The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 36

Outside the Lancaster mansion, a modest car stood waiting with the driver by its side.

Alfred had chosen this low-profile setup, understanding it would help Alex stay unnoticed.

As soon as the driver saw Alex approach, he quickly moved toward him.

"Sir Alex, I'm Morris, the driver sent by Mr. Alfred," he said politely, bowing as he opened the car door for Alex to

enter.

Inside the car, Morris handed Alex an electronic pad.

"Sir, inside that pad is 576 pieces of data on people named to from all over Vancouver, along with their pictures."

He glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that Alex was already rapidly scanning through the files. "Please select the one we should begin with, and I'll guide you there," Morris added, buckling his seatbelt as the engine roared to life.

"This one," Alex said suddenly, handing back the pad without hesitation.

Morris was stunned by the speed. How could Alex sift through 576 profiles and choose someone so quickly?

His eyes glanced at the pad's screen, seeing an old photo from an orphanage. A tomboyish girl stood there, smiling with other children.

The name beneath the picture read 'Josephine'.

"We'll be there in 20 minutes," Morris responded after checked the address. 1

As the car pulled away from the grand mansion and hit the road, the scenery began to shift.

The luxury and pristine surroundings faded into rougher streets.

They entered a poorer neighborhood, where the streets were filled not just with trash and jobless people, but with broken dreams and silent battles of daily survival.

The car moved through the slums, passing garbage and the homeless.

wandered aimlessly, their hollow eyes lost to drugs some already eyeing the

the people's eyes held stories darker than the shadows clinging

streets.

they drove further, the surroundings deteriorated into a wasteland

Morris hurried

wind hit Alex as

structures and trash heaps

where Josephine stayed," Morris explained, gesturing to

ago, a massive fire tore through, burning down half the slum. A dangerous

him, but he set the place ablaze to escape. The destruction

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tragic events, but Alex had already drifted into

remained the front gate where the rusty

it before the mind could catch

seemed so vast back then, but now, looking

someone had left

before that time, but

Josephine had found him there, filthy and

bedridden, plagued by headaches and pain

curled up on the small, rickety bunk

the orphanage had

his only friend-the one who was kind

to Jo's clothes and followed

thought

even feared by

remembered the day she protected him and punched a bully

face, saying, "This is my bestie! Don't you

that day after getting hit by

memory made Alex

idea he was being protected