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The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 103 • Giving Chances
Xander and Lola shared a look with each other. He pressed the phone against his ears. “Yes, what did you find out?” He asked, his face twisting into a small frown. “We were able to trace the address of the person who sent the mail. I spoke with the editor and he provided me with some details. I can send the address to you right away.”“Please do, and thank you.”The call ended with a characteristic beep. Lola raised her head. “Have we found this blackmailer?”“Something like that.”Just then, Karen opened her room door with her phone clutched within her grip, she looked a little worried like she had just seen something bad. “He texted me, the monster behind this just sent me a text, he wants me to send him money.”Lola sighed. “You won’t send that bastard a penny, I assure you, Xander and I are already on it, we have the address of the man trying to do this to you and we’re going to see him.”“Now?” Xander asked in disbelief. “Yes, is there anything wrong with it now?”He shrugged.
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 104 • Just You and Me
Matthew went straight to his condo unit after work, since Amelia had not particularly mentioned anything about needing to be home for dinner, he concluded that it was not necessary. He parked his car outside and got down, with his blazer in hand as he marched into the building. By the entrance as he was about to enter, he bumped into a familiar figure, it was none other than his ex Ashley. At first he was shocked to see her, but then he remembered that he had seen Vito here earlier and that she was his next door neighbor, so it only made sense that he would also see Ashley around since she was Vito’s closests friend. “Don’t tell me that you live here with Vito?” he asked in a rude tone. She scoffed, adjusting her hair, “why? What’s it to you?” she asked. “It’s already bad enough having Vito here, having the both of you would be a nightmare, please. Some places aren’t for classless people.”Angered by his words, Ashley tried to smack him in the face, just like she used to whenever
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 105 • Trespassing
The whirring of the jet engines made up for the background noise as they got down from the plane at the airport. The air was chilly and cold, which was normal to expect since it was winter. Lola turned to look at her friend Karen, who was rubbing her elbows because of the cold. “Are you okay?” She asked softly, “Yeah.”Lola could tell that her friend was nervous. “It’s going to be okay, I assure you, we’ll make that creep regret messing with you.”Karen forced a small smile, grateful that her friend was standing by her. Xander walked up to Lola, “The private car I rented for the day should be here soon,” he informed them. He could see that Lola was visibly worried and then he moved closer to her, “what’s on your mind?” he asked in a soft tone. “Nothing, I was just wondering, what if he doesn’t cooperate with us? What if he refuses to-”Xander placed his hands against the small of her back. “Shh, everything is going to be alright, I assure you.” His words were reassuring and gave h
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 106 • Traveled For Personal Reasons
In the mansion, Martha was in the kitchen with the maids, she was cooking soup along with some of the maids and they seemed to be engaged in a conversation. “You’re a really good cook ma’am,” Lindsay complimented her. “Thank you, you know my mother was actually a cook, growing up, I would always wake up to the smell of her cooking.”Lindsay smiled widely, “awwn, that’s so sweet.”Martha began chopping some vegetables and Lindsay looked at her with so much adoration. “You know ma'am, I never really thought that a time like this would come, you really fought the depression,” Lindsay remarked absent mindedly, but Martha’s mood switched and the smile on her face vanished. “What the hell are you doing?” A familiar voice rang, startling the two women but for very different reasons. A shiver ran down Martha’s spine as she tightened her grip on the knife. Lindsay looked a little scared and she backed away from the kitchen island. “Don’t be angry at her, I was the one that insisted on prep
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 107 • Recycling Centet
Lola was by the edge of the room on her phone as the man was seated in front of his desktop ready to open it. She knew that now was not the best time to be reposnding to Matthew’s message, so she quickly typed a response, telling him that now was not a good time to talk before locking her phone and shoving it into her bag. Xander was hovering over the man like a hawk as he opened the computer and navigated to the email were it was kept. Apparently, Lance had shared it to this man via email those many years ago. Karen flt weak and Lola had to pull her in for a hug to support her. “Have you attempted to share these pictures with anyone else?” He asked in a stern voice. “Not at all.”Xander grabbed his collar tightly and pulled it closer. “So how did you get it printed out?” The man could see the pure malevonlence in Xander;s gaze and was already trembling. “I- I’m a photographer, I have a printing machie at home, I can how you.” He lets hime go but shoves him forward, and then he mov
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 108 • No Longer A Car Washer
Frustrated About the fact that Lola was ignoring his text message, he Decided to shove his phone aside. he made his way to the bathroom to freshen up, after which he decided it was time to go out and grab something to eat. He was about to go out when Anderson, his best friend texted him. “ have you seen what is trending?” he asked. Matthew was a bit confused when he received this message and so he replied with no.The next thing Anderson did was to send him a link, a companied by the caption. “ isn't she that girl we were in the Club with that day?” His heart dropped because he knew the only girl that Anderson could have been talking about was Lola.Without hesitating, he clicked the link and waited for it to load. A picture of Lola and his cousin Xander in what seems to be a quiet restaurant was what was on display. It seemed like they were on a date and they seemed to be having an intimate moment. He felt betrayed by her and he tossed his phone on the bed in anger, clearly she
