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Forgery

AURORA’S POVI cannot believe that I let Eudora talk me into doing this. I have never been a fan of her stupid and crazy ideas, and this was even worse.“What if he finds out?” I had asked her after drafting a commanding letter from the M&T Empire CEO with his fake signature.“How is he going to know?” Eudora had asked me in return.“This is Arlo’s boss we are playing with and it’s dangerous, Eudora. It could land us both in jail if we get caught. This is forgery, and as such, a crime,” I had warned Eudora.But as always, she never listens to me.“That’s only a few months in cell, Aurora. Stop sounding like it’s a life sentence,” she said casually.“You are not taking this seriously and I don’t like it,” I said. “You might be willing to spend months in a cell but I don’t even want to stay one night,” I had added.“Then stop fussing! How many times do I have to keep saying this?” Eudora had scolded. “How would he know the CEO’s signature? Has he seen it before?” Eudora had asked.“It’

No Such Thing As Happy Endings

ARLO’S POVI waited for Gideon in my office because of the plan we already made, and as usual, he did not disappoint me.He came at the exact time he promised to show up.“Shall we leave?” I asked him.“Yes, but I just got an information and I need to tell you about it,” Gideon said.“What information is that?” I asked him.“I heard from a reliable source that Hawk is hiding in a brothel across the city,” Gideon revealed.My blood began to boil instantly.“How reliable is this information?” I asked Gideon.He knows how much I detest being told what wasn’t authentic, and at the same time, I wanted to hold Hawk with my bare hands and force the confession out of his mouth.“A hundred percent,” Gideon responded.“And how long can we keep him there?” I asked.“Not sure, because from what I gathered, he has been going from one brothel to another, desperately trying to hide,” Gideon stated. “I would advise that we go there first so that we can catch him,” he suggested.“But what we are going

My Fueling Source

AURORA’S POVI quickly hurried into the restroom at my workplace, checked to ensure that no one was there before calling Eudora in excitement.Then I prayed fervently that she should pick up, because I understood how busy she could get.Eventually, my prayer got answered because she picked almost immediately,“You won’t believe what I have to tell you!” Eudora squealed delightfully as soon as the call connected.She was always doing it.She wouldn’t call, but when I call, she always wants to talk first. Anyway, Eudora still remains my best friend even though she can be very annoying sometimes. However, I didn’t want her to have her way this time around.“Eudora, listen!” I yelled, but in a whisper.Gosh, she could be so overbearing and frustrating sometimes.“You also have something to tell me?” Eudora asked.“Apparently, otherwise why would I be calling you?” I asked her, rolling my eyes. “And I need to quickly say this before we both have to get back to what we have to do,” I added.

A Deadbeat Man

ARLO’S POV“You do remember everything we have talked about, right?” I asked Gideon as he parked in the parking lot.“How could I forget? Would you even let me?” He teased.But at least, he was no longer talking about feeling that the money I was about to give Aurora’s father was too much and certainly undeserving of him.As we walked towards the entrance, we looked around.It was one of those small companies that would never grow bigger than it was already, and I knew this. Any good businessman with the right eyes could tell.“This place looks like it is just struggling to survive,” Gideon stated what was on my mind out loud.“Well, not all businessmen are going to thrive and succeed,” I simply said.“You are right. As long as he has a company, lives in a mansion in the elite part of the city with his family, and has trust funds for his children, he is considered an elite, whereas the real wealthy men like you are not being pronounced,” Gideon said.“That doesn’t matter now. All we a

The Name That Stuck

ARLO’S POV“Why did you change your mind?” Gideon asked me as he drove us out of the damn company.Even his lousy secretary couldn’t even ask us if we had successfully seen him or why we were leaving so soon.I couldn’t even control the anger that rose inside of me.“It was either that or go in there and beat him to a pulp,” I said through clenched teeth.“But you can’t continue to beat up every man that upsets you, Arlo,” Gideon cautioned.“That’s why I left,” I said. “He is such a deadbeat to have sold his daughter out like that,” I added.“My stomach churned when I heard him make that statement,” Gideon affirmed. “For the first time, Arlo, trust me, I wanted to punch him badly,” Gideon revealed.I didn’t doubt him, because I felt the same way, and for Gideon who had never lifted a finger to touch a single soul unlike me, to feel like punching him, then Aurora’s father deserved it.“And I would be damned to give that greedy bastard a dime from my hard-earned money,” I stated tightly

