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Chapter 31: The Swap
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In the old cottage in Hoboken, when Luis was hit in the head and passed out in Venice city, a jar of medicine, Grandma Rebecca was carrying to her room, fell from her hand and broke into pieces. The content spilt all over the floor"O dear, I am getting old and clumsy. How did I drop this? Now I will have to prepare everything again. Joe, please come help me," Grandma called out and stood there for a minute thinking about Luis."Why am I suddenly thinking about Luis?" she asked herself but then Joshua entered the room."Grandma is Joshua, not Joe," Joshua corrected."Have you heard from your uncle?" Grandma Rebecca asked ignoring Joshua's statement."No, why do you ask?" replied Joshua"I suddenly feel the need to look for him. Help me clear this mess up and I will call him after," Grandma said and moved aside for Joshua to clean up.In Venice City, Luis was awoken by the voices of two people chatting. He also had a severe headache waking up and wondered what may have caused it but he
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Lily woke up very early. She took a quick shower and asked the servant to pack her breakfast. As early as 4 a.m., she was ready to leave for work. As she was standing in the corridor next to the dining area, she looked upstairs towards her aunt's room. "We will talk about it during the weekend," she thought before leaving the house for work. After struggling for half an hour she finally got a cab and was at the office at 5. 30 am. She paid the driver and walked toward the office. She pressed for the elevator and was soon upstairs. The office was lifeless as employees had not arrived yet. She went straight to her office and turned on her laptop. She went through the files she had worked on the previous day and quickly sent them to John's email. She started working on the second badge of documents, projects, salaries, etc. She checked her time and it was 6.30 am. She decided to take a break and have her breakfast. She went to the coffee machine to get some coffee first. She was in
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Derrick went silent and lowered his head shocked by the news of his father's death."I was informed yesterday but I knew you were out on a date and I didn't want to spoil your evening with such news," Luis added and Derrick just nodded."I will be returning to Florida, later today. Just let me know if you need anything," Luis said and got up to leave.Derrick got up and escorted Luis to the door without saying anything but just nodding to whatever Luis was saying. He closed the door after Luis had left and out of anger punched the wall so hard, that he got injured in the process. As if he could not feel the pain, he gave the wall another punch. He turned and pressed his back to the wall and sank to the ground.Luis walked to his car and called Isabel."Hello Isabel, are you busy?" he asked."No, what's up?" replied Isabel."Kindly come over to Derrick's place. He is not alright. I just told him about his father," replied Luis."Okay, I will be there in 10 minutes," Isabel replied."Gr
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Derry felt Lily needed to know the truth and that would help her make a decision she would not regret. If Derrick's reasons were justified, she could go back to the man she had once loved. She hated him now because she didn't know why he left.He turned to look at Lily, she was asleep but the expression on her face said she was not happy even in her sleep. He got out of bed and went to the washroom and stood under the cold shower. The weather was that cold yet he took a cold shower. He returned to the bedroom to see Derrick had replied indicating he wasn't asleep himself. He sighed and left the bedroom for his study. He dialled Luis's number and he picked up after two rings."Hey men, do you have something against marriage fun?" queried Luis as soon as the call connected."Sorry to disturb you, I just needed someone to talk to," replied Derry sounding sad.Luis looked at Rose who was still sleeping and he went to the balcony."Hey, you don't sound okay, what happened? Is Lily aright?"
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"Perfect," Luis said and Rose looked at him wondering what was on his phone that he was smiling about but he said nothing and continued driving."What is it?" Rose asked curiously."Just work," Luis replied and rubbed her chin with his thumb gently before putting both hands on the steering."Okay," Rose replied and kept her eyes on the road.As soon as they got home, Luis kissed Rose on the cheeks and quickly proceeded to his basement. Rose immediately knew the notification; he received in the car was probably a lead on the investigation. Meaning he had found something on Mr Mingle. She smiled and went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and after she started preparing some tea for Luis.In the basement, Luis turned on the light and put all his machines on."My babies, Dad needs you to do something really fun for him," Luis said while opening some apps on the machines and waiting for other machines to fully boot.He connected the headset to the machine and put it on. He pulled a se
