Gary was sitting on his bed, opposite Ralph and Karl, in his own room.
His diary was still beside him, while Ralph was going through his phone, not his actually, rather Karl's.
"Where's Nicolo's number? I can't find it.", Ralph asked Karl when Karl was also looking at the screen. Ralph's phone was dead, it was placed on charging inside the room.
"I swear it was there. You are the one who told me the number once, it has to be here.", Karl answered, touching the screen himself to scroll further.
"You could've saved it with a name. Well, I guess not your fault.", Ralph sighed.
Just while scrolling, Karl suddenly stopped and started staring at a specific number on the screen.
"Here it is! This is the one!", Karl said to Ralph, clicking on the call button.
A few seconds later, Nicolo picked up the call.
"Hello, is this Nicolo?", Ralph asked consciously.
"Yes, Ralph it's me. What happened? Should I do something?", Nicolo instantly recognised Ralph's voice. He was laying on bed, but after receiving the call, he sat up.
"Yes Nicolo. I have a favour to ask. Well, to be frank it's not really a favour as it's gonna help for TGC.", Ralph was about to continue.
"Tell me whatever's needed, I'll do my best, Sir.", Nicolo said, ensuring the success of the favour.
"Do you have the main email account of O3? I'll need it for a specific part of my plan, a very important part actually.", Ralph explained.
"The email account? I don't have it, but I may request it.", Nicolo answered.
"Right. You are not a high-ranking member, so it's natural you wouldn't have it. But you are…a trusted member, and an old one. So there's a good chance they will accept your request. Please do.", Ralph agreed to Nicolo's approach.
"I'm asking them right now!", Nicolo cut the call.
"Are you sure the plan is going to work? I mean, will you ultimately get the email?", Karl asked Ralph.
"I'm hundred percent sure about it.", Ralph told Karl with confidence,
"Well, Gary, huge thanks to your consideration! We're leaving now. I'm guaranteeing you the success of this case, and you'll be able to avenge your father in no time."
"Thanks.", Gary spoke no further, and didn't move either, while Ralph and Karl left his house.
Just as they were walking down the road, Ralph's phone rang again.
"Hello!"
"Hello? Nicolo? What happened, did they give you access?", Ralph asked immediately.
"Yes! They did! I guess they understand our situation!", Nicolo responded with energy, "I am sharing my screen, tell me whatever is needed."
"Thanks! This was an essential part of my plan, please share it.", Ralph showed some signs to Karl while talking on the phone, suggesting that he should sit on the roadside bench with him.
They both sat on the bench. The road was pretty much empty, no people, no cars, as it was an extremely cold night. They were not immune to it, but the thick sweaters helped somehow.
"Write everything I say.", Ralph started muttering some words, and Nicolo started typing them on his phone, preparing the email.
The email was done in a few minutes, and it was then sent.
It made its way through the internet and reached someone, called Luther Kane.
A sudden notification popped up on the screen of Luther Kane's main computer, in the office. He was about to shut it down, but something in him suddenly told him to read the email.
He opened it and read it. His eyes widened before even reading it, just by seeing the sender's address.
"An email from O3? What should I do?! Should I accept this offer for myself? But I have heard that there's a lot of consequences for this, I think I should rather redirect it Elias! He would be able to utilize this better!"
He quickly called Elias.
As soon as Elias laid his eyes on the email, he remembered his past memories, he had seen this email before.
"I-I never thought I would witness this email again. But here we are.", Elias started reading the email carefully.
"Hello, this is O3. We kindly invite you to our association, as you'll get a lot of freelancing jobs here, with a high salary. But to join it, you'll have to do some things on your own. You'll have to steal a piece of info hidden in the 12th house of Harper Street. That's where our location is hidden. This is made to test your theft skills and intellect, also to maintain secrecy. A lot of fortune is waiting for you, we trust in you." - the email.
"This is the chance! They were trying to lure Luther in their trap, but they don't know that I'm with him this time.", Elias became excited, finally finding a way towards his enemy.
"I know exactly what I have to do", Elias quickly took out his phone and called Luke.
24th July, 2023,
Morning,
Elias still didn't tell me how he just found a reason to start this mission. It just can't be out of nowhere.
Man, I'll have to convince him now and….and extract everything from him.
Lucian rested his head on his standing hands on the table. He was probably going through his memories and his predictions.
The fact that he trusted me, even a little bit, is shocking.
Actually, I want to feel like what trust is, again.
I'm hundred percent sure Aria did that just to save me in some way, it is not a break of trust. I never trusted anyone in my life, except her. It just can't be all a waste.
But very honestly, I'll have to trust again. It's not just a want, but rather, a need too.
But what should I say to make him gain trust? The best way would be to reveal my identity to him, maybe some kind of video call.
But what if it backfires? Well, that's the point of trust.
I need to have no plan B or anything further. I'll have to gamble it all.
If he truly is what he presents himself as, then I succeed in gaining his trust. But if all of this is really just an act, then I get caught and my life gets destroyed.
To do this, I'll have to take risks. I can't have backup plans and tell, that I trust him.
Lucian started looking at Nicolo, while Nicolo was gone in the depths of the book he was reading.
I'll have to get rid of this guy somehow. He looks easy to trick, he actually is.
I can't get away with talking to Elias anymore. I'll have to find some time without any supervision.
"Hey! Want some pancakes? I'm going to the kitchen to cook some.", Lucian stood up and threw his voice towards Nicolo.
"Pancakes? Why not, I actually love them. Thanks, Mr.Cole!", Nicolo smiled and answered.
Lucian quickly prepared some pancakes and served it, both on his and Nicolo's table.
Nicolo took a bite of the pancake, and was amazed by the taste of it. "You're an amazing cook Mr.Cole! I didn't expect this!"
"Thanks, have more if you want", Lucian started eating his meal too.
Lucian was staring out of the window for some minutes, he then turned his head around and looked towards Nicolo, he was sleeping with his head and hands on his table.
I guess the sleeping pills worked real quick….