This was supposed to end

Blood is thicker than water

"Is he breathing?" Kaan asks.

Yaman's heart rate jumps through the roof. Shit shit shit... He reaches a shaking hand toward the artery on Berat's neck.

Thump...thump...thump...

"Fuck you Kaan! You scared me! His heart is beating just fine! His face may look a little rough but I didn't go that far!" Yaman yells at the other man. Kaan smirks at him.

"Okay, he is fine then. I did think for a moment there that I would have to stop you." Kaan says.

Yaman stands up and thinks about Kaan's words. "Kaan, why would you care if I killed him anyway? Wouldn't it benefit you if I went to jail? You would have a clear path to be the successor of the Avci."

Kaan looks at him for a moment and sighs. "I'm not going to use such dirty tricks."

"You wouldn't? But back then, when grandfather made me fight my way out of the house... You helped me. Wasn't it because you wanted me to successfully leave?" Yaman asks.

"Didn't you want to leave anyway? Why do you care why I did it?" Kaan shoots back.

Yaman shrugs his shoulders. "Fair enough."

"You talked with Mr. Avci, didn't you? He has recently seemed... different. Like he actually sees me for the first time..." Kaan starts, but seems to realize he is about to reveal too much. He coughs a little and leaves the sentence hanging.

"I did talk with him. I just reminded him of what he already has. There's no way I'm succeeding your family. He had better have a plan B." Yaman says. Kaan glances at his face and then looks back at Berat.

"Anyway, we should get out of here. My guys will carry these two. Mr. Avci will deal with them." Kaan says and points at the two unconscious men.

Yaman looks at them. Beating them up had relieved some of the anger he had, but thinking how they would be walking free after what they had done feels awful.

"What'll happen to them? You had better not tell me they'll walk free after what they have done. I held myself back only because I promised Rüya. And how are we going to reach Eldar, his father and the "guest"?" Yaman asks. He is frustrated.

"You don't have to worry about these two, you'll never see them again. As for the other issue, Mr. Avci has connections to the top of the Koca family. Originally he wanted to deal with this without contacting them, but it seems like that's no longer possible." Kaan sighs as they walk towards the door.

"Nothing makes sense to me. A friend of the Koca's head wanted to kidnap Can? That makes no sense, he is just a small boy, how would anyone even know about him?" Yaman vocalizes his concerns.

Kaan thinks for a moment as they ascend the stairs. "Well, the Soysalans are a well known family. Could there be an enemy you don't know about?"

Yaman thinks about it, but nothing really comes to mind. He shakes his head.

"I'll ask Mr. Avci to consider this when he contacts Hakan." Kaan says.

"I'll find the bastard behind all of this and... I'll deal with it." Yaman says, mostly to himself.

"While you do that... If you ever need any help, you don't have to go through Mr. Avci. Give me a call, okay?" Kaan says, looking at Yaman. Yaman rises his eyebrows in surprise.

"Sure... See you around, Kaan."

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Asi and Alaz have left a few hours ago. Rüya is pacing in the living room, waiting for Yaman to get home. She looks at her phone from time to time to check for the time and if Yaman has contacted her.