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JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 354
On a random bus traveling through the city.Many people were looking back at a person who was eating chicken lollipops from a bucket, and was also drinking cold lemon water in between.“Look at him. He’s eaten like 20 chicken leg pieces already, and he’s still going at it,” one woman said.“He looks like a bodybuilder. Maybe, his competition has finished, and this is his cheat day after a long time?”“He looks big, but he doesn’t look that big to be a bodybuilder though.”“He’s probably a calisthenic expert or something.”“Yeah, he’s gotta be good at some physical labor, or he’d never be able to digest all that meat.”The person they were talking about was none other than Jim.He had given one of Serpent King’s melted gold rings to a restaurant in return for a bucket full of chicken lollipops and a jar full of fresh lemon juice.Jim did not have any outward injuries on his body now, but he was still feeling tired. Internally, his organs and nerves were under a lot of stress. His body
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 355
There was no power in the city right now. Even the inverters in some houses were not working. So, most people were using candles and torch lights and other ways to light their houses.Many people were even thinking of sleeping because of the increased chances of thieves coming to rob the house in these times.Luckily, the inverter was still working in Lola’s house.Currently, there was a special guest that visited the house now, someone that Lola treated extremely respectfully.Because of his arrival, Lola arranged for a lavish dinner that she had ordered from a five-star restaurant named Eco Waves.Lola called everyone for dinner, including her husband and two daughters so that the table will be full and pleasant. But things were quite going according to her plan because neither of the daughters seemed to be in a good enough mood to even start a conversation with the guest.So, Lola and Marc kept the guest busy.“Mr. Tom, how is the food?” Lola asked him.“It’s pretty good,” Tom said
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 356
After Tom left, Lola and Marc entered the house.Lola was giving a cold gaze at her second daughter. “What is wrong with you, Shiney? Why did you show such disrespect to an important guest?”“He may be important to you but not to me,” Shiney indifferently replied.Lola’s gaze sharpened. “Cut with his crappy attitude. Do you have any ideas of ever moving forward in your life? Or are you going to stay as a loser for your whole life?”“Loser? How am I a loser?” Shiney asked back. “Oh, right. I’m not earning money by using my brain to cheat and manipulate others like you do, right?”“Nonsense. I don’t cheat others,” Lola quickly said.“Yeah? But you do lie a lot, don’t you?” Shiney retorted. “When you lend money to others, you give them for high interests, but when you take money from others, you take at low interest rates, saying that you are suffering a lot of losses and that you can’t pay them for higher interest rates.”“That’s a business tactic,” Lola patiently explained. “There are
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 357
Many years ago.There was a time when Lola, Marcus, and their families lived under the same roof.Jim was about eight years old back then, with Rena being seven and Shiney being six. They would go to the same school, and every morning, Shiney caused a scene because she would always not find her socks.Lola would yell at her and sometimes even discipline her with a slap or two, but Shiney would rarely succeed in finding both the socks every morning. Because of her, the school bus had to wait for a long time at their house, which caused Lola to get all the angrier.However, one morning, Shiney asked her mother for the missing sock again. Lola started scolding again, but then Jim looked for the missing sock, found it, and brought it to her.Lola loved what Jim did, and to thank him, she kissed him on the cheek and said, “Her name may be Shiney, but you’re the one who shines the most in this house, Jim.”Shiney wanted to do more than her mother, so she gave Jim two kisses and said, “Who s
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 358
Jim came home to find out in which hospital Rena was admitted in, but he wasn’t expecting her to be in the house, looking completely fine.But what shocked him even more was the conversation that Shiney and others had in the hall.Jim would be lying if he said he didn’t see this day coming.He definitely was better friends with Shiney than Rena, but Shiney never explicitly expressed her love to him, even when she knew that his dad was setting up dates for him. He had so much respect for her to not take her feelings for granted, so he never assumed that she might be deeply in love with him. Maybe, his subconscious mind might have felt that way, but he didn’t have any sort of a romantic conversation or incident with Shiney after their teenage years.Distance grew between them because Shiney got busy with her studies, and he was also focusing more on the restaurant.And when Lola talked about setting his marriage up with Rena, he did not hear anything from Shiney. Not a word. So, he was
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 359