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 109 • Ice Skating
When Lola received the text from Matthew, she couldn't deny the fact that she was heartbroken. She plopped down on her bed staring at her phone in disbelief. “What do I do?” she asked her friend Karen.“He has already made his choice and I don't think it's worth trying to convince him otherwise. He didn't wait to hear from your side of the story and he has already made his conclusion so I think you should just let him go.”Lola sighed, burying her face in her palms. “But this isn't how I wanted things to end even if they had to end, I was really hoping that we could at least be friends or something.”Karen moved beside her and sat down on the spot, causing the bed to crease. “We can’t always have things the way we want it to be, and if you ask me, I honestly think this is a sign that the both of you were probably not meant to be together, you just have to accept it and move on.”“Move on with who? Xander?” “Exactly, he has been here for you every step of the way. I honestly don't kn
The Inheritor Of The Houston Empire 110 • Answers to My Questions
The evening had wore on and matthew was undeniably drunk, even more than Anderson who had invited him out to the club. “Give me another shot,” his voice dragged as he mumbled incoherently. “That’s enough, let’s get you back home,” Anderson suggested, pulling Matthew forward so that he could stand onn his own two feet. Matthew tried to argue, but he was too drunk and too weak to out up a resistance, matter of fact, his steps were even sloppy to begin with. Anderson slung Matthew’s arm over his shoulders to provide him with support as he dragged him out of the club.“Where are your car keys?” he asked.“Breast pocket,” Matthew slurred. Anderson took the car key and they headed outside to the car and they headed outside to the car were he gently opened the door and put Matthew in. He droved them back to Matthew's apartment complex, Anderson helped him into the house and as soon as he opened the door, the sound of the dog barking met his ears. he didn't even realize that his friend ha
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132 • Vanessa Will Regret Everything
Matthew faced his mother as soon as Serena exited the room. “There was no need to be harsh to her,” he said. Amelia looked stunned and she faced him. “Her family is the reason why you're here in the hospital and you're defending her?”“We don't have any evidence that they were actually behind the explosion, at least not yet.” “The winchesters are our sworn enemies, they have no business being around. Come on Matthew open your eyes. Do you think that they sent their daughter over to our company for no reason? They sent her as a spy, they planted her so that they could get inside information.”He took a deep breath. “Well if that's true, then why would they have the company where their daughter works bombed?” “Was she in the office when the building exploded?” Amelia watched Matthew's expression shift slightly. “Exactly,” she continued. “This was a deliberate plan I can assure you and the moment the truth about the investigations comes out, Vanessa is going to regret everything.”The
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131 • Red Vipers
Matthew and Charles were alone in the hospital room because Xander had left to go and get some food for them. “How is Henry? is he in the house?” I ask, leaning forward.Charles cleared his throat and straightened his back. “So far they're still safe and I assume things are going to remain that way.”“Good, the moment I recover I need to go ahead and find out the truth. I have a feeling that everything that has been going wrong is linked to the truth about these red vipers.”The butler was a bit taken back “What do you mean young master?”“I just have a feeling that everything is related, the attempted kidnapping and all, it's not just random. I think there's someone behind all of this, maybe it's not just the Winchester's.”The room fell silent as Charles was deeply considering the possibility that the red vipers could have had a hand in what was going on. Suddenly the door clicked open and Xander returned holding packs of takeouts in his hand. But he wasn't alone, behind him was L
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130 • A Little History
The history behind the Winchesters and the Houstons was a rather complicated one. Back then, Edward Winchester and Henry Houston used to be really close friends. And so was Vanessa and Amelia before they got married to their husbands. Amelia came from the Briggs family while Vanessa came from the Carter family.Edward and Amelia were the first ones to fall in love with each other, they spent so much time together and had even gone to the same college. The four were a tight knitted friend group, almost inseparable. However Edward had to move abroad because of work, but he couldn't take Amelia with him.In order to fulfill their dreams of starting a family and pulling themselves out of an ordinary life, Edward took the opportunity to go abroad and work in the sea as a marine engineer while Amelia was to stay back and wait for him.Unfortunately during his absence, Henry and Amelia had begun to grow close. At the time Vanessa was in love with Henry so this turned her bitter.Vanessa ha
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129 • Millions on the Vessel
