THE INCOMING.Olvido whisked away the cups on the table as he mumbled aptly. "That backstabbing bitch!" he mulled.He tried turning Grandma Pilar against him to make her change the president’s mind. She promised nothing but agreed to give it a try. If Brandon ends up with Kimberly, it would give them a hard time.Not only would he be legally part of the family, but he might also get access to the truth. They agreed it was dangerous, and they wouldn’t let that happen.Herveaux deferred. "You people aren’t looking at the positive side of this; we can control him.""Right now, he thirsts for revenge for his mother because some random kid named Thomas and Our Dear Don Soriano died today," Herveaux announced.Grandma Pilar’s golden stick fell off her hands. She also suffered from a lack of breath. The girl who stood in for Stephanie rushed her to her room and gave her, her medications."I thought she didn’t care about him." Gwendolyn asked passively. "In the end, she was still his mother,"

DIRGE.The meeting before the bidding took place at Dawson Capestrano’s funeral. The funeral was graced by the presence of numerous business owners and his assets. Where friends are gathered, even enemies will be in attendance. Everyone was in black. Mourning the death of a young, vibrant man, His mother was grieving helplessly, blaming Dawson’s father for putting her son’s life in harm's way.Brandon felt so much pity for the woman. He was there when Dawson died; he tried to save him but couldn’t. They might have started on the rough part, but he never wished him death."I am doing all of this not only to avenge my father but to protect everyone known to me," Brandon winced.Olvido also sprayed dust on Dawson's coffin during the last funeral rites."I wouldn’t mind doing the same on your casket, Brandon," Olvido said viciously. Brandon was wearing bandages and plasters. His wounds from the accident were just healing when he got beat up, which added to the severity of the injury."I c

Brandon received an impromptu call. He was to report to the president’s house very early in the morning. He hadn’t had enough sleep since last night's saga. Madrigal wasn’t back, so he decided to go alone. He told Nathalie to stand guard at home. The fake chip and the Russian man were under his roof.He drove hurriedly to the president’s house. There were no guards or maids around the house, which was empty. The call specified that he came straight to the president’s office. Brandon went in there briskly, thinking the president wanted to test him or have a private discussion with him. The lights were turned off.He turned on the flashlight on his phone so he could see clearly. "How would they leave the doors widely open with no maids or guards around?" he asked himself loudly as he looked for the switch to turn on the light."Because isn't everyone away?" she clapped, and the lights turned on. "Hailey? "Is it all you?" he asked briskly. "Yes, I couldn’t get you off my mind since your

At the hospital.Madrigal and Nathalie were unrest, running helter-skelter to make sure Brandon was safe and fit. They waited anxiously for a reply from the doctor. "Why didn’t you keep an eye on him?" Madrigal asked worriedly. "I don’t know why he asked me to go wait in the car; he wanted to go and see Kimberly," she replied.Some armed men rushed inside the hospital compound, sealed the gates, and mounted signs on all the door posts.Some cars arrived shortly, filled with men dressed in suits. The other car, which was white, and a known signature of the family, was the last to drive in.The family arrived.They were all present aside from Olvido. They made sure every other occupant inside the hospital was chased out aside from the crucial matters. They were left with heavy guards."What’s going on? Why are they here?" Nathalie asked Madrigal. "What about these ones? Grandma Pilar?" One of the men in suits asked her. "Leave them; they belong to him," she replied."They are protecting

"Good morning everyone, this week has been extensively hard on me." "My father has been missing for days now, and now the man who took me as his dear son…." Brandon cleaned a fake tear from his eyes. The press was present at the first hearing, and the public viewed him as the newest member of the family. Brandon decided to address the people and release a statement about the death of the president and the death of his father.After agreeing to announcing his father’s death, he made an unexpected U-turn and discovered that his father was missing. Brandon continued his speech after he washed his face with wipes. He told the committee about the voices he heard and how he tried to rescue the president before he was attacked and knocked out, he didn’t know what else happened. He ended the process abruptly when Hailey dramatically joined him on stage, crying.He received some negative backlash on social media, while some other sent their love and prayers to him. He asked Nathalie to keep