him so tight. She hasn’t had the chance to see her face. Meanwhile, Emma’s face is scrunched, to see Judy hugging Victor like that. She looks so awkward with some mixed feelings, starting to learn that Victor might have been living together with Judy this whole time in this big house. When Judy lets go of her hugging, only then Victor is able to see her face. And immediately, he looks so stunned, and some fragments of his memory are coming back to him. “Judy?” he mumbles with a blank face. But Judy no longer shows any concern for Victor at the moment, because her attention is now averted to Emma. It’s something she can’t believe, to find that Emma is back with Victor. “Emma?!” While Emma is still looking so clueless, Judy just rushes toward her like a toddler has just found her missing mom. And Victor, he is now in the process of digesting all those fragments of his missing memory. He walks slowly g
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“So, we are going to live here now?” asks Judy, just as she gets out of the car right in front of a humble two-story house. “All of us? Together?” Victor averts his attention to Judy, and immediately, Judy changes her facial expression to her childish one. “Ah, never mind! Come Emma, we need to secure the best room for us.” Emma is still looking so unsure whether to stay living together with them. But Judy insists on taking her. Victor just lets Chappy take all his stuff inside. He just leaves, heading to one shop right next to his new house. There are several people doing some renovation for that shop. And the first thing that catches his interest is the two guys who are now installing a banner with colorful lamps, mentioning La Marca. “So you're really going to revive La Marca, huh?” Victor turns behind, and sees Jimmy coming to him. Yes, this one shop is exactly the same spot where La Marca started, and it is right across the street, in front of Jimmy’s office. “Are you inte
360 - The Good and the Bad (The End)
So, Victor stays there for a while, waiting for Lucas to come. Meanwhile, Fazio and Gambino are looking confused by him. “So, you have footage of all his vaccine projects all this time, yet you let him scheme all these bad things on you?” asks Fazio. Victor turns his face to Vincenzo with a stupid look for a moment before giving a reply. “Um, I don’t clearly remember about this footage before. After listening to that old man’s story, only then did I think about it.” “Well, he was just a naive kid that time. He didn’t have the heart to do bad things on others,” says Vincenzo. “Heey!” Victor voices his objection. “No, it’s not about naivety,” Chappy interferes. “I know my bro is a good man. You see, I once tried to rob him, yet he treated me like a brother now.” Gambino just shakes his head with a silly face. “It’s good you want to do something good for others. But you need to understand, you can’t be too good to anyone. Especially in this kind of thing.” “I know!” replies Victor
359 - The Price Of A Trust
On the other hand, the one who hired Lt. Schneider to kill Victor as a fugitive is now having a restless night. Not because he is worried, but simply because he is confused, who killed that fat cop.He is none other than Elijah Miller, the lawyer that Lucas hires, who also has a grudge on Victor.“Could it be that man? No way!”He thinks this might be Lucas’ doing. But he never told Lucas who the police he hired for that scheme. Can’t get enough of his thoughts, he just leaves his house and visits Lucas in the middle of the night.And to add more salt to his bitterness, he finds Lucas seeming to have a peaceful night. That man opens the door for him with sleepy eyes.“What? Can’t you just come later in the morning?”“Damn! Was it really you?” asks Elijah.“What is this?” asks Lucas with a confused face.Elijah pushes the door, and then checks on the situation inside just to make sure there’s no one else beside them. He then asks Lucas to follow him to his car.“Haven't you heard the n
358 - Zip His Mouth
Jimmy immediately whispers to Victor that they don’t need to do anything to defend Emma’s testimonies. Because Emma already finishes her role in clarifying about his memory loss. “Don’t mind them. They are just trying to create a ruckus. It’s clear they have nothing to use against us.” Meanwhile, the judge also tells Elijah to stop bringing that issue, because he sees almost no correlation between that matter with the current case. “Maybe she does this to redeem her past mistake, or maybe not,” says the judge. “Whatever her intention is, all you need to do is to focus on the evidence she brings, and the credibility in her story. Is there anything else you want to ask the witness?” “No, Your Honor!” replies Elijah. Soon after this, the judge adjourned the trial for a while. He asks both Jimmy and Elijah to come to his office. The judge delivers his sermons, advising Jimmy and Elijah not to send the trial into obscurity in order to avoid unnecessary public attention. But sadly, th
357 - Questioning Her Intention
