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“Liam.’’Liam turns to look at his cousin, Cassandra. She is wearing a red tracksuit and has her hair in pigtails.‘’Cassandra?’’ Liam questions.She wrings her fingers.‘’Listen, I’m sorry about the other day, I was going through too many emotions. I was sad that mom died, then upset when you broke that news to me.’’Liam nods.‘’So, hmm—she left seday.veral letters and a thumb drive for me. Also, a copy of my adoption papers, and my original birth papers.’’Cassandra takes a shaky breath.‘’The funny thing is, I remember meeting those people before. They used to come to my parties, but I think my thirteenth birthday was the last time I saw them.’’‘’I’m sorry, Cassandra.’’‘’No, it’s fine. I’m glad I know the truth now.’’She turns to walk away, but Liam stops her.‘’Annie’s stop is still vacant; I just can’t seem to find anyone good enough to take her spot.’’‘’Ar—are you sure?’’‘’I am. We are family, after all. And I think you will be great.’’Cassandra smiles. She throws herself
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‘’That was an absolute fucking disaster,’’ Miranda says after they leave the restaurant.‘’If Annie was here, she would have done this with a breeze,’’ Liam says.‘’Do you have anyone in mind? I just think all these people are a fraud and making up things just so they can say they planned Liam’s wedding.’’‘’Liam and Miranda’s wedding,’’ Liam corrected.‘’I have one person in mind,’’ Liam says after a while.He opens the door and waits until Miranda enters before saying who he has in mind.‘’Cassandra.’’Miranda shakes her head. ‘’Sorry, I know she is your cousin and all, but she is too… ‘happy’.’’‘’You might be right.’’‘’We can just do this ourselves. How hard can it be?’’ Miranda asks.‘’With work and other things going on, I would say it would be more than a challenge.’’‘’I feel defeated,’’ Miranda throws her hands up.Liam takes her hand. ‘’Don’t worry about it. I’m sure we will find someone to take care of this soon.’’When they get home, Miranda set about to get some work don
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‘’Wow,’’ Miranda says after Liam recalls what had happened earlier. ‘’I was watching the news and couldn’t believe it.’’Liam sighs. ‘’I’m just glad we got her back.’’‘’Can you imagine if you decided to stay or had gone there a few minutes later?’’‘’I really don’t want to think about that. I told Cassandra that she needs to be more careful.’’Miranda nods. She gets up to sit in Liam’s lap, but he pushes her away. ‘’Sorry, but I need time to think about this.’’‘’Ok, well, I’m going to finalize a few things.’’****While Liam is out trying to get some gas, two black SUVs pull up beside him. Not really giving it much thought, he continues to fill his tank up.Soon there is a voice. Four men get out of each of the car, and they all immediately rush towards Liam, surrounding him.He looks around at them all, marking their faces since they aren’t hiding their identities from him.‘’You, who are you?’’ A fat man step forward, clearly he is the leader for the rest.‘’What’s it to you?’’ Li
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Miranda stares at the attractive woman who is sitting across from them, she is so well put together and would put any other woman to shame. She isn’t jealous of her beauty, but by the fact that she has all her attention on Laim.She is starting to regret hiring her as their wedding planner. Ever since she met Liam two days ago, it is as if no-one else existed to her.Miranda is suddenly swaying with anger, and she places a protective hand on Liam’s.‘’I don’t think lemon cake would be the thing, I think white chocolate would be just right.’’ The woman’s voice drops.Miranda bites her lip, wanting to say something but really the woman isn’t trying to make a move so what can she say?Then it happened, the woman reaches over and place her hand on top of Liam’s free hand and gives him a wink, but he shakes her off and sits back then places his arm around Miranda.Miranda leans into him with a triumphant smile.The woman looks between the two of them with a bit of jealousy in her eyes.‘’W
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The next day, as soon as Liam gets to work, he receives a call from an inmate. It is a collect call, which he considered refusing but he is too intrigued to know who would be calling him from a place like that.The man on the other end says. ‘’Liam Tate, I see that you are still on your high horse running Wellington. Anyway, I am not calling for that, I want ten million dollars and I expect it as soon as I get out tomorrow.’’Liam sighs before saying. ‘’Whoever this is, you have some nerve calling me, and you should be careful what you say over those phones, calls are always monitored, and you might just lose your chances of getting out.’’The person says. ‘’Don’t worry about that. I won’t get into any problems for asking my good friend for some money. Besides, I think I deserve the compensation after all you did to me.’’‘’I’m not giving you any money,’’ Liam says calmly.‘’It isn’t that difficult, we can find a solution to that, Liam.’’Then, the man says again. “We suffered because
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Liam gets one of his drivers to take him to where the Home Depo used to be, just on the edge of town.Liam could see why the business failed so easily. There was nothing around for miles, just large empty lands, and the place looked like a horror scene waiting to happen. No one in their right mind would drive for almost two hours just to get house supplies.But he sees why this person asked him to meet out here. It is out of the way and the perfect place to do things and get away with it.When Liam’s driver pulls up, he sees that a car is already there and waiting.Liam gets out, he doesn’t have a bag filled with cash, or a cheque because he has no intention of handing over money to a criminal who thinks he should get ten million dollars just because.The two front doors open, and Liam is shocked to see Kyle stepping out. Kyle looks much different from the last time Liam saw him. He was skinny, and not the bulking guy he was. He also lost his luster. No longer was he handsome. Kyle l
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Cassandra meets with a man who says he has an amazing business deal for Wellington Group.After seeing her approaching the table, he gets up.‘’Hello there,’’ he smiles.Cassandra returns his smile and takes his outstretched hand.‘’It’s nice to meet you.’’The man doesn’t stop smiling or lets go of Cassandra’s hand, instead his grip gets tighter and she had to pull her hand away.‘’Sorry, I got nervous just now. I didn’t expect to see someone as beautiful as you coming up to me. I guess Wellington stepped up their game and got rid of that old hag. I guess Liam likes shitting on even the best person.’’Cassandra stares at him for a while, wondering if he had been living under a rock to not know that Annie is dead.‘’I wouldn’t say that.’’‘’Call it what you must.’’ He waves for her to sit.‘’So, what interesting offer do you have for me?’’‘’Umm, straight to the point I see.’’Cassandra nods. ‘’Yes, I have several other meetings after this, I am a very busy woman. Sorry, but I didn’t
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Kyle meets with a man he hopes could help him defeat Liam once and for all, he doesn’t care what it takes but all in his mind is to get rid of Liam. Gain Notting Hill’s respect again and rise to the top.He jumps to his feet after seeing the man. ‘’Andre, thank you for meeting me here on such short notice.’’Andre ignores his outstretched hand. ‘’This better be good boy, I have more important things to do.’’‘’If it was so important then why did you come?’’ Kyle challenges.Andre narrows his eyes at him.‘’Exactly, you had nothing better to do.’’Andre laughs. ‘’You little rat, I only came here to humor myself and to see if the rumors of you being free was real.’’‘’Well, I’m here, in the flesh. Are you going to help me or not?’’‘’To do what?’’‘’Get rid of Liam Tate.’’‘’And how will you do that?’’ Andre asks, scratching his chin.Kyle smiles as he tells Andre his plan. ‘’I have a female friend who will seek a job at Wellington, she is well trained in the field to become an assistan