Chapter 134- THE BACKSTORY 
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Chapter 134- THE BACKSTORY

"I think the thing you should be concerned about is that Preston Eduardo killed Henry and he's the one who shot you too," Tony immediately dropped the news in anger.

Tony wanted to share the news to him in a slow manner,taking his time to share the dreaded news to him but the manner which Williams Storm had described him wasn't what he had been expecting and his countenance and mood was altered,laying him weak and rendering him vulnerable to say the words that he wasn't expecting on saying.

"What did you say?" Williams Storm instantly asked in fury,he shot his eyes at Tony,ordering him to repeat the words he had just said. Tony didn't want to answer him but he decided against it and voiced the words again.

"I said Henry had just been killed and Preston Eduardo is responsible. Henry told me before he drew his last breath," Tony repeated in certainty and confidence. His eyes were blazing as well and he needed Williams Storm to understand that this was a mu
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