After all, he has made an agreement with Frank for this one, and he doesn’t want to screw Frank’s scenario in attacking Adam. Besides that, Jimmy himself already prepared his own arguments to protect Victor from all the accusations.When it is time for him to bring his witness, he asks Vincenzo first, as someone who was hired as Victor’s bodyguard and accompanied Victor to Canada.“I believe it was the same day they found Atkinson’s body. My boss was invited to attend the funeral of his ex-wife. It was shocking news for him. So, without thinking much about that message, we headed to Canada the same day.”“And there was this cab driver, welcoming us by telling us he was sent by the Mayor of the Town of the Blue Mountains, the father of my boss’ ex-wife.”He tells everything about how this mischievous cab driver left them in the nowhere, and how some people came to kill Victor. But of course, Vincenzo didn’t tell the part when he killed them all by himself.“We got separated, so I told
356 - Weak Testimonies
The next two days, Emma receives a package from her sister in Canada. It’s the document about Victor’s medical condition including the CT scan report of his head. At the same time, Mandy also receives a package from Eusebio, containing Victor’s phone that is already busted after he fell to the river. But of course, Jimmy is confident he can still fix the phone, and secures the odd message that Victor received from Emma’s phone number. “How did you get this?” asks Jimmy. “Someone sent it to me from Canada,” replies Mandy. “Who? He must know that I might need this to defend Victor’s case. Who sent it to you?” Before this, Jimmy already learned about some people talking about Eusebio coming back to Indiana. In the end, he only learned that the one being talked about was actually Victor. “Mandy! Are you hiding something from me? Did Eusebio meet with Victor in Canada?” Mandy nods twice with an uninterested face. “He was the one who helped him. He already called me right when he foun
355 - I'm Out
Even Frank isn’t getting a peaceful night either. There are so many things that don't click with his beautiful mind. He has learned quite far about the background behind that serial murder case. He knows that Victor has something to do with this, and has already had a theory that this led to the death of Atkinson. “So, Adam got Victor and this Johann guy at the same time. Does that mean all your theories are true?” asks Morgan. Frank doesn’t answer him. He just sits there with a flat face, while busy rubbing his ring finger which no longer has any ring on it. His mind keeps working on the narration to conclude all the theory and deduction that he has made so far. “But this man, Cooper! He said he came to Lucas to warn him about this serial killer,” he says. “But Lucas said that it was Cooper who tried to kill him in the toilet,” argues David. “That’s the problem,” Frank refutes. “We have an eyewitness that this man, Cooper, had a fight with someone wearing Arabian outfits in the
354 - When Being Innocent Is Not Enough
He hits Victor again, while he is still pinned down on the ground. That hit only looks like a joking tap, as if he is agitating Victor to release his rage. And indeed, it’s effective to make Victor even more infuriated and mad. But then, just as Victor raises his left hand intending to continue his assault, someone just shoots him with a gun. Fortunately, it only hit his left shoulder from behind. But because of this shot, he is no longer in a mount position pinning Johann down. Weirdly, that shot only makes Johann infuriated. He gets up, and shows how annoyed he is with the one man who just shot Victor. “Yoou!!!” He grumbles with a low voice, before shouting out his anger. “You’ve screwed everything! That’s his moment, how dare you screw it!!!” Still within his madness, Johann recklessly rushes toward that man who is still holding his gun. And then… “Bang! Bang!!” Two shots in the chest put Johann down. That man approaches Victor who is now trying to get back up by holding his
353 - Release That Beast!
Weirdly, for whatever reason, Johann didn’t kill Lucas. Cooper finds Lucas still breathing albeit no longer conscious. He immediately takes out a phone, and informs Victor and Vincenzo about that situation. However, as he just intends to leave that restroom, one security guard and two cops appear. Yes, there are already several cops around this building, because Lucas had shared to the police about the possibility of Victor would attack him. There are also Officer Frank and a few of his team among them in the outside. As those two cops notice Lucas’s condition in the restroom, they immediately put Cooper down on the floor. They then cuff Cooper’s hand behind his back. Of course, Cooper tries to break free, looking so impatient to not let his target away. “You stupid! You got the wrong person. He is out there, a man with an Arabian outfit!” “Silence! Whatever you want to say, you can explain it later in the office. You have the right to call an attorney. If you are unable to do so,
