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Chapter 7
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2023-08-02 19:20:02Kevin read through an important report. He heard the door to his office open.
“Didn’t I tell you not to bother me?” Kevin asked annoyed without looking up.“No, you did not!” She said as she walked toward his table and sat in the chair opposite him. Her feet automatically went on to the table.“Feet off!”"Why so grumpy today? Didn’t you miss me? I came here straight from the airport.”Kevin looked up. His facial expression softend when he saw her.“Hello, brother!” She said with a smileHe stood up and walked around the desk. She giggled when he hugged her.He pulled back looking from top to bottom.“Welcome back Maisie! You look good.”Maisie Rodriquez. Age twenty. Kevin’s younger sister.She playfully hit his shoulder.“You better not say I got fat!”He chuckled as he sat on the edge of the table in front of her.“I was talking about your clothes. I gather this is one of your new designs?”She twirled around. “What do you think?” She asks with excitement.He tilted his head left and then right. He placed his hand on his chin.“Hmmm, not bad.”“Not bad? Not bad? What is that supposed to mean? Now I regret coming to greet you first!” She said with a pout while crossing her arms in front of her.He chuckled, “It’s amazing! You have gotten better. I mean you were amazing before but this… Well done I am proud of you. You keep surprising me! How many pieces have you designed?”“Thank you, a few. Father said I can open up a studio if you approve.”“Hell yeah of course I approve! Do you have a location in mind?” He asked as he walked back to his seat ready to discuss business.Maisie sat down,“What's wrong?” Kevin asked“You look tired,”“Me! Your seeing things. Why has this discussion turned to me? We were busy talking business, now you are changing the topic. I thought this is what you wanted?”“It is. I - I want a few weeks off. All I have been doing is working.”Kevin narrowed his eyes at her.“Maisie, I know you. You want to go goof off with your friends. Am I right?”Maisie nodded. “I do. I do. I promise to place my full focus into designing and the company afterwards.”Kevin looked at her big blue eyes. Then at her roughly styled blond hair on top of her head.“Okay, but fix your hair before you leave. It looks like a scarecrow!”“It’s called fashion! Not something you know about from the looks of things.”“Hey! What is wrong with what I am wearing?”“The suit is so - so plain.”Kevin chuckled as he shook his head.“I’ll see you at home. Now go. Mom is probably wondering where you are.”“Yeah. Okay.” She stood up and walked toward the door.“See you later.” She called back over her shoulder.Kevin shook his head as he continue reading the report.Maisie stopped in front of Nico’s desk. When Nico looked up and saw her grin he shook his head.“No! No! Leave me out of it. I am not going to help you.”“How can you say that If I haven't even asked you anything.”Nico narrowed his eyes at her.“Maise. I know you and you are trouble. Last time I helped you.” he pointed to the door “Your brother almost strangled me to death. I can still feel his hands around my neck.”“Don’t be so dramatic. It wasn't that bad.”“What do you know? You get away with everything. I am always the one who has to face the consequences of your actions.”“ That is not true. He - he. Okay fine. But this will be the last time okay? Hey! Stop shaking your head. Just hear me out!”“That is what you said the last time and the time before that and…”“Okay - Okay - I get it. I get it. Okay. Maybe I should tell my brother about the time …”Nico’s eyes widen, “You have five minutes.”She clapped her hands together and went around the table and sat on the edge of his desk next to him.“I heard Kevin found her.”“HOW, do you find out about this stuff?”She gave a dismissive wave.“We must help him, Nico. What are we going to do to get those two together?”“You stay out of this. Your brother knows what he is doing!”“What does he know? She almost got married! Married, Nico. No. We can’t wait for him.”“Maisie, I promised your brother I will not help you with your ridiculous request anymore. He doesn't want you to get involved in anything dangerous. If you know who she is. You will know which family she belongs to. She is not an easy person, Maisie. You better stay away from her. Do you hear me?”“Fine I will do it myself,” She mumbled as she walked away.As Maisie walked out of the building she put her sunglasses on."How am I going to find her?" Maisie asked herself.She started walking to a nearby coffee shop.She ordered and then started scrolling threw her phone.Alice looked at Khan."When Khan?""You're not ready." He said as he lifted his hand to call the waiter."The service here is pathetic. I don't get why you love this place so much.""I love their coffee. It tastes good, and it's not so crowded." Alice said"Yeah well, I can guess why,"Alice stared at the girl that was sitting at the booth by the window alone.관련 챕터
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Alice’s eyes moved to the guy sitting a table away from the girl. He kept looking her way. Alice tilted her head.“What are you looking at?” Khan asked as his eyes followed hers.” He sighed, “Yeah, I also noticed it when she came in. Looks like he has been following her for a while”“Yeah. I saw that too. Can I please?” Alice askedKhan narrowed his eyes at her. “You know I don’t get you. You hate this type of work but when you can teach someone like him a thing or two” He motioned with his chin toward the guy. “You look like a child in a candy store.”“Yeah well, I like fighting. You like shooting. People like different things, and guys like that. You and I both know what he has in mind for her.”He sighed. “We will see this as your warmup.”Alice smiled triumphantly. She slowly stood up and walked to the guy and sat down in the chair opposite him.“Hey there.” Alice greeted“Get lost. I am working.”“Yeah, I noticed. You wanna play?”“What?” The guy asked“Hey, Franky.”Alice tilted
