The Legendary Man

Chapter 486 A Dark Night

Soon, an ambulance pulled up alongside a bridge near Highway 908. The driver promptly stepped out of the car and opened the rear passenger door.

As soon as they saw Norman Cooper in the backseat, the two doctors got up to greet him, “Mr. Cooper.” Norman removed his face mask, a weary smile tugging at his lips. “How’s the young Mr. Gomez doing?”

“Don’t worry, Mr. Cooper. We’ve already helped to stabilize Mr. Gomez’s condition. He should be able to hold up till we reach the hospital,” one of the doctors said with a reassuring smile.

“That’s good,” Norman muttered as he stared grimly at the young man on the stretcher.

As it turned out, the latter was none other than Quinton Gomez, whose fight with Jonathan had left him severely wounded.

The elderly Norman Cooper, on the other hand, was the owner of several chain restaurants in Lumonburg’s Petalgrove county.

Even though Norman and Philip seemed completely unrelated, the truth was that they were bosom buddies some twenty years ago.

After Philip had built his business from the ground up, he wanted nothing more than to rope Norman in to share the fruits of his labor. However, the latter refused to have anything handed to him on a silver platter, so the final consensus was to have Philip loan him some cash to start a small restaurant.

Surprisingly, Norman was quite an astute businessman and subsequently built a good reputation in Petalgrove.

Later, when the Gomez family became a branch family of the Osbornes, Philip erased all traces of his relationship with Norman out of fear that the Gomezes might one day get overturned.

That way, even if their family were to get into trouble in the future, he could always depend on Norman to lend a helping hand.

There was no doubt Philip was a shrewd visionary, but not even he had expected that he’d need to call on his old friend so soon.

“Anyway, I’m sure Philip has already told you, but everything that has happened today must be kept strictly confidential,” Norman uttered as he glanced at the two doctors.

“Of course,” one of them replied. “We’ve received Mr. Gomez’s money, so you can rest assured that we’ll keep our lips sealed.”

Upon hearing that, Norman gave a slight nod.

“Good. Since Mr. Gomez’s condition has stabilized, you guys can alight here and return to Lumonburg.”

you sure we can leave now?” the second doctor asked as he stepped out of the ambulance with a look of confusion. “The thing is,

way to the path by the river. We’ve prepared cars for you,” Norman instructed while pointing into the distance. “You’ll each

heard that they’d be getting cars, the first doctor jumped out excitedly from the ambulance and

more. You’ll see it when you’re on the

reached his right hand

is it, Mr. Cooper? Why don’t I

of the doctors turned to look at Norman, all he could feel was the cold barrel of

“Mr. Cooper—”

Bang!

the back of the doctor’s head, staining the ground a

the other doctor stammered

Bang! Bang! Bang!

shots, silence filled

up all his strength to push the

Splash!

Splash!

sorry, but only the dead can keep secrets…” he muttered, huffing and puffing as he watched the roaring rapids below

blood on the ground, Norman quickly fetched a large bottle of medical-grade

several combustible items he had prepared earlier,

lighter and set the bundle on fire, the

in his hand for one last time, Norman tossed it into

his oxygen mask by then, choked back tears as he asked, “M-Mr. Cooper, my family’s done

years ago, Philip had deliberately cut off all contact with Norman, and

see Norman Cooper again, it means the Gomez family

out for more than twelve hours. And

grandfather will handle the Gomez family matters. You must remember that from now on, I’m Silas Leiter, your grandfather, and you’re my grandson, Ryan

mess as

a mourning hall, and Philip and Zane stood silently at the door while staring