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“Oh, Mirabel is doing fine. She was lively just a few moments ago but she is now asleep,” Sarah responded, caressing Mirabel’s hair. She intentionally avoided the question about how her first day at work was because she didn’t know how to respond to that just yet.In any case, she was relieved that it was her brother Marcus Winston who stopped by to talk to her. She always had the feeling that someone was going to interrupt her thoughts by wanting to engage her in a conversation that she wasn’t going to be interested in.But at least with Marcus’ presence, she didn’t have to be worried about all that anymore. Also, she had a thing or two to speak to Marcus about and she hoped that she would develop the courage to talk to him about it and that he wouldn’t impose his opinion like the way Doctor Lopez did even before she could let out what she was going to say.“That’s good. I’m happy to hear that,” Marcus responded.The waiter brought the chips with chicken that Sarah had requested and
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“Why would I be thinking about her? I don’t get it, Sarah. Where is all these coming from?” Marcus asked, his eyes darting with a frantic flicker of fear.“It’s just a feeling, Marcus,” Sarah responded. “I have been having a bad hunch about her since the other day that she was injected with the virus and was convulsing.”“The day that she was injected with the virus marked the beginning of our freedom. What are you talking about?” Marcus’ face was a black canvas of confusion, his eyes darting in a frantic search for understanding.“Look at all of these. Look at the wonderful environment in which we now find ourselves. Look at the wonderful people. Look how much we are being paid. Look at how we are being welcomed. Everything seems so good so I don’t get it. Why are you looking back? Why are you trying to get stuck in the past?”Sarah’s face was contorted with her passionate concern. “I know that you like it here. Yes, you find the whole environment very comfortable and beautiful. Yes,
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The other employees in the dining hall had their heads turned in a silent chorus and their attention was laser-like as they all had inquisitive stares on them.They all gasped in horror as their words were a buzzing whisper that filled the air with a hum of curiosity.“Are those not the new employees?”“What’s going on with them? I think they just broke up - maybe they came together as couples or they were dating.“No, they are definitely not dating. Can’t you see that the woman has a baby? Look, look at her baby sling.”“It doesn’t mean anything - I know they resumed work together. They must be related in some kind of way.”Sarah’s hands fidgeted nervously as she lowered her eyes when she heard the murmurs. Her heart was pounding in her chest - the thing that she had been so desperately trying to avoid was happening to her. She didn’t want to be the center of attention.“You are actually very ungrateful Sarah,” Marcus bellowed, his words dripping with a lava of wrath. “You don’t dese
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“My baby needs attention so I would want to take care of her better. She doesn’t feel too well.”Sarah could have worked without any problems but she chose to use her baby as an excuse to just leave the office. She needed to have fresh air because everything around her had started choking her. She was almost sure that she wasn’t going to get back to the company. She had other plans and on top of them was to get back her former position at Winston Corporation. There, she felt like someone with more power and authority - at least before Lady Winston started thinking of her as a betrayer.Even when there were a lot of wagging tongues against her just before the time that she was dismissed by Lady Winston, it still felt like home.Ms. Natalie’s silence was a subtle protest, her muted response was a silent rebuke of the false excuse that Sarah had.But she couldn’t possibly stop a nursing mother from attending to her baby. “Alright then, you can go take care of your child.”Sarah then le
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It wasn’t the same look from the inside though because the external part was very well punished and painted with beautiful colors. At least, that was how she remembered it to be during the years she visited her friend, Arianna regularly.“Who is in there?” A voice from inside asked - the voice sounded like that of a child.“It’s me, Sarah. Are you Arianna’s child? I need to see Arianna - tell your mum that it’s me if you are her child,” Sarah responded.There was a brief silence that got Sarah wondering if she had gotten the wrong address. Perhaps the house had been sold out to another person, she thought.But the door suddenly flung open. It was her friend Arianna. Her face lit up like fireworks and her smile was as wide as the summer beam as she rushed to embrace Sarah.“Wow, I can’t believe who it is!” Arianna spoke excitedly, her words coming out in a rush of excitement.“You better believe Ariana,” Sarah spoke, her voice beaming with energy.Arianna was the only person who could
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“What? You need a gun?” Arianna responded with a question as if she was mimicking what Sarah had earlier said.“Yes, Arianna. I need a gun.”Arianna’s hands grasped with a frantic struggle of confusion. “Well, Sarah. First of all, that’s not a difficult thing. Everyone owns a gun nowadays. You can even get one at stores that have been licensed for such a since it would be licensed as you are receiving it. I don’t see why—”Sarah cut her short again. “Yes, I know but I am asking you. You know that it takes 24 to 48 hours for the licensing and registration process to be completed.” “Sometimes it’s even more than that. But I could always have you give me yours. That’s why I am here actually and as you already predicted, I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for something important. I am really running against time right now and I can’t afford to waste any more minutes.”Arianna’s laugh was a disbelieving chuckle and her eyes were contorted with a bemused glint. “Wait, so this is really seriou
