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2024-10-29 19:42:56The grand reception hall was a thing to behold it was two stories, and was closer to the size of a music hall. Columns rose up circling the main hall, a beautiful custom mosaic floor shaping into a giant blue flower with black pedals forming off the bud. The tables, cloths and chairs were a matching black and white design, over a dozen giant chandeliers hanging over head, the ambiance lighting shifting every few minutes transitioning from dim lighting to black lights. During party's with upbeat music they could be set to change to the beat.
Collen whispered to Arthur who was walking next to him. "Remember, I'm a nobody. Thanks to the both of you, I've got to walk on egg shells for the entire night."
"Well as Evelyn mentioned before, there's a very easy to fix that." Grinned Arthur.
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'Wait a minute.' There was something suspicious about Arthur's smile. Collen eyed him with s raised his eyebrow, slowly he craned his head to see Evely
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"Ms. Tatiana!""It's such an honor to meet you in person!""I didn't think it possible, but you're even more beautiful in person!""Marry me!"Tatiana strode into the room with refined grace without even trying, it was something as natural as the flow of water. Her wavy dark honey blonde hair draping past her shoulders flowing over her lean body, her posture straight, an aura of confidence exuded from her. She was everything a model and a man could want, what's more she knew it, that being said she never would allow such things to go to her head. She was simply confident in herself, not arrogant. She neither believed herself superior nor allowed the attention to inflate her ego.The extent of people's reactions all varied, though in the end every one of them was positive. Everyone present found hard to peel their gaze away from her, no it was mentally painful to do so! Her very presence demanded the spotlight without asking
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"Excuse me?" Collen asked. 'Did I just miss hear this guy?' "I said You would probably be more comfortable over here friend. You and... These people have taken up enough of Miss Devine's generosity coming to visit with you. Now I believe it to be best if you just stay with your kind. She already donated more time then I would have." Mr. Charming said sneering at Collen. 'What the hell!? I've never even met this guy before and here he's standing in front of me treating me like some old high school rival.' "Why do I get the feeling you wouldn't donate any of your time unless there's something to be gained." Collen glared at the man. "That's right. I'm happy to see you're one of the smarter ones. So this should be relatively easy for you to understand... Stay in your lane." "Stay in my lane? Currently you're the one blocking my lane." "And what if I am? What are you going to do about it?" Charmer raised his hands out to his side and
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'HAHA this fool's even standing here laughing at himself. God this guy is pathetic!' Charles thought to himself. 'I'm having the night of my life thanks to this fool! Not only will I most likely be leaving with a famous model tonight, but this man's been pure gold as far as entertainment!' He was proudly giving himself a mental pat on the back when he saw the shadow of an object swinging inward from his side. Charles turned his face just in time to recognize a bottle being swung in at his face...."Huh?" The moment he mumbled this mind went blank.SMASH!Collen watched as Charles's eyes rolled back into his head after the bottle shattered over his head."Aah!" People cried out in surprise spreading outward trying to get away from Collen and the unconscious Charles. A wave of fear washed over the crowd. Very few remained calm and composed."Collen!" Daphne and Alison rose to their feet in surprise"Tatiana, Daphne, Alison,
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A little earlier in the restroom. "Excuse me... I think we may need to have a quick conversation." The two men slowly turned their heads looking over their shoulder. 'Who the hell approaches someone taking a piss?' ... "Hey wait.. Aren't you?" "Yea it's him!" The two men began laughing turning back to the urinal. "What the hell do you want loser?" "God do you seriously have no self respect?" "You two said something about spiking drinks?" The two men stopped laughing, and glanced at each other. "No you definitely misheard us. Do yourself a favor and forget what you think you heard." "One little drop in their drinks I believe were your words." Collen mumbled while rubbing his chin. ... "Look was the beating you got from Charles not enough for you? Are you trying to get beaten by all of us now? It can be arranged. Forget what you heard." "Hell we could actually say it was us that heard you sayin
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"Go fuck yourself." A broad grin spread across Patrick's face. 'I've been in this business for years. You think you're the first person to try intimidating me?' Patrick had been dealing drugs for more then ten years. People like Collen were a dime a dozen. Whether defending their friends, trying to impress their girlfriends, or trying to keep their addict girlfriends clean. It didn't matter if they were expert fighters or not. Sure Patrick had taken plenty of beatings in his time that's just how things were. But in the end, none of the people had the balls to dirty their hands and kill another man. In his business whether it was competition, customers, or white knights, he had his life threatened again and again, does it look like he's dead? Nope. "You know... I was kind of hoping that would be your response." Said Collen giving him a nod and a cold smile. 'Alright here comes the beating, time to clench the teeth." But to Patrick's surprise no punch ever came,
