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?”

“Sir, I’ve looked into Harvey Babcock’s background. People call him the T-Rex, and he also has the backing of the Zabinski family which is one of the Southern

care of last time was a follower of the Zabinskis

be related

“Rumors have it that the Zabinski family is behind most of the shady business in the South. If this incident has something to

auction house, fifty bodyguards in spiffy

firm

wasn’t part of the underground

had dealings in both legal and illegal matters and thrived in

the Zabinski family, people from both sides of the

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

you’ve validated the

a chair and sat on it nonchalantly making it looked like

we have. It is indeed an authentic porcelain shard,”

here to discuss

Nathan nodded, “Correct.”

prepared

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