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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
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What is going on?Duke has called Mister Jimmy and told him the situation on the ground and he was the one who promised to speak with Melody and convince her to keep her child. Why is he now turning against Duke like that? After he had promised to help him?Is this because if the promise is to kill him he doesn't leave the brotherhood?To be real, Duke should have never trusted the man so fully, he is still a serpent. " Melody.." Duke decides to go on and tries to convince her. " Melody, please, let's not do that."" You are not the one carrying the pregnancy." She laughs as she stabs more food. " You went for a mission and came back without feeling anything. I can't go up the stairs without feeling the weight of the child in me."" I am going to help you to the best of my ability. " He promises. " Just let me try to make it up to you."" Duke, you and I know that you don't deserve second chances." She looks up at him, her eyes red. " We both know you are going to lie and hurt every
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Duke walks ahead of Eden, his hands in his pockets. He said that there won't be a need for Bloom to drive them to where they are heading and that makes it even more mysterious. They are walking by the lake and she stops to look at it, it's like an image buried deep in her head for a long time, and she is getting Deja Vu. " Duke, where are you taking me to?" She calls. " You'll see, have some patience." He urges her. She lifts up the Hem of her dress so that small twigs and dry leaves won't get caught in them. " Have I been here before?" She asks. "I don't know, you tell me." He still doesn't look at him. She increases her pace so that she can catch up with him. They keep walking till they get to the ruins of their childhood house. Eden stops behind Duke and her jaw drops to tej ground, she doesn't need to be told, she knows this place. " Let me guess, this is where we lived?" She utters. " You are right, this was the last place we were together before we got separated."
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The flight is quiet and everyone is in their seat, minding their business. Melody and Duke are sitting close to each other, but haven't said a word to each other. Bloom is far away from them, just pressing away at his face. Every now and then he steals a glance at them, but he always looks away, almost immediately. Duke stretches his legs and then crosses them, Melody is holding a fashion magazine that she hasn't opened for hours. " Would you like a snack?" He asks her. " I'm fine, I just need some water, please. " She says. " Bloom– don't bother, I will get it." He stands to his feet and walks out of the cabinet. It's just two of them and it's like Duke is the bad vibe because the atmosphere becomes less dense the very instant that he leaves. Melody turns around and it happens that Bloom is looking at her and they just smile away. " Welcome back. " He comments. " Um, thanks. " She doesn't know what else to say. " I don't mean to be a killJoy, but I am not going to stay fo