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Reincarnated as a Fisherman and a Dad Chapter 90
"Of course you have a child, we know your son. He's a great kid."
"No, I'm talking about my girlfriend. She's pregnant."
"Wow. And now you're talking? You're going to have a child and you thought of stealing from others? What kind of person are you? You're going to feed your child with food that came from stealing? Are you not afraid of Karma?" Jun-Jun was livid.
Miguel's child had not been born yet, which made his actions feel even more irresponsible. His girlfriend was six months pregnant and counting on him to provide.
Anyway, the fishermen were determined to settle this at the police station. Letting him go would only encourage more trouble.
"Please! I'm begging you, let me go! I'll pay you instead!" Miguel cried.
"Miguel, you've stolen from many fishermen. We are not the only ones affected. If you want to pay us, we must take you to the police first," Karlos said.
"No! No!" Miguel shouted.
"Hah! You're probably thinking of running away if we let you go, but that's not going to happen." Chiz raised his foot and kicked Miguel again.
Out of all five of them, everyone was determined to take Miguel to the police because his crime had hurt too many people already. Even Brandon agreed.
With that, they headed to the town's police station. Brandon drove Miguel's boat.
As for Karlos, he texted Mrs. Wanda that he might be late today… He was definitely going to be late. On top of that, he hadn't earned any money at all.
But his testimony was needed, so he had to go to the police station.
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Miguel didn't have a choice but to sell his boat.
He had been determined to leave Gloria, his old saggy wife, and had slowly withdrawn money from their bank account without her knowledge, thinking he could rebuild his life quietly. However, Gloria discovered Miguel's infidelity, which made things worse.
He couldn't touch the bank account anymore because Gloria blocked every possible route. When he went back to their house to talk to her a second time, his son kicked him out, refusing to hear a single excuse.
They were not officially divorced, it was a common situation in the country, especially for families without the resources to process legal papers.
Now that Miguel was going to have another child, his girlfriend convinced him to sell the boat to save money for her pregnancy, saying they needed to think long-term. Miguel couldn't refuse. He loved her too much. After selling the mid-size boat, he bought a second-hand small boat. His conversation with Karlos had made him confident that trapping crabs was profitable.
But he was wrong. He realized that trapping crabs was tiring but not profitable. Only a few people could earn a good income from it. He even thought of sailing farther to fish for salmon, but it was too dangerous for a small boat to travel far from shore, and he didn't want to risk capsizing. He wasn't like Karlos, who knew good fishing spots close to shore.
Because he was desperate to earn money, he resorted to stealing catch from other fishermen's traps. He sold the stolen crabs in his village instead of the fish port, so no one would recognize them.
Miguel was confident in his instinct to sense danger, so he survived weeks without getting caught, moving silently and striking quickly. But last night, he drank with his new "brother-in-law" and got drunk to the point that his instinct failed him completely.
When he pulled up someone's trap and grabbed the catch, a boat suddenly appeared from behind a mangrove tree before he could escape. Miguel immediately started his engine, panicking when he heard people yelling. Because it was dark and he was wearing a cap, he was confident no one would recognize him. As for his second-hand boat, he could repaint it or sell it later, as long as he stayed unidentified.
Unfortunately for him, that plan never happened. The other boat closed the distance quickly, and someone jumped into his boat, catching him off guard and ruining his escape.
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Jun-Jun, Chiz, and Erap had been waiting for the thief for days, but he was hard to catch. Instead of targeting their traps, he would steal from others, leaving them frustrated.
The thief seemed skilled. The mangrove area was long and wide, and three men couldn't monitor everything, no matter how determined they were. Other fishermen also tried laying ambushes, but they always failed, as if the thief could smell danger.
With hundreds of boats traveling through the mangroves daily, it was impossible to pinpoint the culprit. They needed to catch him in the act.
Jun-Jun and Erap had been monitoring their section for days and still couldn't find him. It was like the thief had a sixth sense.
But that night, while Jun-Jun was sleepy and tired, Erap patted his shoulder, signaling that someone was approaching. Jun-Jun's alertness immediately returned.
Because it was dark, they couldn't recognize the fisherman. With so many boats passing every day, it was impossible to know all of them. Also, the man wore a cap, making it even harder to identify him.
Miguel looked around, making sure no one was nearby, trusting his drunken instinct. Still groggy from the hangover, he failed to sense danger.
He grabbed the first trap and pulled it up. Jun-Jun was livid, Miguel had stolen from him, and he had waited days for this moment.
Without hesitation, Erap started his engine and sped toward the thief's boat.
"Thief!" Jun-Jun yelled to alert Chiz, who was monitoring another part of the mangroves so they could corner the culprit from different directions.
When Miguel realized he had been discovered, he immediately started his engine to escape. His boat had a 15-horsepower engine, normally used for mid-size bangkas, giving him a slight advantage. His boat was fast.
But because Erap reacted earlier, he quickly closed the distance.
Jun-Jun, determined to punish the thief, made the dangerous decision to jump into Miguel's boat. He steeled himself and successfully leaped aboard.
The rest was history.
Bruised and battered, Miguel was brought to the police station along with the fishermen who were raising their voices, releasing the frustration they had bottled up for days. Jun-Jun and the others made sure the other crab trappers knew about Miguel's crime. Some fishermen even ended their work early just to go to the station. Karlos was there as well because he was one of the witnesses and one of the victims.
