All Chapters of The Dragon General's Vengeful Return : Chapter 61
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Everyone has the same reaction on their faces, shock. Mister Beerson, who has been holding on to hope for a while now doesn't look like he believes it himself.He stands up to his feet, his lips parted as he tries or process this. “A test?” He asks, in a voice that is so loud that it sounded like he is talking to himself. “Yes, my dear friend, what were you thinking? That I was going to abandon you? Come on!” Mister Von laughs as he clasps his hand over James Beerson's shoulder. John Kent moves his eyes to Mrs Beerson, his eyebrows bunched up together in pretence of worry. “Mum, did you think that we abandoned you like that? Do you think that Finna abandoned you?” Mrs Beerson lips quivers as tears pools up in her eyes. “I– I didn't know what to think. I was just confused…” “We would never leave you, please. This was just a test, even though Roman and Stephanie, the conspiracy theorists, had a lot of nonsense to say.” Stephanie looks at Roman, her nostrils flaring. What the hel
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The rejection and disregard from her parents almost sends Stephanie into depression, but Roman's good news has cured her. Roman himself has his entire mood changed because he has just found out that a man that he killed five years ago is very much alive. He has to get to the bottom of this, because he knows that Jackson Black and Anthony Petrov are definitely planning something….But for the main time, he is giving his daughter all his attention. She looked like a perfect rose flower as she twirls around in her school uniform. This is her first day at school, ever, and she is very excited. Stephanie takes a couple of pictures, so as to preserve the memories, and then Roman leads them into the car that Stephanie will be driving. “Have a swell day at school, my princess.” He winks at Athena. “Bye, Pop pop.” Athena waves with a gummy smile on her face. Roman remains waving, until Athena can't see him anymore. She sits back down and breathes out in excitement. It's so hard to ke
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The principal notices how the colour has left Stephanie's face. “Oh, ma'am, are you sure that you are okay? You have nothing to worry about. Athena has been vented, and we are very sure that she will be able to keep up.” Principal Mabel says “It's not that, Principal,” Stephanie inhales deeply. “Is Pumpkin Kent going to be in the same class with her?” A small chuckle leaves the principal’s mouth. “I see that Pumpkin has become very popular. Pumpkin has a lot of… emotions irregularities, but she is working with the school therapist to fix it. Do not worry, the teacher pays them good attention all the time.” “No, you don't understand. She is Athena’s cousin. Pumpkin's mum is my sister.” The principal's eyes light up. “Oh, wow, what a coincidence! That's an advantage, I must say, I believe her cousin is going to help Athena to settle down.” Stephanie just pinch her mouth shut, she doesn't want to tell the principal that their family dynamic is one in which they are better off as
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As usual, Pumpkin is not listening to the teacher. That's not even the only issue, but she is also causing a distraction for the rest of the children. She has brought a jar of chewing gum to school with her today, and she is showing her friends how big of a bubble she can make with the gum in her mouth. The teacher is just a young girl who has graduated from one of the best teaching universities in the country. She had a lot of passion for the little ones, but since she became the teacher of grade 4, she has been rethinking her passion.And it's all because of one person – Pumpkin. Pumpkin never listened, never did her assignments, and whenever the teacher tried to give her any form of punishment, she would shut down the entire place. The teacher once set her to face the wall for an hour and the next day, she was queried by the principal and a huge chunk of her salary was taken away. Since then, she has been very careful what she says to Pumpkin. She just ignores the girl and ma
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Roman is very surprised to get a text message from Athena's School's parents' association. She has been there for only a week, but she has been fitting in so well. Maybe it's because her cousin has decided to take a hiatus….It's a test message from the parents' organization of the school, and they have asked all the fathers to meet in school on that day, in the evening…He thinks hard about it, and at the end, he decides that he is going to attend it. He doesn't tell Stephanie about it though, because she is already heartbroken that Finna chose to pull Pumpkin out of school temporarily. As if Athena has some kind of communicable disease. She doesn't need to know this. She is going to overthink it. When the time of the meeting comes, Roman puts on normal jeans and a shirt. He picks the cheapest car in the garage, and he heads to the school. He deliberately goes early, so as not to put a bad impression on his daughter. This is the first time he is being a father at a school, h
