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Adriana gets ready to go and see Ruby. She was there when they went to their house and she can't believe that Ruby now has a mega mansion. She is jealous, she won't admit it, but she can't stop thinking about how Andrew got the money for the house. But she is not as pressed as her Uncle. She believes that if Andrew has done something bad, it's going to catch up with him and she is going to have the last laugh. She gets ready to meet Ruby at the house today because she needs to transfer some work to Ruby. The anonymous partner made her give all her projects to Ruby, right? She has not forgotten that. So, she kisses her fiance goodbye as he goes to his own job, and she gets ready and goes into her car. She drives to the luxury neighborhood and she immediately sees the houses. She comes to the mega mansion and she sighs. She stops the car in the driveway and goes towards the front door. She sneakingly snaps a picture, she will need to show her fiance, Jasper, this later. She rings
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Adriana's eyes widened with bewilderment. Isn't Andrew supposed to be poor and useless? How does his brother have connections with the anonymous partner? “Is this one of your jokes, Andrew?” She asks with skepticism. “Of course not.” Andrew answers. “Saint really knows him.” “But how?!” “I don't know, Saint has this habit of being friends with the most random people,” Andrew shrugs. Adriana is more than interested in this. She has just come to the conclusion that she won't be able to work for Mister William Sanchez forever, he will soon throw her away in the trash the moment he finds out that she can't be of help to him. Secretly, she now wants the Sanchez empire for herself. Mister William Sanchez is not going to live more than a handful of years – even though he himself doesn't want to come to peace with this. If anything happens to Mister William Sanchez, the anonymous partner is the highest stakeholder and that means that the company will officially become him. It's only w
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Andrew has just woken up even before the sun has come up. Everyone is still sleeping and he goes to the kitchen to get himself some coffee to start his day. Afterwards, he goes up to the roof and watches as the morning sun slowly wakes up from the slumber. If he was still at the army base, he would be out in the dry lands, jogging and doing dangerous exercises to push his body to the limit. But he is now here with his family and he likes that for himself. His phone rings in his pocket and he wonders who is calling him so early in the morning. It's Saint. Seeing his brother's name on the screen of the phone makes him sigh a little. “Yes, Saint.” He looks up. “I would have wished you a good morning, but I guess that is not necessary, seeing that you have ruined my morning for me,” Saint fumes. “You told the Sanchez family that I know who the anonymous partner is? What were you planning to achieve with that, big brother?” Andrew can't help but laugh. He even forgot that he told Adri
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She thinks that it's a prank, maybe her eyes are lying to her. She takes out the card and checks again and the many zeros are staring back at her. Her throat.has gone dry instantly, she raises her eyes to look at Thomas. Thomas is lost, he thinks that the card didn't have enough money on it. “Oh God, it doesn't have any money on it, does it?” He sighs. “My son-in-law gave it to me, it's probably not good. I will call my daughter and see if she has any money to give me. Do you accept payments in installments?” The receptionist laughs nervously before pushing some strands of hair away from her face. “Sir, can you please have a seat? I think there is an error with our machine, I will have to check the authenticity of the card with my boss. I will get someone to bring you some refreshment.” Thomas is confused, but he goes to sit anyway. As soon as his butt touches the chair, she runs off to get her colleagues. “Quick! Quick! You guys really need to see this!” She gathers almost ten
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Joining the club has been the best thing that has happened to Thomas Sanchez in a long time. After all his friends deserted him after he was kicked out of his family, he has been living a very sad life. He has been struggling to fend for his family, but now that he can relax, he is glad that he has found the men's club. They are made of different types of elderly men. Some had worked very hard for years and bought expensive houses in the community, or some, like Thomas, are living with their children. They play chess, they drink expensive drinks, they laugh and tell jokes about their long lives. Thomas likes them so much, he comes to the club almost everyday. “Thomas, you didn't tell us. How many times were you married?” Someone asks with interest. “Uh, I have been married only once, my friends. I have been with the same woman for almost thirty years.” “Ah, bummer!” Someone laughs. “Nicolas here has been married six times. His newest wife is just twenty seven, younger than his
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Andrew has a calm look on his face, even when he sees his father-in-law looks like he has seen a ghost. “An–Andrew, what are you doing here?” “Just passing by and wanted to check up on you,” Andrew answers.The men of the club look at Andrew with awe. They have heard of him, the person who bought the mega mansion in the community and they have been impressed. Since Andrew and the rest of his family live a very low-key life, this is the first time that they are seeing Andrew and they cannot stop staring at him. He is wearing simple clothes and he doesn't have jewelry that is worth millions of dollars. It's hard to tell that he is a rich person. Andrew smiles at all of them, “gentlemen,” he tilts an imaginary hat and they all greet him back. Except Vance. Thomas hands are held in loose fists. He is inhaling sharply, he doesn't want to be here anymore. “Where were you heading to, dad?” Andrew scratches his sideburn. “Home.” Thomas doesn't look at his friends. “I'm just… a little
