THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 3: CHAPTER 41 – 50
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 49
When Jeslyn returned to the Hwang residence, she met Nancy sitting at the bar situated in a corner of the large living room. She was wearing a white dress without makeup. She looked plain and sick. Death’s death must have hit her pretty hard, Jeslyn thought.
“Madam Nancy, hello!” she waved as she made her way towards the lonely woman.
“Are you here to make fun of me?”
“I still have a conscience. But I’m definitely not here to cry.”
Nancy ignored that and asked, “Care for some?”
Jeslyn shook her head, “I don’t drink alcohol.”
Nancy glanced at her, then looked behind them and saw Code 5 standing a couple of steps away.
“You brought someone, thinking I’d blame you for his death?” the woman snorted and looked away.
“Wrong. He came with me because the hotel bores him.”
“Haha!” Nancy chuckled without humor in her tone. “What a lame excuse,” she rolled her eyes.
Silence filled the room for a moment before her voice sounded again. “You should be leaving the city today, so why are you here?”
“I came to know how you’re faring.”
Nancy looked at her again, she wished it was true, but… “We both know you’re lying. If it’s about the follow-up of Ani’s case, worry not. The Half-heart has no intention of seeking war with me.”
“That’s not the case, but since we are talking about them, I might as well feed my curiosity,” she smiled when the woman glanced at her again. “Why are they scared of you? Since you know so much about them, making you their greatest weakness, why didn’t they just take you out of the picture?… I get that they might have failed with assassination attempts, but with the witches surrounding them, can’t they kill you with black magic?”
“Jeslyn, are you so eager to see me dead?” the woman raised a brow.
“Certainly not! Hehe,” she chuckled. For some reason, she finds it fun to tease this woman. At the same time, she likes her whenever they sit to talk.
“I’m afraid it’s too obvious for you to hide. But sorry to disappoint you, I won’t die unless my enemy does.” She was about to drink from her glass again when Jeslyn grabbed the cup from her and drank the little wine in it.
“Blargh!” she retched with disgust on her face. “Not tasty at all, you shouldn’t be drinking this.” She searched the wine bar with her gaze but couldn’t find what she was looking for.
“Who is there? Get me some juice!” Nancy ordered.
Soon, the butler brought over a jar of fruit juice and a glass cup, Nancy took them from the man and poured out two cup, then pushed one to Jeslyn.
“You should drink this instead.” Nancy offered.
Jeslyn grabbed the glass of juice. “You are being too nice lately, you know.”
“Don’t mistake this for niceness.” Nancy side-eyed her. “What do you want this time? Don’t tell me you want another of my men dead.”
“No, no, no,” she waved her hands in the air, then beamed, “well, only if they are careless… Hehehe.” She chuckled.
Nancy looked away and took a sip from the juice glass, “I don’t owe you anymore.”
“Of course, you do… But that’s not the stake.”
Nancy raised a brow, “Oh?”
“If you agree to my proposal, I can get Matt to take a look at you.”
“Hahahaha…” Jeslyn was dazed at the woman’s genuine laughter. She has one of the best laughs she has ever heard.
“Jeslyn, oh Jeslyn… You are even more cunning than I thought.” She shook her head and took another sip.
“Don’t be like that, this is business.”
“No, it’s a loss for me… You feel I still owe you, so you want my men to do your bidding, in return, you’ll ‘get’ Matt to check on me.” The woman continued.
“First of all, Matt is not an object, but a human as stubborn as your husband. We both know he won’t come. Secondly, I can no longer be cured. Even if Matt comes, he’d give me the same diagnosis I’ve received more times than I’m willing to remember. So, Mrs. Lu, what kind of business are you proposing and how does that benefit me?”
“Woohoo! Clap, clap!” Jeslyn clapped while smiling. Then her smile slowly slipped off her face as she said, “Mrs. Hwang, You do know you owe me more than you’ve paid. It’s quite unfortunate that your man died and I can see that you’re deeply hurt by it. So can we say, you’ve paid for my Cousin’s death?”
Jeslyn didn’t wait for the woman to agree or disagree before she nodded. “Yes, we are even on that. But what my brother had gone through in your hands, you need to pay us too… And Pink’s troubles after coming here.”
Nancy looked intently at her face for a long time before she looked at her juice. “You’re blunt with your revenge. Fine, I’ll give you some men to do your bidding. That’s for going after Pink. However, I owe you nothing in how I treated my son–”
“My brother!” She corrected, then smiled. “Mrs. Hwang, you do owe me for stealing my twin brother away from me. The relationship that we could have built, you stole that away too. You caused us too much pain, and I honestly don’t think I can forgive that.” She looked seriously at the woman.
