Percival gestured reassuringly for Vivienne to walk in.

Griffin didn't give a damn, shot Audrey a glowering look, and shoved open the door to let Vivienne in, "Grandpa's in your hands now, Vivienne."

Vivienne stumbled a bit from the push. Thankfully, her footing was solid, or she might have ended up face-first on the floor.

Talk about unexpected. No wonder she caught Leopold's eye. Both of them had a way of taking you by surprise.

Meanwhile, Kala was holed up at home.

When Darren got back from wrapping up some work outside, he walked in to find her chilling and watching TV, "Kala, you alright? All that online drama sorted out?"

Kala popped a potato chip into her mouth, "Not even close."

"So, you're just... chilling?"

How could she be so laid-back?

Ronald came out of the kitchen with a fruit bowl in his hands. "Don't mind her. She's been like this since she got back from the studio. Vivienne called earlier. The agency's taking over the whole mess, told her to take a few days off. Kala's over the moon."

"Well, she's happy, at least."

Darren was exasperated. "The agency's swamped. Ramona came prepared; high-def videos are all over the net, and the trolls are practically crashing the platforms with their venom."

As he spoke, he couldn't even understand. "I'm baffled, really. What's your beef with Ramona that she'd set up such a scheme to target you?"

"She's not after me." Kala finally tore her gaze away from the screen. "She's trying to drive a wedge between me and Vivienne, though I can't fathom her endgame."

actress," Kala spread her hands dismissively, "I'm not falling for such

cousin. I thought you were gonna be

had seen more than enough of the videos online. "This Ramona chick,

sky. People in the biz first thought she had some kind of backing, but turns

and tidy: parents were

else notable about her. Her sudden rise to fame in the cutthroat entertainment industry was baffling, not just

"Seems like our adversary isn't afraid of us knowing

whoever is behind her has been laying the groundwork for a while now. Probably

Kala was

last time Vivienne came to talk to Ronald, they kept their conversation

the tail end of it and was largely in the dark about what Vivienne and Ronald were up

that even Darren knew, her curiosity was piqued. "Vivienne's been out of touch for ages. Are you guys into

loss for words. Revealing anything might blow his past involvement

switched off the TV and ushered Kala to

Meanwhile, at CK Penitentiary.

table set with coffee paraphernalia, indistinguishable from those outside, with

been resting in an unmarked grave, was sitting

attire was the same familiar style recognized by those who knew him when he was alive, his face always wearing a faint,

anyone were there, they'd see his eyes weren't focused at all. They were cold,

a machine. A flawed prototype of the androids developed by Ronald, capable of mimicking human actions and voice but

had escaped destruction solely due to Leopold's morbid sense

decoy might draw

from GTO would risk their life for someone who might not

fanciful thinking, saying he was too old

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