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Did Andrew just slap Mister Vance?! No one can believe this! “What?! Did you just hit me, you fraudster?!” Mister Vance yells in pure anger. Thomas is shaking like a leaf, he doesn't know why Andrew has decided to hit this man! They are going to get into trouble. Mister Vance is raging like an angry bull. Andrew is a nobody and he has the heart to raise his hand on him?! He is going to teach him a bitter lesson! He is going to be the end of Andrew Carter!“Andrew, oh, Andrew, why did you do that?” Thomas whispers to him in fear. “Now Mister Vance is going to destroy us! Quick, get on your knees and beg him!” But Andrew doesn't even look bothered at all. If anything, he looks like he wants to slap Mister Vance another time! The other members of the club are shocked, they can't even pick up their fallen jaws from the ground. Mister Vance has been rude to all of them before, but he is one of the richest people in the community and they are scared of his soldier son. So, deep in t
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Thomas feels like this is a dream. Vance returns to them like a dog with its tail between its legs. They obviously don't know what happened on the phone, but it's clear that whatever it was, it has left Vance with this humiliated look on his face. He approaches the table again, his shoulders dropped. “Uh, Andrew. I'm sorry for my outburst. It was inappropriate.” Everyone is shocked to their bones. Why the sudden change of mind? Why has Vance turned so meek and is willingly apologizing? “And, uh, Thomas. I'm sorry for calling you a fraudster. Clearly, you have better character than I do. Forgive me.” Vance doesn't want for the others to react to him, surprisingly taking back every insult that he gave to Thomas. He turns around and disappears. The men gather around Thomas with excitement in their eyes. Never in their lifetime did they think that they would see Vance apologize. “Are you a magician, Thomas?! How did Vance apologize to you so easily?” “I don't know, maybe he just
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There is a secret that Henry Jackson has been holding in his heart for the past four years now. He met a woman. She wasn't anyone special, she was just someone he used to satisfy his sexual needs. He was never in love with her, he found it very hard to love anyone after his wife, the mother of James died. After the one night stand he had with the mystery lady, he paid her a hefty sum, he didn't want her to contact him, but she found his assistant's number and begged to speak to him. Turned out that she was pregnant. He wasn't interested in her child, he asked her to have an abortion, but she told him she was having twins. He thought it was crazy, but he accepted the pregnancy and took care of her bills, without anyone knowing. She gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and God, he cried when he saw the kids. He was very happy, but couldn't bring himself to tell James, or anyone. He kept it a secret and was looking for the right time to tell James. Unfortunately the time never ca
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When James was sixteen, he disturbed his father for months because he wanted his first tattoo and his father said no. He didn't give up, he did better in school, he cleaned up, he did everything so that his father gave him the chance to get a tattoo. Henry Jackson wasn't a fan of tattoos, in fact he hated them. They were tacky and he preferred a smart appearance for his son. He was going to take over his father's businesses someday, Henry didn't want him looking like a canvas with graffiti on it. But when James wasn't backing down, he decided to get one, but under the condition that he was going to pick the location. He picked the side, across the ribs and he did that because it was typically one of the most painful parts of the body to be tattooed. He did that because he wanted to discourage his son from getting any future tattoos. James took the pain like a champ and when he became older, he got several more. It's that same tattoo that he is staring at and he knows, without a d
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Everyone is shocked as their eyes follow Andrew to the front. The Sanchez family seems to be having a heart attack. They think that Andrew is walking to the front to disrupt the wedding. Mister Thomas rushes to the front, charging at Andrew, but before he gets to them, two soldiers restrain and tackle him to the ground.“You dare you?!” The angry soldier asks. “Oh, sir, was trying to clear the fool from disrupting the wedding. The anonymous partner is going to be here soon and I don't want him to encounter this nuisance.” Thomas says, shaking with fear. The scowl on the soldier's face grows even more. “THAT'S the anonymous partner, you fool! How dare you lay your hands on him?!” Thomas' jaw slacks even more. It's like a complicated math equation, because he can't understand the words that just came out of the soldier's mouth. Andrew is the anonymous partner?! And the overlord? The greatest commander of the army?! Is this a prank?! Is this a joke? Well, if this is a joke, it's
