"Anthony?!" Annabelle turned around and instead of her, Anthony was looking at the suitcase.
"Thanks for bringing my stuff, hope it didn’t inconvenience you," he said then pulled the rolling suitcase to his side.
He started to notice how quiet Annabelle was being which isn’t how she behaves around him, and because of that Anthony got a sense that something was wrong that he didn't know about.
This had to be different and unrelated to him being exiled from her family mansion, he thought.
"Hey, what's wrong? You’re acting like you’re hiding something from me, are you?" He got closer, trying to comfort her.
"No it's nothing, don't worry ab—" she said with her head lowered but the moment she looked at Anthony, she paused abruptly.
She became angry, scowling, and defensive all of a sudden, saying "You're not using that on me right now are you?! You promised me that you'll never try it again”
Her sudden outburst caught Anthony off guard, leaving him speechless for a hot second. Though she looked angry, He could tell that she was trying to deflect his questions by accusing him of what he wasn’t doing.
Maintaining his calm, he replied "Of course, I wasn't. I remember how bad you took it when I told you the truth and you almost broke off our engagement, so why would I risk it? Hehe" he chuckled in an attempt at calming her
She thought about it, saw that she was wrong then apologized "Sorry"
"So have you found a place to stay yet? You know you shouldn't be moving around with a suitcase in places like these, without having a specific place to stay." she looked concerned.
Anthony smirked "You don't have to worry about me babe, I already have a place to stay and that's where I plan to head to immediately after I see you off"
She frowned suspiciously "I hope it isn't somewhere around here. I heard rumors that this area isn't safe, especially for nonlocals"
Neon Grove is very notorious for being one of the most dangerous places in the entire district, especially at night, and rightfully so.
"Of course not. Don’t worry about me, I’ll be safe" he smiled and she saw that he was being honest about his safety not being an issue so she dropped it.
"Alright then,” she said
They finished talking but she looked hesitant about leaving which was more confirmation to Anthony that something fishy was indeed happening at home that he wasn't aware of.
Since she didn’t want to tell him, he couldn’t force it out of her and so he let it go.
He spread his arms wide open, letting her know what he wanted and she came in for a hug. This was the only way he could comfort her for now.
He waved for a taxi which stopped right next to them and she got inside, they both waved each other goodbye and the taxi drove off.
Anthony waited for Annabelle's taxi to go beyond the horizon, making sure that she wouldn't be able to see that instead of getting into a taxi and going somewhere else, somewhere safer like he promised he would, he went into NEON GROVE Street which is the center of all the dangerous rumors Annabelle was concerned about.
Regardless of how bad and like the slums the place looked, Anthony didn't look surprised, instead, he chuckled "it's been a while. Didn't think I would be walking around here again"
Like the name says, NEON GROVE has a lot of neon light from shops and buildings placed almost everywhere so even though it was evening time, the place still shone bright.
By this time, the night-walkers have already come out and were busy looking for "clients" while small gangs were posted at their usual spots, and here comes Anthony, walking past all of them with his suitcase.
They all stared at him with opportunistically because they could tell that he was new here.
"Hey baby, you looking to have a fun time this night?"
From across the street, a few out of a group of the night-walkers called out to Anthony while showcasing what they had to "offer" but he outright declined their advances by raising his left hand and showing them his wedding ring.
"That doesn't matter baby, we can still have fun together and the little misses will be none the wiser," said another nightwalker, standing with a separate group on the side of the road he was walking.
Anthony chuckled, saying “No, I’m good”
Nightwalkers are often time easy-going, so even though he was declining, because he was doing so politely, it made them like him even more, especially her.
He walked passed that group too and she separated herself from the others "Hey, since I like you so much why don’t I give you a piece of advice" she said as she got to him.
"I'm guessing you're new to this neighborhood so I'll give you a little heads up, don't go too deep into that area over there. That spot is off limits to newbies" she pointed at a particular intersection that had the most neon lights than the rest.
