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Mister Jones has a very gigantic secret, and it's one that he is very ashamed of. He hasn't told anyone about it. Now, that smart pants, Leon Shankly, is pulling him out into exposure. You see, the Kane family has been in the medical business for many years, and unlike many other families in the other businesses, there are no medical practitioners in that family. They are business people who are all about money to be made, and they hardly care about the people consuming their products. Years ago, they rolled out a pain reliever into the market hurriedly without sufficient trial, and soon people who took the medicine started to suffer from acute depression. Doctor Arthur Shankly tried to inform them of the side effects of their drugs, but because he was a competitor, they thought he was trying to stop their profits. Not until 20% of the people who used the bad medicine committed suicide, that's when Doctor Arthur Shankly couldn't take it anymore. He and his wife went public wi
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Another meeting with the ordo medicorum, and Helen stands up to address all of them. She has been looking forward to this moment for days now. She has a heavy burden on her chest, and she is going to take it off here. “Thank you to Senex and my fellow sages. I know all of you heard the big news about the Shankly empire a few days ago.” “Yes, Sage Helen, what happened?” Senex asks. “I thought you said it wasn't safe to release the drug into the market.” “Yes, sir, nothing has changed. It was Damien Shankly, my stupid brother, who announced it without my consent.” Helen laments. “This caused a heavy turbulence for me, because of the dangers that I fear will come upon me.” “And what is it that you are going to do about this?” She is asked. Helen folds her hands in front of her. “I have decided to release the drug anyways, but I won't be doing it alone. I will be producing it with the Jones company, as my partner.” Everyone else turns around to Mister Jones. Who looks confused and
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Victoria Smith has been a happy woman of late. Her daughter is married to Damien Shankly, and she is pregnant with twin boys. She doesn't have to worry about money anymore, and very soon, she will teach her husband's bastard son a lesson and take back his companies. Today, she has driven herself to the farmer's market at a small town in the outskirts of the city. Although she is an awful woman, she loves to pick out fresh farm produce and go on to prepare healthy meals for herself and her pregnant daughter. She wants her precious grandsons to be strong and intelligent. They will need that to take over from their father when the time comes. Many people know who she is, and they swarm around her all the time to get her to buy their things! “Look at these tomatoes, Madam!” “I picked these corn specially for you!” “These peppers came all the way from the north for you!” She loves all the attention, and how the people sometimes ask her to find favour for them in the Shankly empir
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Selina has come to the hospital for her routine checkup with Leon. It has become less awkward, and they both rarely say much to each other. Leon places his thumb and index fingers against her exposed belly. He is examining her babies, and she is looking at him as if he can suddenly bring out a knife and stab her in the belly. “The boys are fine.” Leon says to her. “Just keep exercising, eating well, and taking your supplements.” “I want a planned CS.” She looks at him. “I don't want to go the natural route.” Leon has a surprise. He didn't take Selina to be one to fear pain so much like this. “Selina, you have nothing to worry about. It's okay to be scared, but I can assure you that you are not in any danger. If you are scared of the pain, we can always have an epidural–” “Do you think that I haven't done my research?” She cuts him off. “Having a single child is hard enough, I'm expected to push out two! It's safer to go back that way, because the lives of my boys are very import
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Damien walks back to meet his family, and his mother– the irritatingly drunk woman who unfortunately birthed him– jumps up to give him another hug. “Please, let's all settle down.” He says with a stiff smile. “You have no idea how happy I am to see you.” Elle is sitting at the edge of her seat, she is the most attentive of the group. The rest of them seem to be so fascinated with everything that they are seeing, but not Elle. She came here with a mission, and she has not lost sight of it. She is the only girl of this family, and she is the prettiest of them all. Their mum is pretty too, but the liquor and drugs have shrunk her and left her eyes almost soulless. As they all sit down, while Selina maliciously observes them from the kitchen door, Damien starts to speak to them. “You don't know how happy I am to finally meet you people, my true family.” He pretends to wipe tears from his face. Elle shifts on her buttocks. “Damien, we are not here to cause you any trouble, okay? W
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Selina would hate for these poor people to get into her luxurious home, but she doesn't have a choice. Deep in her heart, she knows that they are telling her the truth. How can she send them away when they can go to the news hungry journalist and get a story published that will destroy Damien and her? She tries not to grimace too much in pain as she widens the door, and allow them to put their poor feet into her house. “Please, make yourself comfortable while I go and give Damien a call.” She force herself to smile so hardly that her face hurts. She rushes upstairs and get her phone, but before she will come down, she can't recognize her living room anymore. Ella is helping herself to switch through the channels with the remotes, while the boys are making themselves happy with Damien's limited edition video games. Their drunk of a mother has made her way to the kitchen and uncork an expensive bottle of wine. She drinks straight from the bottle and flash her rotten teeth at Selin
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