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.
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,
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
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
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
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,
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
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