“Well, uncomplicate it for me,” he said.“Yes, what I said was true and I did kill someone but it was by accident.” Chef Ronaldo said and Alexander wore the face of someone asking him to explain more.“Before I created the Might Julius Restaurant, like every other chef, I used to work for someone else, somewhere else. One day, we had a customer who came in with his date and because she was new to the restaurant, the customer ordered her dinner for her”“Okay,” Alexander commented and waited to hear the rest but so far everything seemed okay. How did it divert into someone’s death? He wondered.“I was being tested by the head chef that day so I was instructed to make the two dishes and I did a very remarkable job, if I must say.” Chef Ronaldo said and Alexander looked at him with judging eyes.It wasn’t the time to be praising his cooking.“Anyway, the waiter took dishes to their table but when he got there the customer who ordered for himself and his date wasn’t there. He forgot his
Alexander placed his hand on the tired Chef’s shoulder.“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this whole mess for you. That filthy blackmailer will regret ever reaching out to you when I’m done with him” He assured.To Alexander’s surprise, he saw Chef Ronaldo chuckle and look away. Alexander grimaced in confusion and then asked “What’s the problem? Did I say something funny?”Chef Ronaldo took a deep breath, exhaled, and then looked at Alexander with a glint of guilt in his eyes. “I know I told you everything but I only did so because I was tired of keeping it all to myself and just wanted to free my chest. I don’t know why but for some reason you seemed like a trustworthy enough person to tell the truth to so I did, but calm down with promises like that” Chef Ronaldo said Alexander frowned.“What are you talking about? Why are you all of a sudden acting like I can’t handle this situation when we just made a deal less than a couple of minutes ago?” Alexander asked.“You’re right. We did
Alexander grimaced.“If I can? What do you mean by that?” He asked.“You said you heard me on the call before coming into the kitchen, right?” Chef Ronaldo said. “That’s right. What about it?” Alexander asked.“I know you talked about how great your hearing is but the truth is, the reason why you were able to catch what I was saying was because I was being loud about it. I was so angry that I forgot to watch how loud I was speaking and the reason for that is because the amount my blackmailer called was just too much that I lost it for a moment” Alexander furrowed his eyebrows and groaned.“The amount was too much? Even for someone like you?” He asked as he looked at the kitchen he was in.Clearly, The Mighty Julius made a lot of money. It was a three Michelin star restaurant after all and as the owner, Chef Ronaldo was sure to take home a good percentage of that money. The Chef also had recipe books he had sold so surely he was a multimillionaire.Since that was the case, it could
“What?” Alexander asked.“If you send this money to the blackmailer as hush money, you won’t be getting it back”Alexander hesitated in saying anything back then after composing himself so as not to say the reason why he was sending the money in the first place, he smiled“I know the repercussions of sending this money, yes” he replied.“Then don’t you think that it’s too much? I mean, five hundred thousand dollars and all you get in return is asking me a question? I don’t mean to complain but does that sound like a fair trade to you?!” Chef Ronaldo asked.Alexander shrugged.“Sounds fair enough to me”Chef Ronaldo was flabbergasted.“How could that possibly be fair?! Are you being serious right now?!” Chef Ronaldo exploded.Alexander who was tired of the back and forth sighed.Instead of trying to explain to the concerned chef, he decided to go at it a different way.“I can ask you the same question, Chef,” he said and Chef Ronaldo grimaced.“What do you mean by that?” Chef Ronaldo a
The blackmailer on the other end of the call was silent for a few seconds which made the chef worry about what he was going to say. In time, the blackmailer broke his silence. [“Sure thing. This money should be more than enough for me to finally disappear from your back. With that said, do you have my money or are you wasting my precious time with this call? Just so you know, any answer besides the former will cause you to get a befitting punishment”] “Yes, I do” [“That’s great!”] the blackmailer chuckled and then groaned. [“Wait a minute. That was kind of fast.”] “Huh?” [“How exactly were you able to get it so quickly? If I remember correctly, you were complaining about not having the money and were trying to get me to reduce the amount even though I was never going to do such. Were you lying to me about not having it?”] “No. I wasn’t” Chef Ronaldo clenched his fist and frowned. From the phone, the blackmailer could sense the anger in his tone. [“Did you just rai
A minute ago, just as Chef Ronaldo stood up from the metallic table and was speaking to his blackmailer on the phone, Alexander decided to do his own thing.He called out for the system in his mind.[Yes, Mr. Alexander?]‘You heard my entire conversation with Ronaldo right?’ He asked.[Of course Mr. Alexander. I’m always listening so I can be of service when you want me to be]Alexander groaned and grimaced in discomfort. ‘I don’t know how to feel about that, especially now that you’re gaining sentience and would soon become an actual person instead of the voice programmed into the Possession System, but that’s beside the point. Back to what I was saying. After Ronaldo finishes his call and gets the account number from the blackmailer, I’m going to send him the money to transfer to what most likely will be a burner account’[Okay Mr. Alexander][That means you want to use the money to find the location of the blackmailer]‘That’s right’ Alexander smirked.‘Since the blackmailer is us
Alexander quickly dismissed the system.[As you wish, Mr. Alexander] the system replied then vanished in time for Chef Ronaldo to return to the metallic table.“So, how did the call go?” Alexander asked, pretending like he didn’t hear the entire conversation with his heightened hearing. “It went fine, I think,” Chef Ronaldo said, exhaling tiredly as he sat down beside Alexander like he used to.Alexander saw the confused expression on the head Chef’s face. Alexander grimaced in curiosity.“What’s the matter? You don’t look like someone who had a fine conversation, and yes, I know that it was with your blackmailer, but still, for some reason I feel like it’s beyond that” the young multimillionaire said.“Yeah. About that. During the conversation, there was something said that kind of reminded me of—“ Chef Ronaldo said but his eyes widened and his body became tense.“What?” Alexander asked quickly. Chef Ronaldo exhaled, calmed down, and went back to acting normal. “Nothing. I was ju
The moment Alexander walked out of the kitchen, he met James and when the restaurant staff saw him, he stopped what he was doing.“I’m guessing your meeting with the head chef is over,” James said as Alexander walked up to him.Alexander nodded.“That’s right”James looked at his wristwatch, smiled, and looked at Alexander.“You also kept your word about it being short-lived. Thanks for that”“No problem. I wasn’t able to finish my discussion with Chef Ronaldo but he did tell me to come back in the evening, so that’s good.”“Oh. The head chef said that?” James looked surprised, wondering what more could the young multimillionaire and the head chef have to talk with each other. “Yeah. He also said something about reserving a table for me for tonight. You can ask him all about it later if you want” Alexander said.James grimaced, groaned, and then shrugged.“Thanks for the info,” James said then started walking towards the kitchen door.However, just as he walked up to Alexander, the y