Ethan glanced at the triplets. “Can you tell what will happen now?” The triplet on red was the first to speak up. “The helmsman isn’t reliable. If you take the deal, he will run and possibly take your daughter with him as insurance and kill her once he’s gotten to safety.” Ethan flashed him a tight smile. “Since when did you start thinking for me?” The triplet blinked in trepidation, quickly lowering his eyes to the ground. “Fo-forgive me, I didn’t get what your question was about.” Ethan glanced at the other two. “Can any of you tell what will happen once I accept Declan Wellington’s offer?” The triplet on black was silent while the one on green suddenly realized it, swallowing hard. “If he leaves, we won’t be of any use to you anymore. Then… you’ll have us dig our own graves.” Ethan nodded approvingly. “Excellent! I noticed you don’t talk too much. Your intelligence must be why. So since you know that now, what do you think should be my next move?” The triplet was hesi

Unable to use either of his arms, Declan curled into a ball, rolling around in pain as he lashed out bitterly.“You think the Wellington family will let this slide? I’m the head of this family! If anything happens to me, they’ll hold you accountable, you crazy punk!”Ethan turned, picked up another vase, and dropped it near Declan’s foot with a shrug.“You’ve done nothing but cause them panic. You’re so unstable with your decision-making that they fear you’ll drag the family into ruin just to fund one of your whims.”“In fact, I’m quite sure they’ll thank me for getting rid of you. Anyway, enough talk about them.”“Once I’m done crippling you, you’ll be reduced to nothing, bound to a wheelchair for the rest of your life.”“Hopefully, you’ll use what’s left of it to reflect on how you became a cripple. Now, hand me the other leg or would you prefer I do it roughly?”Declan blinked, clenching his jaw tightly against the raging pain in his arms. “No… you wouldn’t. You’re my brother. You

Five Years Later Hiding in her closet with her identical twin brothers, ten-year-old Honey William dangled a chocolate box in their faces. “I’ll give you this if you sit still and don’t say a word until I’m done.” The boys shifted uncomfortably, their eyes pinned to the chocolate box. “Mommy got upset the last time you used us as your face models. Shouldn’t you stop already?” “Yeah, don’t get mommy upset. You know she’s scary when she’s upset.” Honey grimaced and placed a hand on her hip. Lowering her eyes to the boxes, she sighed sadly. “Did you hear that, chocolate? Jaxon and Kaiden don’t want you anymore. I love my brothers, but I can’t do anything if they don’t want you.” “You look delicious, but you have nuts, which I’m allergic to. So I’m just going to drop you in the trash, even if you are Jaxon and Kaiden’s favorite chocolate brand. What a pity they’ve moved on from you.” With a heavy sigh, she slowly walked to the trash, exaggeratedly pressed it open with her foot, a