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JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 68
“Hi, I’m Bertha Lock. It’s very nice to meet you,” the old owner said and then introduced her daughter and son-in-law. “This is Carrie. She’s the manager of this restaurant, and this is her husband, Freddy. He’s the vice-manager.”Carrie looked like a younger version of Bertha. She was a bit chubby and cute to look at, but her tall husband had this strange look on his face, which made Rena wonder if he was feeling okay or not.Though Jim was smiling, he didn’t like the frozen look Freddy was giving to his wife.“Please sit,” Bertha politely told them and then made Freddy bring drinks and desserts for everyone. Her friendliness and hospitality really made Jim and others feel welcomed.Lola finally cut the pleasantries and started the real conversation, “Mrs. Bertha, you know the reason we came here.” She pointed at Jim. “His dad built this place. Unfortunately after his dad passed away, he had to sell it for personal reasons, but now, he wants to buy this restaurant back. I already ta
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 69
Seeing Jim and his family members come out of the restaurant, the coconut shop owner Luke strung half-dozen coconuts together and brought them over with great effort.“Jim, you seem to be in a bad mood,” Luke said. “Want me to give you another coconut. It will calm your nerves.”“Hey, geezer,” Marc snorted, “do we look like we’ll drink coconut water from you? You look like you haven’t washed your clothes in a long while!”“S-Sir, these spots don’t go even if I wash them because I received them while cutting banana trees,” Luke said. “But I wash this shirt once every week.”“Once every week?” Marc’s expression warped. “Get the hell out of my sight, or don’t blame me if I kick you away!”Luke leaned closer to Jim and whispered, “Take these with you.” Saying that he walked away quickly.“Hey, why aren’t you taking these coconuts away?” Marc asked aloud, but Luke didn’t respond. Marc then angrily looked at Jim. “Did you pay him secretly?”“I know him, Uncle,” Jim said. “He gave these for
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 70
Shiney’s heart jumped into her throat when the bird smashed the glass window and began to scream and rolled in the back seat. It turned out to be a big peregrine falcon.“A bird?” Shiney’s heart was able to return to its position after confirming that it was just a bird.Jim, on the other hand, looked a bit frozen for a second. He opened the door and grabbed the falcon by the throat and forcibly brought it outside and took it to the side.“What’s he doing?” Shiney looked at her dad.“He probably wants to beat the shit out of it,” Marc said. “I’d do that if it was up to me. But…” he glanced back and saw the broken window. “It’s a tough glass. A bird shouldn’t be able to break it.”“It looked like a falcon, Dad. It must have come super-fast,” Shiney opined. “Luckily, Jim moved out of the way, or it’d have probably hit him on the neck.”Meanwhile, Jim was observing the falcon. Its eyes were completely red as if someone painted red on its eyes. Its pupils were barely visible. “The strengt
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 71
The sudden crash in the front activated the airbags and protected both Shiney and her dad from suffering any serious injury.Jim, however, did not have any seatbelt on, but he pressed his hands against the front seat Shiney was sitting in. This helped him cushion the impact, though his arms had to take a lot of pressure as a result. Even though the car seat was made of high quality plastic, the pressure put by Jim’s hands broke it.The loud noise alerted everyone even though there was a lot of traffic. Rena and Lola also heard it.“What’s that?” Rena’s heart trembled for a second. She tried to look to her right.“Don’t bother,” Lola said, not even turning her head a bit. “Accidents happen all the time. Let’s get out of here once the signal turns green.”“M-Mom,” Rena’s eyes widened a bit. “I think that’s our car.”Lola’s brain buzzed at once. “WHAT?”Rena stepped out of the car fast and was shocked to see the damage caused to both the cars involved in the accident. Luckily, there was
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 72
After talking with the police officers, George paid them 100 dollars secretly, and then they acted like no accident ever happened. If some part of the road or the divider was destroyed, then the police would have demanded more, not officially, of course.George then asked Jim to drink with him because Jim saved him from getting hit by a damned eagle which came flying out of nowhere.Jim, knowing that the eagle wasn’t after George but himself, couldn’t agree to drink with George. “Why would you want a drink with this useless guy?” Jim retorted.“I-I said those words on purpose. You shouldn’t take them seriously,” George said. “The wine I have is really good. I brought it from my sister-in-law’s house. Once you take a sip of that, you’ll go back to the time Jesus turned water into wine.”“Hoho, is it that good?” Jim felt tempted.“Well, obviously, it can’t be that good, but it’s better than anything you can find in your lifetime,” George assured. “I kid you not. It offers a taste better
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 73
Jim’s brows steadily drew together as George took the gun out and pointed it at him. “Why?”George raised his mobile and showed his picture. “Don’t know what you’ve done, but the Black Flower gang just released a bounty on your head. 25,000 dollars.”Jim was very much surprised to hear that. “Black Flower gang? Are you part of that gang?”“No.”“Then are you part of the mafia?”“Well, you can say that because I help them store drugs every now and then in my shed,” George smiled, which didn’t surprise Jim that much this time.“So you want to kill me and get the 25,000 dollars,” Jim slightly gritted his teeth. “Did you get that message after you brought me here, or before?”“After.” George was still pointing the gun. “Don’t hate me for doing this. 25,000 dollars may be small to you who has a rich wife and mother-in-law who drive in a Lamborghini and can threaten the people their vehicle dashes into in the streets. But 25 grand is a big amount for me. If I get it through the black market
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Jim left the garage with the gun in his possession because he wasn’t sure who would attack him along the way.The first thing he did was buy a cheap jacket and cover his face with the hood.Then he took a taxi driven by an old man who had his family photo in front of his seat, so the chances of him being part of a gang were less.Jim had to be this cautious because he was anxious. Even though he wasn’t showing tension on his face, his heart was beating faster than usual. After all, a bounty was put on his head, and he had no way to know who’d aim for his head. So, he had to be sober and vigilant all the time and behave with the possibility that anybody could be his enemy.“25,000 dollars. It’s not big enough for infamous bounty hunters to act,” Jim thought. “That’s a good thing, but that’s the only good thing there is. If a random garage owner received a message, then a milk boy, pizza-delivery guy, or a taxi driver, anybody could be part of the gang. They might already be looking for
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 75
Shiney spoke in a sweet and cute tone, “Carry me inside.”Jim kept looking at her because, again, this was something she hadn’t done before. Was she purposely waiting for him at the back door? No. Jim decided to use the back door to avoid any shooters that might be waiting at his house, so how would Shiney know about it? Moreover, she was found drinking here while eating chips on top of that. Would someone feeling lonely or depressed eat chips along with alcohol? Jim wasn’t an expert in psychology, so he had no idea how to come to a conclusion.Nevertheless, he said, “You can clearly talk, so you can also surely walk, can’t you?”“Whatcha sayzing?” Shiny spoke in a slurred speech all of a sudden, making Jim feel not so good about what he’s dealing with. She still kept her arms raised. “Pick me. Armz. Into your armz.”Jim controlled himself even though he felt like pinching her nose until she acted normal. ‘Fine.” He turned around and squatted. “Get on my back?”“Huh?” She stretched he
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
