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."

to me like your my brother. I know Rodrigo put you up

nothing Leo. I just thought it was about time I

on some sort of Vacation? Fourteen years, Melvin, we all thought you were dead. Mom spiraled into depression because-" She paused. "Fuck, why the hell am I talking to you like

stopping her by the arm just as

last I checked, dead men don't walk. Now, unless you-" The rest of her words trailed

gotten when he

stared breathlessly at

"Not some lookalike." "Let's talk in here." Turning around, she opened the door to her office and

as she sank into one of the couches and waited till he had sat before she asked.

all seriousness, watching as his

"What?"

around. "This, I

before laughing. "Now you're just crazy." Standing

"Leonica-"

what,

he was about to stand up, there was a knock on

moment he spotted Melvin. "What-" He began but Leonica walked

dead was actually alive and was now demanding the company. "Please see to it that he's escorted out." With that, she walked way, allowing Leonardo to fix

Leonardo," Melvin smiled at his best friend as he stood

the meaning

I guess it should, see

in his throat as Melvin walked closer and placed hand on

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

Claim

To

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