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Collen took a step outside breathing deep the fresh air and exhaling all while allowing the gentle breeze to caress his face. He felt as if the wind was carrying away his sins he had commit this night."Collen did you forget about us?" Daphne and Alison called from close by as they too left the building."Sorry, just had a need for some fresh air." Collen said turning while presenting the pair with his warm smile. When Alison was close enough she leaned in gazing into his eyes, as if inspecting him, making sure his soul was still untainted.'Good his eyes are back to normal." She smiled giving Daphne a nod."So we figured since the party got ruined by those jerks, we would allow you to take us out to eat." Daphne said grinning."Well I guess I have no choice but to accept.""I've never heard any man complain about having two beautiful women accompany him to dinner.""Well I won't be the first to do so either." Collen
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Collen stood up untying the girl's hands giving them a reassuring smile. "Remember the most important thing is to always stay calm. Running around screaming doesn't do any situation good." They both gave him a nod "Ok you two stay there for a minute, pretend you're still tied up also close your eyes." 'What kind of idiots leave people in a room completely unguarded?' Collen thought to himself, the men had stuffed them into the room, yes there was no way out apart from the door they came in through, but you don't know what the people are doing on the other side. Even if you're in the middle of a fortress a screw up like that will bare grave consequences. "H-Hey H-Help! She's trying to bite her tongue off so she won't be raped!" Collen cried out as if desperate to get help, even stammering over a few words. "So much for screaming not doing any good." Alison whispered. The door slammed open two men rushing into the room. "What the hel
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"Well I see you still haven't lost your touch." John mumbled after a quick glance around the room seeing Collen's handy work. "Some things you can't forget even if you wish to. Was there much trash up top there?" Collen asked flicking his eyes towards the girls. "Ah there was some but I kicked it to the side." John said grasping what Collen was indicating. They were in fact talking about dead bodies Collen was making sure it was clear for the girls. John had encountered some resistance, but the men were far from professional soldiers, some rent a thugs who were given guns, and a few people that may have had some security credentials. After killing any resistance he encountered, John's men moved to secure the out perimeter while gathering up the bodies and moving them out of sight. "Ok Alison were going upstairs, you can open your eyes now. Keep your eyes on my friends back until we're on the next floor okay? He's the one that's in front of you."
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Elsewhere. "Sir we will be arriving shortly." "Aye. Thanks lad." An older man thanked his driver.. Sitting in the backseat of a luxurious sedan was an older man in dressed head to toe in both style and decadence. His appearance, voice and manners all refined almost to perfection, his aura commanded your attention. Yet he was currently smiling ear to ear like a giddy school boy. "It's been some time since I've seen you this excited sir. Are you sure it's okay for you to arrive without announcing yourself ahead of time?" "Bah. Now where would the fun be in that?" "Well I'm just saying sir. Someone of your stature should be recognized. You're far from a nobody." "Aye I suppose one could argue that, but I've never been one to enjoy my status. Besides there's a young man I wish to surprise." Backstage of the charity event. "Alright hurry now. We only have so much time to fix this disaster." Evelyn stated glancing back over her shoulder while maintaining a brisk pace. "Wait..
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Present day."Evelyn!" Tatianna cried out in excitement holding her arms out preparing for a hug. Then there was Aurora. Every time the spotlight managed to find it's way to her, her silhouette managed to shrink. But as soon as the subject changed or Tatianna managed to deflect it away from her, Aurora would begin to recover. But this moment? Her silhouette shrank so much she could barely even be seen as a shadow.'That's Evelyn Constantine! That's Evelyn Constantine!' Aurora was currently in melt down mode. Her face was a bright tomato red. It wouldn't surprise her in the least if steam was visibly bellowing from her ears.'T-Two s-super models... Wait no three! AND I LOOK LIKE THIS!? Dear god Any other day I would pay to be in the presence of these women, but why today of all days do I have to look like a train wreck!?' Aurora clenched her teeth and eyes closed trying her best to prevent tears welling up in her eyes and furthering her disappointing appearance. Her current wardrobe,
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"Think you can fuck with us !? Both of you can go to hell!" Sven roared charging at Collen. He was committed to his actions. Once in a while a little blood just had to be spilled. Of course it never did look good in the headlines, and would bring heat down upon all of the gangs in the area. But this was all acceptable. Police attention could be bought, and even if they were to launch an investigation, there was only one thing worse. A loss of respect. If the people you stand above don't respect you, soon the payments begin coming up short, then they'll stop altogether. Soon enough individuals, and neighborhoods will stop complying. That would leave you with two options. First uproot and find another neighborhood who doesn't know any better and crack a few skulls so to speak. The second. You crack every skull that speaks out against you. But at that point you've allowed a wound to fester, and it's only going to get worse. Instead of keeping a firm hand with one or two individuals from
