LP | Chapter 1.1

“Cut off that brat’s card right now!”ecb11c2ffa0c147b

“Ah, Father!”d172c1683d7667f1

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“Useless kid. The horses on our ranch listen better than you do.”a1aed753a53fd897

“Well, they get fed, exercised, and even have sex regularly, so of course they listen.”65c9b27e4900cf9a

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“Still running your mouth…!”5015208bf2194e4e

Meryl, the chairman of the horse racing association, couldn’t hold back his anger and threw an ashtray. The ashes from the cigar inside scattered like flower petals.c4a946d9cfb21d1a

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“Chairman! Oh no!”734888bb736fc3f2

“Ah! Cigar ashes!”9ca890721427b2e9

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Fowler dodged the 9316c5e19a flying ashtray, flailing 0f658adfef dramatically.a27c26392b2e9709

“If the ashes touch my suit and burn a hole, what are you going to do, throwing things like that? Your aim’s not what it used to be!”f3f9e2e3aa0ee6fc

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Meryl, unable to contain 808933c4e5 his anger at his 470e1cc65e flippant son, lunged as fc8d4faeac if to grab him 5f905d182c by the collar. Once a professional baseball c82a2d17d1 player, he had long a1ebc4130f since withered under the 15af16e705 weight of a son 3b8b4d29bc who seemed determined to f867f25a17 ruin him in every 8d814c33d0 way.fe4e813dac2c072c

“Do you think this makes any sense?”d9f68fef1331d010

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Meryl threw a stack b654353fe0 of photos from his 2f6caccac1 desk into the air. The photos showed Fowler a70247ec94 kissing a stranger in 744a433630 an adult media setting.7da79c9d5ccb18a6

Fowler snatched the f81ae90a39 falling photos from 48cd8d0b55 the air and 57047d9925 whistled playfully.c1a3ee7eb181f95e

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“Wow, these photos are killer. Can I keep one?”0cf49759ada3c173

“You little brat!”c73a972e330e5cff

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Meryl finally grabbed Fowler 52c0b31449 by the hair and d82cabf55b shook him.47c1583121a087c5

“Ah, ow! It hurts!”3e17288837249109

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Fowler half— laughed as he pried his father’s hand away. Meryl sat back down, exhaling deeply.042448edab0f541e

“I really didn’t want to do this…”017a6c20c5c5d4ea

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Fowler avoided Meryl’s gaze and picked up a few photos from the floor, tucking them into his suit pocket. Meryl pressed his temples, still unsure about his decision.bd4696b30f80d4fb

“Sigh…”0481bbc44721d6f6

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The executive secretary, d263c24aca who had been 221cfae55f watching the fight, 6a5e54c33b spoke up.d97a4e2d22de6443

“Chairman, if you’re not ready, there’s no need to…”4845011daa823e8e

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They whispered with Fowler 4bdb0b97a3 in front of them.042b71d5b05ee787

“Do you think I don’t know that? If it lasts a day, that’s long enough!”6cceba7376bc47e3

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Fowler glanced a087dfece8 at the 051df80968 desk, picking 0bcace7593 up a bf53b77336 sugar— coated a80ef7ab6e peanut and 3efd6a9344 popping it 6dfa3ac6e4 into his 22c67c7b17 mouth.285e741d32d590e1

“So, where are you sending me this time? I keep telling you there’s nothing wrong with me, so why do you keep trying to send me away?”481369135fae9f62

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Fowler muttered 80674664ac loudly as 045536c43c if talking 37a8265f71 to himself. Meryl slammed 81a86a2279 his fist 73f79ec528 on the 815556dd3c desk.0da0fa486233bdeb

“Why, you ask? Because you keep doing trashy things that ruin our reputation, so I’m locking you away!”dee7a41641888161

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Meryl glared and pointed a finger. Fowler hiccupped at his father’s genuine anger.a7c3fd01f1f8aef2

“A social menace like you should be cut off from the world and spend your days shoveling horse manure! Instead of thinking about inheriting a company everyone envies, the chairman’s son is out there getting drunk and fooling around with men!”c02ae53b0160258c

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Fowler, flustered by his father’s genuine anger, tried to laugh it off as usual. Meryl’s furious expression was still etched in his mind.d52f3ca9b86a87be

“Come on… still with that? I’m telling you, I’m gay. Even God couldn’t change that.”1df07bf9a3aa42a5

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“You think I don’t know you’re not really gay? You’re trying to drive me to my grave!”d7a5b24a64934aeb

Fowler muttered softly 8bbc3edd7e to Meryl, who d7d16b524c believed his actions 92c04529ba were all lies.ebf950aea3b9e0f9

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“I was drooling over Jesus posters in middle school…”4b2b6d8c4a5c21fd