Neither Lola nor Rena could answer Jim’s question.Marc didn’t like what he was seeing at all.“Why the hell are you two not asking him where the hell he was all this time?!” Marc came forward and caught Jim’s shirt. “Where did you go for two weeks? Where’s the car? Did you sell it somewhere?”Jim kept staring at Marc. “Did you know it as well? About Shiney…”“Why is that important?” Marc pulled Jim closer. “Do you know how much we’ve suffered because of you? Rena has been hospitalized for over a week, and we’ve looked everywhere for you like fools.”Jim’s expression changed. “I was kept in a prison. I somehow managed to escape.”His words shocked Rena. “P-Prison?”“Prison? What bullshit are you talking about?” Marc yelled. In his eyes, Jim did not look like he suffered in prison for two weeks.“Dad!” Rena tried to pull Marc’s hand away. “Didn’t I tell you that Jim and I were attacked? Why are you talking as if he’s the criminal?”Marc reluctantly let go of Jim’s shirt. “Why did you c
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 360
“Don’t you get it, Rena? Everything he said is a lie,” Marc shouted. “He sold the lamborghini somewhere, spent all the money in two weeks, and then returned empty-handed to fool us with some cock-and-bull story.”“Even though he’s left, I think he might return,” Lola stated. “We should tell the police so they can help us get him to the mental hospital.” She looked at Rena. “I mean, we’ll get him treated there.”“Mom, he’s not crazy!” Rena growled back. “The words he said and those eyes were not of a crazy man! Just what are you keeping hidden from me? What is this about the black magician?”“I really don’t know what he was talking about, Rena,” Lola said. “Please trust me. Besides, do you really believe in magicians? You are highly educated unlike Jim! Don’t be fooled by his trickery!”Rena frowned. She still clearly remembered Stanley getting shot by bullets, and those bullets couldn’t hurt him at all. Then again, he must be wearing some kind of vest? She didn’t know if vests could c
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 361
The big difference between Marcus and Lola’s way of earning was that Marcus had to pay taxes, whereas Lola didn’t need to.She did offline transactions most of the time, and she would even lend money to some income tax officers, so nobody would ever question her if she was paying the taxes or not.Growing up, Jim had seen Lola and Marcus argue about it.“You pay taxes, but if you don’t, then the government will threaten to ruin your life,” Lola told him. “Why should I pay them 20 to 40 percent of my earnings under duress and threat to the biggest criminals out there?”“But aren’t you trying to increase your wealth so you can become just like those people?” Marcus asked her. “Aren’t you contradicting yourself?”“Well, we don’t live in the land of the free. We are only told and made to think that way,” Lola said. “That’s why I’ll get to the top so that I can use this system for my own benefit. Don’t worry, Brother. Even if I get stupidly rich, I’ll still be your sister, and I’ll give on
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THANK YOU:: JIM IS HIM… is finished! Have you enjoyed it? I hope so. I definitely enjoyed writing it as it was challenging. It was supposed to be a 500 chapter long work, but I condensed it and finished it quickly. To all those who read every chapter and reached this page… you have my humble thanks. A big thanks to readers Lynn Casey, Mickey Ritch, and Liwhundebe Emmanuel for their precious votes. A special thanks to Rex Magnus for his lovely review. Much appreciated, Brother. CHARACTERS:: I hope you can take away some memorable characters from this novel. My favorite character is Jim, not because he’s the protagonist, but because he will give me food if I go to his restaurant with empty pockets more than once. He didn't have many friends growing up, but if you ask Shiney, she’ll tell you that he’s the kind you wouldn’t want to end your relationship with once you get to know him. Then again, Shiney might give you a different answer depending on the mood she’s in when you ask her.
EPILOGUE
Sometime later.Jim and Rena were on a mountain top, enjoying the view of the magnificent forest. Her belly was slightly swollen.A couple of birds flew by.“How do they find food?” Rena curiously asked.“God provides for them,” Jim said.“Yeah, but he doesn’t drop food in their nests, would he?” Rena retorted.“We work like buffaloes, and then buy food, cook it, and then put it in our mouths, chew it, and then our stomach has to digest it,” Jim said. “Just like us, birds also fly about to find grains, bugs, spiders, and… they can see from afar unlike us. They can see a tiny spider that’s dancing on its web under a tree shade from hundreds of meters away. So, yeah, God equipped them with enough skills so they can feed themselves even though they don’t live under a roof like us.”Just then, a brown Bentley arrived at the scene.John stepped out first and then opened the door for her. She got up and said, “Why don’t you also carry me over there because I can’t walk, you know.”“I was ju
CHAPTER 405
Seeing Rena enter the kitchen, Jim also rushed in. He took the coupons from her and then kissed her hand.This was part of the deal, after all.The thing that she requested of him for being a waitress was that he would kiss a part of her body once every time she would enter the kitchen. And she was loving it now as Jim was coming up to her no matter where he was or whatever he was doing and was kissing her in unexpected ways and in unexpected places at times. Luckily, the kitchen was not open for view, or it would have been impossible to have these cuddling and kissing endeavors.As they were hugging, Rena noticed a little creature sneakily enter the kitchen. “I-I-It’s a rat!”“WHAT?” Jim was shocked and angered. How dare a rat enter his restaurant on the day he opened it? And that, too, in the middle of the day? “Where is it?”“I don’t know. It disappeared,” Rena looked around but couldn’t find it.“These things are smart. The moment they think they’re in danger, they freeze,” Jim co
CHAPTER 404
