Ryan's eyes wandered around the room to see if there was anyone else she was speaking to. No one. His eyes darted back to her. A rapist? Is she starting to run out of her mind?
“What are you talking about?” Ryan forced himself to ask even though what he wanted to do right now was to throw anything he could possibly throw, turn the room upside down to show Stephanie that she isn't the only one capable of getting mad.
She stared at him, anger visible on her face. "So it has now come to this, huh? Drugging me just so you can sleep with me?" She didn't shout this time.
Drug? Ryan tried to stand up but his body felt numb again. The last thing Stephanie should ever think of if she had even the slightest bit feeling for him was that he would drug her. And to think she was the one who seduced him last night… his mouth opened slightly to say something, but no words came out. All the words in his head wanted to rush out at once. He couldn't even form a sentence to deny what she was accusing him of.
Stephanie threw another shoe at Ryan. Her hand shook slightly in mad anger as she gathered the blanket around her and walked to the drawer. If she had known that this is what Ryan would resolve to make them have a child, she would have sent him to another room.
"It seems just like you, Ryan." She stopped when she got to the drawer. "Drugging and raping me just because you think a child will solve your poverty problem."
She opened the drawer and threw out things from it.
"You think getting me pregnant would make me consider you as a proper man?" She threw one drug tablet toward him to make sure he feels his stupidity. Only that the Ryan she knew doesn't have any feeling of stupidity. Maybe it's his lack of ambition that makes it impossible for him to think like a normal man. Hell, a normal man!
"To hell with you, Ryan!" She shouted, still looking for the emergency contraceptives.
"To hell with you if you think I'm going to have a child for a loser."
If humiliation were a currency, he was sure he would have been the first man ever seen to build a house in the air with the constant humiliation he's been subjected to in the past three years of his marriage to Stephanie.
Stephanie's family members made it clear to him that they knew he was made of nothing other than poverty and yeah, they treated him worse than a piece of trash.
Had he really been this stupid? He remembered what Stephanie told him on their wedding day just as the guests started to leave and they were alone for some moments. She asked him would Ryan stay at home being a househusband to support her career. And what had been his reply? He had grinned!
He reached into his pocket to get his cigarettes, he pulled out an empty hand. He had almost forgotten that he was too poor now to even buy that.
He couldn't stand it anymore. The woman he loved only did see him as a substitute for her ex-boyfriend?
After being married for many years, she thought Ryan was the kind of person who would rather force her just to make her pregnant to maintain the marriage?
And she‘d rather take abortion pills than have a baby with him?
Ryan walked over to her and gripped her wrist, forcing her to look at him.
"Last night. Did you remember anything?"
She laughed. "I remember. Yes. You raped me!"
Ryan shook his head, "Anderson?" He looked at Stephanie's pale face and continued, “You moaned his name.”
“I didn't...” Stephanie subconsciously tried to deny it, but then lifted her chin. “So What?” She jerked her hand from his grip, "He's way better than you."
“If you said so. ," Ryan said. "Let’s get divorced. I've had enough."
Silence enveloped the room at Ryan's demand for a divorce. Stephanie blinked her eyes repeatedly, her anger evaporating and completely replaced by a headache.
"What?" Her lips quivered. "What did you just say?"
"I want a divorce. Today."
"Why would you mention that out of the blue? Do you think a divorce is a joke?"
"This marriage isn't working. And…" Ryan looked into her eyes. "I can't do this any more. I've had enough of being the one you let out your anger on." And, Ryan thought, I can't continue living this stupid life in the name of love where you have no respect for me.
"If that's the case, I will find something to do about it. A divorce isn't necessary, especially since it will affect you."
"Affect me? As in, I'm too poor to stay alive?" Ryan asked sarcastically.

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“I was coming to check on you, sir,” the butler said. “Are you the one waiting for me inside?” The butler nodded. “Yes, sir.” For some seconds, it didn't make sense for Ryan. The butler…did the butler cause him to lose his memory? The butler took out a gun from his pocket and handed it over to Ryan. “There are forty bullets in there, I'll be waiting in the party. I saw a guy who caught my attention.” He winked at Ryan before walking away. Ryan sighed in relief. It really wouldn't have been funny if it was the butler who caused his amnesia. Slowly, Ryan walked in. In the center of the empty room were two men on their knees. He couldn't recognize one of them but he knew fully well who the second man was. His mother's only brother. The same man who had been by his side and comforted him when his mother died. Ryan adjusted the gun and pointed at the other man's head. He shot him dead with two bullets. He held the gun against his mother's brother's temple.