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“Arianna, this is why I told you earlier that I will give you the full details later. I can’t start explaining everything to you because I will have to go into detail which takes time. What I can do is to tell you when I am done.”“And why don’t you hire assassins? I could help with that and it would be so much easier hiring real thugs to do that as long as you can pay them,” Arianna suggested.For a brief moment, Sarah thought about the idea of having assassins do what she needed to do at Doctor Lopez’s office but she changed her mind because even if she was able to render Doctor Lopez silenced, she still had to recognize the antidote. It was best that she did it herself then because she at least had a graphic description of how it was supposed to look like.“Don’t worry about hiring assassins. I would go about the task myself,” Sarah responded after having a lot of deliberation in her head.Arianna’s resolve crumbled with a weakening surrender. “Hmm, I just hope that this is not the
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Anyway, as much as she knew that it was going to be easier doing that in his house, she always knew that the antidote which was her main goal wasn’t going to be in his house. He gave a hint to that effect on the day that Lady Winston was injected with the virus.Sarah’s gaze was a clouded doubt and her changing features were a troubled canvas that revealed her inner conflict. The more she tried to keep her composure, the more she struggled woefully at it.“Are you visiting Doctor Lopez on behalf of Paul?” The secretary asked. “We haven’t received any directive from Mr. Leonard that you were going to be coming.”Sarah’s fingers twitched with a nervous energy with her posture unsettled. She had to say that she was from Paul, she thought. If she said she came on her own accord, she would be inviting a flurry of other questions that she might not be able to answer. Even though any answer she gave was always going to carry some risk, it was better to take the safer option.“I was directed
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Paul who was darting from side to side in confusion soon saw a figure in front of him. His ropes were cut off a lightning speed as he was escorted out of the hall by a figure.Paul gasped in shock when he saw the figure that had come to protect him.“Dane Michaelson?!” Paul gasped in surprise. “Is this you? What are you doing?”Dane Michaelson was Paul’s long-term friend and high schoolmate who had always been like a guardian angel to him. He always protected Paul from bullies when he was in high school and even had a young age, Dane Michaelson had impressive fighting skills that he used to defeat anyone who came across him to defy him or any of his friends. Paul learned a few fighting skills from Dane but their friendship was put to a halt when Dane had to travel far away for a scholarship. He promised that he was going to be back though and that he would always keep an eye on him.“I told you that I would be back for you, didn't I?” Dane spoke in a hurried tone, his words coming o
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He didn’t want Grandpa Leonard to suffer more than he already had and he was feeling as though he should have done more to protect Grandpa Leonard.Grandpa Leonard was also tied with bonds to the wheelchair and his face was set in a mask of grim determination as he endured the agony, his eyes narrowed with focus against the torrent of pain.“I am the head of the Imperial Society Syndicate, not him,” Pail spoke, trying to defend Grandpa Leonard.“Son, do not worry about me. This is not the time to speak of vain things,” Grandpa Leonard spoke sternly as if to tell Paul not to worry about him.The Red Witch erupted in a burst of laughter that echoed through the hall, her expression twisted into a malicious smile as she took pleasure in her evil deeds. It brought her so much joy to see Paul and Grandpa Leonard sit side-by-side and have their faces contorted with grief.Her smile curved into a malicious grin as she turned towards Paul. “Long time, no see Paul Leonard. Don’t tell me that yo
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Paul could hear their voices and it was mixed with laughter and merriment. The stench of alcohol filled the place and Paul was wondering if it was the same person that was tied to a chair that everyone was celebrating about.But there was something else that caught Paul’s interest. He kept hearing them call out a Red Witch. He had heard the word more than twice already since his eyes fluttered open and from the conversation that his ears were able to pick, it seemed as if the Red Witch wasn’t just an ordinary person.It could be one of their leaders, he thought. Or could it be the person that was assigned to kill him and render whatever punishment they had against him?Paul was suddenly shocked when he received a huge flow of water attacking him on his face. He spluttered and shuddered as his body shook violently, expelling the water from his lungs. His throat was constructed painfully as he tried to draw breath. He shook his face repeatedly so that the water could fall off his face a
