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THE OTHER SIDE OF RUTH

Chapter 4 THE MEETING

Word Count: 1086    |    Released on: 05/05/2023

d as if everything was alright having them sit down on his favorite couch especially two of his appointed supervisors whom he knows to be among those of his emplo

lled him to show him a unreal, good sign of true trust regardless of the fact that he prefer keeping the relationship which he had with the workers as a formal one rather than a personal but with William, it was very much different i

a flower vase neatly kept on top of the glassy table in front of him especially at a red lily, noticing some of its petals withering away slowly and require immediate replacement with another one from his garden while the guest in the room were getting a bit impatient and confused with the sudden

to see if everything had remained intact just the way he had left it and were even more tensed with his dead silence b

o suit his taste and beckoned on one of his henchmen still standing at the door behind him to turn on the gramophone which the guard did in a jiffy before he relaxed further to savor with his mind spinning inside of him along with rhythmic muse of the slow song sung by an opera

that would kickstart the meeting which they had all being waiting for including that of Sean's father and reluctantly mutte

.we are all

uckily interrupted by one of the visitors which enabled him to swallow most of th

, sir and sorry f

t of his own words. He gleamed a false smile across his face and swallowed hard his anger for he hated being interrupted whenever he was at the

we won't know about your intending arrival if not fo

was quite unsure of what to say at that point and felt startled by the impromptu tap on his shoulder but he quickly

n really did come to us so late that we didn't

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. Let's begin the meetin

t, Sir

sors of his enterprise and not the workers instead and took a glass of water which Marcus brought to him instantaneously. He began his spee

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ng next to his comrade while Roland flinched and cleared his thro

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THE OTHER SIDE OF RUTH
THE OTHER SIDE OF RUTH
“"They have broken through the fence!", Robin cried out from behind . The air suddenly became tensed around everyone waiting to for the battle of their lives. While Ruth turned to Sean who kept his gaze at the last stronghold. "Sean, please let me and the kids go", "You know I can't do that. They'll kill you and take the boys away once you step out there", Sean said without looking at her and she was already crying and tried to wrench herself free from his grip but failed yet again for the third time to loosen herself from his grasp. "Let...us go back, Sean. I want to go back to my old life", "It's too late for that", "Then why didn't you tell me sooner? Why now?!", She screamed. "Because I didn't want you to lose that side of yours, yes, Ruth, that side of you being a CEO taking care of your late dad's business empire. He worked hard to build a life for you and I didn't want to you to give up everything just to be with me...", He replied searching for a response from her bewildered face and continued when he received none. "The way we were before things went bad was okay to me and I don't want to lose that side of me either", "What side, Sean? She questioned. "The side of me being the father of the children standing next to you and I may have lost the right to be chief but I don't want to lose you to them because this side of me is the only thing that matters to me right now", Those were the words of Sean and deep down, his words bore a hole in the center of her heart. Ruth knew that he was telling the truth that she had long been trying hard not to accept...”
1 Chapter 1 PROLOGUE2 Chapter 2 ROLAND'S MANSION 3 Chapter 3 ARRIVAL4 Chapter 4 THE MEETING 5 Chapter 5 HIS ULTIMATUM 6 Chapter 6 HIS RESOLVE 7 Chapter 7 HANGING OUT 8 Chapter 8 AT THE ARCADE 9 Chapter 9 ON THE WAY HOME 10 Chapter 10 TO THE MOUNTAINS11 Chapter 11 SUMMONED 12 Chapter 12 HOME TROUBLE 13 Chapter 13 MOUNTAIN PACK14 Chapter 14 RITE OF PASSAGE 15 Chapter 15 INTO THE WOODS 16 Chapter 16 NIGHT HUNT17 Chapter 17 AT CLOSE RANGE 18 Chapter 18 EYES IN THE DARK 19 Chapter 19 FURRY BEAST 20 Chapter 20 IN THE SPOTLIGHT 21 Chapter 21 BULLY BOYS 22 Chapter 22 IN THE CLASSROOM 23 Chapter 23 HIDDEN PLANS 24 Chapter 24 FIRST MEETING 25 Chapter 25 OUTDOORS 26 Chapter 26 BETWEEN FRIENDS 27 Chapter 27 AT THE CEMETERY 28 Chapter 28 AT THE OFFICE29 Chapter 29 HOME SWEET HOME30 Chapter 30 OFFICE BRAWL31 Chapter 31 SHORES OF OLD ACQUAINTANCES32 Chapter 32 SAME SPACE AND TIME33 Chapter 33 FATEFUL INTERVIEW