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42 | Plenty Questions, No Answers
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The Heir's Secret Obsession 43 | Death and Ruminations
◇ KEL◇Mount Carmel Hillside Cemetery - New YorkMultiple organ failure.Five and a half years of hospitalizations, regular trips to the doctors, dozens and dozens of medications.It was tragic, of course, but essentially easy to comprehend. Jim Nielsen, 64, had passed away in peace. After three nights in the hospital ICU again, Dr. Chase delivered the sad news before I could make it to my father's deathbed.Our semestral break was just in time, though, so I went back home to help my family with the interment. It had been a couple days of exhausting sleepless nights, busy evenings attending to guests and relatives who paid their respects, explaining my Daddy Jim's illness and final weeks to those who needed clarifications.Now we all gathered around and spent the entire afternoon with relatives and friends, praying over my Daddy Jim's remains.Thick cloud
The Heir's Secret Obsession 44 | Birth
◇ KEL◇"To open this file, enter the correct password below. Note: case sensitive""Oh, come on..." I repeatedly tapped on the other folder icon on the screen taunting my curiosity like the mysterious email address in my inbox. It was an old email address I hadn't been checking regularly.It seemed the fairly recent email was from Niccolo. He'd put his initials at the end of the email. I didn't know anyone else with the initials "NV". It was timestamped several weeks ago—hence my bafflementand curiosity.So Niccolo was still alive that time? Or he scheduled to send it to me on that specific date? How did he know my old email address? Why did he send me these files?To my puzzlement, he'd sent me a bunch of password-protected files which he hadn't bothered to label correctly. The filenames were just a bunch of dates in numerical format. Or were they
The Heir's Secret Obsession 45 | Intruder
◆ MILES◆Brichese, Italy"Where you at?""Somewhere you never been. What's up?""
The Heir's Secret Obsession 46 | The Past
◇ KEL ◇ New York “What do you mean, you're not sure?” My mother's voice barely drifted past her soft-spoken motherly tone, but her focused brown eyes and scrunched brows were enough to raise the barometer in the room—not that this cheap apartment unit had one. I glanced down and put my phone away. My mom didn't need to see the pitiful numbers on the screen displaying my current bank balance. Shrinking and just hanging by a thread—pretty much like my confidence. I almost failed a class again…something I didn’t want to tell my mother, but something I knew she definitely wanted to know. “Just one year left, Mykaela. Then you're off
The Heir's Secret Obsession 47 | Deal
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The Heir's Secret Obsession 48 | Angst
◇ KEL ◇ 2 new notifications - "M. C. Falco (account number: **** 4096 ***) sent $45,000 to your account **** 7894 **. Transaction completed today at 14:30." - "M. C. Falco (account number: **** 4096 ***) sent $45,000 to your account **** 7894 **. Transaction completed today at 14:37." - Holy guacamole. 90 thousand dollars? Was this an error? The first time was shocking enough that I had to read the notifications twice. Disbelief made me doubt the whole thing. Then I logged in to check my bank account. Crap. It wasn't a mistake. He actually sent me money. Almost a hundred thousand dollars. For what? Why send me this much money? Struggling for immediate answers, I checked the descriptions and my emails. Odd. Miles didn't send any. The only message he included in the fund transfer transactions was: "Pay him back now" That's it. No other messages. The shock just turned into utter confusion as I kept staring at the total amount and the unbelievable number of zeros o
The Heir's Secret Obsession 49 | Cash On Hand
◇ KEL ◇"Cosa vuoi mangiare?""Huh?" As I tried to catch my breath after another long lap, I held onto the edge of the pool while Enzo stood idly next to me.His slight frown preceded a quick sigh, and he shook his head at the numbers on his phone screen. It was his stopwatch. He was timing my laps; he knew I hadn't had time to work on my cardio for months now because of med school and everything else. "You put in another twelve seconds.""Sorry." I took deep, noisy breaths as I loosened my ponytail. My chest felt like it would explode any second now. I tilted my head and tried to lessen my loud intakes of breath.Sunset now dappled the clear sky with pale hues of orange, and if I wasn't burning calories for the past half hour, by now I'd be shivering and covered up with a robe and a thick towel. The pool was almost empty. We could do laps without bothering the kids playing on the shallow end, right on the arc-shaped stairs."Want pasta? Some steak? Salad?" Enzo glanced at me befo
The Heir's Secret Obsession 50 | Surprise
◇ KEL ◇ "Did you like the food?" "Yeah." I got up from my seat and put on a smile. "Thank you for dinner." "Sure. You need to go home now?" "Uh...no. Not really," I replied to the guy standing next to me. The question surprised me as we walked side by side back to the hotel lobby. It was almost empty, save for the receptionists and the poker-faced security personnel guarding the front entrance. Like the spacious hotel rooms, the decor looked elegant, clean, and filled with relaxing earth colors. Some golden streaks here and there. "I'll drive you back to your place," Enzo said. His warm breath smelled of wine now. Like me, he was wearing a plain shirt and dark-colored boardshorts. Mine were shorter, though. "Thanks. I'll help you pack first," I suggested. We were both tired from swimming, but the least I could do in return was help him with his luggage. He mentioned he was exhausted and sleepy, basically in no mood to pack for his flight back to Italy tomorrow. It kind of r
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