Amelia was in the back seat lost in thought as the car drove towards the conference center. She was thinking about the kind of speech she would deliver.Speculations were already flying left right and center, there were a lot of affected families and some people might even started to spoil the Houston name.When the car arrived at the venue, the driver got down to open the door for her. A small crowd had begun to gather and the moment they saw Amelia Houston getting down from her car they all rushed towards her, Mics and cameras pointed in her direction.The bombarded her with questions but she ignored and simply just walked in. Amelia was only going to give her press conference once and once alone. They welcomed her, parting the way as she mounted the stage. She scanned the room with her eyes, her gaze confident.“Today is a dark Day, not just for the company but even for my family. Because of this senseless act of violence lives have been lost. To the families of the victim, know t
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128 • To Make Vanessa Pay
By now it was all over the news and images of the burning and collapsed Houston office building were all over the internet and media outlets. Lola was facing back and forth in front of the TV. “Okay you need to stop moving around you're making me dizzy,” Karen complained.“This kind of thing doesn't just randomly happen, an explosion that brought down the whole building? They said they are still yet to confirm how many people have died. Karen I used to work there,” she whispered softly. “The police have started an investigation and I'm sure we will soon know what exactly happened.”Lola shook her head. “You don't need an investigator to tell you the truth in this situation. I mean we saw in those videos how each floor seems to be going off. I think whoever planted the bombs put it on several floors.”She whipped out her phone from her purse and failed Xander's number. “Hello, Xander, any news so far?” “Nothing yet. Matthew is still unconscious but the doctor says he's getting bette
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127 • Fighting for his Life
Lola's eyes widened and she covered her mouth with her palms in shock. “He was caught in the explosion? How is he? Is he okay?” “I don't know but I think I have to go to the hospital.”Xander quickly grabbed his car keys and was about to back away when Lola spoke. “I should come with you.”He grew worried, remembering the last time that they had gone to the hospital together. “I think you should just stay here for now, grandma probably still thinks that you are Matthew's girlfriend and I don't want things to become awkward.”She nodded, understanding where he was coming from. “Just keep me updated when you get to the hospital okay?” “Of course.” He planted a soft kiss on her forehead before leaving. He rushed into his car and got in driving straight to the hospital. As he moved down the road he turned on the radio. The presenter was already talking about the bombing of the Houston company building. Several speculations were flying about, there were some arguments that there was an
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126 • Caught In the Explosion.
Amelia covered her mouth with her palms as her eyes grew wide. An enormous amount of dust rose, enveloping the area.For a moment it was impossible to see anything, and people began to back away slowly. As the dust was beginning to settle, it became clear that the building had crumbled. Yet there was no sign of Matthew. She grew nauseous, her legs buckling and threatening to give away under her weight. Charles was quickly behind her and he supported her as she fell backwards, resting against his body. Tears quickly filled her eyes. “Matthew!” She screamed at the top of her voice. She had never let out a hoarse scream like this before and even Charles did not know how to react. If this woman were to suffer another loss of a loved one, he was not sure to what extent it would damage her. One of the reasons she had dedicated her whole life to finding Matthew was because there was no evidence that he was dead. She made sure that until her last breath, she would not stop looking for h
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125 • More Chaos
The scene outside of the Houston office building was simply just chaos. People were running about in the street screaming for help.From a distance the sound of sirens could be heard which meant that the firefighters were on their way. Most of the staff that had managed to escape from the building gathered outside, waiting for more to troop out. As soon as Elena was spotted coming out of the building, a group of men rushed forward to receive her. She leaned on them, her lungs already filled with smoke.She kept looking back expecting Matthew to come out of the building anytime soon. By now the flames had grown much stronger and could even be seen from outside as the smoke rose to the heavens.Amelia's SUV pulled up just by the corner and she didn't waste time before getting down from the car. Her eyes surfed the crowd until they landed on Elena.“My goodness! My company!” Amelia screamed loudly, drawing attention to her.Elena dragged her feet towards Amelia. “Matthew–” she pointed
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124 • Chaos on the Executive Floor
There was chaos all over the executive floor as people began to hurriedly get up from their seats. Elena rushed out of her office, leaning by the door frame for support as the floor was still vibrating. “What the hell just happened?!” Before Matthew could even have the time to think, another explosion set off, knocking everybody to the ground. “There is a bomb in the building!” A masculine voice screamed. At this point it was everyone for themselves. People try to scamper to their feet and rush down the stairs. The room seemed like it had tilted and they were already cracked on the wall. Some of the ceiling lights had popped out from their fittings and were dangling loosely. Matthew rushed over to assist Elena, just as they were trying to make their way towards the stairs another explosion rocked the building, throwing them to the floor. The explosions didn't stop, in fact it seemed like they kept coming in waves. A final huge blow sounded, making segments of the wall break. M
