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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
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 74
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
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 76
When Jim was heading back to his room, he could hear Rena talking loudly in her room, seemingly on her mobile. Jim, thanks to his enhanced sense of hearing, was not only able to hear her voice very clearly but was also able to hear the voice on the other side.Jim understood from the voice that it was Austin Woakes. Jim didn’t like it. “He may be her boss, but why is he talking with her at this hour?” He paid more attention to their conversation.“Your abstract was liked by Steve, but he wanted you to refine it even more,” Austin said.“Of course, sir, it’s just the barebones of the idea that I had,” Rena said. “If I work on it for a few more days, I’ll be able to make it concrete.”“Good. Good. But where exactly did you tour to?” Austin asked. “How did you get the idea of making it so concise and neat? I’m sure you yourself told me that day that the interior design is already optimized with no unnecessary things added.”“Yes, sir. I remember that, but back then, I was only looking at
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 77
Jim finished talking with the undercover bodyguard who couldn’t hide his fear after Jim told him that a bounty was put on him. He kept telling Jim that if something were to happen to him, tell Carsen to take care of his family.However, Jim assured him, “If you really die while guarding me, then I’ll personally visit your family and make sure they’ll not struggle for food or shelter for the rest of their lives.”Jim’s words motivated the bodyguard. “By the way, I never told you my name. It’s Nathan.”“Good to know. I wish I could continue this conversation, but I have some work to do,” Jim told him and quickly returned to the kitchen, only to find Rena searching through the fridge. He wasn’t surprised. “Are you looking for the ‘special’ drink?” he asked, smiling.“N-No,” Rena quickly shut the fridge and tried to walk past him.He caught her by the waist and pulled her closer. “I know you better than you think, my love. You’re so smart and headstrong you couldn’t come to me directly to
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 78
Alarm bells rang in the sniper’s mind as Jim looked straight up at him. “What the fuck? Why is he…” He immediately aborted the mission and ran away with all possible haste.He climbed down the building, taking the stairs and then jumped over the back wall before getting into his rented car. However, just as turned the key on, a gun was pointing toward him from the other side of the window.“Show me your hands, or I’ll shoot you in three, two…” Jim stepped to his left and revealed himself as the sniper lifted both his hands.“Who told you that I was coming?” the sniper coming.“You don’t get to ask questions,” Jim said. “Why don’t you tell me everything you know, and then let me decide if it’s worth sparing you or not?”The sniper frowned and then told him what he knew.“So, you are telling me, the current deputy chief of police has sent you a message, telling you to deal with me?” Jim couldn’t help but frown. “Why would someone at such a high position want to kill me?”“Isn’t it obvio
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Jim didn’t sleep that night. Thanks to the cloud wine he had consumed, he was able to stay awake till morning without feeling very tired. There were times when he exercised, watched comedy shows or bits of movies on his mobile.Nevertheless, he ended up falling asleep at some point.In the morning, Rena came to his room to get her dose of the mysterious liquid, but Jim was snoring like a pig while squatting on the couch. Knowing how difficult it’d be to wake him up when he’s in this state and get away from him, she went to work.Moments after Rena left, Shiney came to his room. Her jaw slackened when she saw him sleeping in a squatted position, with his neck resting on the top part of the couch. “H-How did he fall asleep in that tiring position? This gym-freak! He remembers telling me that he had a surprise for me this morning, didn’t he? How could he be sleeping like this then?”A part of her didn’t want to disturb his sleep, but another part of her couldn’t wait to see what he prepa
JIM IS HIM CHAPTER 80
Rena showed Austin one of the designs she thought for the main hall on the top floor, where the top financiers of Draknor Finance often meet.“So, you want to turn the pillars into elephant legs and use the dome structure above to build an elephant head at the top,” Austin could clearly see everything because she had drawn her imagination vividly on the paper. The elephant head was lifting up the Draknor Finance symbol with its trunk. It was wonderful to see, but Austin didn’t smile. “It seems like a nice idea. People roaming inside the hall will not think of the pillars as elephant legs, but it makes sense when they look at the full picture. However, isn't an elephant too simple of a symbol? The word Draknor sounds close to a dragon, so why don’t you turn it into a dragon head?”“Dragon would have a negative impact on many people because of the religious reasons,” Rena opined. “But if it's an elephant, it’s a kind and benevolent creature, but if you mess with it, it will destroy you.
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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
