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CHAPTER 73 PART 3
AJ swallowed and nodded slowly. The casual lightness he had been carrying all evening faded, replaced by the sober awareness of a man who had spent the last year running for his life.Gary returned with two plastic bags stuffed with cheap blankets and flat pillows. He tossed them on the floor with theatrical disgust and spread one set beside the bed, grumbling about how fifty million dollars should at least buy a man a decent mattress.While Gary arranged his pallet, Ethan pulled a small portable stove and a blackened medicine pot from the cabinet beneath the counter. He filled the pot with water, dropped in the White Dragon Root he had been carrying, and set it to boil. The root dissolved slowly, releasing a smell so bitter and sharp that Gary gagged from across the room.When the decoction was ready, Ethan lifted the pot and drank.The liquid hit his throat like molten fire. It burned down his chest and spread through his body in waves of searing heat. His face went pale in an insta
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Gary's mouth opened and closed twice. His fingers gripped the headrest so hard the leather squeaked. The prince had chosen Ethan over him again, and there was nothing he could do about it without risking the entire arrangement."Fine," Gary muttered. He sank into his seat and folded his arms like a child who had been told he could not have dessert. "The clinic. Wonderful."The taxi pulled up outside the Cole Clinic twenty minutes later. The small building sat on a quiet corner beneath a single streetlight. The windows were dark but the front door was unlocked.Ethan stepped inside and stopped. The clinic had been transformed. Every surface was clean. The medicine shelves had been reorganized. The floor had been scrubbed until it reflected the overhead light. The broken cabinet from the break in had been replaced with a new one, and fresh curtains hung in the windows. Someone had put a small vase of white flowers on the front counter.Victoria. She must have sent someone after the brea
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Slick Gary collected the last signed agreement from Carl and tucked the stack of papers into the inside pocket of his jacket. He patted the pocket twice with the tenderness of a man holding a newborn. Every signature, every wire transfer, every handshake was another brick in the fortune he was about to steal.The crowd filed out of the private room in high spirits. They shook hands and clapped each other on the back, chatting about vacation homes and new cars and the kind of life that only existed in the imaginations of people who had just been robbed.As they passed Ethan standing by the door, their smiles hardened into sneers. Uncle Ray shot him a look of pure contempt. Aunt Patty muttered something about bitter, jealous dogs under her breath. Marcus bumped his shoulder without apologizing. Carl shook his head and walked past without a word.When the last of them disappeared down the hallway, Slick Gary turned to Sophia and clapped his hands together with fatherly warmth."You all h
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"You are doing this on purpose," Tyler snarled. "You malicious piece of garbage. You cannot stand to see the Morgan family succeed, so you are trying to poison everyone against us."Ashley rolled her eyes and let out a theatrical sigh."He is just jealous," Ashley said. "Nobody invited him to invest. He does not have a cent to his name and it is eating him alive watching real money change hands."Diane threw her head back and laughed. It was a high, sharp laugh designed to belittle."Oh, Ethan, darling," Diane said with dripping sweetness. "Thank you so much for your concern. We are all very touched that a homeless dog who got kicked out of our family is worried about our finances. Truly heartwarming."Sophia delivered the final blow. She turned to the crowd and raised her voice above the noise."The Morgan family is investing over fifty million dollars of our own money into this venture," Sophia announced. Her jaw was set and her eyes blazed with defiant certainty. "Fifty million. If
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The room wavered. Doubt crept into faces that had been locked in fury thirty seconds ago. Uncle Ray uncrossed his arms. Carl lowered his pointed hand. Even Marcus, who trusted Gary about as far as he could throw a refrigerator, was chewing the inside of his cheek.Then Sophia stepped forward.She had been watching her father work the room and she recognized the opening the way a chess player recognizes a mate in three moves. Her voice cut through the murmuring crowd with the clean authority of a CEO addressing a boardroom."The real reason the family sold so many shares was to raise capital for our partnership with Sha Kingdom royalty," Sophia said. Her face was composed and her eyes were clear. Not a single muscle betrayed the lie. "We planned to bring all of you in once the deal was finalized. But you came here tonight before we had a chance to explain."She paused and let her gaze move across the crowd slowly, making eye contact with each person."You jumped to conclusions," Sophia
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Uncle Ray was the first to respond. He crossed his arms and stared at Gary with the kind of contempt reserved for men who had already stolen from him once."You expect us to believe this garbage?" Ray spat. "You robbed us blind four years ago and now you come back wearing the same dirty shirt telling us to hand over more money? Do you think we are dogs that keep eating from the same bowl that poisoned us?""This is a con," Marcus said flatly. "Same man, same trick, different costume."Aunt Patty shook her head so hard her earrings swung."Give us our money back first," Patty demanded. "Every cent you stole. Then maybe we will listen to your fairy tale about princes and oil fields."Carl pointed at AJ with open skepticism."That boy looks like he has not showered in a week," Carl said. "And you are telling us he owns oil fields?"Gary felt the crowd slipping. He spun around and pointed at Ethan with a desperate, sweeping gesture."Ask him," Gary said. His voice was pitched high with ur
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