The Traps of Black Swan

While Aarvi and Aaron were busy adjusting their new lifestyle, Aeon successfully managed to get the investment and penalty fee from Cornbell for the losses of the Harmon Industries. He merged Amiah Entertainment with Harmon Industries.

The Parker family lost the chance they waited for. The majority of shareholders were extremely happy with Aeon. As he stabilized the company, he also gave the next quarter goals of the company. Elder Harmon was satisfied and content to see Aeon slowly but effectively managing the company.

Sean flew to country E to attend the cuisine university. Eliza or the Lane family didn't ask for separation of the Lane company from Harmon. Instead, she asked for support in her small business. She looked after her family and often visited the Harmon mansion to meet Elder Harmon.

Meanwhile, Leon's cases continued to get complex as time passed. It had been six months, many court sessions, Nikun was giving no way out for Leon from any cases. The jury panel was ready to announce verdict with enough evidence they had. However, they have to follow rules.

Dylan, who spent more than six months in isolation, suddenly got on his feet, shaved cleanly. He asked for home service to cut his hair. After freshening up, he wore his suit that wasn't fitting him anymore. 

After getting ready, he went out taking a taxi. He got permission to meet Leon at the prison. Sitting at a booth, he waited and saw Leon entering inside at the other side of the panel.

Both sat and looked at each other. Once the two brothers ruled the business field side by side. There was no match to their smartness and wickedness. They were handsome, one was respected and another one was admired as an idol man. Now they were none of that. They had dark circles, their charms had reduced, they looked weak with no ego in their eyes. Even their appearance said they lost everything.

"You are alive." There was a hint of mockery in his tone. He believed Dylan was dead hence he never came.

Dylan didn't respond.

Leon asked, "Did you do all these to your dead girlfriend?" He sighed, "She loved money, our second name. Neither you nor me." He told the truth.

Dylan hadn't thought that before. But after hearing Aarvi, he believed that, though he didn't want to accept it. 

Leon waited for Dylan to speak but the latter was mute. He couldn't understand why he was there either. "My money is still in my account. Take it and leave the country." He couldn't come out, he couldn't live his life, so he thought Dylan should live, ruining Aarvi's plan. He wanted one win to his bag, just one.

Dylan lifted his hand. Through the small hole, he pushed a sharp blade that he had sneaked it inside. "You might need it, Brother Leon." He voiced in an exhausted tone. Then he stood up, jarring the chair on the floor. 

Leon ruined his life afraid of an adopted son taking his place. Dylan ruined his life due to hatred against Leon. They lived the glorious days together and destroyed each other to no return.

Dylan somehow felt responsible for their states. He bowed to Leon and walked away.

Leon didn't understand what just happened. He took the blade and hid between his fingers when the cops asked him to leave. For a second, his hand trembled thinking Dylan might have given blade to him to escape from the prison. Then he sighed. The prison warden would kill him instead of losing against his threat.

Returning to the stinking room, he sat down on the bench looking at the blade for a long time. Then he got a tasteless dinner, he ate and stared at the blade again as if making his mind for something. The lights turned off at eleven in the night. Leon, who was staring at the blade, slit his throat. 

The humiliation had killed him long ago. Dying was better than living like dead or waiting for a death sentence. So he chose to end his life.

When the cops were on rounds, they sensed the smell of blood and found his body. Upon investigation, thet found out Dylan gave him the blade. It was an offense hence they reached his apartment. They found his body in the bedroom.

Since the case was well known in the country, the news spread like wildfire.

Aeon and Elder Harmon chose to give a proper funeral. Sean returned to the country and many more attended the ceremony.

Aeon took care of everything hiding his emotional state, Sean and Elder Harom cried. Although Leon had turned evil, they had a lot of good memories with him. Eliza had thought she had become strong but she couldn't hold her tears.

Dax and Shawn attended too, they had thought they would party the day Leon will be sentenced to death. Nevertheless, they mourned. Those two had taught them too many things which they probably would have taken many years to learn.

Megan and Karsen were also present, respecting Elder Harmon. Shea and Tia weren't there, they were kind of afraid to attend such events. 

Zara was pregnant, yet she insisted on joining Zain. The duo stood far away, watching the process of burial. She asked him while stroking her belly, "Did you tell Aarvi?"

Zain shook his head. "I don't know if Aaron is with her." He hoped she wouldn't get to know when Aaron wasn't around. 

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In-country S,

It was eleven in the night when Aarvi alone went to bed, Aaron was attending surgery, he probably wasn't going to be home any time soon. Though it wasn't new to her anymore, she missed him every time. She had learned to hide it well behind the smiles,

She took her mobile and dropped a message to Aaron asking him to eat something after the surgery. Then she checked the notification. Though she was in country S, she was following all the news of country A, as her company and family were there. That's when she saw a headline, [Harmon Brothers are no more]

She panicked for a second thinking something happened to Aeon and Sean. She clicked on the link and the picture appeared and made her stomach churn. It was a picture collage of two bodies.

Her fingertips turned cold, unwilling to slide her finger on the screen. Anyway, she did it. She read the whole article. By the end, her teeth were chattering, tears were hanging down her lashes.

End of the nightmare - Checked.

End of the monsters - Checked.

End of her battle - Checked.

But she wasn't happy. She could never get used to death, that was really scary. Her trembling fingers dialed Aaron and heard the number was switched off. 

She was used to missing him while running around with a happy face without showing to anybody that she was exhausted too. Yet she never gave up. Aaron had struggled in the past years, even worse than her when she had forgotten him. She was ready to endure anything for him. Nevertheless, she really felt the need for him. 

So she didn't know why exactly she cried, she was curled up on the bed, silently cried till she was exhausted. Laze woke up to her sobs, licked her face, and snuggled her for time. She relaxed while putting Laze to sleep. She closed her eyes to sleep when she recalled she had to take breakfast to Aaron in the morning.

In the morning, she was the same strong woman with a serene smile on her face and full of energy.