“Why not?” Anthony asked.
"That's where the tough guys are, and honestly you look like a big target, so just avoid them, okay hun?" She winked at him.
Anthony who was looking in the direction she was pointing at, chuckled, completely disregarding the advice she had just given him
"Thanks, but I know what I'm doing," he said boldly.
"Okay tough guy, pretend I didn't say anything then and I'll be seeing you next time, or not" she said then whispered into his ear "The name’s Tessa by the way, and here's a little gift for you"
She kissed him on the cheek, catching him off guard.
"!!" Anthony didn't say anything back, he only pulled out his handkerchief from his back trouser pocket and cleaned the lipstick stain.
He continued his journey, heading to the exact road she told him not to go, and just like she said, the small gang members there made their appearance in front of Anthony, blocking his way.
"Look who we have here boys, fresh meat!" said the gang leader, walking up to Anthony, slouching and having his tongue out like a snake.
He circled Anthony while the others blocked Anthony's path. They all grinned like they had been waiting for this.
Turns out one of them had seen Anthony speaking with Tessa earlier and came to tell the leader about it.
"What's your name, city boy?" The leader asked but was met with silence from Anthony which infuriated him more than he expected.
"Looks like we have a tough guy boys—" he mocked but was interrupted by the tallest and fastest member of their gang.
"I don't like the way this guy’s looking at us bro, maybe we should just let him go," the big guy said looking a bit nervous.
"Why are you getting scared?! What can one guy do when we've got him surrounded, huh?" The leader who talks with a lisp said to try and boost their morale.
The leader bumped Anthony on the shoulder as he left his back and went to stand in front of Anthony.
"You look lost silver, where do you think you're heading in my territory?" He tried to intimidate Anthony but it wasn’t working.
Without saying anything, Anthony pointed at a story building standing at the end of the road. It was a hotel and it was secluded from the other buildings on that road.
Curious about where Anthony was pointing, they all turned to see that it was that exact hotel and instantly all their demeanors changed.
They were terrified and pessimistic with the expressions they had and their shoulders dropping.
The gang leader gulped while sweating profusely.
"Th-that place is off limits to anyone who isn't high up in the Mob, including us, so I think you're mistaken" his mouth felt extremely dry and his eyes droopy.
Anthony scoffed and without feeling the need to give them any answers he continued moving forward, going through them, and the moment he walked past the leader, the man grabbed onto Anthony's shoulder "Wait, you can't just ignore—"
Before he could finish, Anthony turned around and stared right into his eyes, having the veins in his neck bulging outwards.
His once beautiful ocean blue eyes didn't look alluring any more, especially with the neon lights reflecting off of them and highlighting the spiderwebs that were the veins in them.
The fierce look, intensity, and steadiness in Anthony's stare were enough to make the leader weak-kneed, losing all control of his lungs and his breathing stopped.
He was suffocating and trembling in fear while Anthony stood over him with murderous intent.