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It's been five days and Henry has not heard from his son, James. It's normal for James to just give himself a sudden vacation and organize on orgy on one of those exotic islands, but the usual thing is that he never called his father. His father has tried to get people to track his son down to the last location and his phone, but it doesn't sum up to anything useful. It's like his son has disappeared into the thin air. He is on the phone again, looking out of the window of his office. “Are you trying to tell me that you can't help me find my son?” “Sir, it would have been easy to track him with his phone, but we have not been able to see any sign of him.” “So, what are you saying?” “I hate to say this, sir, but I think that maybe your son doesn't want to be found.” “That's absurd. James wants nothing more than to be my heir. He would never run away like this. Something is wrong.” Henry insists with a sad tone. “But sir–” “I won't be taking no for an answer. Do your research a
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On the day that Jasper is buried, the sky is gray and there is a heavy pour down. That doesn't stop the family, friends, and loved ones to come and pay their last respect to Jasper Banks. His coffin is white with golden rims. There are so many flowers and even their bright colors are not enough to lift the depression that is everyone's heart. There are over two hundred people there and that's because there are security guards around to keep the occasion strictly based on invitation. Everyone else is across the street, watching with sorrow. The minister is soaked to his bones. His Bible is drenched with praise, but that doesn't stop him from raising his voice high and declaring that Jasper is now in heaven. Everyone is quiet. Jasper's parents are standing right in front of the coffin and their calmness and dried eyes tells that they have not recovered from the shock of the death of their son. Occasionally, a voice breaks into loud sobs and stops, only to repeat. It's Adriana. She
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They are all standing in shock – Adriana, James, and Ella too. They all know about the overlord, he is the greatest force in the army. Even the president of the country respects and holds this anonymous man in the highest esteem. He is feared everywhere around the world. He is a great man and they are all in awe of him. But surely, this has got to be a big joke! Andrew Carter, the useless son-in-law, cannot be this big and important man! And being the anonymous partner?! The person who has turned the Sanchez empire upside down! How can he be the same person that is standing in front of them?!Adriana is the first to laugh with her shoulders and her eyes squint with humor. “This has got to be a joke, right? I'm supposed to believe that Andrew Carter is suddenly a very important person?” She scoffs. She soon learns the hard way because a soldier angrily uses the butt of his gun to hit her behind her knees and forces her to fall to the ground. She grunts with pain as she falls on
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Because Adriana has forced them to, they spend the next hours in the living room. In absolute silence. Jasper’s body is on the ground. Scarily stilled by death and Phil thinks he is just imagining it, but Jasper's hands have turned a dull gray. Maybe his spirit is moving around the house, staring into their faces and shaking his head. Uma has kept her eyes away from the body. She is traumatized by what she has seen and would probably have to go to therapy for it.Adriana has lit a cigar again. She has smoked up to four in just a few hours and she doesn't look like she is slowing down any moment soon. She just killed her fiance and she threatened to kill her cousin and niece. She needs all the nicotine in those blunts to calm her down. She is waiting for James again. She hopes that he comes very soon. She hears a car drive up front and she immediately jumps up to her feet. “Look alive, people. James is finally here.” She turns around and sees that Uma has tears stains on her fa
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Adriana is shocked. They were very discreet with their movement, how is it that Jasper has found her?!He breezes past and she is too shocked to stop him. As soon as he enters the house, she shuts the door before any more attention can be drawn to them. She looks far from pleased to see him. The city is a long way from here. How did he even find her? He is looking around, straining his neck this way and that. It's as if he is expecting the kids that he is accusing her of kidnapping to pop out of nowhere. “What the hell are you doing here?!” She asks him. “You have gone so low, Adriana. You are now kidnapping children?” She scoffs and folds her hands with the likeness of a scolded child. “You have no idea what you are talking about, Jasper.” “Oh, don't lie to me! I've known you for too long, I can hear you lying right in my face!” He scowl at her. “What the hell do you take me for?” “You know, I've been trying to tell myself that you haven't changed that much, but I will be ly
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Phil forgets that he is a very sick person and has picked up smoking over the days. He has never been a smoker before, he just picked it up because he was depressed and needed something to calm him down every now and then. He heard Ruby mentioning that she was busy with work and might find it hard to squeeze out time to pick Uma up from school. Thomas and Doreen have been very busy lately. Since the anonymous partner made his intention towards their child known, they have suddenly become important in the Sanchez family again. They used to be sidelined and ignored, they used to be rubbished and insulted, but in just a few minutes,they have turned into those that they once hated. They barely spoke to Phil, it was like he became one with the walls. He is not relevant to them anymore. At least Ruby asks how his day is going every now and then, but Thomas and Doreen are just as bad as William Sanchez and Adriana. They have gotten high positions in the company. It's going to become
