I’m Someone Else

Chapter 251

Jake was sure Thomas would die should he show up. He spent six hundred million just to kill him, and he waved his underling away. “Alright, get back to work.”

The Yams and Xalmars had no idea about his plan. The families might be allied on the surface, but they were fighting among themselves, scheming and plotting to gain more ground. They wouldn’t even have banded together if it weren’t for Thomas being too much of a threat.

Jake, however, didn’t put his faith in the alliance as he would take revenge into his own hands. Telling the other two families might backfire, seeing that they might sabotage him. Not even his brother knew of this plan, let alone the other families.

“Yes, sir.” The man left the office and realized his back was drenched with sweat. This can’t go on, or he’s going to find out I’ve been disobeying his orders. I need to make sure Thomas knows about this.

He whipped out his phone and called his underling. “Tell Chloe that her mother’s ashes were stolen.”

The man’s boss was the leader of the famous Hind Family. Anyone who crossed Jake would be wiped off the face of the earth without a hitch, yet this time, Jake went through so many hoops just to get at Chloe and Thomas. That was proof that Chloe and Thomas were not to be trifled with. If his boss needed to be careful with them, then he had to be even more careful. I’ll just let the underlings deliver the message. I don’t want to die just yet.

An hour later, his underling came back with news. “There’s no one at her house, boss.”

“It’s deserted?” The man frowned. Where could she be? “Just take that letter along and stake out the place. Once they come back, give it to them, but make sure you’re not seen. And make sure they see the letter,” said the man.

“Yes, boss.”

A whole day went by. Night had fallen, yet there was still no news. Now that his patience was lost, the man quickly made a call. “What are you doing? It’s been a whole day.”

“I’ve staked out this place all day, but no one returned.”

“What?” The man panicked. Jake told him clearly that he must leak the name of the culprit to Thomas. But he has no idea about the culprit just yet. How am I supposed to answer him when he asks me about it tomorrow? “Damn it. Guess I’ll have to get to Thomas.”

He quickly made a call to someone else. “I’m sending you an email, and I need you to print it out. Take it to Number 66, Northpine Villa. Make it quick, and don’t be seen.”

“Yes, sir.”

“On the double. This is urgent.”

“Right away, sir.”

The man was pacing around his office like a cat on hot bricks. Jake was a cruel, cruel man. If he messed up this job, his head would be lopped off. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

A while later, the man who went to the villa called. “No one came back, boss. It’s dark inside.”

“Damn it all!” the man cursed as he thought, Is this some sort of sick joke? There’s only one thing left to do.

“I’m really sorry about this, madam. I didn’t want to do this, but I had no choice. Please forgive me,” he muttered. Then, he told his men to smash the grave of Chloe’s mother. Still worried, he darted out of his office. I’m going to keep an eye on this myself. If I botch this up, I’m going to get busted.

Darkness engulfed the inside of Keyshire Properties. All the other employees had gone home, but the president’s office was still lit up. The documents had piled up into a mountain in Olivia’s absence. She had to work a lot of overtime just to catch up on work. Molly stayed back to help as well.

Thomas was not around. He was going around the city searching for pharmacies. Most of the herbs in his recipe could be found easily, but wild manroots were a problem. He had scoured the whole city, but he still didn’t find enough.

“I should check out Angelvale Pharmacy,” he muttered. Angelvale Pharmacy was owned by the Elliotts, and it was where he first met Rose. A moment later, he arrived at Angelvale Pharmacy, parked his car, and went inside.

Angelvale Pharmacy was closed for the day. Rose had sorted things out and was getting ready to go home, but then she bumped into Thomas. “Thomas?” She hadn’t seen him after that poisoning incident. It had been a while.

Rose was happy seeing him, but she had no idea why. “It’s late. What brings you here?”

“I’m searching for a herb and wondered if you guys have it.”

“What herb? I’ll check the inventory.”

“High-quality wild manroot.”

“Wild manroot?” Rose dabbled in medicine, and she wondered why Thomas needed that herb. Quality wild manroots were precious herbs and they fetched a high price, so they didn’t have many of them. Not everyone could afford them. Besides, supply was always low, and purchasing them was a hassle.

“Yeah. Do you have any?” Thomas looked at her with anticipation. He had been running around the whole day just for this herb. He knew it was hard to find, but he never thought it would be this hard. He

came here to try his luck out, seeing that Rose told him that she came from a family of healers.

Rose nodded. “Yeah, but wild manroots are precious. We don’t have many, so I’ll have to check with Grandpa.”

Thomas heaved a sigh of relief. As long as they have some. “I don’t need too many of them. Twenty should be enough.”

“You want how many?” Rose gasped. Twenty of them isn’t ‘too many’?