“What did you just say?”6bab0b01720b3c7f

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Meryl, hearing 92e2bf83d5 the small 6f515ac288 comment, glared e65fea97cf and pointed a7229bd1e5 again. Fowler grinned 67b6b4fbac innocently, as 67e3f0d16a if it d60db085b3 was a 75476a9560 misunderstanding. But no matter how 6e1f4387f4 charming he tried to 89a3bc9cf5 be, it was useless 55edf6692a in front of his 6539feafa7 father. It was the 3b6538fdf0 deceitful smile of 0ad631bdf4 a devil.4a4711534fe84122

“And how do you plan to take me away? I’m not a middle schooler who just says yes, yes to everything. You know I’m an adult with free will, right?”4bda2a40ace04745

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Fowler stood up with a confident smile. His father’s face was so fierce, it seemed like a punch might fly with one more word.1cda66892d04eaf2

“If we’re done talking, I’ll be going now.”18f40fe1580cc913

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He quickly exited the room to avoid another flying ashtray. As soon as Fowler left the chairman’s office, Meryl collapsed into his chair, exhausted.1f9085f1c316a545

“Ha… how did it come to this…”c096f81abb85d27e

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Meryl muttered meaningfully, waving 64733f8c14 a hand at the f7788a396f executive secretary. He lit the cigar 1c07a654b4 he had cut earlier 4fb18c14a9 and closed his eyes.44757886c9c862e2

✤ • ✤ • 7a7a1a9067 ✤7c7ae54f967e6e63

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As soon as ad25d2e7f2 Fowler left the 86e8494eb1 building, he turned 99941bb4e1 on his phone. He looked left a0c51432a9 and right down aa64b22914 the street as 72e97c4cda if checking something. With the noise of 8e86b91bb5 honking cars and people, 66c09d9de6 he brought the phone e0a69fbdc0 close to his ear.e3615f6831008265

“Hello?”ca647dc66ede8883

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— Where are you? Are you done?2eb14f2581ffbc4e

“Yeah, just finished. It’s getting worse by the day, it’s really menopause.”73135990755e503b

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Fowler frowned and waved 2c65ed4297 at a limousine in 174f7c0e63 the distance.1e120bb17cb5c9c3

— You see us, right? We’ve been waiting!f552fb95439e99a5

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“Yeah, I see you. Here, here.”dfc50b1df800d36a

The limousine stopped in e6085e1777 front of Fowler. The back door b9da1bcdd6 opened, and inside, 302f18d4fa people were already facbea687d laughing drunkenly.dc8e2269021c39e1

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“You guys are already drunk without me. Haha!”be50ad9079d5d80a

Fowler squeezed 63ed8b7ee3 into the 9422c6301d back of e8a5c00d37 the limo 094a6533e5 and accepted 4110a0c472 a glass 7d0798641e of champagne.556abe38a54cee86

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“Would you wait for us?”e6a4e57b872a19b1

“Hahaha! What do you take me for? Of course not!”5d8d25a33987f60e

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As Fowler 694df36d98 entered the dd799f8c05 limo, the e5a6a32ee5 loud music 6ec9187f6f inside quieted d439275754 as the 5dd1c8c4ae door closed. The thumping and 6d0972017e shaking limo felt 71ba70d9c6 like a club. Inside and outside were bdf4125f10 completely different worlds.702cb6982c7d67bf

Champagne popped, and with c04c4c9ede screams close to shrieks, c7c8a4b08b everyone drank the flowing d1fcb42819 liquor. The buzzing sound made 8c14fd474f his ears gradually go 28993843d3 numb.b33d765e92abf0a3

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Fowler got crazily drunk and rolled around with people, just like any other day. They seemed like people who believed the sun wouldn’t rise tomorrow.24d8dac0f722524f

But that day was a bit different from other parties. Some people unusually watched Fowler’s reactions and offered him more drinks.994ba0d66cb8879a

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In a private b89a5c7b7f party room, Fowler, 4cdc48c1e2 who had been d113ac32fd mumbling the same b1b2f7473a words over and 46471d900b over, slowly lost e4927d9b34 consciousness.20463e5b3d3153d9

Normally, Fowler would wake up stretching in the hot sunlight streaming through the curtains. But unlike usual, he tossed uncomfortably at the rattling movement. What he grabbed wasn’t a soft blanket or naked men.74e076b26f470b76

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It was hard 98791f575b and rough, like 3d647bd422 felt. Trying to open his 0fab86d485 eyes to the unfamiliar 2b6533f815 feeling, he was interrupted 28158bea33 by another thud and fb847de502 jolt.d45751b68916cb30

Suddenly, his body de248c62f5 floated and then 403df27311 rolled down. Before he knew where beb8747978 he had fallen from, dc6550565e he bumped here and 1ce17bd895 there.e931613b42e66116

