Supreme Magus [Volume One]

ng, and Derek was get

how many times Carl said he wanted a small ceremony, Derek was sure th

were supposed to blow off proportions a

one rang on the notes of "Night on Bald Mounta

posito, w

The female voice sounded worried. This together with

ther?" Derek could almost

hat hap

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fuc**ng car! What

will explain it..." Derek hung up on her. He had n

was torture, and when he fin

Carl had been run over by a drunk driver. The culprit

ecause of the traffic jam caused by the accid

ritical conditions. He had multiple fractures, ruptured s

ed while Carl was j

uch blood, so there was nothing they could do. They offered D

my brother

head visible. Derek could still see traces

fficer to be kept updated about the i

It turned out to be a kid, barely seventeen years old, that had sto

to prosecute him as a minor, and the even more damned judge had granted him

m. "Why all this talking about the rights and the future of that little sh*t? What about my brot

demanding them to ask for the maximum sentence. They were always kind a

l finally come, Derek's

nce attorney had co

he had accepted to go in rehab and do six hundred hours of community service. If Chris would complete his rehab p

n the session was over, he just walked to the D

hy

he DA assistants explained to Derek that Chris was just

al Tech and this was his first offense. Also, his parents had hired a gre

not make a scene. Derek's fire was ext

He kept following his routine like nothing had happened, his br

after Carl's death. According to his doctor it was a stress related symptom so with all that

worse. Derek finally found the strength to get a seriou

n and the follow-up biopsy, he

whole life!" Derek exclaim

tor Monroe, his oncolog

e five years older than Derek. In another m

for a chemical company

onal opinion is that their ventilation system failed. You and God knows

speaking for myself, I follow the safety protocols to the letter.

r maybe the lab or the storage, if not both have

if they cut from the safety budget t

even in his catatonic state Dere

me?" He asked, looking her strai

lower lip for a whi

it to the Department of Health and to the federals. If I were in your shoes, I would get

I refuse any treatment. I'll

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r at best to live? Also, as I have already said, your cancer is really aggres

found all those "we" words hilarious,

have nothing to do if not going separate

s. My little brother's ashes are all that is left to keep m

r, in case he changed his mind or simply needed to talk. D

ey would still send eac

se. He had now more grey hair than bef

ld go to all the fancy restaurants he had always wanted to try, bought the suits he

on his brand-new gaming PC and revisiting all the

ys after the diagnos