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Jace groans, but he doesn't move his head off the table. The pain is excruciating and he thinks that if he tries to move, it's going to be more than this. "Hello, hello. " A cheerful voice says with laughter. He lets out a painful winch as his head is lifted off the table, the stranger is holding him by his hair. The table is cracked where his face made contact with it and it's covered in drops of blood. Jace sniffs and feels his forehead, he can feel the warm thickness of blood against his finger. " Who are you?" He shivers. " What's this about?'Hardly has he gotten the words out of his mouth when a force pushes his face against the table again. The table shatters and the glass falls to the ground loudly. He is in so much pain that he can't even open his eyes. His head is aching like a hammer has been used on it. " You have got a lot of nerve to even think of asking questions. " The stranger clicks his tongue. "I'm sorry. " He mutters. He doesn't want to get hurt anymore ag
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Melody chokes on her drink and Duke quickly grabs her glass of water. She is still coughing as she tries to get the water down her throat as Duke rubs her hands. Everyone is watching them, with more contempt than admiration, but at least they don't say what they feel. After she has drunk the way, she looks at her grandfather, her eyes squinting. " What did you say, Papa? You want to give him a job?" She asks. " I was talking to him, not you, Melody. " He raises his nose in disapproval. All eyes fall on Duke again. " What do you say, Duke?" He nods at him. " Do you want the job or not?"" The reason why he traveled was to get a job. " She speaks on his behalf. " We don't need your help, we don't. "" You traveled to find a job and how did that go for you?" Her father asks. " Not as I expected. " Duke rubs the back of his neck. " Exactly what I thought. " Her mother raises her shoulders like this was something she was forthcoming about. " So tell me, Duke, you can't be complet
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Duke is sitting down on top of Mister Jimmy's roof with his legs dangling off the ground as he drinks from a can of energy drink, he is trying to take a break. Melody's mother, who has nothing else to do, than wander around the house. When she is coming back from her little stroll, she meets Duke dangling his legs from the rooftop. She is startled and she hurries over to where she can get a clearer picture of him. "Kid, what do you think you are doing?!" She yells in the most unfriendly voice. "Hi, Mrs. Futterman, I am just taking a break. " He smiles and waves at her, she doesn't smile back. " Are you trying to kill yourself?! Get away from there!!" She orders. He laughs, but he doesn't move an inch. It's amusing to him that she hates him so much yet she cares so much to bother about his safety. "Do you hear me, Duke?!" She shields her eyes and squints. "I do, I will be going back to work soon, you don't have to worry about me." He assures her. She murmurs something under he
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Duke can't believe what he has heard, he is so shocked that he can't even move. The door knob is still in his hand, half open, but he knows that they can't hear him. He can't believe that Melody's grandfather was the instigator of that horrible thing that happened to his granddaughter. So that's just how much they hate him and want to get rid of him? To the extent that he didn't mind that Melody could get hurt? He is such a cancer that if losing him would mean losing a limb, they are ready to make that sacrifice. He can't believe that he thought this was Jace's idea from the very beginning and to think that he made him suffer for it too?".... Look, we are going to think of something else. I know this didn't work, but it could work another way. " Her grandfather says. " I am not that desperate anymore, since she is happy, I am happy too and I don't want to be the cause of her pain. " Jace refuses. " That's bold of you to think that she is happy with that pauper, he doesn't even
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After fixing Jace's window and getting paid generously, Duke drives his car and returns back to the house. He got the car today because Melody is at home. She had to do some bookkeeping because it's the end of the month and she decided that the house is quieter. He stopped by a small flower shop and he was able to find the best kind of flowers for Melody. She loves flowers and chocolates and anything that would affirm his love for her and he has not stopped doing that. After walking around the store for some minutes, he and the florist settle for some colorful tulips. He hasn't gotten something like this for her and it's the best he could find in the shop. The playful blending of the color seems like God was having fun when creating them and each time he looks at them, he knows they will be perfect for his wife. He pays the florist and gets back into the car as he drives home. He has a broad smile on his face as he goes. He gets to the house and steps out of the car with the fl
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Mister Jimmy laughs and sits back in his seat. " What are you looking shocked for? I asked you to work in my construction company, not kill someone. " He jokes. Duke wants to laugh it off, but he can't. This man is offering him a job?" You want me to walk in your company?" Duke questions. "Well, yes. You have done a great job with what I have given to you and I know you will do better here. " Mister Jimmy says. Duke runs his hand through his hair, he wasn't expecting this generosity from this man, he is not used to being generous. " I don't know what to say, sir. " He sighs. " Thank you very much. "" You know that I am doing this because of my granddaughter. " He reminds Duke. " I know that it isn't not easy for her to take all the responsibility herself. She won't complain, but it's hard on her. "" I know, sir. "" That's why I want you to have this job. It's hard, but you need the money after all so I am guessing that you don't mind hard work. " There is a small smile on Mist
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The whole workers stop working, but they didn't say a word to the guy who pushed Duke. Duke stands up and beats dust off his body. He notices the mark on his arm and he tsk, this is going to leave a mark. "What the hell man?" He asks the giant. Isn't scared of him, he has seen worse men. "Maybe you should watch it, son!" The giant gives him another shove, but this time around, his feet are planted well and he doesn't fall off. His jaw hardens in anger as he promises himself that he is not going to fight this man. He will leave him a rumbled heap of flesh and bones, he just doesn't want to sabotage himself. But the man keeps pushing his luck. Duke decides to just ignore the man and walk again, but he gives him another shove. " Andre, that's enough!" The only woman there warns him. " Shut up, Brenda!"Duke walks towards the exit, he better get out of here if not, with the way his fists are twitching, he is going to fight someone. "Where do you think you are going, little?!" The
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Duke is in the kitchen, putting his hoodie over his head, it's raining outside. Melody is late for work, she has repeated it to his hearing like five times but that doesn't stop her from making him breakfast and preparing him lunch for work. He has told her not to worry and that he will be able to take care of himself, but she has refused to listen. She is frying his eggs and putting his snacks into his bag, he feels like a little boy. " Seriously, babe. " He wants to protest again, but she holds up a finger to his lips. "Not another word from you, I have told you that you shouldn't try to stop me. " She frowns at him. Well, what can he say? She is the boss. She serves him his breakfast and then hers and both of them sit to eat. "I have been asking how your job has been going and all you have been saying to me is that it's okay. " She looks at him. He laughs. " That's because it's fine, sweetheart. " He says. " Trust me, it's fine. "" I'm just saying. " She shrugs. " If you
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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