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Ryan stood rooted in the spot and tried to process the information. The girl he saved when he was eight was Stephanie? His father knew but still made a fool of him by making him carry out stupid assignment by using the Hill family to threaten him? He stared at his father. “You know what, dad? You're unbelievable.” He started toward the door. “Ryan…you are not the only one affected by your mother's death! You get it?” “Like hell, you were affected. Like hell, you missed her way more than I did. But what…?” Ryan laughed. “You made no attempt to find out who murdered her. What a way to miss someone.” “We have different ways of handling losses. This is just my way.” Ryan turned to look at his father. “You handled it in a very pathetic way.” “Thank you, but what would I have done? Left all the work and cried all day? Would that bring her back?” “Dad, stop, will you? Nothing will ever bring her back, yeah, but you are just making excuses. You allowed the fact that you thou
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Ryan ran his hand through his hair. “I'm sorry I lied to you.” “No problem, man. Things might have been awkward if you told me straight up that you were Lopez's heir,” Landon said. “By the way, what clothes do you wanna wear? I could choose for you if you are confused.” “I'll really love that.” Landon checked the clothes one after the other. He took out five pieces of clothing and dropped them on the bed. “You can try those,” he said. “Was it the butler who invited you here?” Ryan asked. “No. Your father called me a week ago and made me promise to come with our neighbors.” “Are our neighbors here too?” Ryan asked in surprise. “Yeah and don't worry, your father sponsored their transport fare.” Ryan rolled his eyes. “Of course he's supposed to do that since he invited them.” “We arrived last night.” “I'm really disappointed in you guys. Abbie too? She kept it a secret from me…” Ryan grumbled as he tried one of the clothes. Landon chuckled. “Um…Lewis came with Brenda too.
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Ryan stared at the worker for a few seconds. Has she lost her mind? “What did you say?” Ryan asked some seconds later. “Master had collapsed, sir.” “Where is he right now?” “At the hospital, sir.” “Which hospital?” Ryan grabbed a car key from the top of the drawer. “I don't have an…” Ryan didn't hear the rest of her words as he ran outside. A driver was waiting for him. He got in and the car sped on. “Does this happen often?” Ryan asked the driver. “No, sir. This is the first time something like this has ever happened, sir.” Ryan tried to control his knee jerk but it was impossible. Why should his father collapse on his birthday? The thought of losing the only family he had left brought numbness to his whole body. The car came to a halt in front of a big building. Ryan opened the car door and ran toward the gate. He ran inside. He stopped and looked around. This place looks nothing like a hospital. He was about to go back to meet the driver when he saw people coming out
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A really bad headache was what Ryan woke up to the next morning. What a way to start a birthday, he thought. He took the phone beeping on the bed. He checked the time. Seven a.m. He had a thousand messages from strange numbers. Yeah. He's back to this kind of life where he cannot have a private number. All the messages were congratulatory messages from people he had no idea who they were. Just as he clicked on one, ten more messages appeared. Ryan tossed the phone on the bed and got up. Just how people always figure out his number will remain a mystery to him. He went to the bathroom and grabbed his toothbrush. An idea came up in his head. “Ryan, we are no longer a kid…” he scolded himself but still, he dropped the toothbrush and walked to the end of his room where the digital scale was. He stood on it. He hasn't gained any weight. He went to the stadiometer his height hasn't increased too. He started laughing. What the hell is he doing? He is really not trying
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Ryan glanced at his father. He wanted to remind him that he was supposed to hand over the Right Life to him when he is twenty five but the man doesn't seem like he was ready to listen to anything else. Ryan looked at the men still on their knees. “I promise to do my best as your leader and not let you down.” There was the sound of gunshots, then total silence. For some seconds in which everyone processed the change of leadership, there was silence. At once, all the men got on their feet and together, they bowed at Ryan. “I should have known you guys were planning something dangerous when you told me a surprise was waiting for me,” Ryan said later that evening as he went with butler to the lounge. “That isn't a surprise. Your birthday is tomorrow.” “If that isn't a surprise, what the hell are you guys planning to do with me again?” Ryan asked. “You'll love it, sir. I'm sure of that.” The lounge was already set with tables filled with drinks. After they sat down, the butler
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