Chapter Forty-One – Accuse One more thing left to do. Casimir exhaled as he picked his phone up and dialed Jean’s phone number. She picked up immediately. Of course, she was always with her phone texting or watching Tiktok videos. “Where are you? Are you free for your shopping?” he asked, packing his files into his brief case. “Um… no. Not yet. I’m still… working.” Working? Casimir looked at the time. It was past her work time and his mother had told him she was home. This was a first. Did she forget her shopping? “Are you okay? What are you really doing, Jean?” he was getting worried. Jean would trade him for her shopping and she liked doing it everyday if she could. She had never missed a day since he made a timetable for her in return for him always taking her. “It’s beyond me but my space is about to be hacked.” She chuckled a bit. “This is exciting, I’ve never been challenged so I’d skip shopping for today.” Skip shopping? “Wait, you are about to be hacked?”
Chapter Forty-Two – Proof Dominic sighed, moving away. Of course not. But if he wasn’t aware his mother owned a casino then his mother had more secrets that he didn’t know. “Since when did you know that you could be related to Thales?” Dominic asked. Casimir’s lips curved to a pout. “Four years ago. My mother told us weeks after you fell into the coma.” Selene's lips quivered. The lady told her children of the connection with such a powerful empire only after it was on the brink of ruin. She definitely didn’t have good intentions. Then she let her son create Timely Gadgets, which could rival Thales Empire some day with how fast it grew. Maybe Casimir couldn’t see it because she was his precious mother but the lady had lots of fishy steps. “I’d also add, that friends of this criminal are regular customers at that casino before your mother owned it. In other words, it’s been a criminal hangout.” Selene said. It certainly gave that feel when he visited but he didn’t kn
Chapter Forty-Three – Family Man How did Mrs. Jones know of Bethany? And Jean was the one hacking, right? Why’d she ask for Bethany’s address? Did she know Bethany was his informant? Dominic scratched his head, trying to get the answers to the numerous questions. “But I didn’t say anything about you. How could she have realized?” “Didn’t I tell you? I’m well known in the mafia and she has strong connection to that place.” Bethany pointed at Dominic. “I was to kill you but didn’t, it’s easy to assume we started working together.” The man ran his hands through his hair in frustration. Should he have just killed this clueless young master a long time ago and save himself these problems? “Mrs. Jones is trying to silence me to cover her tracks and that’s because you opened your arms to her in the first place!” Bethany yelled. “What was I to do?” Dominic folded his arms. “I needed help and some relatives of my grandfather offered to help. Wouldn’t you open your arms wide? I mean
Chapter Forty-Four – Pretty Lady Bethany knocked on the door of the office he was directed to. It was supposed to be the office of the hotshot lawyer, Selene, who he had a deal with. Instead, a man replied. “Come in.” Was he at the wrong door? He opened the door and froze. The hotshot was laid on the couch, asleep. He stared at the man whose concentration was on his laptop. Where they dating? Bethany frowned, plopping down before the man. It slightly displeased him that such an attractive lady was taken but her boyfriend wasn’t bad looking. “I’d like to speak with her but I’d feel a guilty waking her up.” She looked like she needed it. “You will feel more than guilt if you do. Fear and regret too.” Jamie replied, looking up at his visitor. “You can tell me what you need though. Employment?” “Nah. I need to talk to the pretty lady about the Jones and their involvement with Dominic Thales. I have some interesting proof she might need.” Bethany replied with a smirk. He’d in
Chapter Forty-Five – Brace Yourself The information on the file was more informative than Dominic could have hoped. He wiped off the tears threatening to leave his eyes. His memory of his mother was totally messed up. She was prettier than all the edited photos of her that were on the internet. And she wore smiles more often. Dominic exhaled, feeling like a part of him had been sorted out. He kept some pictures that featured his cousins his mother held and some of her brothers, even her parents. The most important information on the file, he’d handle it later because it was so distracting and was the sole essence of his mother’s life. His phone began vibrating and Dominic’s eyes shifted to it. He groaned, regretting his reflexes. He had told himself to not get distracted till he was done paying all his workers for the month. He had told them salaries were paid at the 28th of the month but he wanted that to be the limit and pay on the 25th. But whoever was calling him did
Chapter Forty-Six – Unredeemable Could she and Mr. Allen be working together? Then he was in huge trouble. He looked downwards. “Do you know who met the other? Was it Mrs. Jones who met your father?” “It’s possible it was my father that met her first. I told you my father’s problem with your family is generation years old. It didn’t even start with your grandfather.” Bethany reminded. “Then what was it?” Selena asked immediately. “If he was responsible for the death of the Thales daughter, my father’s, and Mrs. Thales death, then what did the Thales do?” Bethany shrugged. How was he to know the cause of the argument? It was definitely not something easy to pass off. Dominic sighed. So Mr. Allen had a hand in Lucas’s parents death too? And his grandmother and Butler Saunders? He was bent on wiping out the whole family. His last attempt was the car accident on he and Lucas. Dominic ran his hand though his hair in frustration. This was surely not a case he could just tell th
Chapter Forty-Seven – Accomplice? The door to his room was knocked on and Casimir paused the movie he was watching, “Come in, Jean.” There was no one else he lived with anyway. His sister peeked inside, wearing a pout. “This is the next day already and mom hasn’t come back home.” What was she? Five. “And so what? Do you want to sleep on her body? She’s married now so she’d be with her husband.” His mother had been staying with her Japanese husband more frequently than usual but that was expected since she was his new favorite wife. It was still annoying that his mom married an already married man but that shouldn’t be his business. As long as she wasn’t involved with what he spoke to Dominic about, then she could be anywhere she wanted to be. “I called and they said she wasn’t there either.” Jean replied, entering the room. “Should we call the police?” Casimir glared at her and she folded her arms. “What should we do then? What if something bad happens to her?” What’
Chapter Forty-Eight – She’d Pay The siblings were quiet before Casimir sighed. He knew he had to act fast or his little sister would pay for their mother’s bad influence in her life. Dominic must suspect Jean if he didn’t even try to let her know what’s going on. And why wouldn’t he? Jean was known to already involve in a lot of shady stuff. Even as she had turned a new leaf, sometimes, company’s called her to destroy their competitors because they don’t believe she’s completely turned a new leaf. And with how excited she used to be, seeing the paycheck the companies offered, if not he was always there to remind her of her vow, his little sister would most likely jump on them. “Get my phone from my room. Let’s hear what he wants to say. Note also, I’d tell him you just told me your suspicions.” Casimir said. “Will he believe I just told you?” Jean rolled her eyes. “Well, he just called you so he can as well assume it made you remember something. Let’s hope on luck and hu