For Winona, who slept all day yesterday and all night, she is more alive than ever. She woke up early and decided to speime shopping in the high-end stores iy of Massachusetts, not g if the press was watg.

  But her heart kept beating with some signs of disfort, which she had been enduring since 1992, amid many problems. She entered a high-end nightclub around five iernoon to have a drink and head home; however, feeling the gazes of all the men only made her a bit more unfortable.

  She hailed the first taxi she saw, with a few bags in her hands. She nning to have a movie night with Gilliam. Upon reag the hotel, she was delighted to see Trini Alvarado along with Samantha, Theodoro's new girlfriend, and, of course, the one pying Amy March.

  -Girls, - Winona said.

  Both women were gossiping about something specifi hushed voices. - e, Wina, we have something charming to tell you, - Trini said.

  -Oh, I'm all ears, - Winona said, invigorated to find someone who could listen to her ramblings for a while.

  -Well, it turns out that in the few days, a secret wedding took pce—the wedding of the year. Michael Ja is marrying Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Presley. Everything has been private, and the press knows very little. They have mao cut off all unication directly from the top. It is uood that there is some secret agreement that ot be revealed, - Samantha said in a secretive tone.

  Winona's cheeks blushed at the juicy secret that began to circute among the Hollywood elite and executives who knew about some secrets.

  -firmed! - Winona excimed a bit louder than usual.

  -Not at all. It's a secret, and there's a lot of mystery involved. Even if I wao know, my boyfriend, a music producer, mentiohat Michael had a secret wedding, and only the upper ma of Epic Records knows. They want to create a buzz for his uping album, - Samantha decred.

  -Dear, you have a boyfriend! That's something you were keeping deep, - Trini said.

  -Please, you're the one keepis. Your co-star in that ovie you participated in, and the passionate romance you lived, is something to envy, - Samantha said.

  Trini opened her mouth in surprise, the blush spreading from her cheeks to her ears, with a red fme. The ughter of the girls didn't take long.

  -You know, I think the director of photography is in love with you, - Winona told Samantha, envying the fideh which the blonde spoke.

  -He's a bit old, - Samantha said.

  A waiter arrived with a tray, a gss of vanil ice cream with a small chocote cup, and a gss of water, along with other more sinuous chocote and vanil desserts, strawberries, and fruits.

  -We haven't ordered dessert, - Winona said.

  -The gentlemahere sends a o the dies, - said the waiter, pointing to Billy, who waved greetings to the three dies.

  -The gentlemaions that it's his favorite dessert, gluten-free and sugar-free for the dies. Good night, - said the waiter, leaving quickly.

  Billy was with a notebook, calmly drawing. He wore a bck suit; blonde locks fell on his forehead, with brown highlights. The dye was starting to show some blonde roots, still incipient.

  -I swear he sent it for you; there's a certain tensioween you two, - Trini said to Winona, with a hint of mischief. The differences were evident—how Billy would give certain looks to Winona, and she would only dedicate him to certain periods. Though trying to ceal it, Billy couldn't help but fall for Winona's beauty. With her short hair, she was surprisingly stunning.

  -It's not happening, - Winona said, opening her eyes wide, like nterns, a signal she used when feeling not just unfortable, but something worse than unfortable—a signal she acted uporuly uneasy.

  -Give the guy a ce, - Samantha said.

  -B-but, it's not possible, - Winona stammered, strongly affected by the words that reached her.

  -He's just a kid, - Winona said.

  -A kid with excellent manners, hardw, wonderful, and handsome, - Trini said, imitating Winona's voice.

  -Shut up. I only said it because you wouldn't stop asking. I don't like him; he's someone I sider a friend, - Winona said, closing the versation and fog on her dessert. Now she couldn't even have friends; everyohought she slept with everyohought she was a shameless woman.

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  Billy was eating diced fruits at the table, attending to his sketchbook. With utmost care, he begaricate plotting necessary tahe uping chapters of One Piece. The entire series was based on various styles, each tributing to the eborate narrative—a long and painful story with many webs, all pointing towards a sie.

  -Raimon, did you sort out the issues with the ics distributor? - Billy asked.

  -Everything's sorted out with Felicity; we've finalized the deal. Steve will officially step down to foage ics. By the way, we've received a new offer from Gee Lucas, - Raimon said.

  -Wonderful. Shipments will be made promptly, just like we've been doing for the past two years, - Billy said.

  -Of course! We'll even distribute toys! - Raimon said, responding to the majestic distribution of toys they were delivering to all avaible toy stores in the try—plushies, pstic figures, and more. A substantial iment filling every shelf in the try.

  -Good, good. Now, focus anizing all operations. I uand the cable panies are a bit hesitant, - Billy said.

  -No problem, no problem. We always unch the el as a national el. Initial profits are the same; it's just that we'd have to i a bit more in maintaining the el, whether via satellite or cable. However, if we succeed, we'll double our profits. I doubt it, but artner with some other els and share the costs or fees, - Raimon said.

  -Thanks for that, - Billy said.

  -How's it going with your Dungeons and Dragons project? - Billy asked.

  -Bad, terrible. I haven't had much reception with my new ideas to revitalize the series. Now I realize how plex it is to create those games, and I'd rather focus on the business side of things, - Raimon pined.

  -Well, your idea is quite innovative—sea wars in the world of dungeons and dragons are something very new for the time. But you develop the idea more deeply—sea monsters, captains, mermaids, water mages, and those half-animal sea people are good ideas, - Billy said.

  -I know, and I envy that, - Raimon said.

  -It's predictable; imagi's easier to do it on a puter. An open world of possibilities, where it extends across aire ti, embodying all games and possible ideas in one big game that tains everything and every ceivable possibility, - Billy said.

  -I have to hang up, - Raimon said.

  ...

  we got to chapter 200, which is pretty mmmm this arc is much lohan I inally thought, I'm trying to give a lot more e and start detailing some plots.

  on Patreon we are at chapter 240, I'm uploading more or less 6 chapters at 8 chapters per week. but, the series is going fantastic. this week I pn to write a lot, I don't have that much to do so I think I will be able to write a lot.