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The door opened to Alice’s office. Alice looked up from her laptop and noticed Khan walking towards her.“Morning, Khan,”“Alice.”“What happened?” Alice asked"The shareholders of LLC Corporation have moved the meeting to tomorrow, they need the product sooner."Alice's frown deepened as she tapped her pencil on the table"Then I guess we are going to London.”“Not we, you are.”“Okay? And why is that?” Alice asked“Adriano wants me to stay behind. He wants you to go alone.”“Why does he need you here?”Khan narrowed his eyes at her, “Alice, do you want me to question him?”Alice bit the side of her lip.“Fine.” You can leave if there is nothing else.Khan stared at her for a moment before he stood up and walked away. As he walked out he slammed the door behind him.Alice stared at the door deep in thought.“Something about this trip doesn’t feel right,” Alice whispered.~~~London~~~Alice looked down at her phone as she walked out of the airport dragging her suitcase behind her.“So
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“Bang.”His eyes widened. His finger loosens its grip on the gun letting it fall to the ground. Alice's eyes widened as she watched him fall to his knees. The blood poured out from his forehead down his face. Adrenaline rushed through her veins as she crawled backward away from him. His lifeless body fell forward next to Alice. Alice held her breath. Through the screaming and police sirens, Alice, heard the sound of boots pacing toward her.“Alice!”A familiar voice she heard before calling out to her. Alice stared in the direction of the voice, but her blurry vision made it difficult for her to see the man’s face. She closed her eyes and opened them again trying to regain her focus.“KEVIN?” She called out in a hoarse voice. She tried lifting her body only to fall backward again, she saw the figure approaching her, “Finally” she muttered then lost consciousness.‘When we think we finally have everything in our control. Life comes and knocks our feet right from underneath us, showing
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“What did you say?” Nico asked from behind.Kevin bowed his head as he closed his eyes. “She is gone.”“She is gone?” Nico asked then rushed past Kevin into the room. He looked frantically around the room and then rushed toward the window.“She is gone,” Nico said as if he was trying to convince himself.He leaned over the window and looked down. “Wow, she is quite something. How did she get down two floors?”“Nico stop looking, she will be gone by now.”Nico turned and looked at Kevin stunned. “She has been shot in both shoulders and her leg. How can she possibly climb down?”Nico looked around the room. He walked to the bed and looked underneath.“We need to get her back. They will kill her if they get her again.” Kevin said,After Kevin had found Alice, he sent word out to his men to keep tabs on her. Kevin had received word that two groups were sent to kill her. He still was not sure who, but when he received the information, he dropped everything and flew directly to London. His
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“Hey, Tess,”“Maisie? Please tell me you are back.”“I am back!!!” Maisie sang over the phone.“AHHHHHH!” Tess screamed which made Maisie hold the phone away from her ear.“You want to go to Club La Vita tonight?” Maisie asked.“Hell yeah! I am down on getting smashed tonight!”“Yeah! Will you inform the rest of the girls? Oh, and should I come and pick you up?”“Yes, I will let them know. They are going to be thrilled, and yes, please. I think it is best. I don’t want to total my car tonight. My dad will kill me.”“Then it’s settled. How late should I come and pick you up?”“How about past ten?”“Okay, I will see you then. Bye.” Maisie ended the call.The girls were a total of six. Tess walked in front swaying her hips. The black mini dress barely covered her bum.Tess trailed her finger around the bouncer.“Hello Ivan, have you missed me?”Ivan smiled at Tess as she was circling him.“Always,”He opened the red rope.“Ladies” Ivan motioned with his hand for them to enter.Maisie was
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The hotel was not as busy as Alice thought it would be. As she walked up toward the entrance, she noticed a suitcase standing unattended. The owner was having an intense conversation over the phone and was looking into the distance. Alice monitored her surroundings. As she noticed no one was paying attention to it or her, she made use of the chance and walked toward the suitcase and casually dragged it away. Inside the hotel she spotted the bathroom and limped towards it, ignoring the stares she received. As she entered the bathroom she walked into a stall and closed the door behind her. She closed the lid of the toilet and placed the suitcase on top“Oh, thank goodness. Some little bit of luck,” she said when she saw women's clothes inside.Alice quickly changed. She hid her hair underneath a sunhat and put the glasses she found in the suitcase on. She left the suite case inside the stall and walked out.“Good day, how can I help you?” The lady at the reception asked“Hello, I booked