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"Huh?" Crutches stood dumbstruck. He had never once so much as uttered a word to Sven let a alone beat him to a pulp and send his car flying into traffic. 'Shit I'm still recovering from having my ass beaten to a pulp, I'm not gonna go out looking for a fight in this condition!' Sven smirked pointing his nose in the air. "As you can see it was a close fight. After kicking his ass I even showed mercy... I was the bigger man, chose to walk away of my own free will.. Then the bastard sucker punched me! And while my head was still spinning he began raining down blow after blow. Absolutely no honor among adversaries. 'No honor among adversaries!? I was never an adversary to begin with! I mean I won't say it's something I wouldn't do, but damn! If I'm going to be accused at least allow me to throw a few punches!' He thought as his mouth hung open bringing a whole to level of dumb to his expression. "Huh?" Tatianna uttered in complete dismay. 'I expected Sven to pull some shady shit in r
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"So who are we looking for anyway?"...!!!'Oh shit! I hadn't even thought of that! What the hell am I going to tell Aurick!? Oh hey by the way that's the person who whooped my ass, sent my car flying into traffic, fingered me to the person who's car it hit, and the police! By the way it's also a girl who maybe weighs one hundred and ten pounds top!' Sven thought to himself, his eyes squeezed shut, clamping his hands to his head shaking it side to side. Sure Aurick was a long time friend, and if there's anyone who would possibly let this go it would be him. That being said some times friends are the ones to give you the most shit above anyone else. The closer you were, chances are the more shit you'll take."ERRr.... About that... " Sven mumbled.'Man I'll just have to bite the bullet and tell him what happened. Obviously neglecting to mention the information about how I've been extorting the boss's clients after their debts were paid.'Sven sighed and began glancing side to side loo
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"This is bullshit I'm telling you it wasn't my fault! RAAAAH!" Sven roared raking his dinner tray back and forth across the jail cell bars he currently found himself comfortably forced into, and when we say comfortably it was probably as comfortable as sitting on an angry porcupine. "As much as I'm enjoying these fine one star accommodations... LET ME THE FUCK OUT!""For the love of Christ all mighty will you shut up already!" An officer sitting at his desk groaned. Unfortunately he was the lowest ranked officer in their precinct therefore got the desk closest to the jail cells housing all of the lovely intoxicated and angry people who would love nothing more than to shove a stun gun up his nostril. "You know why you're in here!""No! No I don't know why I'm in here I'm telling you it's that -""It was your car that rolled onto a main road correct?""Well yes but it was -""There was an awful lot of money in your vehicle for someone who's records show as unemployed.""So what!? That's
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"Ты хочешь снова упомянуть мою семью!? Я засуну свой кулак тебе в задницу и вытащу твою голову оттуда!" (You want to mention my family again!? I'm going shove my fist up your ass and pull your head back out of it! ) Tatianna roared pivoting on the pads of her foot and driving her knee hard into his ribs.CRACK!Though it wasn't super loud, there was certainly the audible sound of something fracturing or breaking."NYAAAAH!" Sven cried out in agony. He was usually the one doling out the beating not receiving them. To pour a little salt on the wound, it happened this was the first time he ever had anything either broken or fractured. Tatianna on the other hand was trying her best to control her laughter at his noises. She may have seen an anime or two in her time and couldn't help but feel his sounds were that of a cat girl doing the pawing motion.'If this is what passes for a gangster these days I don't ever want to meet who they consider the weak.' She shrugged."NYoo BEITCHEEEEEEE
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A few minutes prior to Tatianna's encounter. "Yes boss.. Yes I'm on my way to McDonalds right now.""Ah is it the one the Devine girl works at?" A gruff yet smooth Russian accent came through the phone's speaker."Yes boss that's the one. What can I say it's my favorite." The man driving responded"Haha I can imagine why. It's quite the view if you know what I mean. But that reminds me, their debt was paid off I believe two months ago, you made sure to tell them and give my condolences about Mr. Devine right?""Of course boss. They were very touched by your words and the fact you were willing to knock down their debt to the exact amount borrowed after his death. Very generous if I do say so myself.""Good, good. Keep up the good work Sven. Though I lost that extra money, word will spread how compassionate and great Yuri is. People will flock to me for loans!""Hehe no doubt boss. Ah I'm here now." The man named Sven declared pulling into a parking spot shutting off his car. Sven look
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"It's true! I had absolutely no desire to become a model! I was perfectly content working at McDonalds minding my own business when someone almost forced me to become a model." Tatianna declared with a straight face. ...No one present truly knew Tatianna which was currently their biggest dilemma. Assume she's joking and laugh? You could but what if she was being serious? Wouldn't laughing make them downright insensitive?'Sometimes I can't help myself.' Tatianna smirked watching the group look back and forth squirming under the imaginary pressure. "I'm joking. Well about being forced at the very least. Unable to maintain her straight face Tatianna emit a small chuckle her beautiful smile returning to her face.Everyone had been staring at her slack jawed especially James. He himself had never encountered any career models who hadn't grown up with that burning desire to launch a career, who wasn't willing to fight tooth and nail to follow their heart! 'This woman had no desire but r
