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Yngrid smiled triumphantly as he walked towards the man and kiss him.

Ash cringed inside when he saw them, he diverted his eyes and focus his attention to his father.

Alfred get the pail of water from the side and splash it to Manolo.

"Wake up! Your savior is here!"

Manolo opened up his eyes and he saw the expressionless Ash looking back at him.

"Son..." Manolo said in his raspy voice

Alfred scoffs at him, "How you will explain to all the Kana that you molded them the way they were now because of your hunger on getting revenge?"

Ash clench his jaw, he really wanted to know about the truth, he became even more curious about their connections.

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On the other part of the warehouse, Blue was walking in light steps as he followed the directions of the gunshots that he heard.

"Velez.. This is Lapuz, Change of location.. Do you hear me? We should head to Port 70, Over."

Agent Lapuz said it repeatedly but Blue didn't notice him because his ears became deaf of what the scene welcomes him the moment he reached the place where the gunshot were heard.

He saw his father kissing Yngrid, there was a man tied on a chair, and Ash was standing there, dumbfounded while his hand holds a small handgun.
His face is void of any emotions.

Blue was still stunned on what he just saw when he notice Ash move swiftly, pressing the small button of his empty magazine clip, letting it fall on the ground, and in a fast move, replace it with a loaded one, he cocked the gun and pointed it towards them.

"What is the meaning of this?!"

Alfred let go of Yngrid as he walk to and fro at the back of Manolo. Then he put his hand on his chin like us is thinking and acting like is not in the mood to do some story telling.

"Manolo's wife, Lucinda was a drug smuggler, the drugs has been stored in the basement of Hospice of San Manuel, when we do a buybust operation in my lead, Lucinda burnt the orphanage, when the fire started, she killed herself along with the drugs and evidences in the basement. "

"Lies! You're a liar! Mom won't do that!" Ash shouted at him.

Even though they didn't saw Lucinda and Luz raised them, they know her from stories of Manolo and Luz.

"I've known her since then, I loved her before she met Manolo so I knew her very well." Alfred laugh sarcastically.

"Shut up!" Manolo shouted as he struggles to got out of the ropes tied on him on the chair.

Alfred didn't falter, "Manolo is just using you all this time, he wanted a useless and baseless revenge."

"You lying son of a bitch! Lucinda trusted you as her friend, she did not do what you were accusing her! But what did you do? You planted drugs on our orphanage, just for your record to be good, just for the government to shift the blame on my wife! You used her as your scapegoat! She didn't kill herself but you tied her there and raped her! Then you burn the orphanage which gave the life of your adoptive son a danger that almost claimed his life!" Manolo is soad that his voice keeps on breaking while he talked because of the intense feeling he felt.

Blue was stunned when he heard him.
His father did all that?

Alfred chuckled when he heard him," Why would I lie? It is you who is fond of lying, Don't smudge my reputation."

"Because you are greedy, you wanted to be in power, after what happened, you had your promotion right? Are you happy now Velez?! Is it good to live a life full of fraud?"

Yngrid was just silent and tired of listening to them, she wanted to finish this up.
Her palm felt itchy to kill Ash.

Eventhough she didn't receive any orders from Alfred, she secretly and shot Ash, he is hit on his shoulder.

The sound of another gunshot, followed the first one and Yngrid was stunned stilled when she felt the sudeen cold and pain on her back.

Someone shoot her.

Blue hurriedly ran to Ash, the nuzzle of his AK47 is still smoking, it was him who shot Yngrid.

Yngrid slowly fell on the floor as she bathe in her own blood.

Alred was stunned for a bit but he recovered quickly, he shook his head on Yngrid's stupidity.
He walk to Blue's direction.

"Blue, son... Come here."

"No Dad. Let's stop this." Blue shook his head.

He cannot leave Ash, not now... Not ever.

Alfred walk backwards to his old spot, "You will come here or I will kill him?"
The nuzzle of his hand gun was pressed on Manolo's forehead.

Ash suddenly move, he didn't mind the pain on his own wound. He snatch the AK47 of Blue and threw it away while he grabbed him and pressed his gun on Blue's neck.

Blue didn't move, he know Ash won't dare to hurt him.

"What now General?"Ash mocked him.

To their ashtonishment, General Alred Velez just laugh.

"Are you kidding me? He's not my son, I don't care about him."

Blue felt hurt when he heard that.

"Really Dad? After all I've done to please you? You even cheated on mom!" Blue snapped at him, his eyes glaring in hatred.

Manolo used that little distraction to try removing the rope in his hands, an in a few twist and turns, he slowly ducked and crawl to get the gun used by Yngrid.

"Drop your gun Alfred or I'll blow your useless, impotent balls!" Manolo interrupted them, they're too stunned to speak that they did not notice how and when tmdid Manolo got freed, specifically Alfred who was struck dumbfounded.

His face paled, he know that once provoked, Manolo will really do it, but he isn't just a general for nothing.

He grabbed the gun on Manolo's hand to snatch it from him.

Ash pushed Blue away as he positioned his gun aiming to shot Alfred.

"Ash! Don't." Gene stopped him as he shouted on the earpiece.

But before Ash can even pull the trigger, two loud shots echoed the whole warehouse.

Manolo slowly slump on the floor, his blood drips and his face pale.

"Dad!" Ash caught him.

While Alfred fell on the floor beside him.
He was shot in the back.

"Dad!" Blue attempts to help him but he was stopped by a voice behind him.

"Don't get near to that animal!"

Blue turn around and he saw his foster mother, holding a still smoking gun.

"Mom.."

"Even death is too easy for him."

His foster mother shot her own husband, hatred splash in her eyes.

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