Filed To Story: The Plan of Saving Nora Novel Free
But Winnie had exposed her identity.
She couldn’t just watch Winnie die and not do anything about it…
This had led to their current awkward situation.
What were they to do now?
“How did Trueman appear in the first place?”
Nora asked.
If Trueman refused to appear, then they would have no way of forcing him to reveal the whereabouts of the V16. Moreover, Caleb was the primary personality, whereas Trueman had only appeared later on in his life.
Caleb sighed. “When I was ten years old, there was once when I was on the verge of death after being injected with the gene serum. It was then that he appeared, endured the pain, and helped me pull through…”
He pondered for a while before he suddenly said, “How about you beat me up? Until I’m about to die. He usually shows up at moments like that.”
“That works…” said Lawrence as he eagerly rolled up his sleeves. However, Sean pulled him back.
Lawrence looked at him in bewilderment. “What’s the matter? What are you pulling me back for? Surely it’s not because you can’t bear to hit him, right?”
Sean: “…”
He glanced at Justin who thought for a moment before finally saying, “No, that won’t do. What if we kill him?”
Caleb: “…”
Nora ignored the two of them. As she stroked her chin, she started to ponder.
She was thinking about how they could force Trueman out.
“Let’s just stay here tonight for now. You two, get a few men to search the place. Even if you must flip the whole place over, try and find the V16.”
Justin ordered Sean and Lawrence.
The two nodded in unison.
After they left the room, Lawrence was still asking, “Why didn’t Boss let us beat that guy up? Isn’t this the best solution?”
Sean was awfully troubled over the man’s IQ. He said, “Boss doesn’t want Ms. Smith to owe Caleb any more favors!”
“…”
Of course, the people in the room did not hear the conversation between the two.
Justin was currently looking at Caleb. He asked, “Which room do you want to stay in?”
Caleb glanced at the room they were in and then at Xander who was asleep on the bed, the meaning of his actions obvious—he wanted to stay here.
He sighed and said, “It doesn’t matter where I stay. I’m just afraid that Trueman would suddenly show up, causing you guys to miss the opportunity.”
“You’re right.”
Nora nodded. “In that case, I will stay here with you.”
As soon as she said that, Justin subconsciously interjected and said, “No, you can’t!”
Nora: “?”
She raised her eyebrows and looked at Justin, who cleared his throat and said, “I’ll stay with him. If Trueman appears, I’ll call you over.”
“… Sure.”
As such, Nora got into bed.
Justin and Caleb went out the door and to the next room.
There was only one bed in the room. After the two men entered, neither of them got onto the bed. Instead, they both sat on the sofa.
Justin looked at Caleb intently. “When does Trueman typically appear?”
Caleb sighed. “He doesn’t come out very often, nor is there any pattern to when he shows up. He comes out whenever he wants to. This is something outside of my control. To be honest, over the years, my control over this body has been getting weaker and weaker.”
Justin narrowed his eyes. He was about to speak when Caleb said, “I didn’t expect you to be my younger brother.”
“…” Justin didn’t explain the matter about their blood ties this time either—he wasn’t intending to. He merely replied frostily, “Blood ties don’t matter to me; only relationships do.”
In other words, even if the two of them were related by blood, he wasn’t going to show Caleb any mercy.
Caleb nodded. He leaned sideways on the sofa and said, “I’m going to sleep. If Trueman wakes up, remember to keep a close watch on him.”
After Caleb fell asleep, Justin suddenly stood and went out.
Outside the door was Nora.
She looked at Justin and asked, “How is it?”
“He didn’t come out.”
Nora frowned. “Are we going to just keep waiting if he stays inside and refuses to come out?”
After looking at Nora for a while, Justin suddenly curled his lips into a smile and said, “I have a solution.”
“What is it?”
Early next morning, the group sat nearby the dining table.
Caleb had a relatively good sleep. He looked at Justin, who had dark circles under his eyes. Obviously, he hadn’t slept well the previous night.
Winnie had already made breakfast and was placing it on the dining table.
After Nora brought Xander over, the few of them took their seats.
Caleb said deliberately, “Mr. Hunt… No, I should be calling you Justin instead, since you’re my younger brother. Did Trueman appear last night?”
Justin, who had a very grumpy look on his face, replied, “No, he didn’t.”
Nora looked at Justin and asked, “You mentioned last night that you’ve thought of a solution. What is it?”
Justin frowned and said, “Let’s talk about it after we go back home. I have a device that should be able to provoke Trueman into showing up…”
Nora was taken aback. “Go home?”
Justin’s expression turned a little sullen at once. He nodded and said, “Yeah. We can’t possibly stay here for the rest of our lives, right?”
It was only after he spoke that he realized that he was being rather grouchy. Thus, he immediately explained, “Lawrence and Sean have already conducted a thorough search here last night, and they still did not find the V16 even after flipping the place over. Therefore, I am sure that Trueman must have hidden the V16 in the city, so let’s go back.”
His words made Caleb frown. Nevertheless, he took a sandwich and started to eat as he said, “Alright.”
Nora didn’t think much about it. After pouring some milk into a bowl of cereal and passing it to Xander, she looked at Caleb and said, “I can treat schizophrenia. If Justin’s device doesn’t work, then we’ll do it the troublesome way and just have you take some medicine to drag Trueman out… I believe he will appear for sure once it’s time to administer the V16. “
Caleb thought for a moment and then nodded. “You are right.”
Xander looked at Nora with his big round eyes. Then, he looked at Justin before finally looking at Caleb. He said, “Daddy…”
“What’s wrong?”
Justin asked subconsciously. However, he then realized that Xander’s words were directed at Caleb, and his expression turned even grumpier.
As for Caleb, he didn’t react immediately. He blanked out for a moment before he finally looked at Xander and asked, “Are you talking to me?”
Xander looked at Nora and shook his head.
Nora said with a smile, “I told him to do it.”
Her words made both Justin and Caleb look at her.
Justin had an extremely awful look on his face, whereas Caleb’s eyes lit up a little.
But the next moment, Nora said, “Trueman impersonated you the last time. I was worried that Trueman had already appeared and was impersonating you, so I got Xander to do a small test.”
So, that was what they were up to.
Justin’s expression softened.
Caleb said helplessly, “It really is me. How about this? Let’s think of a secret code.”
Nora thought for a moment and then nodded. “Okay, that works too.”
The two decided on a secret code.
After breakfast, the group packed their things. Under Justin’s watch, everyone left the house in a grand fashion.
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