Nancy stayed silent for a while before she opened the compartment below the desk and pulled out a black gun.
The instant Code 5’s hawk eyes saw that, he immediately raised his and pointed it at Nancy.
Nightcrawler, who wasn’t far away, also pointed his gun at Code 5.
Jeslyn’s lips twitched. When did a diplomatic discussion become a gun-pointing affair?
Although she was scared that the stoic-faced Nancy might shoot her, for some reason, she chose to remain level-headed even though her heartbeat could race with a car.
To her surprise, Nancy placed the gun on the desk and gently pushed it to her. “If you hate me so much, use that. I promise you, nobody will touch you.”
Jeslyn was taken aback. She looked at the woman who didn’t seem to be lying. Jeslyn took the gun and weighed it on her palm. It was light and beautiful. Exactly what she’d love, but then again, she said the opposite of what she thought, just like always.
“What kind of a gun is this? The gun has nothing to tell of its brand or model… so classless.”
She placed the gun down and pushed it back to Nancy. “I don’t use guns that weren’t given by my husband. What if it backfires?” She rolled her eyes and picked up her glass of juice.
Code 5 and Nightcrawler’s lips twitched. What kind of quirky excuse is that?
Nancy smiled. “You don’t have the heart to kill me or see me dead. In other words, you’re not as angry at me as you thought. But you feel you need to seek revenge. True, I deserve to pay but like I said, I won’t pay for taking Brian.”
“Why?”
“Because he’s my SON!” She looked at Jeslyn and for a moment, Jeslyn saw a vulnerable look of love and adoration when she called ‘son.’ To be sure, she decided to dig deeper.
“Coming from someone who wants her stepson dead, I’m not moved,” Jeslyn rolled her eyes.
“If your enemy is living every day of his life, looking for your weaknesses, I’m very sure you would have done the same thing I did..” She paused to a deep breath. She had never openly told anyone how she felt about Brian, except her Nanny Xie, Nightcrawler, and Death.
“I know I was being a toxic mother but I did that for his safety. Hwang Min doesn’t care about anything but himself. I make Brian go through so much just so his father doesn’t know that he is my weakness. I forced Brian out of the entertainment industry just to pull you two apart and kill the sibling relationship between you but because Hwang Min was starting to investigate your matter. I killed the first few people he sent after you, then wanted Brian to marry a friend’s daughter because I knew my time was short. Those people can protect him on my behalf… I know I owe you and everyone else an apology but I won’t apologize to your mother, because just like my twin sister, she’s stupid and still can’t read Hwang Min to know why he’s still with her.”
Jesslyn flattened her lips. This wasn’t what she envisioned and never thought that a day would come when she would feel sorry for this woman.
“Why didn’t you tell Brian all these things you’ve just told me? He thinks you hate him and have been using him to secure your place here, I mean, I thought so too.”
Nancy twirled the drink in her cup a couple of times. “He wouldn’t believe me, he loves his father. I also hoped that he would learn the hard way, so that when he finally does, he will becomes strong and courageous enough to face the world.”
Jeslyn sighed and patted the woman on the shoulder. “You’re indeed a pitiful woman… but don’t worry, I have no place in my heart to save pity for you.”
She lied but because Nancy wouldn’t feel comfortable with anyone feeling pity for her, Jeslyn decided to always treat her like this. Whereas, her heart was bleeding.
“Crawler!” Nancy called.
Nightcrawler walked over and bowed in front of Nancy.
“The Token,” she stretched her hand out to him. Nightcrawler was stunned as he looked at the woman. His eyes moved to Jeslyn who was staring at them both. The guy was reluctant for a moment before he brought out the black token and handed it to Nancy.
Nancy brushed her thumb over the complicated design on it and blinked before she smiled and handed it to Jeslyn.
“Take it. With this, you can summon THE SIN–”
“What?!” Jeslyn bolted up. “Are you mistaken? I mean you should select some men for me, I didn’t say you should give me access to your faction!” She frowned.
Nightcrawler who had been glaring at Jeslyn with hostility breathed a sigh of relief and his aura slowly died down. Had she shown the desire to covet the token just now, he didn’t mind dying, he would have blown her brains out.
His Boss created THE SIN when she was just sixteen years old. It started with the coming together of street kids fighting each other, to a group of bullies. The bullies were called SIN by the people they bullied. The name came off as something interesting to Nancy, so she gladly accepted it.