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Sarah couldn’t help but defend herself. She wasn’t just going to keep quiet and allow things to happen to her. She had to speak up and defend herself, she thought.“I brought the antidote that is now the reason why you are alive. I suffered a lot and risked a lot to get the antidote. I had an agreement with Janet, Frank, and Thomas but they haven’t told me anything,” Sarah stammered in panic, her words tumbling out rapidly as she tried to explain herself. “I don’t deserve this treatment and I don’t understand why you have to force me here as if I shouldn’t be one of the partakers of the good things of Winston Corporation. If you knew what I did to get the antidote for you, you probably wouldn’t be treating me this way. What else do I have to do to prove that I deserve my previous position back.”Janet retorted. “Liar! Liar! You cannot get your previous position back. You are a rotten piece of dirt!l Janet retorted.”Janet was always upset by the fact that Sarah was desperate to get h
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Sarah’s voice was breaking because she wondered what she said that was wrong. “Y-e-s.”“What?!” Arianna fumed. “What exactly are you still doing at the inner chamber? You have already made the mistake of giving them the antidote but what business do you still have there?”“I just think that maybe they would—-” Sarah’s voice was breaking with tension.Arianna spoke over her in a loud frothing. “You think what exactly? What exactly do you think? Are you still delusional enough to think that Lady Winston would give you the requests that you asked for?”Arianna’s tone was insistent and her expression furious as she rendered a warning. “What exactly are you still there for when they have already shown you the writing on the wall? Oh my goodness!”“You had better start running away from there because if the history of your family’s wickedness is anything to go by, then it won’t be long until they arrest you and even do much worse to you than they wanted to do before. Do you think Lady Winst
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Arianna’s voice was tinged with a hint of unease as she tried to communicate her fears. “Doctor Lopez? Wait, don’t tell me that you tried to get the antidote from him to help Lady Winston.”Sarah bit her lips again because she didn’t know how to answer the question. “That’s exactly what I did,” she finally spoke out.“My goodness!” Arianna spoke out loud, her voice ringing with a loud echo from the phone as she conveyed her disappointment. “I thought that Paul already gave you a new and improved job. What happened that would make you go back to the same mess that you were coming from.”“I just couldn’t find it comfortable there. I couldn’t stop thinking about Winston Corporation. I thought that I felt at home at Winston Corporation,” Sarah attempted to justify herself, her voice faltering because she realized the fault in her argument.“Can you even listen to yourself?” Arianna seethed, her voice rising with a cold anger and tinged with disappointment. “You are somehow trying to justi
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“Do you really think that I will listen to her deceits? She has seen that Paul can do no good for her and now she wants to return to where she made a life. Oh, how foolish does she think we would be.”“In any case, I am glad that she came right into our hands because now she will get the punishment that she escaped narrowly before. Who would have thought that she would come right under our nose so easily for us to dismantle her.”Janet's cheek flushed with happiness as she smiled brightly, her eyes shining with excitement.Of course, neither she nor her brothers had the intention of fulfilling the pact that they had with Sarah. They were all trying to get the antidote and now that Lady Winston was back in a healthy condition, they could do away with Sarah. In fact, Frank and Thomas especially were expecting Lady Winston not to suspend the punishment that she had earlier placed on her.“Come to think of it. Where is she now? Where did she go? “ Lady Winston asked. They all turned the
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She recalled that she had forgotten the gun that Arianna gave to her in Doctor Lopez’s office. That gun was the evidence that was going to stand against her if Doctor Lopez died. Her mind started reeling with desperate thoughts. What if she had committed murder all for nothing? Was she going to lose on both ends? How long was she going to keep foolishly trusting her family to back her up and then proving that they were always going to stab her in the back?An investigation was going to be carried out into what happened with Doctor Lopez, she reasoned. They were going to trace it to her and tell Paul about it. She couldn't imagine how disgusted Paul was going to feel to learn that she had betrayed him even much more intentionally this time.The inner chamber had high ceilings adorned with intricate carvings. The walls were lined with tapestries and brilliant decorations conveying a sense of power and prestige. Frank and Thomas led Lady Winston until she reclined on a sumptuous chair
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Lady Winston soon spoke, her words drowned with fatigue and her speech slow and deliberate as she feigned an extra bit of tiredness. “Hello everyone. I appreciate that you have all come here to witness this moment. I appreciate all those whose prayers and thoughts have been with me.”“But as you can see, I am recovering from a very delicate condition that would require that I have a long rest so I will be accompanied by my family - Frank, Thomas, Estevan, and Janet who I am sure must have been working day and night to ensure that I am back to normalcy.”The employees all erupted in applause, their faces contorted with nervousness as they gradually returned to their duty posts.Sarah’s expression was glazed, her eyes unfocused and her mouth hanging slightly open as she stared blankly, her features slack with confusion. Her haze was disoriented as she stared back and forth, her expression clouded with confusion and uncertainty. The applause was like a torment to her because it was cons
