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"They will wish they never covet what wasn't theirs to start with. I'll make sure they pay for laying hands on me and everything they've done." Lisa vowed, still overwhelmed with anger. "-and Alex too, he'll as well pay for making me shed my precious tears."

Lisa's vow wasn't of an empty one and Andy, just by looking into her eyes, he felt lost. The emotion in it wasn't that of the ones he's familiar with, it was totally different and he realized for sure, Lisa wouldn't back down until she's satisfied. Andy couldn't help but admit he love the new look in her eyes!

"Fighting those three men isn't an easy journey to embark on, Lisa, they were never easy to start with." Andy started slowly. "We need a very good strategy to overthrow those cunning men when they least expected -they are not just greedy but a con artist as well."

"Cunning or foxy, that doesn't matter anymore since it's the reason I'm here." Lisa's voice was assuring with traces of confidence in it. "We have to find a way to beat those men at their own dirty game."

Andy thought for a while, finding the perfect plan to keep his uncles in place; the type that would cause enough much harms to them. "-and I have the perfect plan for it..." He uttered, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

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"What's in here?" Lisa asked with her left brow raised, curiosity laced in her voice. "I've never seen anything like it before, you sure this was given to you by my dad?"

"You ask too much question, Lisa. Are you opening it or should I take it back...?" Andy stretched his hand to snatch the small box from her but she was quick to dodge it.

"No, thanks. This is for me, I'll do what I want with it." She countered, squeezing the box in her palm. "It feels old, I'll check it up later."

"It's just a gift, I guess, nothing more. But something more surprising is after this, do you want to hear about it?" Andy asked teasingly. "Or will you also check that up later, Huh?"

Lisa did not hide her curiosity. "Tell me, what is it?"

Andy cleared his throat lightly. "It's a family heirloom. Your father asked me to give it to you when you are finally ready to take charge but I'm afraid you aren't, you are still grieving yo..." Lisa's hard glare was enough to shut Andy up. "I'm sorry, the word almost slip out of my mouth."

"What's with the heirloom, I guess they are many things dad hid from me. I've been living in darkness even before my parents death?" Lisa uttered, feigning a sad voice. "I'm sure there are much things they did not tell me."

"Well, the heirloom wasn't yours to start with. Your father had kept it hoping he would have a son someday but he never had one." Andy countered. "He would have given them to you long ago but you strongly refused to follow his lead and be a fashionista instead -your decision made you lose so much."

"Anything else my ignorance made me lose?" Lisa asked, already at the edge of her seat. "I don't want to be left in the darkness anymore, I need to know everything; my parents and everything else."

"Aside the heirloom and the already shared will, they are some other properties he owned under your name without anyone's knowing about it except me, I promise him I'll take good care of it and hand everything over when you are finally ready -now seems to be the right time." Andy explained carefully.

Lisa's father, Mr. Snow, even before he got married used to be cautious of his brothers due to their unending greed. He has done a lots for them but their greed had blinded them and everything he's done turns out to be nothing.

From giving them lots of money to setting up business for them but they ended up squandering everything in few weeks and months at most, coming back to ask for more from him again with no iota of shame in them.

Mr. Snow gets married and had less time for his brothers. He's either busy with his work or with his new family but his actions only fuel his brothers' anger and they never stop attacking Mr. Snow's wife as the reason he stop having time for them.

Even Mr. Snow's niece and nephews were just the exact version of their fathers, except Andy who proved to be different from the rest. Seeing Andy's determination, Mr. Snow made sure to sponsor him and look after him as though he's the son he never get the chance to bore.

Andy's cousins were always jealous of him and hardly sees him as one of them. Everything turned out as they want as Mr. Snow died in a car accident with his wife; they take over his properties and were after his daughter's life as well which made Lisa run away from them for years.

Andy wasn't happy with their behavior and each time he tries to caution them, they always reprimand him. "It's easier for you to say this since you are now a professional -you were just lucky, Andy, I'm sure you mean nothing to him." They always have the best reply. "You shouldn't be butting in if you have no intention of joining us."

Andy realized the kind of humans his fraternal family are and decide to leave them to their fate; they are only little or nothing he can do to them -at least, he's been cautious enough to keep the secret Lisa's father of everything he had put in his care.

"I'll tell you everything I feel you should know, I wasn't planning on hiding them for long from you anyways." Andy enunciated and made sure to tell her everything he knows, including how she can use the heirloom to her benefit.

"I don't just want to own all of this without even knowing the ones that ended my parents death, I feel it was schemed and not natural." Lisa remarked, her voice breaking at the thought of how any could be cruel to have them murdered.

Even though she had promised herself not to break down before anyone again, she couldn't help it with Andy, realizing he's the only person she could trust at the moment. She had always cherished him amongst her other cousins but he just proved himself to be exceptional.

Andy, touched by her emotions, held her hands, folding them softly. "Don't worry, Lisa, I'm here for you. I wouldn't leave your side, not at this point of your life." He told her, sincerity laced in his voice. "But first, let's focus on getting back what's yours before whipping the bad guys up really hard...!"