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Reincarnated as a Fisherman and a Dad Chapter 90
"Of course you have a child, we know your son. He's a great kid."
"No, I'm talking about my girlfriend. She's pregnant."
"Wow. And now you're talking? You're going to have a child and you thought of stealing from others? What kind of person are you? You're going to feed your child with food that came from stealing? Are you not afraid of Karma?" Jun-Jun was livid.
Miguel's child had not been born yet, which made his actions feel even more irresponsible. His girlfriend was six months pregnant and counting on him to provide.
Anyway, the fishermen were determined to settle this at the police station. Letting him go would only encourage more trouble.
"Please! I'm begging you, let me go! I'll pay you instead!" Miguel cried.
"Miguel, you've stolen from many fishermen. We are not the only ones affected. If you want to pay us, we must take you to the police first," Karlos said.
"No! No!" Miguel shouted.
"Hah! You're probably thinking of running away if we let you go, but that's not going to happen." Chiz raised his foot and kicked Miguel again.
Out of all five of them, everyone was determined to take Miguel to the police because his crime had hurt too many people already. Even Brandon agreed.
With that, they headed to the town's police station. Brandon drove Miguel's boat.
As for Karlos, he texted Mrs. Wanda that he might be late today… He was definitely going to be late. On top of that, he hadn't earned any money at all.
But his testimony was needed, so he had to go to the police station.
.........
......
...
Miguel didn't have a choice but to sell his boat.
He had been determined to leave Gloria, his old saggy wife, and had slowly withdrawn money from their bank account without her knowledge, thinking he could rebuild his life quietly. However, Gloria discovered Miguel's infidelity, which made things worse.
He couldn't touch the bank account anymore because Gloria blocked every possible route. When he went back to their house to talk to her a second time, his son kicked him out, refusing to hear a single excuse.
They were not officially divorced, it was a common situation in the country, especially for families without the resources to process legal papers.
Now that Miguel was going to have another child, his girlfriend convinced him to sell the boat to save money for her pregnancy, saying they needed to think long-term. Miguel couldn't refuse. He loved her too much. After selling the mid-size boat, he bought a second-hand small boat. His conversation with Karlos had made him confident that trapping crabs was profitable.
But he was wrong. He realized that trapping crabs was tiring but not profitable. Only a few people could earn a good income from it. He even thought of sailing farther to fish for salmon, but it was too dangerous for a small boat to travel far from shore, and he didn't want to risk capsizing. He wasn't like Karlos, who knew good fishing spots close to shore.
Because he was desperate to earn money, he resorted to stealing catch from other fishermen's traps. He sold the stolen crabs in his village instead of the fish port, so no one would recognize them.
Miguel was confident in his instinct to sense danger, so he survived weeks without getting caught, moving silently and striking quickly. But last night, he drank with his new "brother-in-law" and got drunk to the point that his instinct failed him completely.
When he pulled up someone's trap and grabbed the catch, a boat suddenly appeared from behind a mangrove tree before he could escape. Miguel immediately started his engine, panicking when he heard people yelling. Because it was dark and he was wearing a cap, he was confident no one would recognize him. As for his second-hand boat, he could repaint it or sell it later, as long as he stayed unidentified.
Unfortunately for him, that plan never happened. The other boat closed the distance quickly, and someone jumped into his boat, catching him off guard and ruining his escape.
.........
......
...
Jun-Jun, Chiz, and Erap had been waiting for the thief for days, but he was hard to catch. Instead of targeting their traps, he would steal from others, leaving them frustrated.
The thief seemed skilled. The mangrove area was long and wide, and three men couldn't monitor everything, no matter how determined they were. Other fishermen also tried laying ambushes, but they always failed, as if the thief could smell danger.
With hundreds of boats traveling through the mangroves daily, it was impossible to pinpoint the culprit. They needed to catch him in the act.
Jun-Jun and Erap had been monitoring their section for days and still couldn't find him. It was like the thief had a sixth sense.
But that night, while Jun-Jun was sleepy and tired, Erap patted his shoulder, signaling that someone was approaching. Jun-Jun's alertness immediately returned.
Because it was dark, they couldn't recognize the fisherman. With so many boats passing every day, it was impossible to know all of them. Also, the man wore a cap, making it even harder to identify him.
Miguel looked around, making sure no one was nearby, trusting his drunken instinct. Still groggy from the hangover, he failed to sense danger.
He grabbed the first trap and pulled it up. Jun-Jun was livid, Miguel had stolen from him, and he had waited days for this moment.
Without hesitation, Erap started his engine and sped toward the thief's boat.
"Thief!" Jun-Jun yelled to alert Chiz, who was monitoring another part of the mangroves so they could corner the culprit from different directions.
When Miguel realized he had been discovered, he immediately started his engine to escape. His boat had a 15-horsepower engine, normally used for mid-size bangkas, giving him a slight advantage. His boat was fast.
But because Erap reacted earlier, he quickly closed the distance.
Jun-Jun, determined to punish the thief, made the dangerous decision to jump into Miguel's boat. He steeled himself and successfully leaped aboard.
The rest was history.
Bruised and battered, Miguel was brought to the police station along with the fishermen who were raising their voices, releasing the frustration they had bottled up for days. Jun-Jun and the others made sure the other crab trappers knew about Miguel's crime. Some fishermen even ended their work early just to go to the station. Karlos was there as well because he was one of the witnesses and one of the victims.