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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
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" Yes, General, you heard right. " General John nods. " They came here in the middle of the night and found her sleeping. They thought it was you and shot at her, she is in the ICU."Duke feels.his heart is shattered, if there is one person that he knew she has always had to protect it was Gwen and he had failed at that. " Why do you look so surprised?" General John taunts. " You asked for it."Duke doesn't have the strength nor the energy to argue with General John. "Where is she at?" He asks. " I warned you..."Duke grabs him by his uniform and pulls him closer to him, he feels like punching him and leaving a gash on his face. " Where is she?" He slowly asks again. " She is at Hearthstone hospital." He huffs. Duke lets go of him and pushes his hair back. " What nerve have you got, huh?" General John smoothens back his shirt. " To lay your filthy hands on me. I brought men to guard your house and also took your housekeeper to the hospital and this is how you repay me, you pri
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Of course, Duke didn't kill the boy, he killed himself, but this is a whole misunderstood situation and his father is mad. Duke wouldn't have felt a thing if the mad father in question is not Alejandro. Alejandro is the devil in flesh and doesn't have any warmth or human sympathy in him. Duke has fought a lot of people and he has killed a lot, but he has even involuntarily avoided Alejandro. If there is one man that Duke doesn't want to get involved with, it's Alejandro. The man is feared and avoided even by the government. They don't associate with him and they are lucky that they aren't his cup of tea. "Duke? Duke? Where'd you go? This is pretty serious, damn it." She curses. He hasn't left anywhere, he has just gotten lost in his thoughts and now she has brought him back to reality. " Eden, are you sure of this?" He asks. " Yes, I overheard his conversation. Duke, are you going to be okay?" She is worried. " I didn't kill the boy, he killed himself right in front of me,"
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Duke's hand falls off the knob as he turns back to mister Jimmy. " Do you mean Ansel?" Duke asks. " Isn't he your arch-enemy?" He chuckles as he stands up with the cup of tea in his hand. " You keep acting like you are the God– maybe the god of war– but you keep forgetting that you are not a saint and will need help too."Duke can't do nothing other than look at him as he speaks, he keeps reminding himself that he has to watch his anger around this man. " Ansel can help me?" Duke ignores his taunting tone and asks." Of course, he can. Alejandro is a friend of his father and if there would be anyone to grant you an audience with Alejandro, it will be him." Mister Jimmy says. " I will speak to Ansel."Mister Jimmy bursts out in laughter and Duke wonders what is so funny. " You think that Ansel is going to help you? After all that has happened between both of your families? And how you often told him that you would kill him?"" Leave that to me," Duke tells him. " I will speak to h
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" Why did you leave Melody all by herself?" Eden isn't happy. " With all that is happening with Alejandro, don't you think that was kind of dumb?"" She is better without me, she will be safe. Besides, Bloom is there too." He assures her. Eden laughs and covers her mouth. " I don't mean to be mean, but Bloom also needs protection. " She chuckles. " Have you seen him fight? Ansel's men beat the hell out of him."" That's because he didn't want to fight. " Duke is looking at his phone. " Bloom is actually lethal, but his innocent look folks, everyone." " I see."The doorbell rings and they exchange glances. Eden struggles to her feet and starts to half run to the door. " Remember what you promised me. " She whispers strongly. " No fighting. "He waves his hand as if to say that he hasn't forgotten and he would still do as she had wanted. She gets to the door and opens it. Ansel is standing in front of her, his coat wet with rain. " You said it's urgent. " He murmurs. " I came alo
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Tonya is finally going to go home. After a few months of hiding away in an orphanage, she is finally going back home to her family. Duke being too busy with the new government, won't be able to take her home. Eden is given this task and she is the best option given that Tonya is closest to her. So with a huge number of military escorts, they are on their way to Padre island. Eden is sitting beside Tonya in the private plane. Tonya is asleep beside her and she has her head on Eden's lap. Eden gently strokes her head as she keeps her eyes on the white clouds. She has recovered over the week, but she never attended Ansel's burial. The plane has a limited number of passengers, but it's full. She and Tonya are the only civilians here and Eden feels safe. None of the soldiers here are corrupt, all the corrupt ones have been sacked and it was like a cleansing for the whole army. The pilot soon announces that the plane is getting ready to land, and they have come to their destinat
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Mister Jimmy looks scared, but he manages to keep himself composed. Eden still has the gun pressed on his head. " That's a very complicated question, do you want to sit down?" He offers. "No." She grunts. " Get talking."He glances over to his son's wife who is totally horrified. "I'm going to call the police!" She screams as if Eden is supposed to scare off the police. " Yeah, you do that." Eden scoffs. " Your father-in-law is supposed to be in jail anyway." " Miss Eden, if you can just tell me what this is about." He begs. " We don't have to settle it this way." " You heard my question, start to answer!" She fires at him, she is losing her patience little by little. "Okay, okay, okay." He gulps down the air. He looks at his son's wife and gives her a nod. She reluctantly goes up the stairs and they are left alone. She lowers the gun and he breathes out in relief. " I'm not dropping this for too long if you don't start talking." He nods and adjusts his seat. " Miss Eden
