Chapter 819
Lemira was struggling to keep her emotions in check again.
But compared to the last time, she had grown noticeably steadier.
“Hold on, I’ll have my people move in right away.”
Orion quickly instructed his team to launch the operation. After all, everyone’s attention had been on the dealership lately—they weren’t about to let anyone slip through the net.
Once he’d finished giving orders, he spoke into the phone again. “I didn’t expect you’d get the sketch so fast.”
“I didn’t either. I owe a lot to our Evander for that.”
Lemira was walking alone down the street, planning to call a ride once she got farther away.
Hearing her unhurried tone, Orion couldn’t help asking, “Where are you?”
“I’m outside, about to hail a cab. Now that I’ve got the sketch, I don’t want to stay at the Langston house or see any of them a moment longer.”
All Lemira could think of now was catching Evelina’s father as soon as possible.
She wanted to see the murderer brought to justice with her own eyes.
But Orion was more worried about her safety. “Don’t call a cab. Wait for me I’ll pick you up, and we’ll go together.”
“Alright.”
Lemira didn’t refuse; after all, she was planning to meet up with Orion anyway.
That night, Lemira stood by the roadside just outside the gated community, waiting for Orion to arrive.
Most people who lived here had their own cars, so there was pretty much no public transit and ride-hailing was the only option.
Lemira canceled her ride request on the app, and stared up at the sky for a while, lost in thought.
After all she had been through—this life and the last-at last she would have revenge.
Suddenly, a taxi pulled up in front of her, honking.
Lemira glanced at the car and said, “I already canceled my ride.”
It didn’t make sense for the car to have shown up, since she’d canceled while it was still fairly far away.
The driver looked irritated. “But I already drove all the way over here. Then you canceled―do you know how hard that is for me? Not all of us have money to burn. Every dollar counts for someone like me.”
Lemira felt as if he was trying to guilt-trip her.
She looked at the driver and replied, “First of all, canceled within the allowed time limit, and it wasn’t very long after placing the order. L checked the map you were still two or three kilometers away at that point. There was no way you could’ve gotten here immediately.”
This neighborhood rarely had people using ride apps.
Canceling shouldn’t have been a big problem for the driver—after all, the
commercial district, where people hailed rides more often, was just two or three
kilometers away.
But the driver just grew more
annoyed. “Doesn’t matter, I’m here now. You cancel and I have to drive all the way back for nothing. Do you know how much business lose because of this? People like me can’t afford to waste time like you well-off folks can.”
Lemira wasn’t in the mood to argue; she was feeling pretty good today. “So what do you want, exactly?”
“Just get in, like you were going to. I’ll take you where you need to go and you pay me the fare directly.”
“But someone’s already coming to pick me up. I don’t need a ride anymore.”
Seeing how persistent the driver was, Lemira didn’t want to escalate things. “Look, if you’re worried about losing out, the app has cancellation compensation for fate cancels, right? I can just send you a small tip through the app. Would that work?”
Even though she hadn’t actually canceled late, she figured if a small tip could solve
it, why make a fuss?
“That’s not enough! What’s a few bucks supposed to do for me? Your ride hasn’t arrived yet why not let me drive you?”
He seemed oddly insistent that she get in the car.
It was at this point that Lemira really looked the driver up and down. “I don’t need a ride from you. If the tip isn’t enough for you, then never mind.”
The driver grumbled, “Why are you being like this? Think you’re too good for regular working people? If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have wasted my time on this empty run. Just my luck—what a terrible day.”
Listening to the driver mutter under his breath, Lemira started to feel suspicious.