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John immediately zooms into the picture to make sure that it's clear enough for his eyes not to deceive him. He counts the zero, and yet, his hands are trembling. Ten million! Roman Croft has donated ten million for a stupid charity thing. The rest of the men are just shocked, but it's a little different from how John Kent feels. Roman is a mystery man that came in with cheap clothes and he has blown them all away. “Oh my God! This must be the greatest man in the city!” “Lies!” John hisses. “I will take it up with the developers of the website. Surely this is some kind of bug…” “Why? Do I have to send another ten million for you to believe?” Roman causally shrugs as he pulls out his phone again. “Tell me, John, I'm really eager to hear what you have to say.”John is holding his breath. If Roman sends another ten million, it will be very humiliating for John – more than it already is. John hands tingles, he doesn't know how to address this situation. But Roman does, and that's
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“Why have you done this? Why have you suddenly ordered Pumpkin to return back to school?” Finna asks. She hurried downstairs, to the garage, and luckily she caught him with him just in time to fire her question in his face. As soon as he left the room, she was still asleep when a crying Pumpkin walked in and explained that her father cruelly asked her to get ready for school. Finna is glaring at her husband, her slipper angrily slapping against the ground. John's hands go over the steering wheel, and he lets out a long sigh. “Because I said so, alright? I'm the man of the house, and I'm tired of seeing her doing nothing all day.” “What do you mean by that, John? We had an agreement! You get rid of Athena, and Pumpkin goes back to school. Don't you even care about the reputation of this family anymore?!” Yes, the reputation that has been greatly soiled because he wanted to protect them? Finna notices how John is avoiding answering the question. He knows that the parents’ asso
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As soon as Pumpkin locks eyes with Winona, she feels a chill run down her spine. In her entire life, Winona is the one person that had the audacity to punish her for her ruthless behavior. That night was one of the worst of her life, and each time she remembers it, a chill runs down her spine. “Wow, a bodyguard coming in with a student.” Miss Sophia blinks rapidly. “I guess there is a first time for everything. Is Principal Mabel aware of this?” “Of course, we just came out of her office.” Winona explains. “The agreement is that I stay in the class with Athena, just to make sure that no harm comes to her. I also cannot interfere in anything else, especially with her and the other students.” Pumpkin grins take the size of an island. Of course there is a loophole. Because of Winona, she has promised herself that she will never go to the Croft mansion again. She will bully Athena for as long as she can, verbally most of the time, and Winona won't be able to do anything, since th
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When Pumpkin walks home, she goes straight to the bathroom and orders one of the maids to deep wash her hair. The poor girl tried her best, but she kept gagging from the pungent smell coming from the little Madam's hair. Pumpkin refuses to have dinner, and by the next few days, she won't even look at Athena, or answer whenever her mother asks if she is still torturing her. With a heavy heart, Finna realize that just like her husband, her daughter abandoned the cause. They have given up and will just allow Athena Kent to strut the grounds of the school like she earned it or something…Finna decides that it's time for her to take matters into her hands. She picks up the phone and calls her sister. “Well, is the sky about to cave in?” Stephanie sarcastically exclaims at the other end. “Why has my sister called me all of a sudden?” “Oh, don't flatter yourself, Stephanie. I need to see you.” Finna says. “See me for what, Finna? I have a lot of things to do…” “You can make out the
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Before Stephanie can answer, a shiny and cold blade gets pressed against her throat. She inhales in a shaky voice and presses herself against her car, trying to get away from him. “Ah, there is no need for you to confirm it. I have a reference picture right here.” He says, glance at a crumbled and then poorly straightened paper in his hand. “You look even better in person.” Stephanie's eyes fill up with tears. “Please, don't hurt me. I don't want any trouble, I will give you all the money I have.” The young man laughs. “No harm will come to you, Stephanie Croft. As long as your husband cooperates…” Her eyes are blinded with a cloth, and then she is thrown into the booth of a car. Many scary things have happened in her life, but this has got to be at the top of the chart. She can't see anything, but she can hear and feel the engine of her car gently roaring as her kidnapper drives her away.The air in the confined space gets hotter, and it doesn't help with the feeling of impend