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" Logan wants to introduce me to some of his business partners. " Melody tells Duke excitedly. "Really?" He is happy for her. She is combing through her hair. " I met one of them the other day and the man was so impressed with me and my company. " She beams. " Because women are never found in that line of work. ""Well, they shouldn't be surprised because I married a superwoman. " Duke winks at her. " There is really nothing you can't do. "" And I know you said that you don't want to join me, but if it gets big enough, I know you won't hesitate. " She says. He is on the bed, trying to catch some rest but he turns around when those words leave her mouth. " What do you mean?" He asks. She drops the brush that she has been passing through her hair repeatedly and turns around on the stool that she is sitting on. " You don't want to work with me?" She murmurs. " I told you that It's your business and if you succeed, I am happy for you, but I won't sit with you and the head of the
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She is going farther and farther away from him, so much farther if he was to call her again, she won't hear him. The best thing he can do is to go with her because he doesn't want to give her ideas right now. He hurries to catch up with her but when he gets there, she is already at the house – or what used to be a house. What he remembers as home, where he played with his sister, where he cooked with his mother, where he painted with his father, it's all gone. In place of what used to be a house are now rubbles of charred blocks on top of each other. It has been years now, but each look at this place brings back harsh memories and he flinches as they seep back into his brain. He is on a quest to get them revenge and he has taken some of the men who did it down, but he feels like he hasn't done enough for them. He hasn't done enough for his mum, his dad, and little Eden. Melody is emotional too as she stares at the rubbles. It brings back bad memories to her too. " Do you know
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Mister Jimmy's jaw drops to the ground in shock, he can't believe what he has just heard right now. Grand Lord is silently waiting for his answer at the other end of the phone. It takes a while for the answer to come. "Sir, I don't think that's possible. " Mister Jimmy dares to say and he listens to the Grand Lord's angry exhale. " Are you refusing a direct order of the Grand Lord?" He questions. "No, sir, no my Lord. " Mister Jimmy quickly bows. " Then I don't want to hear any more questions. " He grunts. " Do as I have said, eliminate the workers so that I don't have my business flying in the mouth of people. "Mister Jimmy wants to say no again, but he is scared of Grand Lord, he is scared because he knows that this is a short-tempered and dangerous man. But he had to gather courage and say what he had to say. "Sir, I can't carry out this order of yours because my grandson-in-law is one of the workers. " He breaks. " Futterman, that's not my problem. " He tells him. " Why i
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He is not the only one who is confused, the rest of the workers are. "Look, I'm sorry to say, but I don't think that he would fire me. " Duke has never been more confident about something concerning Mister Jimmy. He has no reason to fire him and he has nothing to gain from it. Jim, without a word, takes his hand into his pocket and removes his phone. He scrolls through and taps on some icons before handing them to Duke. Duke takes a sharp breath of air, it's true. It's a text message from Mister Jimmy himself and it's short and simple. "Duke is fired."Anyone who sees it gets the clear message, but Duke doesn't understand why he is being fired. Even though he has the privilege of being married to the boss' granddaughter, he has been punctual and hard-working. "Why am I being fired?" Duke questions. " Shouldn't there be a reasonable reason for this?"Jim takes back his phone and returns it to his pocket. "Duke, I am as shocked as you are and I am sorry, but Lord Jimmy
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The fear in Bloom's eyes as he looks at his boss. He knows that he is crazy and he is going to do what he said he would. "Stop looking at me like that. " Duke shuts his eyes. " You don't expect me to sit back and watch them die, they have families. "" Yes, boss, yes. " Bloom agrees. " But the truth is that we can't save everyone. We have a mission and I think that we should concentrate more on that. " " And we are going to let them die?" Duke blasts him. "Sir–"" I am not going to sit back and let what happened to my family happen to these people," Duke tells him. " I am going to stop them, and you can't stop me. "Of course, he can't, Bloom knows this. He is just trying because he knows that he is going to have to help him and he doesn't want anything bad to happen to his boss. Since his boss has made it known that he is going to do it, he doesn't have a choice but to help him now. " What do you need me to do, boss?" He accepts his fate. " You are going to go back and listen t
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It's a celebratory mood and a bit louder than usual and that's because they have just finished with their work. Jim would have told them to keep it down, but he lets him rejoice because it's worth it. They worked so hard and now that it's a job well done, they have every right to celebrate. "Okay, I am not shutting down the celebration, but I have to give this to you guys now. " He takes out the usual pay envelopes and hands them out to them. They are all happy, they all open their envelopes and look around at each other in surprise. " Man, this is like twice our salaries. " Carl comments. " What's going on?"" Turns out that Lord Jimmy is feeling more generous today. " Jim chuckles. " We were given bonuses.""Bonuses?" Andre's eyes widen in surprise. " He never gives us a cent more than we worked for. "" People change, my friend. People do. " Tells them. They all talk with more excitement as they shove the envelopes into their bags and their pockets as Jim makes his way to the
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They are left with these strange men who are pointing guns at them and this has to go to be the most confused that they have ever been. Brenda is looking at them coldly like she wants to tackle them to the ground and take their guns from them. " You can't just kill us!" Carl protests. " We didn't even do anything, we have spouses and kids waiting for us at home. "" Sorry, mate. " The leader shrugs. " This is life, sometimes shit just happens even though we don't ask for it. "" This is a stupid joke, I am getting out of here. " Andre hiss. He walks towards the front door, but the other man turns the butt of the gun at him and hits him right in the face with it. Andre takes a staggering step back and falls into Brenda's hand, he is bleeding from his nose, and his whole face is covered with blood. They had the slightest hope that this was a joke, but now they see that these men mean real business. The leader stands up and slings his gun over his shoulder and takes out a cigarette
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They are too stunned to speak or even move and Brenda stares at the fallen dead body in shock. The men turn around, aiming at the thin air, trying to find out what or who took out their leader. " What the fuck was that?!" One of them yells. " Fire!"Gunshot comes at random and Carl and the others try to remain still on the ground. It's kind of hard given that they are shaken so much. It seems like a dream, but the bad guys start dropping to the ground one after the other with a loud groan of pain. " What the hell is going on?! We are going to die! We are going to die!" Carl cries out. Brenda is breathing against the fall and her hot breath meets her face again, she is thinking of how alone her wife is going to be if she dies tonight. A hand touches her shoulder and she scrabbles away from it. "Hey, you are good. You are okay. " A familiar voice tells her. She finally opens her eyes and blinks many times to get acquainted with the unexpected face. It's Duke, he is dressed in