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Chapter 10
He blinked twice; he was alive for now.Staring into his face was Sarah, and a smile of relief escaped her lips. It was apparent she had sat there for ages awaiting his resurrection.Nathan took a rough glance at his room, which looked like a tornado had passed through, from shattered glasses to tumbled cupboards to torn cushion fabric.“Sarah... What happened here?” His voice was surprisingly calm.“She was here… Clara, and she was furious.” Sarah calmly explained. “She broke most of your things, burned some, and threw some away.”Clara’s temper was like a time bomb, but this destruction was something else entirely. “She’s mad at you, about everything. Said things I won’t repeat.” Sarah said.Nathan swallowed hard, then a cold realisation struck him. “The cupboard... the flash drive.” He reached for the overturned cupboard and was shocked when, in place of the flash drive, there was nothing.Gone. The flash drive was gone.That flash drive was more than just data; it was the key to
Chapter 9
Nathan awoke with a gasp in a strange, fog-drenched afterlife cityscape that was neither ancient nor modern.The sky was a dull grey with no visible sun, and the place had a ghostly urban pulse.Nathan stood dazed in the middle of the street, instinctively checking his chest. No heartbeat. No breath. Yet he was standing, thinking, moving. Alive… in some other way.“New arrival?”That was the voice of a man cleaning his booth, a faded hat sat crookedly on his brown hair.Nathan nodded slowly. “I think so…”The man approached and extended a hand. “Name’s Donald Shaw. You’re in May cross, afterlife. Not heaven, not hell. Just… between.”Nathan shook his hand, trying to ground himself. “This is real?... I mean, am I dead?”“As real as anything else. Everyone here is dead…was dead.” Donald said, glancing at the leather pouch swinging gently from Nathan’s side. “You’ll want to check that.”Nathan looked down, and for the first time, he saw the pouch and reached for it.Inside, dozens of si
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gently.He came out to welcome her. She looked different from the day of the fire incident: calmer, brighter and super adorable. Her cotton dress hung on her body like a leech, and her beauty was goddess-like. Zeus must be eyeing her from Mount Olympus.“Nathan Woods?” she asked gently when she saw him. Her ivory white dentition was everything.“Sarah Wilkins!” He returned the smile with fascination in his eyes.“I wasn’t sure I’d come,” she said. “But I owed you a thank you. And… well, my sister insisted. She said anyone who’d risk their life for her son deserved more than just a handshake on the sidewalk.”Nathan gave a rare smile. “How is the young man doing?”“Better,” she said. “He won’t stop talking about his ‘fireman.’ Even though you’re not a fireman.”“I’ll take the compliment.”She laughed hard and long. Nathan joined her, and hand in hand, he took her to the estate garden where they sat for a while. Their conversation revolved from London, to her nephew, to nightlife, to di
Chapter 7
That afternoon, a different plan occupied Nathan's mind after agreeingto meet Jessica as Jacob Dome.But he couldn’t risk exposing himself directly. He needed a stand-in, someone who could convincingly play Jacob’s part without raising suspicion or doubts.So he got to work. He quickly posted a job ad under one of his corporate aliases:Well-paid one-time role. Must dress, speak, and carry yourself like a shy, wealthy investor by the name of Jacob Dome. Confidence in silence is preferred. Location: London Square. High discretion required. Appearance: Polished. Communication: Minimal but elegant. Applicants must send a voice note. Payment in two parts.Within minutes, responses poured in like streams of joy.Nathan sat at his desk, listening to voice notes. Some were ridiculous, arrogant, overly slick and cocky, while others lacked presence and capacity.But then, one of the voice notes caught his attention: His voice was enigmatic and smooth like a business con-man; he sounded u
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like the tongue of Hades.Inside, visibility was almost zero. He crouched low, crawling along the floor, listening, straining. Then he heard it: soft sobs, followed by a weak cough.A faint whimper guided him to a room where the boy was huddled in the corner of the smoke-filled room, tears streaming down his soot-covered face.He was maybe six or seven. His tiny body trembled. Nathan scooped him up and wrapped his jacket around the child’s head. “Hold on to me.”But turning back was another challenge; the flames had blocked the door.He raced towards the window, the boy's hand in his, and with a determined grunt, he lifted the boy through, then jumped after him, just in time to escape the roof crashing down on them.Outside, he laid the boy on a nearby patch of grass. The child had a little bruise on the knee and was coughing violently.“Clear!” a paramedic shouted, moving in with oxygen.Nathan stood up, heart thumping hard against his chest. His hands were blistered, and his shirt w
Chapter 5
from desperate rivals, but this one was different. It was personal and precise. At the lounge, Nathan overheard Maurice dishing orders to their Lt. Bruce Owen, their Chief head of security.“Double the security. Every gate, every entrance, every window, and every walkway.” Graymon ordered, his voice cold and unyielding. “I want security surveillance cameras at every blind spot in the estate. You should be armed, alert, and ready, and no one gets in without my say.”Bruce Owen gave a curt nod. “Understood.”“Make sure the staff know their roles. Anyone acting suspiciously gets dealt with immediately. And Nathan?” Maurice lowered his voice. “I don't completely trust him. But he'll stay close; every meal that comes in must be tasted by him alone.”From where he pretended to be arranging a flower vase, Nathan smiled. They were using him as a tool to test for poison.Lt. Bruce Owen, who had already calculated the logistics in his head, began immediately with his team, adding additional ca
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