After a moment of silence, Frank said, "Discussing it over the phone is a little lacking in sincerity. Why don't we speak face to face?"

"Sure," Gene answered briskly, despite having to wait for that response.

He was thoughtful after hanging up-the man sounded young, but he was very confident.

"Heh..." He chuckled self-deprecatingly.

He had actually contracted the illness for over a year, even though he had kept it a well-guarded secret.

At first, he only felt tired and thought his lover was just being cold, but soon felt his body wither.

Then, even walking started to become taxing-and now, he could not walk unassisted, as the world would spin around him and his muscles would hurt terribly.

Gene had certainly tried all he could, visiting every hospital and consulting every renowned doctor across Draconia.

all kinds of medical equipment and medicine, but nothing worked-none of

Gene grew increasingly discouraged, he still did not lack

his luck abroad, but

doctor to fail in diagnosing their patients. And since Gene was not an average Joe, none of them tried to throw

a year of

his illness,

no one could cure him-or

be precise. Content

all normal, but he could feel himself growing weaker by

such, he began to seek other unorthodox

his deceptional ways as a

was certainly desperate and started to buy land everywhere on the East Coast

life

not care if he was losing money, even spending billions to buy

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