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It had now been four hours. Many people in the waiting room had already performed, and it would soon be his turn.Suddenly, the door to the waiting room opened, and the show organizer walked in.“We have a special artist here with us today. Initially, he was supposed to open the show, but he had an emergency. To those of you waiting in line, I’m sorry, but this artist will have to perform first. He’s still very busy and has somewhere else to be after this.”The show organizer spoke in an apologetic tone. Everyone waiting for their turn, including Alex, frowned, but none of them could do anything about it. All of them here were upcoming artists who were barely known, so they had no power to protest.They all looked up to see the artist receiving such special treatment. Alex also looked up but instantly regretted it.The person was none other than Derek.Alex cursed his luck. Why Derek of all people? And was that guy stuck performing free shows or something? Both times Alex had seen him
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They dropped the lawyer at home and drove off immediately."So spill it, Alex. What is it that you have to do so urgently?" Anna asked with a frown after they dropped the judge."I don't know how to explain this to you, but instead of questioning me, can you just believe in me and help me out?" he said calmly."How can I help you when I don't even know what you're planning?" she sighed."Don't worry about it. Just believe me, like you always have," he replied.Anna studied him for a moment. "Alright, I believe you. What should we do?""Let's drop Jude at home first," he suggested."No way. I'm also involved in this case, so I must be part of everything that goes on. Are you trying to sideline me?" Jude said angrily, his fat body shaking violently.Alex also felt it wasn't fair and apologized to him."Alright, Anna, can you find me a place where I can perform today? Anywhere with maybe over two thousand people in attendance. If there are fewer people, I can accept it, but it means I wi
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"Frederick, please. This is our son Jude we are talking about. Let's put aside our differences and do something," Mrs Agnes said, kneeling and clutching the legs of a tall, fat, middle-aged man."Get away from me. Now he's my son? But you were the one who instigated him not to come back. He even rejected a house and a sixty-thousand-credit car just to do that DJ work.""He's not a DJ. He's a producer," Agnes explained."Whatever. I don't care. All I know is that I don't have such a shameless son. He couldn't even be man enough to chase women and instead resorted to forcing himself on them. What a disgrace." He spat the words out."What are you saying? You and I both clearly know that he didn't do it," she said angrily."You and I know? How would I even know? I didn't raise him," he interjected."Yes, probably because you were busy impregnating a whore outside wedlock," she snapped."A whore? How dare you call my wife a whore?" he snapped back."So what? Isn't she a whore? You know wha
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They both looked toward the door as the police officer pulled out a pair of handcuffs.“Come on, someone wants to see you. I don’t have all day, so let’s get this over with so I can go back to what I was doing,” he said impatiently.Alex and Jude were handcuffed again and led away.“Sorry to ask, but didn’t you say earlier that the station commander was coming and wouldn’t like us seeing people?” Alex asked, confused.“Yes, you’re right. But that only applies to people who didn’t come through him. This person came with the commander himself,” the policeman explained roughly.Alex immediately understood.They were taken back to the same room as before. This time, however, someone was already seated at the table in front of them. Alex couldn’t see her face because she was facing the other direction, but he could make out enough of her figure to tell that she was a woman.They were brought in front of her, and he finally saw her face.“It’s you.” Alex frowned as the police forced him to
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They were brought to a room and left there after their handcuffs were removed. They didn’t wait long before a crying Amber burst in and lunged straight for Alex, hugging him tightly.“Amber…” he said softly, his voice breaking.“I’m trying my best, Alex. I begged my father as much as I could, but he said that with the evidence it will be really hard to get you out. I know you didn’t do it. I’m sorry I didn’t warn you about how dark the industry is.” She cried.“It’s not your fault. I was too careless. Also, stop asking your father for help. You might make things too difficult for him, and he might end up loathing me.”She didn’t reply and only hugged him tighter.“Amber, I thought the first thing you would ask the moment you saw me would be for me to tell you the truth about whether I truly did it. I never knew you believed in my character so much,” he said calmly. If there was one silver lining in all this, it was seeing at least one person believe in him completely, even with eviden
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"You really think there’s any amount you could offer that would move me?" the black-haired girl sneered, her arms folded tightly across her chest.Her apartment door hung half open behind her. A few curious neighbors lingered in the hallway, pretending to check their phones while listening closely."He tried to rape me. No amount of money can erase that. He deserves to suffer for it," she said sharply.Anna stood calmly in the corridor, unfazed by the hostility."Both of us know very well he didn’t force himself on you," Anna replied evenly. "But let’s set that aside for now. Tell me what you want.""I don’t want anything," the girl shot back immediately. "I want him to rot in prison and suffer for what he did."Her eyes narrowed as she leaned slightly closer."And if you keep pushing me, I might just tell the police that you’re threatening me."For a brief moment, the hallway fell silent.Anna studied her quietly, then nodded."Alright. I’ll be leaving," she said. "But believe me, yo
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