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" Ansel." She tries to cover it with laughter. Ansel comes to her ear and kisses the top of it. " Mister Barrett, you have no business with this." The man answered. " You are not the one that I came to see today.""Oh, is that so?" Ansel asks. " I know that I know you from somewhere."" The things you asked of me are things that I can't do. " The man is agitated. " Just stay out of this, for God's sake. "" You..you guys know each other?" Eden looks from Ansel to the other man. " We have had failed business transactions. " Ansel kisses her chin. " Nothing much. "" You are right, nothing much. " The man snaps. " Don't get all meddled in my affairs. "" Tell him, Eden. " Ansel says. " Tell him that the business is off. "Eden is confused, but she is going to handle this well. She pulls closer to Ansel and whispers in his ear. " Why are you saying this? This business promises to be very profitable for me. " She calmly says. He looks at her, a mild kind of anger in his eyes and he l
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Melody gets off the plane with her sun shades in place and she sighs with disgust at the bright sun that she is almost taking her sight. She goes down the steps to meet her grandfather's SUV, waiting for her just a few feet away. A lady in a suit hurriedly walks to her with a plastic smile on her face. " Hello, Mrs. Xavier. " She greets her. Melody is taken back in utter disgust, she doesn't need a soothsayer to tell her that this person is from her grandfather. " I'm Melody, not Mrs. Xavier. " She corrects her in annoyance. " Don't ever call me that. "The lady looks confused, glancing at the piece of paper in her hand, she quickly folds it and puts it in her pocket. "I'm sorry, ma'am. " The lady apologize. " I will make corrections from now on. Lord Jimmy asked me to bring you over the houses. "Melody bites her tongue, feeling the bitterness in it. She ignores the lady and walks to the door, she opens the door by herself and gets into it. The lady joins her shortly and sign
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Melody's mother almost backs away in fright, she hasn't seen someone so young smoking. "Hello." Eden shoots her a smile, she is still smoking. " Sorry who are you supposed to be and what can I do for you?" She looks at her from her head to her toes. " Oh, I'm Eden. " Eden flicks the cigarette from her hand into the flowers growing at the side of the house. " I'm here for Melody."" Sorry, who are you?" Melody's mother is even more confused. " Eden. " Eden repeats. " E-D-E-N, like the garden. I'm here for Melody. "" I'm sorry, I don't think I know who you are and what you're from my daughter. " Melody's mother shakes her head. " You don't even seem to be her age, why do you want her?"" Oh God..." Eden shuts her eyes. " I don't want to be here okay? Duke made me say yes to doing it."Now she is even more confused, she wants to say something, but the words get stuck in her mouth." You know what? Please give me a minute. "She shuts the door in Eden's face and she is very disgusted
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Melody cannot understand how she has concluded that she is in love with Duke when all she has just told her is how much she hates him. " What do you mean?" Melody asks. " Look, I might be young, but I am not stupid. " Eden folds her hands. " You talk about how much you hate him, but it just shows that you love him so much."" I don't, Duke is a terrible person. "" Do you know where he has gone to?" Eden questions. " He has gone to Padre island to save the people from some terrorists. The chances of him coming back are like fifty-fifty."" What are you saying?"" That he could die? His plane could crash, the bad guys might actually get him, and you are going to be a widow?" Eden opens her eyes. Melody has never thought of this, the way her face sobers up quickly. " You don't know Duke. A lot of people have been trying to kill him for a long time, he is not going to die. "" So you don't want him to die?" Eden teases. " I hate him, but it would actually suck for him to die. "" I
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Melody what's the television sound her eyes are on the screen, but her mind is with Eden. She is just a kid and she knows that she shouldn't be with that man alone. Even though the television is very loud and she can't hear anything, she can't help but worry. After a good fifteen minutes, Eden walks down the stairs. " Hey, girl." Eden sits down. She looks okay, she is putting on the same clothes and she doesn't seem hurt, but something isn't right. " Are you okay?" Melody asks. " Of course, what do you think?" But she won't look at her. " You don't seem to be okay. " Melody presses." You don't know anything. " Eden scoffs. " Just watch your TV. "Melody knows that she is pushing her away deliberately, but it's not right to press into people's business like that. Eden focuses her eyes on the television, while Melody focuses her eyes on her. When she does it hard enough, she finds out that there is a bruise on Eden's face. "Oh my God, did he hit you?" Melody covers her mouth
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" He hit her, Duke, she kept denying it, but I am sure. " She says. "I saw the sign on her face. "Duke doesn't even notice that he is squeezing the phone in his hand. Ansel laid his hand on Eden. Now he has a real reason to kill him. " Did he touch you?" He calmly asks her. " No, he didn't. I think Eden was trying to protect me and that's why he hit her. " She tells him. Duke shuts his eyes, what's his sister even doing with Ansel in the first place?" Don't worry, Melody." He sighs. " I will be coming to Dunville soon and I am going to handle it. "Duke drops the call and drops his head into his hands. For the first time, he feels like he is getting overwhelmed with all that is happening. ****Bloom is behind Duke, taking all his bags as they walk towards the waiting vehicle. Bloom had to fly down here to Dunville, to meet up with Duke and now they are both heading to the hotel. " How was the trip, sir?" Bloom asks, clinging to as many bags as he can. " Pretty uninteresting
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Duke can't believe it, but when he looks, she truly has a gun at him. " I'm sorry, but you have to leave him alone. " It's more like a plea, but the way she is holding the gun tells him that she might pull the trigger. He slaps the gun off her hands and grabs her by her arm. " Owch!" She winches. " You are hurting me."" Are you crazy?!" He shakes her. Maybe that's going to get some sense into her head. He tosses the other gun to the floor too. Ansel is sitting on the chair watching them. At this point, Duke is very convinced that Ansel has done something to his sister. " Go and put something decent on." He flings her arm away. She rubs her arm and looks at Ansel like she is asking for his permission, but this makes Duke even madder. " You know what, don't bother." He pulls her away. Ansel stands up and watches both of them leave, that annoying smile is still on his face. " I will call you. " He shouts after Eden. She turns to steal one last glance at him, but Duke pulls h
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Eden steps out of her room, sporting a black dress without straps and a high waist slit. Duke steps out of his room too, dressed in a simple suit. He looks at Eden for a little too long, buttoning up his shirt. " I'm not changing anything." She warns him. " Do you even know how long it took for me to do my makeup?"" I didn't ask you to. " He shrugs. " You look well." She smiles and walks to his side, he opens his hand and she slips hers into his palm. Bloom's door opens, and he is dressed less casually than they are, only in a white button-up shirt and black pants. He is buttoning his cuffs when his eyes settle on both of them. " You both look great. " He compliments them. " Bloom is coming?" Eden sounds surprised. " He is going to drive us," Duke tells her. Come on, we are going to be late. He is still holding her hand, Bloom leads the way, and they walk to the elevator. They get to the parking lot and Duke lets Eden get into the car and shut the door. He goes through the