June 12th,2023
Morning,
Today I received a request. A person named Luther Kane has sent me an email requesting me to perform a theft in the Vespera Art Museum,well that's what he wrote in the email. Professionalism is there, I would have just said "steal it".
I was in my living room, with my laptop on my lap. I was feeling lazy enough to not answer the mail right away, so I just started looking for Luther Kane on the internet, to look for surface information. I also thought of another person who might be a help in this project....
When I was searching about it, I received two sounds at the same time. One was from my phone, Aria was calling me. And the other one was from my doorbell. With no second thoughts, I went for the door.
Lucian closed the windows in his laptop, and went towards the main door. As he opened it, he saw a man standing there, with glasses.
It was Magnus Cole. Lucian's only sibling, his elder brother.
"Oh it's you!", Lucian greeted Magnus, showing him the way to come to his room.
Magnus started looking around Lucian's house, it was fine as hell, a lot better than his house where he lives as now he was married and lived in a separate apartment.
"How's your art business going?", Magnus asked, sitting on the sofa, after reaching Lucian's living room.
There's a reason behind Lucian's astonishing home, he is a wealthy artist, well, that's what everyone knows him as. His secret of being a millionaire just by selling arts is still a secret to everyone.
"It's going good enough! Wanna take a coffee?", Lucian offered.
"Sure, why not. By the way, why did you call me?", Magnus asked, adjusting his glasses to look at the painting hanging on the wall.
"Do I need a reason bro?", Lucian said while brewing a coffee from the coffee machine.
"Of Course not!", Magnus smiled, turning his eyes towards Lucian.
"So is everything alright? Like how is your family?", Lucian asked, placing two cups on the table.
"My family is all good! I'm too! But I would say that the job I have is a little tiring, you know", Magnus sighed and continued, "Being in the museum for 12 hours!"
"I do understand! Sometimes some of my clients give me deadlines for arts, so I just sit at my table all day and complete it. It surely is tiring.", Lucian said to Magnus.
"By the way, is Vespera doing well? I mean has the "Ghost" laid his hands on it?", Lucian asked Magnus, curiously.
"Yeah it's alright. But I don't think it is gonna stay safe for long. I shouldn't have applied for this job, it's just never secured.", Magnus expressed his worry, "Who knows when the museum's economy is gonna collapse and we are gonna lose our jobs.", Magnus explained.
"Don't worry too much bro, even if you lose your job, you can join my business. I'm always here for you!", Lucian said with an assuring smile.
Magnus smiled and said, "That's really sweet of you. I just wish this "Ghost" wouldn't come after us."
Lucian started looking at his laptop that he brought to the table a minute ago. Magnus took a sip from the coffee, Lucian did too.
Suddenly his eyes widened and turned to Magnus, and he asked, "Is this the manager of Vespera?". Lucian showed a picture of Victor Everhart on his laptop.
"Oh yeah!", Magnus said quickly, "This is Mr.Everhart, one of the managers of Vespera."
"I never knew that.", Lucian raised his eyebrows, "I know him, and he is an old high school senior of mine. We used to be friends! It has been a long time since we talked.", Lucian seemed to be nostalgic.
"Yeah he joined this position around 6 years ago, he is a very hard working and passionate manager as well. I can give you his number if you want!", Magnus offered.
"Oh that would be good! Tell me then.", Lucian said smiling.
Just after hearing Lucian's words, Magnus took out his phone and scrolled through his contacts. As he reached Victor Everhart's contact, Lucian's keen eye caught something, there were two numbers of Victor Everhart.
"7304928390 - that is the number!", Magnus said slowly while looking at his phone, for Lucian to note it down.
Lucian immediately called that number and after just 2 seconds he said, "Man, this number is switched off. Is there any other number, Magnus?", Lucian asked, not expecting another number.
"Yes there is! But this one is for professional use, it's his phone that's located in the managing room of Vespera.", Magnus informed.
"Oh, then you can't give it to me. It's ok I'll try later then.", Lucian said with a little disappointment in his eyes.
"There is no problem giving it to you though, you're my brother after all. And you are his old friend, he won't be disturbed to talk to you while on work.", Magnus said ,offering the second number, "I mean I have seen him talk with his family members while on work."
"Oh okay I got it. Today's your leave, and he is in the Museum right now. Yeah it's better if I have both numbers. I can call him if his personal phone is off.", Lucian smiles.
Magnus told Lucian the second number as well, just after that, something struck Lucian and he said, " "Oh yeah, this is your pen, you left it in here previously.", Lucian handed Magnus a pen, a fancy and shiny one from his pocket.
Magnus's eyes sparkled, "Oh this was in here? Rebecca gifted me this one, she was sad when I lost it!", he said with excitement. "She would be happy if I told her I found this!".
Magnus quickly took the pen from Lucian's hands and went towards the door, saying, "I'll go now bro! I have some work at home actually."
"Bye brother! Come again next week! You didn't leave something here this time, right?", Lucian asked with a smirk.
"No, my phone is with me!", Magnus said laughingly while leaving.
As the door closed and Magnus went out, Lucian left a sigh. He went back to his sofa and put his laptop on his lap again.
Yeah, I didn't know who Victor Everhart was. Him being a friend was just a lie to make my brother give me his number. But now I can at least execute my plan which I made just after looking at the mail. A lot of information about the Vespera Museum is available online. The owner of it is Elias Blackwood, and Dorian Vanholt is the assistant of Blackwood.
I searched for videos of Blackwood and Vanholt to see who's voice I can replicate better, who's voice is more similar to mine. I'm having good luck because Vanholt's voice is really similar to mine. Guess what, it just got easier.
Being diverse with my project is an important thing. Otherwise these smart-ass people would find a pattern in everything and get closer to me. That is also why I wear different clothes everywhere, use different tactics every time I perform a theft, oh sorry, every time I steal.
For the Everhart part, I'll just tell him something that the museum members know very well. Such as that he is working there for around 6 years or something like he has been doing a very good job. That should make him gain trust.....
Well, no! I'll obviously need a secondary plan. I'll just tell Aria to somehow remove Mr.Vanholt's mobile sim. So if Victor suspects me and calls Dorian with his actual number, he will find it switched off. Which should convince him and will have a good reason why Mr.Vanholt would use a second number.
Lucian zoned in as his phone rang, giving him deja vu. And, it was Aria.
Oh shit, I forgot about her call.
Lucian quickly picked up the phone and said, "Hello?", in a soft voice.
"You are way too busy. Is it another theft project?", Aria said with a bored voice, "Like, you could have told me about it."
"Yeah it was another one, I'll tell you about it later. By the way, I'm going to an art festival this evening, wanna go out with me? Bring your friend with us too maybe?", Lucian said, joyfully.
Aria went from bored to excited in a second, her voice became higher in pitch, "Of Course I'd love it! Will it be a problem if it's just you and me?", Aria asked him.
"No, no problem at all!", Lucian said while having a smile on his face.