She paused and her mind placed two and two together.

Someone who looked exactly like her deceased brother and the family of course it all made sense!

Rodrigo was trying to swipe the family fortune out of her hand!

"Who am I? Am your brother, Leonica." The lookalike repeated.

"Melvin is dead." She said the words as if to reassure herself that he was.

"So, you really thought that, huh?"

"What?"

"You've got no idea what the hell is going on."

Leonica glared at him. "I don't think I'd expect to know anything when I was never informed of your revival." She stepped forward, wishing that her heat didn't waver in the face of a familiar figure. "Why did you come here?"

The lookalike smiled, that very same vague smile that never truly reached his eyes. "How about we go somewhere else and discuss that.

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"Go somewhere?" She mimicked, tilting her head to the side to scan him. After a few seconds, she nodded. "Alright, let's talk in my office."

With that, she turned around and began walking towards the elevator. Her brother's lookalike followed behind her in a quiet state, only after they had stepped into the elevator did he talk.

"You haven't changed one bit."

your my brother. I know

He chuckled. "He didn't put me up to nothing Leo. I just thought it was

time you came back?" Leonica chuckled humorlessly at his words. "What, did you think you were on some sort of Vacation? Fourteen years, Melvin, we all thought you were dead. Mom spiraled into depression because-" She paused. "Fuck, why

I am." Melvin followed behind her, stopping her by the arm just as they reached the door leading into her

walk. Now, unless you-" The rest of her words trailed off as Melvin pulled up the sleeve of his shirt,

scar Melvin had gotten when he tried

stared breathlessly

Turning around, she opened the door to her office and stepped inside. Melvin examined where once used to be his

Came her cold reply as she sank into one of the couches and waited till he had sat before she asked. "Now, what do you

all seriousness, watching as his sister's

"What?"

look around. "This,

a few seconds before laughing. "Now you're just crazy." Standing up,

"Leonica-"

years, and demand what, your

as he was about to stand up, there was a

Melvin. "What-" He began but Leonica walked

a meeting to attend." She didn't, she just didn't know how to feel after learning that the brother she thought was dead was actually alive and was now demanding the company. "Please see to it that he's escorted out." With that,

at his best friend as he stood up.

is the meaning of

you, ah, but on second thought, I guess it should, see as you're

the lump that rested in his throat as

from here on forward, I'll take care of everything,

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