CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53: THERE’S A GOOD SHOW TONIGHT

[Nothing to do, want to hang out with you.]

[I’m in the store, come on over.]

[Okay.]

About twenty minutes after she sent the message, Grace arrived, dressed beautifully, looking like a stylish lady.

Seeing Lucy sitting on the sofa, she went straight over and sat next to her.

"Lucy, today I saw some gossip about Jacob Green. Is that short girl in the news his official girlfriend?"

As expected, she mainly came over to inquire about this matter.

"No, Mr. Green’s girlfriend is not short."

"I’m really curious, will he get married soon?"

"He probably will, since their relationship seems really good. Mr. Green really likes that woman. And why not? She’s so pretty and so intellectual, what man wouldn’t like her? Oh..." Lucy looked at her, "I heard from Nathaniel that Mr. Green is going camping tonight at Mortridge with his girlfriend. Just the two of them."

Jealousy flickered in Grace’s eyes, although she said, "Stellan’s out of luck, the cooked duck flew away. Jacob Green used to be madly in love with her, but she didn’t care about him. If she had been with him back then, there wouldn’t be this woman’s matter now."

"Maybe that’s just fate." Lucy poured them both a cup from the teapot, "Try the tea I have here. Nathaniel specially got it from Mr. Green, supposedly it’s top-grade tea leaves."

Grace picked up the cup and tasted it, "The flavor is really fragrant, definitely good tea."

"Since you’re here, want a spa treatment from a therapist?"

"I was thinking just that."

"I’ll call in a therapist." She made a call, and soon a female employee in a uniform arrived.

Grace, midway through her tea, got up and followed the therapist to the room next door.

Lucy took away the tea set on the table, poured out the tea, washed it again, then brewed new tea leaves.

Afterward, she opened her laptop, pulled a USB plug and data cable from her bag, and inserted them into the ports.

After a while, she went to the room where Grace was. Grace was lying there with eyes closed, enjoying the spa treatment with her upper body uncovered.

"Why didn’t Miss Quinn come with you today?"

"Don’t mention it, she’s addicted to gaming lately, playing day and night. Didn’t you notice yesterday how bad her complexion was? Even makeup couldn’t hide her dark circles. I called her to come along, but she wouldn’t." She yawned while speaking, "I’m so comfortable, I feel like sleeping."

"If you’re sleepy, just nap here; if it’s cold, tell the therapist to turn on the air conditioner."

"It’s not cold at all."

After chatting like this for a while, Grace fell into a deep sleep.

Lucy signaled the therapist to leave, then took Grace’s phone out of her pocket.

She already knew Grace’s phone brand, so she had prepared the specific cable for it.

Grace’s phone was very privacy-conscious, having set a fingerprint password.

But so what?

The USB not only had a powerful password-cracking program that Nathaniel had prepared for her, but also a tracker.

She easily cracked Grace’s phone password on her computer.

Then secretly installed the tracker program inside.

It couldn’t be found on the desktop, making it hard for Grace to notice.

The tracker not only pinpoints the phone’s location but also monitors call recordings and nearby sounds, providing feedback. It’s quite handy.

She successfully completed it in a few minutes.

She also casually checked the contents of her phone on the computer.

Lucy unexpectedly discovered the photo album was locked.

Cracking it and taking a look, she was speechless.

The locked album category was full of Jacob Green’s photos.

Various candid shots, various angles.

There was even an old photo of Jacob Green and Stellan Quinn.

With a swift move, she deleted the photo. Given the sheer number of images, it wouldn’t be easily noticed.

After a quick scan, she checked Grace’s contact list and chat software.

From the contact names and conversation records, she could basically determine whom Grace interacts with and who she’s close to.

Lucy noted down these people’s names and finally placed the phone back in Grace’s jacket pocket.

Based on how well she knew Grace, tonight she would definitely go or bribe someone to go to Mortridge.

Lucy smiled, tonight there will be drama.

——

Indeed, Grace really decided to go to Mortridge, as Lucy predicted.

But she wasn’t going herself.

After leaving Lucy’s shop, she returned to the Quinn Family, discussed with Stellan, and decided to take this opportunity to hire a hitman to kill Jacob Green’s girlfriend, dealing him an unexpected and heavy blow.

The two conspired, Grace repeatedly telling Stellan not to inform her parents.

Stellan felt if her parents knew, they certainly wouldn’t support such actions.

So she heeded Grace’s advice, sought out a reputable assassin organization that protects employer information, and selected the Red Dragon Hall.

Its headquarters is located in Nation R.

In the circle, it’s referred to as the Dark Lord.

Since its English name is The-king-of-the-dark.

Thus abbreviated as KD.

The fees are naturally extravagant, divided into five levels.

The First Level: Deploy twenty top assassins for the mission, rapid mobilization, a 100% completion rate, and a vow not to rest until the target’s head is taken. Commission of one billion per task.

The Second Level: Deploy ten top assassins for the mission, rapid mobilization, a 90% completion rate. If the task isn’t completed within a certain timeframe, a 70% commission refund. Commission of fifty million per task.

The Third Level: Deploy five top assassins for the mission, rapid mobilization, an 80% completion rate. Unfinished tasks result in a 50% refund. Commission of thirty million per task.

The Fourth Level: Deploy two top assassins for the mission, rapid mobilization, a 70% completion rate. Unfinished tasks result in a 20% refund. Commission of ten million per task.

The Fifth Level: Deploy ten assassins with varying abilities for the mission, rapid mobilization, a 50% completion rate, no refund for unfinished tasks. Commission of five million per task.

Grace was quite short on money; her family was average, her parents imprisoned for drug dealing when she was young. Her savings mostly came over time from Stellan Quinn.

She didn’t intend to contribute any money to pay the commission; thus, the money needed to come solely from Stellan.

The family’s business was currently struggling, and her parents gave her very little pocket money.

Stellan only had a bit more than two million on hand.