The name became officially known when the group upgraded from being just bullies to finally being a rogue.
As for the formal name of the City, Watchway, it was changed to SIN CITY by foreigners, who found the gang to be the most prominent thing about the City. Their reign of terror intensified after they eradicated all other rival gangs in the City and became the only faction that stood dominant.
Nightcrawler snapped out of memory lane as he looked at Jeslyn who was still reluctant to accept the token.
“I’m sorry, I can’t accept this, ” She said.
“Don’t think too highly of yourself. I wouldn’t hand over the key to my empire to you even if you kill me. This is just to summon a hundred of my men. You can return it when you’re done.”
Hearing that, Jeslyn finally accepted it. Before she left, Nancy gave her the black gun.
“It suits your personality. Take it as my apology.”
“I accept your apology.” Jeslyn took the gun and left with Code 5.
After they had gone, Nightcrawler plopped to his knees. He looked pained with veins popping on his forehead and eyes turning red.
“Master!”
Nancy got down from the stool and helped him to his feet. With her fair hands on his shoulders, she said, “I think Nanny Xie is right. I want to retire.”
“You’re upset with Death’s outcome. Give me the command and I’ll bring their heads to you! Please, don’t hurt yourself anymore!” How could his Master hand her empire that she took so many years to build to Jeslyn?
Nancy gritted her teeth and her hold on Nightcrawler’s shoulders tightened. “They made a mistake when they killed Death,” tears ran down her cheeks. The guy was more than a brother to her. He and Nightcrawler were there from the very beginning. They protected her like she was the only girl in their family, Alas, they were orphans roaming the streets, begging, and getting bullied until she found them and made their matter, her business.
The two gradually became the trees she leaned on, the ground she walked on, and the sky that shielded her from the sun, yet the Half-hearts killed Death without a second thought.
“Master, please give me the command to seek revenge!!” Nightcrawler fell to his knees again but Nancy shook her head.
She furiously wiped her tears and said, “Doyenne has not sent an apology, but rather sent twenty people she deemed worthless to speak to me. It’s an indirect form of beating the drum of war. Crawler, there must be a reason she did that. Also, we don’t have what it takes to kill their witches. So, I don’t want you to go down the same route as Death. However, his revenge will be sought, even if it’s the last thing I do!” She declared. Her aura flared, as she once again brought out the air of the powerful and ruthless ‘Nancy’ she had been suppressing.
Nightcrawler felt his heart bubbling but once he thought about the token, his mood dampened.
“Boss, how can we seek revenge? We no longer have authority over our people.” She just gave THE SIN’s token away to Jeslyn!
Nancy let go of his shoulder and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window. Standing there and looking at the big compound, she said, “I don’t need the boys to seek revenge, Jeslyn will do it for me.”
“What do you mean, Master?”
She turned and looked at him, ignoring his question. “Crawler, I’m retreating to the dark and I’m setting you free once again…”
“No, Master! I refuse to leave! Please don’t force me away!”
Nancy shook her head, “I don’t have much time to live and I don’t want to die before Hwang. The only cure is the stone, so I want to go in search of it on my own.”
“What if you encounter danger on your way? What if your sickness strikes again without warning? What–”
“The last time was because of the poisoned cake. It won’t happen again, I’ll be more careful.”
“I must come along. You’ll need someone to talk to, or ask questions.” The guy said with determination.
Nancy smiled, “OK. But before then, get me Lawyer Zee.”
“You want to change your will?”
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THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 3: CHAPTER 41 – 50
*At night…*
The sky, unlike other nights, had no sign of the moon or stars. It was pitch black, standing as a cover for the ‘black cats’ running soundlessly on the rooftops and leaping over fences.
Some were soundlessly snapping necks and giving smash downs to their enemies in suits, standing there with guns, oblivious to the grim reapers coming for their lives.
In less than ten minutes, more than a hundred men, who were standing guard around the building and were all lying lifeless on the floor.
Those having beautiful dreams in their sleep were not left out. The ninjas running on rooftops flipped themselves into rooms and slit the throats of the sleeping guards.
Even those in the control room, who couldn’t see anything on their screens as they looked vigilantly in the hopes to watch for any strange movement, were not given the opportunity to know their killers.
The five of them found themselves falling dead after their necks were slit from behind. How the doors were opened without a single sound made, is something that only the assailants could explain.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 3: CHAPTER 41 – 50
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