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Chapter 36
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"I ordered breakfast and then I have a surprise for you." I inform Mia when she exits the bathroom after getting dressed in a pair of skinny jeans, a white top that shows a lot of skin, maybe a little too much for my approval, but I was not going to press that matter. Today is supposed to be a fun and normal day, at least that is what Achille told me. He had this whole day mapped out and organised. Apparently I needed to let go a little, but I know that that only meant I needed to do something a normal couple would do at an resort. Whatever he measures normal to.I place the glass of orange juice on the bedside table and she eagerly takes it in her hand and chuck down the glass of orange juice waiting for her and I gulp down my glass so quickly not even hiding my thirst caused by too much whiskey the previous night before I take a seat on the foot and end of the bed. "Some pancakes, syrup and fruits." I reveal her specially ordered plate when I remove the lid keeping it from contracti
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"Do we have to go?" She questions me almost beg-like pouting her lips at me when she places her hand palm down onto my cheat gazing up at me with her tired eyes. I couldn't help but smile at her sunkissed nose with its reddish tan even though she did put in some sunscreen beforehand a few of the sun's rays still fell on her beautiful soft skin. "I am tired and would much rather just go to bed." She pleads. Her curly dark locks fall over her shoulders revealing her naked neck while a flowery blue and white dress covers her body or at least the parts that needed to be covered. "You need to eat first." I remind her of where her energy comes from. She barely ate during the day and ice cream doesn't count. "Besides, I already booked us a table." I make her aware of our booking... Or let me rather say Achillie made us a booking and if I didn't agree to his plans I would have easily given in to her suggestion to have her all to myself in the room and we could eat whenever we wanted to, but I
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"Gentlemen." I turn around on the very same bar stool I sat on when I laid my eyes on Madelaine for the first time. At least the bar had some type of upgrade since then. The old stinky furniture with their vintage smell and worn down appearance has been replace with clean marble tiles and very modern looking black and shiny bar furniture, but some things didn't change... Like the bar stools, some crappy bar decorations and a young girl behind the bar that appears scared and very cooperative. *** "I have a business preposal..." He starts and I immediately rise to my feet. I am not doing any business with him and I have made it clear already that we are done. No more free transport for his loads and no more payments to keep him out of my business. We have established that much already. "Come on Benvenuto, here me out." He pleads. "Let's start afresh and treat each other with mutual respect." "You have five minutes." I declare taking in the seat again and sliding my empty glass towar
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"So what is it that you need me to do?" Mia questions very eagerly moving some paperwork to the side before taking a seat on my desk in my office where not long ago she wasn't even permitted to enter. "I will show you, but then you need to find another seat because I doubt that we would get any work done if you sit here." I lift her legs into the air supporting them when she grabs onto the side of the hard wooden table to prevent her from falling when I retrieve the folders from the drawer and place them next to where she is seated and I slowly lower her legs again until they return to their hanging position. "These are all files retrieved from social workers and they each contain a different and unique story, all tragic and some very unappealing and traumatic," I warn her letting my right-hand rest on top of the first folder. "All the information you will need to make the best decision is in here and you need to summarize every folder motivating why you would pair that specific fold
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"Good afternoon" I greet the board of Directors at the School of Meds University where we gather in the conference room for the first time for me as head where today we will be discussing the upgrades needed for the medical unit. I sit at the head of the table, while the board members sat around me, each with their own notepads and pens in front of them."I think it's clear that our medical unit needs a serious overhaul," I speak my voice hard and echoeing through the empty hall, looking around the room at each of them as their eyes stare constantly at me. "We have been falling behind in terms of technology and facilities, and it's time we caught up and bring this University to the great standards that it used to be. This is going to take hard work and determination, if you don't want to be here or you are here for the wrong reasons I give you the opportunity now to leave. No hard feelings." I wait for the two men that immediately jump up pushing their bodies from the table and leave t
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"Ciao." I greet the blonde woman seated next to my brother in the booth behind the table at a louzy 24 hour diner, the both of them not completely fitting the dress code or even the area code. They stood out like neon painted colors on a black canvas. "Interesting choice of venue." I look around as I take a seat accros from them. The diner had a red, white and blue tone to it. Cheap and mostly empty, except for the few people sitting around filling their drunk bodies with food. "I like being reminded of where I came from, Lily." The blonde gives herself a name, extending her arm in my directions and I accept her introduction. "I am sorry to hear about your friend, Angela. She was also a friend to me." Lily with her smothering red lips peek my interest. She knew Angela?"Then my condolences to you as well." I nod my head Slightly in respect of a good friend who was taken away too soon. "How did you know her?""Well we went to the same University to begin with, but there the two of is
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"Mia." I notice the gorgeous brunette sitting at the kitchen counter staring into the cup of coffee tugged between her hands. "Why are you not sleeping?" I question her as I place my suitcase on the table in the middle of the kitchen before removing my jacket. "I woke up and you were gone." Her voice a shallow hum creating small waves inside the raised cup at her lips."I wasn't far." I mention not that the distance mattered. I should have known that she wanted me here when she woke and I wasn't. "Sometimes it might happen that I need to go out late, but you should know by now that I am no further away than a phone call." I assure her. "I know." She whispers unconvincing before taking a sip of her coffee. "Do you ever feel guilty of what you do?""You need to be a little more specific. " I take a seat at the table not feeling well prepared for the following conversation. "Taking these babies from their parents?" She elaborate. "I know that you have this whole process, picking a chil
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"I can't sleep." Madelaine lump her shoulders over letting them hang next to her body. She looks tired. "Let me see if I can remedy that." I point to the chair at the small table in the kitchen where my family likes to sit as they usually observe them and she takes in the chair that is offered to her. "I am glad that you are making friends." I mention as I pour some milk into the glass container. Warm milk is one delicacy that my mother use to make me and Achille before bed when we were children. It is considered a very good alternative to treat insomnia or in Achille's case, bad dreams."I try, but these girls are not what I imagined." She sighs. She was having trouble making friends? If she was, she was doing a hell of a job hiding it, besides... her one friend was unconsciously lying on the couch in the living room as we speak. "They are just so consumed with boys, make-up and sex." Her eyes was set intend on me as I wait for the milk to heat up in the microwave. "And you? What
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