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Alice heard a knock on the hotel door. She stood sideways against it and called out.“Yes, who is it?”“Lenzo. Open up.”Alice unlocked the door and slightly cracked the door open. She looked through the crack.Lenzo grinned at her and gave a small wave with his hand. Alice opened the door and stood to the side. Lenzo walked in. He glanced around the room and looked back at Alice“You look like shit,” Lenzo commented“Yeah, I know. Thanks.”Alice turned around and limped to the bed. She put the sunhat and the sunglasses on and limped back to Lenzo. He held his arm out for her. She reached for his arm and held unto it.Shall we go?” He asked.“Where are the others?” Alice asked“Federico and Dario are waiting downstairs. I thought it would look less suspicious if I come up alone.”“Yeah, you are right. Let’s go.” Alice said.They walked past the guy standing in front of room 205. The guy only glanced at them and looked the other way not suspecting anything suspicious.As they entered t
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Alice looked confused at her surroundings. She could hear the voices of children but could not see them.“Tag your it.” The Children's voices echoed through the hallway. Alice looked down at her clothes. “This can’t be…” Alice jerked her head up and noticed her surroundings had changed. She looked around and noticed she was in her old room in the orphanage. She looked at the full body-length mirror against the wall and slowly walked up to it. Two big young eyes stared back at her. Her hair hung loosely over her shoulders. Alice reached for her hair and twirled it around her finger. She stared astonished at her younger self in the mirror. Her younger self suddenly smiled back at her. Alice reached for the mirror. Her younger self reflects her action. Alice's fingers pressed against the mirror. She jerked her head to the door as she heard children screaming. She looked terrified back at her younger self. Her younger self stared back with tears running down her cheeks. It was like the pa
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Two Worlds Apart Chapter 39
Kevin felt something wet dripping on him. He looked up and noticed the dark clouds above him. The rain poured down upon him. He sat like that for a few moments before he stood up with Alice in his arms. He walked toward his car, opened the back door, and laid her gently on the back seat. He wiped his tears roughly with his arm as he walked toward the driver's side and slid behind the wheel. He started the car and drove off.Kevin stood in the field. The rain had stopped but the clouds were still thick and dark in the air.With the shovel in his hand, he looked down at Alice’s grave a few km from the Orphanage that had burned down. This was their place, where they were happy, and this is the place where he wanted her to rest. Kevin slid on his knees. The gentle breeze blew past him leaving no sound. Like an ocean takes the dirty sand so has my heart been taken away with you. Only a shell of a man remains.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kevin disappeared after the death of Alice. He chang
Two Worlds Apart Chapter 38
There is a saying that tomorrow is not promised to anyone. How too aware was Alice of these words? She never cared for these words since she only had revenge to live for, but everything changed when she met Kevin again. She somehow saw hope in her dark life again.Alice tore her eye from Adriano and looked at Khan. Her gaze was sharp, her face was void of any emotion. Khan frowned.“You don’t believe me, do you?” He asked.Alice kept his gaze for a second before she responded.“Oh no, I do believe you.”Khan could not handle Alice's calm demeanor.He burst out laughing and looked down at Adriano who was clenching his chest.“Do you hear that Adriano? She heard every word I said, yet she shown no emotion toward it.” Khan continued laughing while he clapped his hands looking ecstatic about the discovery. “You’re really one heartless woman Alice.”“Are you done?” Alice asked bored. She sneered as she continued, “I may be heartless, but I am not naive, I know how to value the people that
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Alice's brows furrowed as her gaze focused on the wheels of Maisie’s bed. She felt a pull on her hand and looked up only to meet Kevin’s eyes.“Are you coming?” He asked.Deep in thought, she gazed at him for a few seconds until her attention was drawn to the ringing of her phone. Without looking at the caller Id she answered almost like knowing who it was. Without saying a word, she held the phone against her ear.“Come home. You have 30 minutes.” Left with only those words the call ended.Alice gazed forward. She lowered the phone with a cold expression and turned to Kevin.“I have some personal matter to deal with first.”Kevin frowned. Uneasiness suddenly overwhelmed him. He could not understand the agitation he felt.“I’ll come with you,” Kevin said without hesitance.“No, Kevin. Maisie has yet to awaken. Your family needs you here. I will deal with my matters and then return.”Kevin could not rebuke her request and could only look as she walked away.He has dealt with many matte
