Chapter 30 Reece

There's an evident tension in the room as Mr. Leighwook, the brother in law of Mr. Doberman, and Audum face each other.

"Are we doing pleadings here?", Audum straightaway shoots at Leighwook who enforces an offended gaze at Audum.

"You rather are bitter-tongued", responds the old Leighwook.

"Well, atleast I'm bitter verbally, unlike your old slob, whose actions are way worse than my words", Audum refers to Leighwook's puppeteer, Doberman.

"Here", Leighwook hands out some papers to Audum who doesn't accept them.

"There's still a room for negotiations", Leighwook moves to the sofa table on the right to place the paper work on it.

He rises back up and moves adjacent to Audum. "Your mother didn't deserve that, I agree and I fully condemn everything that happened to her" he says in his old, rusty voice.

Doesn't look like old Leighwook wishes to go home on his legs. Audum's fist is clenched so tightly, I fear he might pop off his veins.

"Then it shouldn't have happened, right, Mr Leighwook?" Audum turns around and once again these two are facing each other.

"I'm sorry- Leighwook chokes on his words as Audum raises his fierce gaze.

"Sorry?", Audum passes a rather dangerous chuckle, heads towards the sofa table and picks up the paper work.

This is not gonna be good. I'm already anxious of what's gonna happen next. I can tell, Leighwook's knees must have lost their conscious out of anxiety.

Audum turns back around, "Negotiations?", He flicks the air with those papers.

"Sir-, Leighwook's sentence remains incomplete as Audum starts ripping off the paper and crumbling it.

He takes steps towards Leighwook who inturn steps backwards until he's stopped by the book-almirah. Audum takes what seems like an earphone out of Leighwook's ear.

Oh god. This old man. He's so dead now. I didn't think he'd be so foolish to be on a call with his puppeteer right now.

I pay my respects.

"We don't negotiate over people's lives, Doberman", yells Audum and while his other hand chokes Leighwook with the crumpled paper ball.

RIP Leighwook.

"You really have an audacity to send this pawn here to negotiate?" He finally releases the paper ball and Leighwook flees for his life.

"Negotiate what? My mother's death?"

I've never seen bro in a wry. He's angry beyond his worst of angers and at the same time broken beyond repair.

"You'll have all that you deserve. You'll pay for everything including your beloved Timothy Reed".

"I will rip you all apart, bit by bit", Audum throws the earphone like thing on the floor before crushing it.

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Great work. God, great work. Here's your fucking medal. I was thinking bro would be busy with the arrangements and ball which would take his mind off the negative things around but no, you can't tolerate if one thing goes right with him. You just can't!

Why did you have to send this douche today only? Couldn't he have wait longer to come?

Wait. Wait a god damn minute. Oh shit—

I need to hurry myself upto dad's room.