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Melody wakes up with the bright light of day shining into her eyes. She shields it away as she stands up to her feet. Her brain feels clogged and it takes a few seconds for her to register that she is in Duke's house and his bedroom. She sighs, glad that she is not shuttering, as she remembers the event of last night. She has the biggest scare of her life, she can still taste the fear on her tongue. She is wearing Duke's shirt, she stands to her feet and goes to the bathroom. She relieves her full bladder and then washes her face. She returns to the room, she is still the only one in the room. She slowly walks to the door and opens it by a crack, she looks around, but no one. She walks down the stairs, the television is showing the news. She peeps and sees Gwen in the kitchen, she is humming a song. Melody rubs her hands over her arms as she walks into the kitchen, Gwen's face bursts into a smile when she sees her. " Oh, ma, good morning. " She bows. " Good morning." Melody
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They hug each other for a long time, just lost in each other. Duke shuts his eyes loosely, but he can feel the tears pushing against his eyelids. He can't help it, he is about to lose her and he is going to regret this for the rest of his life. " Your flight is in two hours. " He tells her. " I would have wanted you to stay longer, but Sunville is not safe for you. "" I understand. " She pulls away. " I am going to take a bath and put my things together. "" Okay. " He reluctantly lets go of her. She turns and leaves the kitchen. Duke sinks back into the chair that he has been sitting on, but he feels like he went sank into the ground. He scrubs at his jaw, feeling a weird kind of anger rising inside of him and he wants to wreck down the place. The backdoor creeks open and Gwen returns to the kitchen. In her hand is the rosemary plant. " Some were growing beside the roses. " She looks at her hand. " Didn't realize that. " He tries to put up a different kind of face, but she c
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Ansel has a big smile on his face and he waves to all of the seated people in the room and forcefully shakes hands with a few. Duke is fuming where he is seated, he hates that Ansel is not kissing the wall as he is being put under arrest. Ansel goes on to sit and even puts his legs on the huge table, his men stand behind him with huge frowns on their faces. " This is Ansel Barrett who just donated fifty million dollars to the military museum." The president goes on. " Such a generous young man. "" And not just that. " Ansel interrupts. " I am ready to donate another fifty million to any ten high schools of your choice. I want high school to be a place of fun for youngsters, I have always hated high school. "" Wait, is this a fucking joke?" Duke looks around. " I thought it was funny, but this man is now with his dick on the table. "Ansel turns like he hasn't noticed Duke the whole time, and is just doing so. "My friend!" He beams. " I didn't think that we would meet so soon, no
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Duke feels his heart sink into his stomach, he doesn't trust his ears to have heard right. " What did you say?" Duke asks. " She is dead. " Bloom says. " Her mum's enemies caught up with her. They are possibly other mafia groups that she was greater than. "" Fuck. " Duke utters, this is more harder to take in than the nonsense that he has just witnessed a few minutes ago. He stands akimbo and just tries to wonder what the poor girl had to go through. She lost her mother and she wasn't even allowed to mourn her and now that has taken her too. " I'm sorry, boss. " Bloom sighs. " It's quite unfortunate. "" I had one thing to do for Eve, this one last thing. " Duke runs his hand through his hair. " Who are the heartless punks that killed her?"" I will need to check deeper for that boss. " Bloom answers. " Would you like me to do that?" Duke has a lot to deal with right now, but he is going to make out time to deal with these people. " Make the research and get back to me. " Duke
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Duke wakes up to his phone loudly ringing beside him. He has never wanted to throw the phone across the room just to ease the anger in him. He sits up and pushes his messy hair away from his face as he reaches for the phone. Whosoever that person is, they should have known better than to call in the wee hours of the morning. He blinks, fully awake when he notices that it's no other than the president himself that is calling him. He sits up and swipes the call, different thoughts go through his head as he does this. Has national security been bridged? It has been weeks since he went to work and he has had this sense of impending doom since Ansel showed up. "Hello, Mr. President. " He gulps air. " General Duke, good morning to you. " The president sounds cheerful for someone who is supposed to be bearing bad news. " Is everything okay, sir?" Duke looks out of the window. " It's so unusual for you to call this early. "" Rest your mind, General. " The president chuckles. " Everyt
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" What?" Duke squints. He is mad on the inside of him. Who is that who has his housekeeper at gunpoint? " You better tell him to hurry. " The girl's voice comes. " Else I am going to blow your brains out. " " Hey, who sent you kid?" Duke angrily asks. " Why don't you come find out?" She taunts. " And be fast, I don't have all the time in the world." " You have got the wrong house, you better leave before I get there. " Duke warns. " If you harm Gwen, I am going to kill you first. ""Not if I kill you first, nin′o."Okay, Duke has had enough. He is not listening to any more of her bullshit. He gets into his car and drives off, he is not going to call anyone, he is going to go down there and teach that child a lesson. Who dares walk into his house? It's like walking into a grizzly bear's resting place and expecting to come out with whole limps. He drives fast and gets to the house in bare minutes, he doesn't bother to park properly. He closes the door and rushes to the front
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Duke can't believe what he has just heard right now, he looks at him like he has gone crazy or something. " But you said that she died. Her school was attacked and she was the only one who was killed. "" Missing. " Bloom corrects. " She was assumed dead because she never returned after the attack, but here she is. "Duke turns to look at the girl, she is giving him a death glare like they have a century-old beef. She walks up to her, having lost all the patience he had earlier on. He grabs the arms of her chair and pulls her onto the seat, close to him. Her eyes widen and her back presses more into the chair. " What the hell are you doing?" She presses her back into the chair even more. "Listen, kid, I know that we have just met a few minutes ago, but I am going to tell you one thing about me. " He tells her. " I am not a patient man, especially not with crazy teens. You better answer my questions before I rip your head off. " She just sits there, blinking at him, not even the
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Duke laughs, it's so funny to him. All he knows, his sister is dead together with his parents. He knows this because he has visited their graves, and besides, he should be able to recognize his own sister. He looks at Bloom's face and the panicked look, or shock, tells him that this is not a joke of some sort. " What the hell are you talking about?" Duke frowns. " She's Eve's kid, not my sister. My sister is dead, have you forgotten?"" I know, I might be wrong, but I swear. " Bloom insists. " Her name is Eddie? Her real name is Eden?"Duke stops at this point, yes both of the names are those of his late sister too, but there are millions of Edens everywhere. " Why did you get this idea?" Duke asks. Bloom was going to say something, but Eden descended the stairs, looking all suspicious. " Hey. " She look from one person to the other?" I thought you wanted to take a bath?" Duke asks. " Well, I could. " She shrugs. " Why do you guys keep yelling my name?"" Uh?" Bloom scratches b