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“We are losing her.” Doctor Ian yelled,“She’s coding!”“Crash Cart!”“Clear!!”‘Somehow Maisie knew Luca we're gone. It was as though her soul was still longing, searching for him. Was he calling for her?‘My dearest heart-’‘Sad isn’t it though? To think you are still yearning for him. Sadly, I confess, yes, I still love him. I think - I think, even before I knew what those words meant I knew that I love him, even if he didn’t. I still so deeply loved him. Tell me though, how can I be an architect of my own life if I could not even control you? Every cell and fiber in my body can contest that these words are true. Oh, my dear heart, that once used to beat underneath my chest. Do you still think of this as beautiful?”Kevin and Alice rushed into the hospital toward the emergency room.“There is a young girl that was brought in a while ago, we are her family. Where is she?” Alice asked the lady sitting behind the reception desk.“Give me a moment.” The lady said as she franticly typed
Two Worlds Apart Chapter 35
How significantly can one choice change a life? Standing in the doorway and looking down at the bruised figure laying still on the cold concrete floor, Luca felt himself forgetting to breathe for a faint moment. He knew if he took one step over the invisible line that was drawn between him, and her his life would be over. ‘Mine or hers? Mine or hers? He kept repeating the phrase in his mind even though he already knew the answer to it. His hands trembled at his side as his feet slowly crossed the line, he was so desperately anxious to cross throughout his life. Was the iceberg he built around his heart broken down piece by piece by her when he did not notice?Maisie’s eyes shot open, and he stopped. Lifeless eyes stared back at him. They were dull, the light that they once held was gone broken to pieces.“M - Maisie,” The voice that left his lips even sounded foreign to him.She did not move. She did not speak but only stared back at him emotionlessly. Her face was bruised, her lips s
Two Worlds Apart Chapter 34
Breathing felt difficult for Luca as he closed the door behind him.“No, please. OH, heavens no!” Maisie’s cries echoed through the door.Luca closed his eyes as he held onto the doorknob. He knew well enough what Leo was doing inside. The lump that had formed in his throat felt like it was suffocating him. He could not get himself to turn around and walk away like all the previous times. Her pleading cries felt like a thousand blades had pierced into his flesh. With closed eyes, Luca slid to his knees.‘Why did he have to stay and torment his soul, why couldn't he just stand up and walk away like a normal fool? He could not. He could not seem to get his limbs to move. His head banged against the cold concrete floor. To muffle out the sound he tightly pressed his hands against his ears. But to no prevail, he could still hear every sound.Flashbacks of his past flickered before his eyes. He was taken back to the memory of his mother.With no recollection of his Father, hell he does not
Two Worlds Apart Chapter 33
Maisie remembered a while ago she had heard over the radio that the Labrato family's remains were found in a lake house, allegedly a wire short-circuit, caught fire in the middle of the night. The family was misfortune and died in the fire. Maisie had thought at that time that something didn't add up and there had to be more to the story. Having a possible cause, the police had no choice further cause to keep the case open and the case was closed on that report. Snapping back to reality, Maisie continued,“What do I have to do with this?” Maisie could not think of why she was implicated in this matter.“What do you have to do with this?” Leo repeated her question in a sarcastic tone, “You, my dear are just unfortunate to have been born in the Rodriquez family. Through you, I get to take my revenge.”Maisie felt her inside turning upside down upon hearing his words.“What- What do you,” She stopped and swallowed, as though she was preparing herself to say the next words, “want to do wi
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“Get out,” Luca shouted to the other guy.The guy looked at Maisie for a second and shook his head. Without saying another word, the guy stood up and left. The sound of the door cracking as it shut echoed throughout the silent room. Maisie felt her breathing quicken as her eyes bore into Luca’s. He stood there staring at her as though they were strangers. His eyes looked vacant of emotions. Maisie felt foolish forever believing he once felt something for her. But who was she to kid herself? Looking back at things now. She never fully knew him.Seeing the emptiness in his eyes she could already guess her answer. Maisie releases a snort. She leaned her head forward and began shaking it from side to side. The laughter that erupted from her throat sounded forced but heartbreaking.She suddenly stopped and jerked her head up in his direction.“What someone paid you to do this, it was all for money or no… no, let me guess, you did this for revenge. You could not get your hands on my brother
Two Worlds Apart Chapter 31
‘I once heard the quote “I don’t want normal, easy, or simple. I want painful, difficult, devasting, life-changing, and extraordinary love.” But this shit is too much. I guess the love we had between us was one sided.’ Maisie thought to herself as she glared through her hair at Luca. Maisie had begged him when he dragged her out of the car but was left stunned when she felt a hard blow across her face. Everything turned to silence, death screaming silence. Maisie reached for her cheek and held it. The darkness that surrounded Maisie felt suffocating. With that one slap, she felt him tearing her heart out. A Strong hand gripped her on her shoulder and pulled her around.“This one is the prettiest of them all, Luca.”“Stop fucking around and take her inside,” Luca said with a sneer.Maisie watched as Luca walked away without glancing backward. Maisie looked at his figure disappearing into the dark with a frown. “This must be all a mistake. Maybe he had no choice, and this is only for sh