His Cold Denial

ARLO’S POVFirst of all, she had taken me to see the school head the next morning. As soon as the others saw us, most of them began to jeer at me.“The illegitimate abandoned son!”It had been so horrifying and humiliating that I had wanted us to turn and leave immediately. I knew there and then that I was never returning to this school.“Listen, Maria, we can’t have him here anymore,” the stoic woman had told my mum.She had become sad and emotional instantly. “Please, you can’t send Arlo out of school. This is the only school around that I can afford,” she had begged, almost sobbing.“Then he should have thought of that before knocking off a boy’s tooth,” she had said tightly, glaring at me. “As a matter of fact, you should be grateful that his parents are not pressing charges,” she had added.We all knew that they weren’t pressing charges because they wouldn’t be able to afford it. We were all poor.“I am willing to tender a heartfelt apology to them. Arlo would also do the same,

Empty Promises And Love

ARLO’S POV“Didn’t I ask you to go to the room, Arlo?” She had asked me angrily.Then as I looked more into her eyes, I noticed that she was also ashamed.Ashamed and embarrassed that I had heard what she didn’t want me to hear or see her in so much tears and pain.“I am sorry, mum,” I had apologized meekly.“Why didn’t you go?” She had asked me bitterly.“You were so upset and unhappy, and…and I didn’t want to leave you alone,” I had responded, stuttering.I was just a little boy, but then that was half-lie and half-truth. “Still, you should have listened to me. I don’t like it when you act really stubborn, Arlo, and you know this! If you hadn’t punched that kid, you would be in school by now,” she had scolded me really angrily.I didn’t realize it then, but I got to know much later that she always liked it when I was away at school because that was the time that she had to try to beg and cajole and force Sir Bronson to accept me as his son and take responsibility.Then at night, sh

How To Get The Pimp

ARLO’S POV“Arlo, are you even here at all?” Gideon said, tapping my thighs.He jolted me back to reality.“Man, what’s wrong with you? You blanked out completely, and I am certain that you didn’t hear a single word I have been saying,” Gideon stated worriedly.“When did you start talking?” I asked.The last time I remembered, we had both been silent, which was what even made my mind drift to a place I never wanted to go back to in the first place. Even though I was back to reality now, my heart still ached and squeezed tightly, which was exactly why I didn’t like to think back on those dark days filled with so much tears, anger, pain, regret, and bitterness.Because it never got better.Instead, it became worst until she could no longer bear it anymore.The thought of it made my heart colder than it already was. That is exactly what it does to me. No one understands why I can’t smile or laugh like everyone else. No one understands why my heart is as cold as ice, because no one went

Forced Gossip

AURORA’S POVI resumed my position and focused on getting my job done for the day like I always did. Usually, I wouldn’t bother about what my other colleagues were doing, because I don’t have any friends at work.I always kept to myself because I didn’t want to get into trouble or engage in meaningless gossip.However, this time around, I couldn’t take my ears off what the two ladies close to me were saying, or maybe they were deliberately being loud about it so that I could hear, because they would definitely have known about my relationships and scandals.“Sometimes, I wonder why men who are engaged to be married would visit brothels,” the first one said to her friend, who was right beside her.And they were both close to me.“Ugh, that’s just gross!” The second one exclaimed in disgust. “Do you know the kind of women who get picked up in brothels?” She asked in disbelief.“And yet, some of these men would abandon their beautiful fiancées to chase after what isn’t even worth it. I m

My Turn

AURORA’S POV“Dad…” I said and my voice trailed off.I was in total shock.My dad had never come to my workplace before. First of all, he never approved of me working, but with some resilience and slight stubbornness, I had been able to get a job and start working. He wasn’t speaking.Instead, he was glaring at me. The rage radiating from him seeped through my skin, burning me in the process. I cleared my throat and asked carefully, “Do you want to come to the waiting room so that we could talk?” I asked him.It was bad enough that I just walked out of an embarrassing situation, and I didn’t want them to see my dad glaring at me like this, or worse, my boss coming out and finding my dad like this here.“I want to stand here,” he said gruffly.Well, at least he was speaking now.“Is everything okay?” I managed to ask.The fury in his eyes doubled, and he took two angry steps towards me so quickly that I didn’t even have enough time to step back. However, after the two steps, he stopp

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