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Abraham rose from his chair and looked at Johnathan with shock."Master Johnathan, what do you mean by that?! Are you seriously giving up on all of this and want to return home?!" Abraham asked enthusiastically.Johnathan was left speechless as he looked at Abraham and was grimacing in confusion.He never knew Abraham would react this way to what he said and it was like he was happy to hear him give up on the mission.Abraham grinned "Even though we've already done this much, it's not too late to stop all of this and return home Master Johnathan," he said then dropped on his chair.He immediately opened his desk drawer and searched for some documents which he started arranging, hoping to start packing what they needed so that they could leave this place first thing in the morning.Johnathan cleared his throat when he had seen enough."What is it, Master Johnathan? Do you have a cough? Sore throat maybe? Don't worry, I'll be right there to check what's wrong but first lemme put these d
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Johnathan looked at George and then at Abraham when he got close and he realized that he had forgotten a piece of vital information."Master Jo—" Abraham said but Johnathan quickly interrupted him."Not exactly. I forgot to tell you but this is Abraham, the person I called on the phone back at the bowling rink and he's the one sponsoring me so that I can attend Wellstone. I also call him my guardian like I told you" George looked at Johnathan skeptically then he looked at the luxurious apartment."So you're saying that none of this belongs to you but him?" George asked."Yes"George nodded his head and then started smiling."I thought so. No way a cool and nice guy like you comes from wealth. You almost gave me a heart attack there, not cool" George said.Abraham and the maids looked at George and they were all frowning that he could be talking to their master like this. He should show some respect.Seeing that they were going to lash out at George, Johnathan gave them a signal while
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Johnathan stared at this student, wondering if he wanted to get involved with him or not. He's already helped him wake up so should he involve himself beyond this point?In the end, he came up with his answer."I'm nobody," Johnathan said then stood up and stuffed his hands into his hoodie pocket."As you can see the party is over so you should start going him. That's why I'm doing" Johnathan said.The student looked around and he was disappointed that he missed the party. A reaction that Johnathan found strange because he was more concerned about that than the fact Bradly had knocked him unconscious."Whoever you are, thanks for waking me up. I should also start heading—" The student said as he was standing up but then his stomach started hurting and he crashed back down.The student grabbed his stomach and started wincing from the pain."What's wrong?" Johnathan asked him, worried that something else might be wrong."I don't know, my stomach just hurts like hell. Was it something I d
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"Hey Bradly, how come it seems like you know the Welfie on a personal level when none of us have ever seen him before?" One of the two students who came with Bradly asked.Immediately, a grin popped up on Bradly's face."What do you think worm, should I tell them?" Bradly whispered in Johnathan's ear and Johnathan jolted.Johnathan knew instantly what Bradly's plan was and what he was going to say to everyone and his heart started pounding fast."Listen, Bradly, don't say anything. Even though it was fake, we were still friends for—" Johnathan said but Bradly cut him off."Oh, you thought I was asking? For reminding me how I had to listen to your stupid complaints which made my brain melt all those time, watch this" Bradly said then stepped away from Johnathan and in the process, he brought out his phone and raised it in front of everyone.Bradly quickly went to the Bubble Tv platform, found a certain video, copied the link, and then sent it as a comment underneath the post on the scho
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Back at the apartment, Abraham was seated in his office chair and was going through some documents when his phone on the desk suddenly started ringing.Seeing who the caller was, Abraham hurriedly answered the call.“Master Zebadiah, good evening or should I say good afternoon in your case,” Abraham said.[“Thank you Abraham and greetings to you too. I was just calling to ask how are you and Johnathan settling into the apartment? Hope everything is to his liking”] Zebadiah said.“Yes master, Master Johnathan gave his approval of the place a while ago. He told me that he’s happy to have somewhere like this close to his school to hang out during days he wants to get away from school stress”[“That’s good to hear. And Johnathan, where is he right now?”]“Well, master Johnathan told me that his level-mates were organizing a get-together somewhere close by so he went to go check it out. He wants to make as many acquaintances as possible before he starts school officially”Zebadiah grunted.
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Johnathan was almost a whole foot taller than Zack was and because he wasn’t sitting and hunching anymore, his hoodie didn’t seem as big as it used to.Zack and his friends were starting to see that not only was Johnathan tall but he was also muscular and all three of him were speechless.“Hey Zack, don’t just stand there, teach that Welfie a lesson not to mess with people like us,” Someone from the crowd said.Even though he didn’t want to, Zack just had to show himself and there was only one way he could try to conquer Johnathan since he couldn’t attack him physically.“Listen here Welfie, as I said before, I’m Zack Griffin from the Griffin family and I’m sure you’ve heard of me. If you know what’s good for you, better let go of my hand right now or else you’ll receive a message from the school first thing tomorrow morning about your expulsion. Trust me, I can make that happen” Zack threatened then smirked.Johnathan shrugged “You can try but you’ll be surprised by the outcome,” he
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