Time passed, and lunch was laid out on the table. The family ate together, a picture of peace and contentment. It was not until after the meal that Yosef finally made his way to the smaller building.Mary could not hide her irritation, "We shouldn't have agreed to meet him. Who knows what the Linton
Levi was on the phone to the bank president in a flash. Thirty billion was not chump change; the Millen family had juggled funds through a bunch of banks to pull this together.Yosef figured it would take ages for Levi to move that kind of money, but out of the blue, the Millen Group's finance depar
Yosef was fuming, and the looks on everyone's faces told him he was missing a piece of the puzzle.He turned to Mira with a forced smile. "Honey, just give it to me straight. You're not all teaming up to pull one over on me, the man of the house, are you?"Yosef took a seat, and Mira started to lay
Helma giggled, "Uncle's got a point. We never claimed there was a gold mine here. He's the one scared of ghosts coming after him. What's his excuse for messing with us? We're already being nice by not taking him to court."Mary's smile grew as she listened. This time, it was a smile of pure relief.
Something unspoken hung in the air between them.Helma realized that she and Cole were a surprisingly good team, not just with the Westwood corporate gig but even when it came to pulling off a con. They were in sync.She pulled out her phone. "Got us a reservation. We head out now; we'll make it jus
Jordan hoisted the tattooed bruiser, who must've weighed at least 250 pounds. Helma's eyes nearly popped out. Did he not just say that lugging a hundred kilos of gold wrecked his back? What was this, then?Jordan tossed the guy around like a giant stuffed toy, slammed him on the ground a couple of t
The girl was laughing and crying, too choked up to speak.Someone passed her a mic, and the crowd was all eyes and cameras."I will," the girl finally said, "forever."Helma's gaze flickered, a pang of emptiness hitting her out of nowhere."There's no such thing as 'forever', just the here and now,"
Owen did not seem the least bit surprised that Cole was with Helma, his voice challenging, "Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but you're out of the running, buddy. The Millen family hasn't forgotten what you've done."Helma, anxious to prevent a clash, interjected with a frown, "Hand the phone back
With everyone else keeping mum, Silver Obsidian cut to the chase, "We'll go with Helma's plan."For six months straight, Serena had practically lived in the lab. At first, Starlight Blossom did not seem to do much. Everyone was on edge, wondering if it would make any difference at all. Then, in the
During her month off, Helma took a break from the daily preschool runs and whisked her kids away on a travel spree.The trip was not without its scares—Serena had a severe bout of illness.Helma was prepared, yet the sudden severity of the attack caught her off guard.Without a second thought, she r
Under the questioning eyes of the crowd, Helma fired up her laptop and plugged in a USB stick.The video started playing on the massive screen.The timestamp in the corner showed it was from two nights ago.Usually, the lab was locked up tight after hours, and by eight or nine, the research center w
Hort watched her walk away, a storm of emotions on his face.Ever since she joined the research center, he had seen Wendy as this super-capable girl with a heart of gold.Whenever the team hit a wall with the experiments or the data just would not play nice, Wendy was the one who would spark up the
The poor thing's symptoms were straight out of a horror flick: muscles clenching like crazy, nerves on fire, bleeding inside, gasping for air, and foaming at the mouth. Some of them even had their hearts stop cold turkey.According to the timeline, the rat had been juiced up with three rounds of Sta
With the report out of the way, the experiment team kicked things into high gear to wrap up their project.The meticulously calculated data was in, and the verdict was clear: Starlight Blossom's effects were rock-solid stable. The only thing left for the lab mice was one final shot.The brain trust
"Come on, you think the boss is scatterbrained like you? Someone totally did this on purpose!" "Who would do something that evil?!" "Guess we're gonna have to push back the presentation." Everyone looked like they had lost their best friend, except Wendy. She had this worried frown, but her eyes w
After pulling two all-nighters, Helma had the report materials ready to go.The research center was deserted.She stretched, yawned, and glanced at the clock. One AM.She powered down her computer and left, still yawning.Once she was gone, a sneaky figure slipped into the office...Deputy Commander
Helma had tried to get the scoop from Leon, but the guy was like Fort Knox—nothing useful ever slipped out. Therefore, she backed off from the matchmaking game. Still, she was not blind to Wendy's little crush, especially with errands like these document deliveries. "You got it, boss," Wendy replied