Two weeks passed since Jim revealed his ancestry to those of the Draknor Finance company.At Bob Shriner’s house.Bob had kidnapped a six-year-old girl and tied her to a chair. Wearing a clown mask, he was dancing around her chair to make her cry and feel the horror of it.After all, sacrificing after torturing the prey would bring best results for any dark path ritual, so Bob was very excited about it.After finishing his dance, he revealed his hidden knife and stabbed the girl’s head from the top. The knife went right through her skull and came down from the chin. He was grinning; however, a second later, he realized that not a single drop of blood spilled, and the little girl was grinning at him as if she was the predator and he was the prey.Bob quickly stumbled back. “W-Who the hell are you?”“She’s Systa,” a voice came from behind Bob, sending a chill down his spine because he couldn’t even sense the presence of this person. He turned back but didn’t recognize this man who was n
CHAPTER 403
A few days after Jim revealed himself to the chairman of Draknor Finance.In Draknor Finance headquarters.Lola was working alone in the cafe as Jim had told her to not hire any workers and that she must run the cafe by herself for the next four years.She was making sandwiches in the cafe, and she ended up cutting a bit of her finger while cutting tomatoes. And it made her cry from pain and then cry some more because of the hardships she was facing. As if that wasn’t enough, when she took the sandwich to the customer, he complained to her saying, “I asked you to mildly heat them in order to keep them soft. Why did you roast them this much?”“Sorry, sir. I’ll do well next time.”“Next time? You mean you want me to eat this shit right now?” The customer was none other than Joker from the Beast Dungeon.“T-That’s not shit, sir. It’s only roasted a little more than you asked for.”“So, now, you’re teaching me, a new client of this company, about food,” he hissed at her and threw the sand
CHAPTER 402
“If you want to keep working in this company, then you need to do two things,” Jim said, and Lola already found herself losing her posture. “First thing. Give me my restaurant back.”“Done,” Lola didn’t even hesitate to agree. “What’s the second one?”Jim smiled and said, “There are multiple cafes in this building. I want you to open a new cafe and work as the main cook there. You’ll be taking care of that shop for the next four years. And then I’ll take reviews from the employees. If you get a majority of good votes, then I’ll promote you to a financier level. Otherwise…”Lola was shaking in rage. “You want me to cook and sell food like you and your dad did? Go to hell! I’m never doing that!” she shouted and walked away in haste.Marc followed her, but he pleasantly smiled at Jim.Jim, however, didn’t even bat an eyelid.After Marc and Lola left the building, with the latter looking extremely humiliated, Jim turned to face Rena, “Was I too harsh?”Rena slightly shook her head. “She h
CHAPTER 401
Jim put his hand forward, and Steve gently held it and kissed it.Lola’s heart, brain, lungs, and many other organs seemed to be suddenly failing to work at this very instance. The mobile and handbag in Caylene’s hand dropped. Her dad tilted his head back in stupendous shock.Marc looked utterly dumbfounded.Tom and his dad and sister seemed supremely flummoxed.Austin, on the other hand, looked horrified. Elisha’s face also froze in a bit of horror.Rena was the only one who was able to move. “W-What is this, Jim?” She stepped forward. She knew who Steve was, so she looked at Steve. “Why are you bowing to my husband? What is this? Why did you call him Lord Jim?”“He’s from the line of kings, so how else would you want me to call him?” Steve replied, still kneeling even though it was hurting him to do that at his age.“F-From the line of Kings? Who? Jim?” Rena looked very confused.“I cannot speak more about the Lord while in his presence,” Steve added. “So, please forgive me for not
CHAPTER 400
On the ground floor, more than a dozen guards were lying on the floor. Some were still conscious but were in too much pain to get back.There were many people standing, but most of them were not even willing to step forward or get themselves involved in whatever was happening.Jim was still holding the broken arm of Austin who was crying blood at this point. Jim had defeated the guards while holding Austin’s arm. And this brought greater pain to Austin. The only reason he didn’t pass out from pain was because Jim bolstered his mind with psychic vivre so that he’d be able to endure it to an extent. Austin was not aware of this. Even though he was able to bear the pain, the pain was still there. He had to withstand the indescribable pain that throbbed all across his arm, especially near his elbow and shoulder.“Y-You monster…” Caylene couldn’t believe what had happened. She was not expecting Jim to defeat the guards so easily. “Just take some money and get lost from here.”“You can’t so
CHAPTER 399
Steve Millman was talking with someone on his mobile.“He is likely going to come to your office today,” Bernard was speaking from the other side.“Lord is?” Steve was startled. “Today?”“Treat him well. I’ll be sending you his photo, so don’t mess up, or you’re the only one who’s going to suffer, Steve,” Bernard said and ended the call.As Bernard waited, every second felt long.More than fifteen long seconds later, he received a notification. He saw the photo. “So, this is Jim Draknor. He looks to be barely thirty. No, he could be younger.” He gritted his teeth. “I have to bow to this brat?” His ego felt very hurt right now.He called someone on his mobile and said, “I sent you a picture. Find out his identity immediately.”“Yes, sir. Just give me a minute.”Steve stayed on the call, and then the person from the other side said, “Sir Steve, I found information on him. He used to be an ordinary chef, but only a day ago, his name has been spreading through the underground circles all