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“What the hell!”036cc9f1f4e70bb7

His voice, 84862deb5b hoarse from 0d40801366 shouting and f8d807d9cd playing all 3afcc425f6 night, burst ba28d843c8 out. As he sat 3c0cada3d0 up, he hit 04a467add6 his head on af787663fa the ceiling.163d28cffea6f1f9

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“Argh!”fbc7feb7f7a47c42

“Stay still, okay? The ground’s unpaved, so if you hit again, it won’t just end with an ‘ouch.'”26785efd833fe1f4

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A strong 9b263cb794 smell of 7338a32b37 cheap cigarettes a5cae75f8f wafted over. Fowler, coming to his 5a2ea41ffa senses, looked around and 2252f770b6 found himself half-naked in 4c763cf56a an old van.d315e60eacd8a15b

“Kidnapped?”ca4fbf3ff97c2309

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Pale with 1ab69d6d9b fear, Fowler b91f130bda covered himself 4ee68e1eff with a 69d4bdbacc white cloth 679e4bc882 that had da917f916b been over ae25651adb him. He had only pants 389f7b5d71 on, nothing on top.b360a59a8c34ed0b

The small van b879fecd47 smelled musty. Sticking to e74ef1e348 the window, 4191f4f8c6 he looked 4f2ddad63d around to f22957ae0a see endless 645dd2f769 plains. A deep blue d06b8cc66a plain stretched out f404cb4a2d endlessly.387f0530cadddba3

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“What… what is this place?”7d1b268fae4b3012

No matter which direction he looked, it was the same. The only similar landscape he’d seen was a golf course. Thinking no one could help him, Fowler searched his pants pocket, trying to check his phone.c3f6c4e1382a05fd

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” Merrill Florencia sent me.”a070ee70674dfb30

The man with a cigarette in his mouth squinted in the sunlight and started talking. Though his words were slurred, Fowler clearly heard his father’s name.e0fc3193c5255b11

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“My father?”a8e98f9f00d60781

“Check for yourself.”132d532171df07c2

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The man reached into 4050cad2e8 the glove box and 93d2180bea tossed a phone back.5076f62f97c92f2b

“Whoa!”0cb2c8bc0cb30314

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Fowler fumbled and ddc1e1f6c0 missed the flying 7413f0528a phone. He reached 31b0927bf3 for it bc28c2fff7 as it e927c2e291 slid toward 449320ee10 the trunk. The phone looked battered, 2767125430 as if its owner 083ad14277 had handled it roughly.d6de12ad2d5ff8dd

Swallowing hard, f7063e0673 he slowly 00926d0a39 dialed a e5ceb01032 number. It was, 5f90360685 of course, 6ffeccc403 a bypass 710748ece5 number for 7e3a9ce4d9 emergencies.988748b15122cd42

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“Hello…?”f98c13e212bbcc84

He whispered softly into e5452f677c the phone, and the d93690ca03 other side responded warmly.d7f6d4d94fa752b1

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— Yes. Fowler?a3f6d7b2541e12d8

It was Merrill’s voice. Hearing his father’s voice, Fowler felt a deep sense of relief. But at the same time, anger boiled up.393d4644dbc6d2f9

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“Father? Is it really you?”d4fd7b901ecb77c0

— Yeah. Just woke up, huh? You’re late.22f536ca4408dd37

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“What is all this! Where are you taking me?”2e7ed1179dd3c3d2

— You’re in the Kentucky pasture now.04624aa78c1e9d38

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“What?”d558a2ddd64bc862

Fowler looked out 740d9b2d71 the window in f390b80f5c disbelief. At that moment, ef75aa4a16 a road sign 4f73122ff7 passed by as 0f33c7a2a6 if mocking him.db0f41b6bf8b4f0e

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Kentucky Balacia 7652e12b79 Ranch 2km b30c817e84 ☞3331f3b8764b0edd

“This… what is this…”87ba8aeb45b6f9f5

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— You asked if 7570443e51 I was going to 7ab7277f1d kidnap you, right?964a762303901590

“……”f0f1bf40f1c1db0c

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Fowler stared blankly a9db3ec077 at the passing f59fdb47ed sign.15ed7c6a55d6a5af

— This is the way. Your so-called friendships couldn’t stand up to my bribery. Those friends you bragged about let drugs be put in your food!e5cc08d38333694c

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“Drugs? Are you saying you had my friends drug me?”0742316b27368270

The more he heard, 7427bee9de the more absurd it 9923e460a1 was. It seemed Merrill 92c7e82716 had decided to c70ea8ecb3 go all out, 62d7fc8ae5 just like Fowler.82a65d635e48706a

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— This is your last chance! If you mess up there too, I’ll really kick you out without a penny!7a54d73f78fcc4b4

