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Once in a few months, Mister Jackson makes everyone come to dinner at his place for what he calls "family time." He claims that it's a long-aged tradition that he has kept in his family and that helps everyone to build a strong relationship and to love each other. It's rather perplexing because his sons have been doing it since forever and if anything, they hate each other. Edna has been added to the list of family members since the day she got married to Keith and that means that she has to attend the meetings too now that she is family. She is dressed up already, waiting for Dimore to come and pick her up, but as she waits, she texts Keith for the hundredth time. Keith has disappeared on her again and this is in fact not new to her. She is very used to him vanishing for as long as a month and only for him to return later on. The first time that he did this she panicked and called her father-in-law. The police were contacted and Keith was beginning to be searched for and like a
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Edna is buried in work. It looks like it's just her and this large number of files, floating in this sea of calculations and careful evaluation when a knock is heard at the door of her office. She raises her eyes and they rest on Malik. Since they had become cool, he has been coming to check up on her now and then, but right now the serious look on his face tells that this is not a casual and friendly visit. He raises a file in his hand and waves it to make it clearer for her to see. She squints, wondering what it's supposed to be. "This is the report of the proposal from the Germans. " Malik walks towards the table and drops it on the table and sits down. He has his hand against his chin, the way that looks like something is bothering him. Edna uses her index finger to pull it closer to her and she opens it, flipping through it, her eyes scanning for what is bothering him. "I don't understand. " She says. " I thought this was agreed on, already concluded?""That's what it looke
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" This is the wildest that the competition has gotten between Jackson's companies and another.""I can't believe that Mister Jackson can go that far to get what he wants. ""The man is way on the extreme side. How could he temper drugs meant for public consumption?!"" The Tide pharmaceutical company has been shut down, but Mister Jackson is yet to address the company..""It's his doing, I am telling you this...."It's hard to concentrate when these debating voices keep coming from the television. The Jackson company is in trouble and this time around, it seems that Mister Jackson has bitten more than he can chew. "Concentrate, people. Concentrate. " Mister Jackson shouts from where he is seated. He is being prepared for the impromptu press conference that is going to be held in a few minutes. Edna is being prepared too. Her face is being powdered and her hair is being retouched. Even though she looks very cool on the outside, Edna is freaking the hell out. This press conference
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The last thing Edna hears is the loud bang as the bullet leaves the gun and comes at her with full blast. From the angle he shut from, it's obvious that he was aiming for her head. In confusion, she took a few steps backward and that's what saved her life. The bullet goes through her abdomen, knocking her to the floor as her eyes begin to shut. She faintly gears the screams of people and from under the table, she sees many feet running around in confusion. She doesn't know what she feels right now. The pain is too much that she is too weak to feel the real impact of it. Blood is gushing out her side and the warm liquid is soaking up her dress. Her first instinct is to try to stop the blood with her hand, but she is too weak to lift it up. She hears her own exhale as her eyes blink very slowly, waiting for death, or whatever is coming for her. "Edna?" Someone shouts her name. She feels herself levitating off the ground and she thinks that it's her spirit leaving her body, but
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Edna feels like she is in a state of unconsciousness that is separated from death by a thin line. A kind of nothingness that makes one question one's existence. She was lost in her head and yet she thought she was in another different world. Not heaven or hell. he finally blinks and when she opens her eyes, she sees herself in a hospital room. She is so weak that for the first minute that she wakes up, she just breathes in and out calmly. She gathers her strength and turns her neck. She feels someone holding her and when she turns around, it's Malik. He is slanted on his chair and his head is resting in his free hand as he sleeps. The fact that he can sleep in such an odd position only shows that he is so tired. " Malik.." That voice is hardly hers. It's so small and weak. She has to call him again and again, stopping after everyone tries to gather her strength and then calls him again. He is so deeply asleep. He finally stirs and rubs his eyes before opening them. They set on
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Keith has been cheating from the very moment that she got married to him and she is not surprised that he is doing it now because she has always known. What's so surprising to her is the fact that he wants to do it with her secretary right in their house. He has been a community prick but comes on, the girl who has come to nurse her back to good health? He is going to force himself on her too?Edna runs her hand through her hair, she is so drained and Keith's trouble is not making it any better for her right now. Kim is standing before her with a kind of expectant look. She is waiting for Edna to say something, but Edna is lost for words right now. "Ma'am, I'm not lying to you, I promise. " Kim insists. " This isn't the first time and that's what I just thought I should let you know. ""Come in, Kim, you have worked with me for years, I know that you could say anything but not lie to me." She smiles through her pain. " I believe you. "Kim looks confused and she looks at the floor
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Edna feels all the pain in wounded body parts go away as she sits up on the bed. Her heart is jamming against her chest and she feels her head getting lighter. Dimore has been arrested? Mister Jackson found out. Oh, no. Edna doesn't even know what to think right now. She looks at the ceiling and out of the window, her mind has never been more blank like this. Kim is wiping her tears and blowing her nose. She has never been more irritated by Mister Jackson's irrational thinking this much. The man chose to listen to his idiot of a son, not bothering that he almost killed her, and went on like a little boy to tell his father that her bodyguard stopped him from killing her. Thank God for Dimore, she would have been in a worse situation now. "What did the doctor say?" Edna asks. "Nothing. " Kim answers. " He recognized you and he didn't ask anything, he just treated us. "Edna is thinking of her next line of action. She doesn't have a phone, she doesn't have Malik's number and he is
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She gets to the office within the shortest time and when she steps out of the car, she notices that the eyes of the employees are on her. From the securities to the clerks, everyone. She is wondering why then she realizes just how fast she is going and how her left hand is pressing against her abdomen, she probably concludes that they know that something isn't right with her. She walks into the building and the whole place comes to a standstill. She doesn't mind, doesn't pay any of them much attention as she keeps walking forward. They have probably never seen Edna Jackson in a hoodie and jeans with simple sandals, so maybe it's justified that they are staring too much. She gets to the elevator and makes her way to the floor of her father-in-law's office. The place is not as crowded as the rest of the building and that's because not everyone is allowed to be here, she only comes here when it's absolutely necessary and Dimore being in prison is an absolute reason. She gets to th
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