It's dead in the night. The house is quiet except for the crickets giving the night its sound. Lord Jethro lays on his bed very exhausted. Like every other day, he has worked very hard, and now he is trying to sleep but it's not possible. He has been going in and out of consciousness and it has exhausted him even more than his daily activities. He looks beside him, Barbara is asleep. She is naked, but with the sheets pulled over her chest. Yes, they have had sex twice and she slept off, but he hasn't been able to. He looks at her beautiful face and wants to pull her closer to him and go another round, but he has to accept that he is old and isn't that strong. As if she has been reading his mind, her eyes flicker. She smiles tiredly when she sees that he is awake and then she touches his face. "You aren't asleep, babe. " She sighs. " What's on your mind?"" I don't know, I can't seem to fall asleep. " He confesses to her. She stands up from the bed and saddles him. The sheets are
Duke sharply turns around. His eyes are wide and they are darting around as he thinks of what to do. That's a kid, there is a fucking child in this house. He saw the boy with the teddy bear in his hand, but the kid didn't see him. Duke remembers his promise to himself and his heart beats even faster against his chest. He promised himself that whoever so ever sees his face would die and that's why he turned away from the kid. " Papa?" The boy calls again. Duke quickly reaches for his mask and puts it back on his face. He tries his best to wipe off the blood from his face but what can he do when he is almost drenched in it?" Stay where you are, kid. " He says. He turns around and walks to the stairs, the boy is staring at the lady's body at the end of the stairs. He is a cute little boy. His dark hair got messy in his sleep and he pushes it away from his face, his eyes are still heavy with sleep. "What's wrong with Aunt Barbara?" He blinks. " She is taking a nap. " Duke looks
Duke isn't panicking, there is a small chance that the boy would recognize him and it's not that he is scared, but what if?Did he make a good choice by refusing to kill him or is this going to turn around and slap him in his face?He is still fighting those thoughts in his head when Max is being led outside. He is as calm as he was that night when he met him in the house and he is putting on a cardigan that seems to be too big for him. His mother would have done a better job if she was here. He stops in front of Melody who bents down with a kind smile on her face. "Oh, Max. " Her voice breaks like she is about to cry and she hugs him, rocking him gently. He hugs her back but his small hands can't go all the way around. When they pull apart she quickly wipes the tears from her eyes and returns her smile to its place. " You are going to be okay, you hear me?" He nods, maybe all of these have made him lose his voice, that's why he can't answer her. His eyes settle on Duke and he
Mister Jimmy and Mister Joseph are sitting outside the house with a bottle of beer in their hands. Mister Joseph is lost in thoughts and he heaves now and then with a shaking of his head. " I would be so wrong if I claim that I understand where you are going. " He confesses. " I know that you love Melody and she is your favorite among all my kids, but this is kind of very unusual. "Mister Jimmy has a pipe in his hand and once in a while, he puffs out smoke from it. " So you are mad that I didn't give it to your other daughters or you are just genuinely concerned?" Mister Jimmy quizzes him. " Dad, you know that I can never be mad at your decisions. I just want to know why you did it. " He quickly says, it would be stupid to make his father turn against him. Mister Jimmy takes his time to drink from his bottle of beer and also puffs out some more smoke from his pipe, perhaps he is thinking of an answer to give him. " I agree, it's unfair to her sisters that I have chosen to give
Melody is mad, she is so angry at her family right now that she can't even hold it down. How could they set her up like this? What did she even do to them to deserve this? She knows that her grandfather is a very subtle man, but she is his grandchild and so what does he gain by doing this to her?She is mad as she walks to her car with the file of all their debts. She hops into the car and grabs the steering wheel tightly that her knuckles turn white. She wants to let out the craziest scream from the debt of her belly, but she doesn't want these people to think that their new boss is a nutcase. She calms herself down and puts on her seatbelt. She drives herself to her grandfather's house. It's a long trip, but she doesn't even slow down. She wants to see him in front of her and she wants to ask him why he did what he did to her. When she gets to the house, she meets Bella at the front door. She is taking pictures of a luxurious perfume close to her face and Melody is convinced t
Duke is lying on the bed and Melody is lying on his chest. They have reconciled, and she has realized that he was right after all. He can't believe that her own family would treat her like that. Aren't they supposed to get her out of trouble and not the other way around?Look at her as she innocently lay on him and he wants to murder all of them at a go, starting with her grandfather. He wonders what they are really up to with what they have done to her and he can't think of anything. Well, his main priority right now is to get this debt off his wife's neck no matter how he is going to do it. He could call Bloom right now and order some money to pay for her debt, but who is he going to say that the money is from? He doesn't want to reveal his identity to them just yet. He thinks of the fastest way to get such a huge amount of money without taking it out of his own pocket as his head seems to be blank. He sighs with frustration and runs his hand through his hair. Melody stirs, but
The purpose of a black rose is known to everyone who is in dangerous business. It means that an enemy has an eye on you and wants to harm you and because of that, Logan Russell is disturbed. The file came from his Bank's headquarters and that means that nothing should have gotten in there without being noticed, but that's not the case. From the moment it left the desk of his manager, and till it got to the hands of his assistant, there seems to be no explanation of how it came to be here in the first place. Logan is frustrated and mad, he wants to know who has had the heart to threaten him like this, but now one has been found. He has remained in his house and deployed all the most well-trained pawns of his Mafia to guide him. He looks from his window at the men and women dressed in black and how they are heavily armed and he nods to himself in satisfaction. He doesn't want the bastard who had the heart to do that to him to sneak up on him and until he finds out who it is, he is
Logan feels his legs quivering under some kind of weight and he has the urge to piss himself on the spot. He enlarges the screen that has the faceless man on his screen and the sound is activated. " Is it on?" The faceless man turns to one of the guards, who is pointing a gun directly in his face. Even with so many guns pointed at him, he is bothered at all. He keeps his cool and is even waving. " Hey, this is Logan Russell. " He hopes his voice sounds normal and not shaky like how he feels on the inside. " Who are you and what do you want here?"" Logan Russell?" He says. " That's exactly who I came here to see?"" But you have to bear in mind that you are surrounded by the best-trained guards you have ever seen and they are going to bring you down. " Logan warns him. " I'm sorry my friend, but your end has come. "The faceless man laughs, there is nothing sinister about his laughter, but it still gives Logan chills. " I am far from being done, Logan. " He speaks like he knows h