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Malik has never felt more nervous in his life. He was bold when he told Edna that he wanted to talk with her parents. He was bold when she told him that they are ready to meet with him. He was bold when he drove to the restaurant one fine evening from his hotel room, but the moment he saw her intimidating father, he lost all his courage and his heart fell to the pit of his stomach like a deflated balloon. Her mother didn't see him, she is reading through the menu and talks to her husband, who has locked eyes with Malik. He still feels the impact of the man's punch from the night before. He smooths his hair back, adjusts his jacket, and walks into the restaurant. It's not full, that's because this isn't New York. "Hello. " He says to both of them but he doesn't take his seat. Edna's mother frowns and drops the menu back on the table. Her father only nods at him, that's it. He feels pain so heavy in the back of his throat, but he composes himself. He can't believe that they hav
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EpilogueMalik is tired, he has hardly slept for more than two hours in the past three days. The reason is that he is putting together the last of his affairs. After all, he is moving to Italy. He has done a lot in the past days which includes making peace with his father's enemies, Tide and Devan gold. It wasn't easy making peace with them, but he did. He paid for their damages and informed them that Jacksons' company is now under new management. He also proposed business deals to them and from what he saw, he will run the company more successfully. He is also discussing a change of name for the company, he wants it to bear his mother's name because she deserves it. He can't forget his brother too. Even though his brother has been the biggest asshole, he was still his brother and for that, he has made a huge donation to a rehabilitation program, Edna did the same. As for his father, he is still mourning the "loss" of his business, but he is not going to suffer. He still has a
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Edna squints at the pregnancy test strip, maybe her widened eyes would magically make it positive this time around. She doesn't want to go out a tell her crazy husband, Keith, that she isn't pregnant. It's not like Keith cares, but it would his father, her father-in-law, and boss, that would be the hard one to deal with. He wants to be a grandfather as soon as he could. "Fuck." She gives up and throws the strip into the bin and walks back to the sink.She arranges her hair and wiped the sad look on her face. She grabs her expensive bag and walked down the stairs. Her husband, Keith, is in the living room. He is shirtless wearing terribly shredded jeans. He has a cigarette in his hand, watching TV as he smoked and drank from an alcoholic bottle. He looks as scary as she remembers him from high school, the times he bullied and threatened to kill her. Or the times that he abused her in their bedroom. She has a smile on her face, pretending that she wasn't scared of this man. "Hi.
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It seems that the whole world has come to a stop and it's just her and Malik. He is holding her waist firmly, saving her from the embarrassing fall.His beautiful face has a small smile on it and his left hand is in his pocket, he doesn't need two hands to save her - he is strong like that.She adjusts as soon as her senses come back to her and she adjusts her skirt and pushes her bangs away from her eyes."Hi, Edna." He waves. He doesn't have to, she is right in front of him."Malik. Hi. Thank you. " That's one awkward sentence for her and she turns around and disappears through the door.She takes her bag from Kim and walks to the elevator. Dimore is right behind her, but she hardly acknowledges his presence.She presses the elevator buttons and impatiently waits for it to start to move. When it starts to move, she keeps tapping her feet on the ground and uncomfortably moves her weight from one leg to the next.It's just an awkward slip and Malik happened to be the one who stepped in
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Edna returns to her office very exhausted with every joint in her body crying for a soft bed to lay on.The press conference has just been concluded and she is glad that it has, but she has just gotten news that she will be traveling to Korea with Malik.She is wondering why she was told about this early, but she is used to it already.Her father-in-law makes the decisions for her and she is to bend her head and carry them out without complaining. This time around, she is feeling very different about this one.She picks up her pen and looks at the inscription on the pen. Writing in gold and slated in design.Jackson is what is written on the pen, the name of this mighty empire.She has made great sacrifices for this name, but all it has brought her is pain and regret. Right from the time she was in high school and to endure the hate Keith had for her because she was his key opponent. Such irony that she is now married to the one person that hated her so much.She slams the pen against
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Edna looks into the mirror and what she sees worries her very greatly. The skin of her left eye is black and looks painful. It truly hurts when she tries to touch it. She makes another attempt to touch it and she feels a painful sensation through the hurt part of the tissue. Oh God, what is she going to do now? Her flight is in two hours and how is she supposed to go to the airport with a black eye?The paparazzi are always in her business so that means that they are going to notice her injury and it is going to make a buzz all over the internet and that's bad for the Jacksons' business. Keith wasn't thinking of that when he hit her yesterday and still went on his way to defile her. She has developed a thick skin concerning the sexual and physical abuse in her marriage. The only time it hurt was at the exact time he did it and after then, she just prays to get a break before he does it again. She stalks out of the bathroom and soon returns with her small makeup kit. She opens i
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Edna is holding onto her torn school bag as she jogs past the students. It's closing time and a lot of people are already leaving school, but her bladder decides that it's time to get rid of some urine, such perfect timing. She gets to the bathroom and pushes the door open. She drops the bag from her shoulder and picks one of the toilets. She gets in and in a few minutes, she is done with her business. Refreshed and all set to go back home. She turns to the sink to wash her hands and she is still doing this when the main door opens loudly. It's not strange for people to want to relieve themselves in the school bathroom, but it doesn't happen much around this time of the day because some would rather hold it in and do their business at home. She turns around expecting to see someone like her, but her eyes are beholding someone entirely different. This is the girls' bathroom, so what in God's name is Keith Jackson doing here?His hair is a bit messy and his shirt is sticking from
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For the next ten minutes, Malik had to sit right through Edna's explanation of her horrific nightmare. What makes it even worse is the fact that this isn't just a dream, it was something that happened in real life and it just remained stuck in her head for so long. Like a loop, each time she goes to sleep, it plays over and over again in her damn head. He was there, he knows. He wishes he had strangled his brother that day and ended it before it even started. How is it that his mother gave birth to someone as evil as Keith?" It doesn't have to bother you anymore," Malik says. His mood has been dampened by what he has heard. " I saved you that day.""Yes, you did. " She looks up and presses her index fingers against tej side of her eyes. A failed attempt to keep the tears where they are. "Don't tell me that Keith did get his way with you after that day." His eyes look hopeless. He knows. He is just holding to a thin thread of hope here. "What do you think?" She waves her hands. "
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