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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
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 362
At the destroyed Beast Dungeon.The top layer was sealed up by an illusive barrier that would confuse the common people into thinking that this was a normal place.There was not a single worker in sight, and the place looked pretty much desolate.Tenzin was checking the battleground and was trying to understand what might have happened. And it wasn’t proving easy because there was too much destruction to piece things together properly.She could hear the whispers of the demons that were hovering about, and she asked them to give her explanation, but they weren’t talking with her. When she raised her voice, they went into the ground or hid under the rubble.Tenzin then looked around. “It’s a mess in here. I can tell that some of the Masters fought here from the footprints and marks their attacks left on the floor and the walls…” Tenzin uttered, “but what the hell is this strange pattern that’s filling the whole dungeon?” She could see a vague pattern on the walls of the dungeon on all
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 363
The next day.Shiney was having brunch outside at an open restaurant. She saw the magazines on the small shelf outside, and one of the business magazines had the picture of her mother on the front page.“The prodigious financier?” Shiney raised her eyebrows. “Yeah, she’s talented when it comes to profiting off the money that others earn with her sweat and blood. All in the name of interest. And she wants me to learn her business craft. I would never do it because I’m not like her. I don’t want to live by leaching other people through interest.”Just then, someone came out of nowhere and sat on the other side of the table.Shiney’s expression briefly froze because it was Jim.“Red beans and rice?” Jim looked at her plate. “You like beef, don’t you? Want me to order that?”Shiney frowned. “What are you doing here? Did they send you to bring me back home?”“No, they can’t do that.”“Mm?”“Because I left their home, too,” Jim said, startling her.“W-What?” Shiney was pleasantly surprised.
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 364
Bob was watching Enron and Rena eating at the restaurant. He was wearing a clown’s outfit, holding a chocolate box in his hand.Bob was the one who put the nano-chip in Rena’s brain so that he could later control her if she were to reject him.However, he did not expect some random guy to pop out of nowhere and control Rena with the same chip he put in her.“Enron of the Nimo tribe…” Bob was grinding his teeth very much. “How dare you try to take the woman I have my eyes on for a long time! Your death won’t be pleasant!”Bob gave chocolates to the kids that asked him for chocolates.After the children left, Bob grinned, “Those little guys don’t know that I mixed a lot of ‘nasty’ things while making those chocolates.” He felt sadistic pleasure, knowing that these kids would be eating all the sick stuff he put in those chocolates. This was just one of the ways he attained pleasure.“But this Enron doesn’t look like an easy target,” Bob thought. “Should I contact Hell Mask first and ask
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 365
Jim and Shiney were traveling in a Benz car.“Where did you get this costly vehicle?” she asked.“Rent,” he said.“Oh, where exactly are we going now?” she asked. “And how exactly are you going to buy the restaurant? Did you forget that she asked for twenty million dollars for the restaurant? Or was it thirty? I don’t quite remember. She might even raise the price this time. How are you going to pay that much amount?”“You will see soon,” Jim replied.Shiney smiled from seeing his confidence. “You didn’t loot some bank or something, did you?”Jim smiled and said, “No.”“What were you doing these past couple of weeks, Jim?” she asked.Jim’s expression changed, but he remained silent.“If you don’t want to talk about it, I won’t force you,” Shiney said. “I’m just that glad that you are back. At the same time, if there’s anything troubling you, then do tell me. I’ll help you in any way I can. I want to prove myself useful, too, you know.”“You are going to learn how to cook along with th
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 366
All the four men couldn’t even jump after Jim shot them in their feet. They simply collapsed there and then greatly cringed in pain.Shiney was pleasantly thrilled and shocked to see that. “That’s my Jim!” she almost jumped in delight.Jim put the gun at one of their foreheads but said nothing. And that man began to pee in his pants, which grossed Shiney out, and she went back into the car.“If you threaten me again, I’ll put the bullets in your brains next,” Jim warned them by pointing the gun at one after another, and they replied by peeing some more.And then, Jim went to a nearby home. The people living in that house had just shut their doors and windows because of the gunshots.But when Jim knocked on their door, they had to open it.The head of the house, an old man, opened the door.Jim entered the home.It was a small one bedroom house, with the hall and the kitchen combined. They didn’t even have stairs leading to their rooftop.An old couple, a young lady, and two children w
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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
