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Chapter 28. "The Important Decision."

Everyone knows that "what the hell" is always the right thing to do.

Marilyn Monroe.

On behalf of Edmund:

I want to talk to you now, yes, yes, don't look around, I'm talking specifically to you, to whoever is reading this right now, just close your eyes for a second and answer me the question I'm about to ask you, okay?

- Do you really believe that I'm going to walk away from this deal? - Ha-ha-ha, I'd fall down laughing if your answer was yes...

Now let's go back, back...

- Edie? - My father interrogated me," what did you just say? What do you mean you won't sign the contract? - He was already furious.

- Edmund, what are you doing? - Mr. Howard asked me again.

Mr. Morris just kept quiet, and I looked into his eyes and said, "It was just a bad joke," I gritted my teeth and signed the contract paper, "my mind is still in place," I winked.

To which everyone exhaled, "You're such a fool," said my father, to which Mr. Howard just laughed.

- Well, thank you friends, I'm glad we worked together. Everyone shook hands and started to leave, and I stopped Mr. Morris.

- You do remember the rules of our deal, don't you?

- Of course I do.

- You have one day to give me your daughter. - I said and left him. Wait for our meeting Joanna Morris... - I smirked to myself and went outside, where I started calling Tony, but he didn't answer...

On Tony's behalf:

An hour earlier...

I went outside and lit my cigar and began to inhale the poisonous smoke, covering my eyes I stopped thinking about anything. Just then someone ran out and started crying, I opened my eyes and saw Joanna.

She ran out crying and started to run away. I ran after her.

- Joanna! Wait a minute! - I ran to her and grabbed her arm. What happened? Joanna! - I grabbed her by the shoulders and tried to bring her to her senses.

- I don't want to live anymore! - She cried, and I put my arms around her.

- Calm down! Please don't cry, I'm here for you. Everything will be okay, let's get out of here, okay? - I looked into her eyes, wiped away her tears, and smiled. - You're so beautiful and yet you manage to cry...

- Tony... - She laughed, and then she cried again.

- Does that mean you agree?

- Yes!" she said and I took her in my arms and we ran to the car. I took the car that was issued by the place, that happens when you can rent yourself a car.

- Where are we going? - Asked the girl, and I was already turning onto the highway.

- Somewhere they won't find us, he said.

We drove for about half an hour and ended up in the countryside, a house my acquaintance had bought and was renting it to tourists, I thought it would be a good place for me and Joanna, it was surrounded by forest and nature.

- How beautiful it is! - She looked around.

- Yes, my friend knows where to buy houses.

We entered the house, went up to the second floor, there was a bedroom.

- You can sleep here and I'll sleep in the next room. - I started, and she sat down on the edge of the bed and thought about it.

- I don't understand why life does this to me? Do I deserve it?