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Chapter 21
Gerald gulped quietly and turned toward the line of thugs.The moment his eyes landed on the man standing near the front, recognition flashed across his face.Feran. Another bully.Back in high school, Feran had been one of the biggest reasons Gerald's life had been miserable. He and his gang had bullied him relentlessly, stealing his lunch money, destroying his books, and humiliating him in front of the entire school just as Marcus. Even after graduation, Feran had only grown worse, becoming one of the most notorious street snatchers during the early days of the apocalypse. His gang had been enormous, and countless innocent people had suffered because of them.At the same time, the thug leader's eyes widened. He stared at Gerald for several seconds before suddenly laughing."Well, well..." he said with a grin. "If it isn't Gerald."He looked Gerald up and down before bursting into even louder laughter."So, Gerald, are you a construction manager now? I can't believe it. A lonely orp
Chapter 20
Mrs. Alden blinked several times before looking around the fully stocked store again. Then she looked back at Gerald with a puzzled expression."I... don't understand," she admitted. "Why would you want to buy everything? We just finished stocking the place."Gerald smiled faintly."You don't have to worry about that," he said. "I'll pay the full price for every single item here."Mrs. Alden frowned slightly, still unable to make sense of it."But... why?"Gerald simply replied, "Someone needs it."Erena, who had been quietly listening from the side, finally stepped forward.She folded her arms and narrowed her eyes at Gerald."Mmm... this sounds suspicious," he said. "Are you using us to run some kind of scam or something? First you gave us money to stock the store, and now you suddenly want to buy everything back. None of this makes any sense."Gerald wasn't offended.Instead, he gave a small scoff before looking at Eren."You have every right to be suspicious," he said calmly. "If I
Chapter 19
Janet sat frozen in front of her screen for a long time after witnessing the murder. She watched as Raphael walked out of that study.Then she instantly grabbed her phone.Her fingers were steady but her breathing wasn't, and she dialed before she had fully decided what she was going to say."Emergency line, what is your—""I want to report a murder," Janet said. "I have video evidence. I'm sending it right now."She attached the camera footage to the report before the operator had finished asking for her name. Full recording, timestamped, both cameras, every angle. She gave the address also. And the name. Then she sat back in her chair and stared at the ceiling.Gerald had known every detail, down to the minute. She had installed the cameras half believing she was wasting her time, half convinced she would watch the evening pass quietly and feel foolish for listening to a man she had only just met.Instead she had watched a son kill his father and walk out straightening his jacket.
Chapter 18
The leader stood there and was so shocked. Just as Janet was about to even step forward. The leader ran away instantly. He had never seen a woman being this good at fighting, three men in a go?. Gerald was shocked as well, as he gazed at her. So, this was the reason she managed to face Raphael during the apocalypse. Though, she lost in a horrible way. “Let's go”, Janet said, as she kept walking, leaving the thieves on the floor still groaning in pain. Gerald followed her. There was some moment of silence. Before Janet broke it."Raphael," she said, not looking at him, her heels clicking steady on the pavement. "What exactly do you have against him?"Gerald glanced at her sideways. “Nothing""You've refused his money twice," she said. "You won't look at his contracts." She paused. "What could he have done?. It is obvious you are struggling. You bought that cave because you are desperate for where to live. "Gerald scoffed, then he was quiet for a moment, watching the road ahead
Chapter 17
The image appeared on the screen.The room looked at it again , and then the laughter started. Not polite laughter. The real kind, people leaning into each other, shaking their heads, covering their mouths, someone near the back actually clapping once like it was the punchline to a joke that had been building all evening."A rock," Henry said loudly. "They're auctioning an actual rock.""The Sentinel River has been rising every year," a man in a grey suit said to the woman beside him. "Give it five months, maybe less. That whole island and the cave would go under.""Who on earth builds on a flood island?" someone else said.The auctioneer waited for the noise to die down. "Reserve price," he said, "fifty thousand dollars."The laughter got louder."Fifty thousand?" Tina turned to Henry with pure delight on her face. "For something that's going to drown?""They should pay someone to take it off their hands, because no one is paying even 500 dollars on it" Henry said."Fifty thousand,"
Chapter 16
Tina had fully expected Gerald to be crumbling after everything they'd said, but what unfolded in front of her was the exact opposite, and it only fed her fury."I can see you're just pretty with absolutely no brain," she snapped at Janet. "How could you possibly fall for a loser like him?"Henry chimed in as well, his voice dripping with mockery. "You'll only suffer being with someone like him. He has nothing."Janet let out a light scoff, completely unbothered. "Then I'll suffer with him," she said, tilting her chin up proudly. "As long as I get to keep the attention of such a handsome man." She leaned her hand affectionately against Gerald's arm. "Can we go inside now? I'm getting choked by the stench of these people."Gerald smirked. "Yeah, same here." Together, they turned and walked off, leaving Tina and Henry seething behind them."How does he get so lucky," Tina hissed, "landing a pushover like her as his girlfriend?"Henry, still watching Janet's retreating figure, muttered,
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