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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
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Duke feels a drop in his chest as he looks at her, she is not joking. " Really?" He laughs. "Yes. " She affirms. " I am going to come into your room late in the night and I am going to kill you. Are you fine with that?"" I mean, yeah. " He nods. " If that's really what you want. ""Okay. " She claps her hands in delight. " Now enjoy your last drink and go back to your hotel. I am not going to be long."" Yes, ma'am. " She stops and smiles, like in a blushing way. " I used to like it when you called me ma'am. " She giggles. " That was before you killed my father and lied to me. "He rests his chin against his hand, he wants to tell her that he didn't kill her father, but what difference is that going to make?" What are you waiting for?" She demands. " Give me your room number, except you're scared." "I'm not. " He objects. He takes out a pen from his pocket and starts to look for a piece of paper, she is waiting with her hands folded. He can't find any on him, so he turns to s
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Duke has never been happier to see Melody. Her right hand is in her left and she is looking at it as if she is in pain. " Are you okay?" He asks, really concerned. " No. " She moans. " Why does your door have to be so hard?"He takes her hand and she steps into the room. He blows gently against her hand as if she is a toddler. " Does it feel better?" He rubs against it very gently. " I don't know, that's the hand I was supposed to use to kill you. " She complains. He laughs as he gives it a tiny massage. She is still pretty drunk. " How did you get here?"" I took a cab. " She answers. " You told me not to drive and also, I lost the paper. I got saved by this."She holds up her hand, where he had written his room number, it's still on her. He rubs her hand over her wrist as he smiles, she keeps it well. It's like he is falling in love with her again and he can't even help it.She is so cute and he can't ignore it. He resumes blowing against her hand and she stays still like
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Duke can't concentrate. He is texting Melody again even though she hasn't replied to the one he sent her before nor has she picked up his calls. " Hey, it's me again. Can you please pick up your phone? I know that I need to explain things to you. "He hits send and lets out air from his mouth. He waits, but she doesn't reply immediately. He sighs and drops his hand into his head. " She still hasn't called back?" Bloom, who is next to him, asks. "No. " Duke pockets his phone. " Maybe she is busy. "He knows that she is not. She has read every text, she has seen every phone call, and she still chose to ignore him because she wants to. " Yeah, maybe she is going to call back. " Duke tries to assure himself. " Yeah. " He sighs. " This is about Eve, I will try to contact Melody later." Duke runs his hand through his hair, he is trying to keep calm as he tries to concentrate. The church is getting filled up, he is in the last row with Bloom. He doesn't want to attract attention to