The Formidable Vicario Returns

voice ragged from t

he did not even

s, my legs pumping fur

just as he was about to fall. With a grunt of effort, I heaved b

g as we hit the ground har

self and pushed up on my hands to

r back to his feet, eyes wild a

, frantically scanning for anything tha

Are you under som

not r

anger radiating off of him in waves. His body was tensed, fists

you've saved me, don't y

with fury, which surprised me, making me wond

esorted to committing suici

ile groaning from the pain of the

burned in his eyes as he turned and st

ambled upright, realising he was

my stomach as I wondered what sort of dar

h him with words because if I physically preve

e answer, at least tell me why. What

, his back s

are?" he mutt

ace." The plaintive pl

ie in peace? You call voluntarily

is eyes haunted. "You know nothing..

eard the voice before, but I cou

.. How about you listen to mine because it se

ter?" He inquisi

pain and heartbreak could not tell a living. Your determin

u not trying to save

you don't need

ulders sagging with bone-deep we

plicable determination that had drawn

rich..."I mum

is would ha

e me fully then, and I j

ent, I knew exactly

ed exclamation slipped

ugano Chris, a powerful CEO, and one of the mo

able tragedy when four of his family members were brutally mur

ce. No wonder his voice had rung so familiar-I h

ely, correctly rea

ghosted acro

you know who I am now and w

r, my hand rising to c

. This powerful, untouchable man had been u

ven up on

onic sometimes.

related to your being poor, whi

rning what he meant, prompting me

is lips. "It was definitely one of my competitors... A ri

In that moment, the anguish was etched rawly across his face.I felt a pan

snapped b

" he stated cryptically, the words carry

spond, to reason with h

icide was, I understood the all-co

ack? Overcome this devastation, as he had no doubt

n't worth you taking your li

to live in? Nothing! All the people that were my drive for s

lled down his che

I know what happened to her, but did you

y when he told me that he had

urpose on this e

take advantage of her condition? If they were capable of such atroc

d to land, giv

and slowly made his way to a

scaped my lips, an

shoulders slu

er, finished," he mu

utterly lost his will to persevere and to fight. There d

er would feel if you took your own life? Can you imagine the additional trau

ards me, but his

r the rest of her days..

o support her abandoned her alo

heavy in the a

tching in his jaw spoke volumes abou

as realisation see

slowly, brushing a hand

entertained the thought

r of determination surfa

e things clearly," he sai

st karma finally

the weighty pain lancing his

karma had only taken me, my wealth an

corner of my mouth quirked

o something that could potentially rewrite

it! A golden

more, holding his tu

ly, letting the two loade