“Did they really drug me?”cc06c4f647b479a2

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Fowler muttered softly through 75e4b7d9e5 clenched teeth.4ff821479138d219

— Don’t even think about escaping! Once you start acting like a proper person on the ranch, I’ll let you out!cdb42ce02caf9b5c

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Merrill hung up roughly. Though he shouted, Merrill’s heart wasn’t at ease.da9bc8fff00615cc

Fowler didn’t have a mother, and as a busy father, Merrill hadn’t done anything properly for him. At some point, whenever Merrill shouted and got angry, Fowler would slip away as if to provoke him.8cb09046d6875a87

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It was almost a talent to pick only the things that would shock Merrill. The two, so different, hadn’t had a proper conversation in a long time.1ce35bc23529363b

“Whew…”a37f74ba371919d8

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While Merrill hoped 8ae9878529 this time would a6166482bf be effective, Fowler 7fb8648cee was just filled 2e9d1fcbbb with anger.70805d9a8520e97d

“These… these bastards… messing with me? Me… dare they?”9cc8823077d429e5

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Fowler wasn’t deeply betrayed since he never really trusted those friends. Even without this incident, they were bound to tear each other apart eventually. What bothered him most was not noticing their plan.82dbfc45c768143a

“Are you done now?”710b4738828a552f

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The man looked 405815b17f at Fowler through 67e17b39fb the rearview mirror. Fowler clutched 33e241b6a7 the phone c1cfaa8850 tightly and 6815a19fa1 hid it a3cc024b0e behind him.7ad869a43cf016be

“Who knows what you’ll do? And if you’re working under Florencia, it’s like working under me, isn’t it?”bfa16ac14f99d39a

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Fowler smirked and 52867ab64f boasted. The man looked 334ec70eb1 at Fowler through a7b8532ed9 the rearview mirror. Then, without any feb33fc375 signal, he braked b185900c4c hard.59d66f54ee737e59

Screech-!820d238a28230c68

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The car wheels scraped a525bc291e the dirt, making a c53f747f8e harsh tearing sound. Losing balance in the 42d2d95fe3 suddenly stopping vehicle, Fowler 714f067115 fell forward. With nothing 5d1ab0a5dc to hold fb54f2bfe5 onto due 5650ceb17b to the e66a6873e3 reclined seat, 57df3fe2a2 he rolled 3a8bb1ffa6 helplessly inside 47e2c04136 the car.99e8243c37c9e845

“Argh!”5b2c69711838a01e

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The man 01f5b8f04b immediately got 6f59338164 out of 4be6bb8c95 the car adf4a57f93 and opened e5e680d043 the back bdb92b7429 door. The old door d247418dfb made a loud 223fa3785a noise.71cddaa25fe3ebdc

Thud— Clang!e6406318c4dd4d74

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Dust rushed into the 664f4295be car. Fowler coughed and 1808ccbb21 waved his hand f275d2b17e near his face.d25968e93bdb27a5

The man climbed over ace294c43f the fallen Fowler and 4b08bc88ef pressed his face with 0064c1478a one hand.f0e0f2891113103d

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“What! What is this!”28d6bcd8b4f77f0a

Fowler shouted, terrified by the large figure blocking his view. The man’s eyes, filled with quiet rage, seemed ready to overflow.7c668e5262e3270b

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There was no one 44169b54c8 around, and the road 13227cb8c1 was silent except for 4a98082ea0 this van. In the 0fe39c778e sudden quiet, fab542d85d Fowler felt 4001458961 a chilling 6247b2f97c fear. He could hear 96a52649c5 the sound of bb7fc200b1 his saliva being 63b1669045 swallowed.610d9675324e0c6d

“Accidents happen often on horse ranches. Someone who knows nothing might get kicked by a mare in heat. Or fall off a horse, or accidentally put their hand in a grinder.”091300a49f65598c

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“……”32f4cd8e1e3cc7a4

“But the real problem is… the hospital’s far from here… If you don’t handle it in time, you’ll end up at the hospital dead.”dc157ba1aa3d18df

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In this space where no one was watching or listening, it was a moment to feel the weight of one’s death.071f2852d1fba8b9

“I’ll say this once and for all. I’m not someone working under you. It’s the opposite, got it?”b730e67c26922cdc

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Fowler’s heart trembled with fear at the stranger’s intimidation. At the same time, it felt like he was discovering a new taste.bd67b944c59c7ad9

“Ha… haha.”8b61e55eed4c085d

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He seemed like someone 4145df7639 God had made with f6d64e81db only bold lines. Roughly tanned skin, hair b7f01719fa sticking out here and f58d4b3b07 there, solid muscles, and 34c1727fc6 the texture of thick, 5818d8c658 rough fingers vividly felt 2253b8fa40 on his skin.445c66a213b889dc