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56. A lesson on Control
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2025-11-18 23:36:32
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The Comeback of a Star 92. Her End
LUCYThe call from Ken came at six forty-five in the morning.I didn't even know Ken had my number. Jared had always been the one who dealt with Ken directly. He had always said it was better that way and I should have as little contact with him as possible. For my own protection.I stared at the name on the screen with my eyes wide open but ended up answering anyway."You better be ready, little miss. I just got ransacked by the fed.They have my phone records too," he continued. "They also got the other evidence I couldn't plant. I got my lawyer coming over soon. Yo"What does that mean?""It means what it means lady." A pause. "You better start calling em rich lawyer folks you got.”He hung up.I sat up in bed. Jared was still asleep beside me, one arm thrown over his face, breathing slow and even.I got up and went to the bathroom as I ran the cold water and held my hands under it and looked at myself in the mirror for a long time before going back to the bedroom."Jared." I shook
The Comeback of a Star 91. The Beginning of the End
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The Comeback of a Star 90. Wrong Arrest
LIAM The lights in the interrogation room were giving me a headache. I've been here for six hours and I've been asked the same questions seventeen different ways. It was like they were trying to get me to slip up and admit to something I didn't do. "Mr. Yaldon, let's go over this one more time," Detective Gideon said, her voice tired but persistent. "Where were you on the night of Ryan Yaldon's death?" "At home with my fiancée," I said for what felt like the hundredth time. "From approximately 7 PM until we heard about Ryan around 11 PM." "And she can confirm this?" "Yes. As I've already told you." I said getting irritated. "What about your sister Olivia's accident the night before?" "Also at home with Ayra. We were having dinner." I leaned back in my chair. "Detective, I've answered all these questions multiple times. Either charge me with something or let me call my lawyer." My voice turned hard. "We found evidence at Ryan's scene," Detective Gideon continued, ignorin
The Comeback of a Star 89. The Downside of a Family Empire II
LUCYThe news exploded overnight."YALDON FAMILY TRAGEDIES: Olivia Fighting for Life, Ryan Dead from Apparent Overdose""CURSE OF THE YALDON FORTUNE: Two Heirs Down in 48 Hours""INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED: Are the Yaldon Tragedies Connected?"I sat in my apartment, watching the news coverage, my phone blowing up with messages.Jared was beside me, equally glued to the screen."Christopher is telling everyone his father didn't do drugs." I started my hands clamming up with sweat and heightened anxiety."Christopher's a drunk who's barely functional. No one takes him seriously." Jared pulled up more news articles. "Look at this…they're already running pieces about Ryan's stress and his business failures, his son's scandals. Don't worry baby, I've got you."I read the articles. He was right. The media was doing our work for us."What about Liam?" I asked."That's where it gets interesting." Jared turned his laptop toward me looking chirpy and animated. "Look at this."It was a police report
The Comeback of a Star 88. The downside of a Family Empire
LUCY I stood in front of the bathroom mirror at the charity gala, adjusting my diamond earrings and checking my makeup one more time. It looked absolutely perfect. I looked exactly like what everyone expected as always. The beautiful, nonchalant youngest Yaldon daughter at a children's hospital fundraiser. My dress was elegant but not flashy and my smoke was glued on. My phone buzzed. A text from Jared: "Everything's in motion, just stay visible." I deleted the message and slipped my phone back into my clutch. Tonight, everything would change. The gala was exactly as boring as I'd expected. Rich people pretending to care about sick children while really just networking and showing off their wealth. My Gram stories were already blowing up. Pictures of me with the hospital director, with grateful families and with the charity organizers. I made sure to time stamp it all so It would be indisputable that I was obviously here. After a couple of hours I was getting tired of keepin
The Comeback of a Star 87. The Escalation
LUCYI stared at my phone, reading the same headline over and over until the words blurred together."LIAM YALDON OFFICIALLY NAMED CHAIRMAN OF YALDON ENTERPRISES"The bastard got everything.I hurled my phone across the bedroom. It hit the wall with a satisfying crack, the screen shattering before it fell to the expensive carpet."That's the third phone this month," Jared said from the bathroom doorway, his shirt unbuttoned, looking infuriatingly calm."I don't care!" My voice came out shrill, hysterical. "Do you see this? Do you see what he got?" Jared walked over and picked up my broken phone, examining the damage. "Your father gave Liam the empire.""While I got five hundred million and a vacation home!" I was pacing now, my hands shaking. "Five hundred million, Jared. That's half of what Ryan got. Less than a quarter of what Olivia got. And Liam—" My voice broke. "Liam gets billions! The entire company! Everything!"Jared set the phone down and moved toward me, his hands sliding
The Comeback of a Star 7. A Devilish Promise
AYRAMy eyes flew wide in shock as I grabbed his hands and wrenched them off my waist. “Are you crazy?” I whispered sharply, but loud enough. I spun around, scanning the area to make sure no one saw.“More like insane, if we wanna go there,” he smirked.I shot him a death glare. Every muscle in my b
The Comeback of a Star 6. Trouble Wrapped as Temptation
AYRA I watched as Olivia realized, probably for the very first time in her life, that she had no power to bend someone else to her will. And she wasn't taking it well. Her bottom lip trembled in anger, her fists clenched so tight they turned white. Her carefully composed exterior was cracking, and
The Comeback of a Star 86. Victory and Burden
LIAMI stood in my father's office which was now mine and I felt absolutely nothing.The view was spectacular. The city being clear from where I stood, the entire skyline spread out like I owned it. Which, technically, I kind of did now.Chairman and CEO of Yaldon Enterprises controlling interest i
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