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Doreen has gone to sleep by the time Andrew comes back to the house. As soon as he walks in, he goes up to Doreen and Thomas’ bedroom and drops the necklace on the nightstand. Doreen opens her eyes as soon as she sees the necklace, she gasps as she grabs it and places it close to her chest. Her eyes are filled with tears of joy. “How did you get it, Andrew? I never thought I was going to get my necklace again.” She says with a heavy voice. “I just asked him really nicely, mum. Don't worry, no one will ever take that from you.” He smiles at her. Thomas is very grateful too. He felt useless because he couldn't get the money to pay off the debt and get back his wife's priced necklace.Doreen stands and hugs Andrew very tightly. It's a pleasant surprise for Andrew, but he hugs her back. Thomas stands behind them with a small smile on his face. He mouths “thank you” to Andrew. Andrew goes into the room to see Ruby. She looks tired, but she smiles as soon as she sees him. “I was getti
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When Andrew returns to the house, he meets Uma playing alone in the living room. She has been fed and changed out of her dress, but it's very unlike anyone to leave her alone by herself. She runs into his arms as soon as she sees her father. “Daddy! Daddy! I've missed you!” He picks her up and throws her a little in the air, she giggles because she likes it. “Where is your grandma?” He asks her. “Why have you been left alone?” Uma goes back to her toys with a shrug. “Grandma has been really moody since we got back home. The neighbor insulted her and called us poor. I think Grandma is crying in her room about it.” This makes Andrew frown because he knows the neighbor that they are talking about. Lola has been very spiteful of Thomas and his family since they moved in here when they were thrown out of their family. Lola always uses the opportunity to tell them that they were disgraced and thrown out. She mocked them at every opportunity she got, but Andrew has decided that this w
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Ruby goes to the bank and withdraws everything she has left. She needs to pay their rent because she is paranoid that they will get kicked out of the house. Everything she has in the account is just about 500 hundred dollars. It doesn't cover the rent for more than a few months, but she goes with it. She will beg them, she will promise them that she will bring the rest at the end of the month or something. She goes to the office and she walks directly to the reception to wait for the manager of the estate. He seems to be the only reasonable person here, surely he will listen to what she has to say. Mister Calvin, that's what they call him. As soon as Mister Calvin walks in, she stands up to greet him. “Oh, it's a Sanchez family member!” He smiles at her and even though there are other people who came before her, he lets her into the office. “Good morning, Mister Calvin,” she greets. “I hope it's okay that I've come so early? I didn't want to miss you.” “Of course, Miss Sanchez,
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Jasper laughs because Andrew must be crazy if he thinks that he would crawl and beg his little daughter for anything. “You just be high on something! Do you know how much my shoes are worth? This was a handmade suit and it's worth more than you will ever be.” Jasper says. “Besides, why would I crawl to beg your daughter?” Andrew smiles at Jasper's foolishness and says, “You have to remember that I'm not the one whose girlfriend is missing…” Andrew shuts the door, but Jasper puts his leg and stops him from shutting the door. He can't believe that Andrew is really asking him to kneel and beg his daughter. “What kind of man are you? Do you realize that if you ask me for money, your family will never lack anything again?” Andrew doesn't reply, instead he widens the door and calls over his shoulder. “Uma? Why don't you go up to your room?” “Okay, daddy!” She picks up her doll and runs up the stairs in a few minutes. Andrew gives Jasper a one sided smile. “Now you will have to crawl
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Adriana feels like someone has rudely slapped her in the face. “What did you guys say right now?!” She demands to know. The secretary sees that she is in trouble, she swallows a gulp, but answers. “I don't know what happened exactly, ma'am, I wasn't there, but it's rumored that the anonymous partner removed you and put your cousin.” She says. “That's a lie! Ruby doesn't know how to run anything, that was my contract, I fought to have it!” She shouts. “How dare they? I was only gone for three days!” “Uh, ma. Today is exactly a month since your vacation.” The secretary corrects her. Adriana is wide eyed with astonishment. A whole month?! Jasper rushes into her office breathlessly and as soon as he sees her, he picks her off the ground in excitement and hugs the hell out of her. “Oh God, I thought I've lost you.” Jasper covers her face with kisses. “Is it true that I was gone for a month?!” She asks him. “I thought it was three days.” The secretary calmly leaves the room. She k
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It works for her because Frederick Cargo immediately stops and looks at her with a hard frown. “What did you say?” He asks her. “Weren't you the one who gave her the job? Why don't you ask why my grandfather has cut her and her family off? Ruby is a thief, just like her parents. Her father stole and when he was caught, he was banished and everything was taken from him–” “I believe that it's Ruby we are talking about here.” Frederick frowns. “Yes. She is a thief, just like a father.” Adriana nods. “Do you know that she and her useless husband bought a Ferrari on credit just to impress the family? As soon as she got the funds for the project, she paid off the car and I heard that she has been stashing some money somewhere.” Frederick's frown grows even more. “Miss Adriana, are you very sure of what you are saying?” He asks her. “Yes, sir. I will go and bring my evidence, if you don't believe me.” Of course there is no evidence. What she plans to do is to forge documents that wil
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Ruby wants to stop herself, but she is not strong enough and a tear slips out of her eyes. For Adriana to bring in the police, that means that she has a lot of forged documents to back her up. What is she going to do? So she won't be able to see her daughter for a long time? Her life is going to be ruined by this. Mister Frederick Cargo walks into the place with his security guards. As soon as he enters, everyone else enters too. Adriana rushes to sit very close to Mister Frederick, beside her is Mister William Sanchez and Jasper. They are very sure that they are going to win this, they are sure that it's going to work in their favor. Ruby, Andrew, Thomas, and Doreen are seated farthest away. Once everyone is settled, Frederick Cargo stands up and then the meeting has been kicked into session. “I called this meeting today because Miss Adriana Sanchez brought it to my attention that Miss Ruby Sanchez has diverted some funds for her personal use, which we all know is incriminating
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“What?! That's nothing but madness! How is it that it's me that is being investigated when we are here because of Ruby?!” Adriana jumps to defend herself. Mister William Sanchez looks at her with a very angry face. “Is this true, Adriana? Have you had the guts to steal from me?” “No, grandfather! Are you going to believe this bullshit of a man? I didn't steal from you!” Adriana defends herself very fiercely. Mister William Sanchez still has his doubts. He doesn't trust anyone when it comes to matters about his money. “You will not leave this place until we have what Andrew has to say! If it turns out to be true, I am going to deal with you!” He threatens. Adriana makes to speak again towards her defends, but Mister William Sanchez yells at her and asks her to shut up. She has to swallow back her words and sit down. Andrew smiles in the corner of his mouth. He drops the file on the table and looks at her dead in the eyes.“Let's talki about one year ago, Adriana.” He says. “One
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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