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Now that he has sent the gun in her hand he knows that she isn't joking. His hands are raised in surrender as he backs away into his seat, the one he was sitting on. Eden has managed to cut the tape around her hands and now she is the one with the gun. " You know that the other guy is just outside, right?" He reminds her. " I could whistle right now and you are done for."" Go ahead, do it." She dares, poking the gun against his forehead. " If I don't blow your fucking brains out." He laughs, he behaves so much like Ansel that it kind of creeps her out. Eden has her eyes on him and her ears opened to listen whenever someone walks in. Felix's eyes are boring through her, he is like reading through what is going through her mind. " I get it now." He sounds defeated. " You are a lot smarter than we thought."Eden tilts her head, it's now her turn to smile at him. " It took you a while to get it right, didn't you?" She mocks. " I see what's going on here." He nods. " Your brother
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Eden is on the ground, her eyes are shut and she has no consciousness of what has happened to her. The one who has hit her looks up as Ansel stares at him. " I'm sorry, boss." He apologizes. " She was going to cause trouble for us."The other one appears from the front door, he looks at his partner. " It's a good thing you got her when you did, Nate." He nods at him. He who she just entered now is Felix. He has worked for Ansel for a long time and even with his father before. He is close to Ansel and unlike the rest, he has a way to get Ansel to listen to him. " Felix, you got him up to it?" Ansel turns to him, not very happy. " I told you I was going to handle it."" I'm sorry, but you could have taken care of her if you wanted a long time ago." Felix looks down at her. " The fact that she is still alive is enough to tell that you needed a push."He looks at Nate, who looks as if Ansel is going to kill him for what he has done. " Tie her up with duct tape." He instructs. " The
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**BREAKING NEWS**** The whole country is in a state of confusion as much evidence has been released against the president and some members of the government and top military. He has been forced to resign and the vice president has just been sworn in.**** Many arrests have been made to link some top businessmen that have been in dubious dealings with the president. **Eden is watching the news from her bed. She takes the remote and turns the volume even higher, she wants to hear all she can. Duke wasn't kidding when she told him that there will be a cleansing. It has been just a few days later and it has come to pass just as he had promised her. She sits in her bed, biting her nails as she tries to concentrate on the images on the screen and what they are saying. ** The new president, as an act of transparency, has released the names of those arrested.**Eden holds her breath as the names appear on the screen. The military officers first, there are a whole lot of them, including
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Eden can't believe that this is about to happen. It feels like she has just heard that the rapture is about to come. " When was this decided?" She asks Logan. " I don't know. " He answers truthfully. " Duke just told me what I have told you and that's all I know."Her heart is going crazy. Yes, she wants for the evil among Mafia to end, but she doesn't want Ansel to go down with them. " I have to tell Ansel." She says to herself. " I can't let him fall with the rest."She is already walking away when Logan catches her hand and stops her. "I'm sorry, I can't let you do that." He apologizes. " So you expect me to stand still and watch Ansel get destroyed?" She is agitated. " Let go of me!" She is pulling attention towards them and he has no choice but to pull her to a secret part of the building. She shrugs him off violently. "Listen to me, you have to listen to me." He implores her. " We both should be grateful that Duke saved us from getting caught in the net. Telling Ansel
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He was going to be here tonight, she knew and had prepared for that. He has been ignoring her all these weeks, but she hasn't done anything to get his attention. She didn't come here with the intent to get to speak to him, no she came for the meeting and she was going to leave afterward. Now he has entered the room with a lady she has never seen, and she is trying her best to keep cool with it. It would have been better if that was just it, but that lady was having her hands all over him and she started to find it hard to breathe. She didn't take herself to be a very hard kind of person, who gets jealous easily, but here it is. She struggles not to let her jealousy show as he walks to the table. He has a blank look on his face and acts as if Eden is not in her seat. The lady on the other hand seems to be so drilled that she can't stop smiling, it's like this is the best thing that has ever happened to her, this was the sole reason for her existence and coming into this world.
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After a long drive, Duke returns home. It's kind of a relief because he is living alone, without those soldiers around to scare him anymore and it comes in quite handy now that he has his own tiny family. He steps out of the car with the crunchies and walks to the house. " Hello, I'm home." He announces loudly. Melody appears from the kitchen with a spatula in her hand and an exhausted look on her face. " Oh God, your back." She wipes sweat from her eyebrow. " Didn't know you would be back so quickly."" I had luck on my side, I found it." He lifts it up for her to see and her face lights up in delight. They walk towards each other and he gives it to her as she places a kiss on the side of his cheek. That was a tease, she kisses him on his lips and he giggles, he is delighted. " I would go out and scavenge for other crunchies if you would kiss me again." She laughs, he is funny when he wants to be. "Oh, I won't do that to my husband." She shakes her head. " But here is anot
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Eden hasn't been confused like this in a long time. Ansel hasn't called her since he asked her to leave his house and also she has been too scared to try to call him too. That doesn't mean that hasn't been thinking about what happened in his house, the confrontation, and how she blurted out that she loves him. She might have imagined it, but it's possible that he got kind of scared about what she said because then he refused to speak to her again. Ansel might be madly crazy, but she didn't lie. It might have been just sex and fooling around for him, but she fell for him a long time ago. That's why has ignored every sign that proved to be a red flag in him. She is still hoping that he is going to give up his bad side. She doesn't want to think of him ending up like the bad guys in movies, she hates it. This had led her to some kind of depression and that's why she is still in her room when it's almost midday. She hasn't gone out of her room and she has canceled all meetings tha
