We Were Toxic Since Forever

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ft me to deal with the scent of ruins. The effect of her being around still lingered around me like an aura refusing to dilute. Seeing Claribel in my r

' My lips uttered as I lied

take the st

e trade, most importantly the best businesses that bring in the competitiveness in the industry as we continue to lead......' And then the words were lost. Words kept coming out of my mouth like a sermon I'd been giving for years but my mind didn't register any of thos

t beside her mother. As I finished, the business giants took to mingling and making the most out of the closed wine network present amo

t when a certain someone slept like a monkey who'd eaten too

to but the je

time from my side. God knows what he does going back and forth from New York to Bosto

to run away. 'Mrs. Perez.' I thought of greeting her mot

n her eyes. 'Mr. Vinton, I had no clue earlier

new ve

mpressed and suspicio

to see Miss Perez here too. Young generation sh

d the mother and daughter shared a look that was difficult to decipher. Something was wrong in the family. Her par

origins of some of the best wine businesses in the world.' Claribel did not look happy at the pre

sked as soon as we were a s

uld complete. My eyes looked around to check if someone saw us and then I leane

hing from you except a promise that you will stay away

you want to,

eaving as if she could just walk around, shove me up a wall, and say wh

pulled her to the narrow hallway inside the exhibition hall that led to the s

ed. Yes, we'd hurt each other in the past w

e you s

ring in the city, after all.' I s

eadful distance between us and said, 'That was past,

is time it hurt. She had said those words long back on the darkest days of my life, the d

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yard shouted as he ran with an umbrella towards me. H

s she?'

looking for

lse did it for me. 'Ray Vinton.' From the corner of my eyes, I

d to the grave together because I couldn't bring myself to accuse her. Maybe

mafia father, he was a threat to the society.' Those words so

sister's grave and then sp

oy my world. In that moment, I decided she would have to pay for her sins, she would have to lose much more than I did today. The love t