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"No. " Duke says in a voice that he hardly recognizes as his own. He is still being held down and he is still motionlessly watching her. She falls to her knees with her hands around her throat, but she is not yet dead. The Grand Lord, being the cold-hearted devil that he is, did not slice through her throat all through. She is still alive as life slips out of her, a bit at a time. " What, you think I would kill her with a cut?" He gives off a sinister laugh. " That would be too easy and we aren't men of ease. "Duke is looking at her, begging her with his eyes to hold on to dear life. It looks like he is experiencing his family's death all over again and he hates it because he has kept that memory in a part of him that he has frozen. " I told you, you are not going to win. " The Grand Lord reminds him. " And now I am going to kill everyone that you know and even have the smallest of love for."He watches Eve struggle and all he can imagine is how the exact same thing will be d
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Duke steps out and for the first time in excruciating hours, he feels the air around him. He inhales very deeply, taking in as much as the scent of freedom and fulfillment. " Duke!"He has hardly turned around when he sees Melody coming towards him, her grandfather is by her side. She suddenly stops and her eyes lower and is still holding the head of the Grand Lord and its dripping blood. She looks like she wants to throw up and pass out at the same time, he feels a jab in his heart. " Don't go anywhere close to him. " Mister Jimmy warns. " We don't know who this man is. " " My Dad. " She heaves. " Where is my father?"Duke's mind goes back to Mister Joseph's body and Joe suddenly he had just died, how he was alive one second and not the next. He looks at the ground. " Just don't go in there. " He says. " Everything will be fine. ""What do you mean?" Her voice quivers. " Where is my father?"Duke can't bear telling her that her father is dead, he doesn't want to hear her she
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" Good morning, Dunville, we come with terrible news this morning. " Duke takes a sharp breath as he drinks from his coffee cup. "... A Mafia and a cult clashed yesterday and this resulted in the death of scores of people. The leaders have been identified as Mister Joseph Futterman and Senator Fernando Munoz. " "Mister Munoz is Mexican and has roots deep in crime, he has been identified as the leader of a cult/mafia group called The great five..."Duke stands up and walks to the balcony, he doesn't want to listen to the news anymore. Duke didn't return to his house after all that happened. He instructed Bloom to clear the place and return back to his real residence. He has been in a five-star hotel in Dunville and he is going to remain here till Eve and Mister Joseph are buried. He likes the beautiful serene sight on the balcony from his room, it's unlike what his life has been like in the past few months. He is back to being the rich and influential man that he is, but he has
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Duke doesn't touch his face or react in any way. Mister Jimmy is looking at him with eyes dead of emotions. " He touched the general, seize him!"They are charging at him when Duke raises his hand and stops them from doing anything. Mister Jimmy is not fazed at all and he is looking at Duke with all of the pain of the world. " How dare you come here? After all that you have done?!" He spits. "I'm sorry, Lord Jimmy. " Duke bends his head. He is wrong, he is going to admit that. " Lord?" Mister Jimmy frowns. " Don't call me Lord, not after you personally brought down the brotherhood. "Duke looks down, the way one would when being scolded by an adult. " It wasn't my intention, sir. " He says. " I was a man desperate for vengeance. " " And at whose cost?" He yells. " My daughter is beyond shattered after losing her father. "Duke shuts his eyes as if he is flinching, the thought that Melody is passing through some form of pain is too much for him. " Journalists have been trooping
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Mister Jimmy gives him a confused look, but Duke keeps his eyes on Duke. " It's the least I can do for your family and he is still my father-in-law, at least for now. "Mister Jimmy looks flabbergasted like he is really convinced that Duke is joking right now. " You don't have to. " He says to him. " We are capable of doing this ourselves. "" Please, let me. " Duke begs. " I mean, I just want to help."Mister Jimmy wants to say no, but he is being so curious about something. They have just found out that Duke is not who he portrayed himself to be, but they are yet to find out just how rich he is. " How much are you willing to support us with?" Mister Jimmy asks. " How much is needed?"" Joseph is my only child and I want to go all out for him. It's going to cause me a few million..."" Will ten million be enough?"Mister Jimmy's eyes almost roll out of their sockets as he widens them in surprise. Is Duke offering to pay ten million dollars? For a burial? Is he trying to pull a
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"What?"Duke almost chokes on the water that he has been drinking. How is it that Melody has gone from wanting to kill him and now she is being totally calm? " I said I am sorry for how I spoke to you and I want you to attend my father's funeral. " She repeats. He sets the water down and looks at the screen of the phone, just to make sure that his ears are not deceiving him. " Is everything alright, Melody?" He asks. " Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Why?"" You just went from threatening my life to inviting me to attend your father's funeral."" Yeah, I got time to think. " She quickly says. " We are still married after all." Duke squints, the farther this conversation goes, the weirder he finds it. " Okay, Melody. " He sighs, not wanting to push her further. " And I'm sorry for what happened to your father." " Yeah, yeah. " She answers. " See you, then."The phone beeps, and she has ended the call. For someone who has forgiven him, she didn't even say goodbye. He throws the phone to
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The whole place is quiet, it's a very embarrassing situation, especially for Duke. He thought nothing of it when Mister Jimmy called him and asked him to prepare a speech for today. He didn't hesitate to say yes because he feels like he owes the family, after everything that he caused them. To hear that Mister Jimmy actually took the opportunity from someone else just reminds Duke of how much of a terrible person the old Mister Futterman is. "I'm sorry, I didn't know that I was supposed to prepare a speech." Duke apologizes. " You can still take it, I mean it's on all our behalf."" Of course, he should!" Bella yells. " He worked tirelessly on the speech and you are going to take it away from him like that?!"" Oh, Bella, it's okay. " Barlow laughs, it's embarrassing. " I'm sure that the General would do a better job.""Oh no, please Barlow, do me the honors. " Duke bows modestly. " Yes, we might not have soldiers following us all around, but at least we aren't killers." Bella sp
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The raw pain in her eyes, it's killing Duke over and over again. He wants to reach out and pull her into a hug, but he knows that she is going to fight him off. Seeing her heart broken is bad, but he didn't want to lie to her, no. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. " He sighs. " I didn't mean to hurt you."" I thought that I found someone who would love me for who I was. " She cries. " Not after my grandfather connections or anything and I thought it was you."" I love you, I swear, I do." He wishes he could prove it. " No, you don't. " She shakes her head. " You used me." " That's not the entirety of it. " He begs her, but she is already leaving. He holds her wrist and won't let go of it, he wants her to hear what he has to say first. She is wiping her tears and wants to walk away, but Duke has to tell her the truth. " Can you please, listen to me?" He begs. " I know that you hate me, but listen."" What?" She wails in frustration, it was not his intention to hurt her this much. " I