Chapter 119

The next day, Thomas Dunn himself came to pick Nathan up. He went along with him to meet Harvey Babcock and to discuss the amount of compensation.

But before Nathan and Thomas reached the auction house, they received a call from Colin.

Colin reported, “Sir, the experts left out some details last night. Even though the porcelain shard itself is authentic, they also detected signs of polishing.”

“What does that mean?” frowned Nathan.

“It means that the porcelain vase was already broken even before excavation, and not smashed recently,” explained Colin.

“So what you’re saying is, someone found a piece of broken porcelain, polished its edges, then mixed it in with other fake shards to con my father-in-law?”

“Yes, sir. It appears that Mr. Smith is the target of a scam,” confirmed Colin.

Nathan narrowed his eyes, “Alright. I understand.”

Nathan hung up the call and uttered coldly, “Bloody low lives! How dare they try to con my father-in-law?”

spoke up immediately, “Sir, I’ve looked into Harvey Babcock’s background. People call him the T-Rex, and he also has the backing

Peters, whom we took care of last time was a follower of the

T-Rex’s actions be related to the

he heard Thomas’ analysis. “Rumors have it that the Zabinski family is behind most of the shady business in the South. If this incident has something to do with

bodyguards in

were sharp and their stances firm indicating that they were all highly-trained

part of

legal and illegal matters and thrived in the grey

of the Zabinski family, people

in his leather chair smoking a cigar lazily as he watched his men bringing in Nathan

narrowed his eyes, “I assume you’ve validated the authenticity of

sat on it nonchalantly making it looked like he was

is indeed an

brightened. “So you’re here to

Nathan nodded, “Correct.”

looked intently at Nathan. “You’re prepared to pay me two hundred

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255