Now it was time to look for a way around contacting Jin Shen. It was a new dispensation in the Shen family. While people still mourned Boss Shen's passing, there were others that were sure that work and business had to continue.The Shen villa carried mixed feelings. While some wore long faces, others were active as if they were in the timesquare. Jin Shen had never answered as many phone calls as he did at the moment. Even phone calls from abroad were coming into his phone, and most of them were about business that Boss Shen had left behind. At a point, Jin Shen thought he would lose his mind. After things had started to follow a decent cruise control, Marcus made his first direct move at gaining access to Jin Sheng. Of course, the opposition that he met was heavy. After trying for three times to no avail, Marcus started to give up. But on second thought, will he be able to rest without taking Don Black down? Whoever said it was going to be an easy task? Who told him that?On
Marcus was confused. He didn't know how to feel concerning what Jin Shen had just told him. Did it mean that he was still the lead gang leader of the Shen family boss?''I beg your pardon, sir?'' Marcus asked. Jin Shen turned to look at Marcus and seemed to glare into his soul for the first time since they started their conversation. ''How long has it been since my uncle passed on?'' Jin Shen suddenly asked Marcus. ''A month and some days,'' Marcus replied. Jin Shen observed Marcus again after this. ''You don't look skinny. I thought you lived off him, how come his death has not made you look like a skinny old beggar?'' Jin Shen asked. Marcus laughed. Obviously, Jin Shen didn't know anything about being a gangster. He might be tough as nails, as expected, but he didn't know anything about the real art of gangsterism, if not, nothing will make him ask Marcus that sort of ridiculous question. ''I make my own money,'' Marcus replied. ''Is that so?'' Jin Shen asked with a curi
Marcus nodded. He glanced at Jin Shen nervously, hoping that the young man would be smart enough to understand what was going to transpire between him and the other gangstars. Jin Shen suddenly turned and addressed the gangsta behind him, the one that escorted him first from inside the house. ''Abel, you go back for now, Marcus would continue to walk me from here,'' Jin Shen told the gangsta. The gangsta darted his eyes at Marcus hastily and returned it to Jin Shen. ''Okay boss...sure,'' he replied, his throat dry because of how angty he was. Then he turned and started to walk back home, after all, he didn't have a choice whatsoever. ''Jin...you know I am going to have a hard time with the others that have been working with you before me, right?'' Marcus asked. ''Yes, I know...'' Jin Shen replied. Marcus was taken aback. So Jin knew what it entailed, yet he did it and as if that was not enough, he rubbed the injury in by telling the other gsngsta to leave.''They will have t
"Now that you have returned, maybe I should serve the divorce notice to him," Laura Ban's lawyer asked when he called. "Wait, don't be so fast. Why don't you wait for my order first?" Laura Ban asked impatiently. "What special order do you want to give? We agreed that we will do this as soon as you returned, what do you mean by order now?" The lawyer asked. Laura Ban blinked impatiently. If she was being serious, she ought to serve that letter a long time ago but she had returned from Mexico with a different mind, now she was mixing everything and everyone up in a haze of confusion. "Oh, I get it. He has made you change you mind after loving you so much at Mexico, right? I wonder how these husbands always know when something is about to happen to them, they now get to indulge their wives as if they had always loved her," the lawyer complained. "No, he didn't do anything," Laura Ban quickly refuted. "So? What are you talking about then? His come you suddenly changed your mind, y
''Boss, there is a new leader in the Shen family, you have to go and pay a visit as usual. If you stay away, it would raise suspicion,'' Don Black's guard said to him. He had heard rumors of Jin Shen taking over the Shen family business, and every other family and business venture associated with the Shen family had paid recognition to Jin Shen apart from Don Black.He was afraid. He felt very guilty. ''I will do it, why don't you hush? Where are you in a hurry to? I said that I will pay the man his visit,'' Don Black argued. The guard raised his hand to show surrender. He wanted Don Black to act fast, but, he could understand Don Black trying to stay away because of fear and distrust. Just as the guard was leaving, he heard Don Black's heavy voice from nehind him.''Fix a meeting,'' Don Black said. The guard was delighted to hear this, and he turned around, nodding repeatedly as he walked out of the room. Quickly, he contacted the Shen family, informing them of Don Black's in
The day came for Don Black to visit the Shen family officially to welcome and introduce business to Jin Shen.''These little Shen boys, always making me go over to pay homage to them, should it be so?'' Don Black asked his guard as he sat up on his desk, waiting to leave for the Shen.His guard didn't reply, he knew that he didn't have to.Don Black was not asking for his opinion, he was just thinking out loud. ''Boss, it's time, let's go,'' the guard said to Don Black. Don Black got up abruptly from his chair. It appeared as if he was in a hurry to get the task over with. It was written all over his face that he was nervous. Don Black picked up his handgun and tucked it into his breast pocket on his way out. He had to be on alert as much as he could. The drive to the Shen complex was the shortest Don Black had ever ridden. How come we got here so fast? It's usually never like this,'' Don Black complained. ''Keep it together, boss,'' Don Black's guard, knowing that Don Black wa
Don Black left Jin Shen's office, hiding behind a sly smile. His guard breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Don Black stepping out of Jin Shen's office with a light spirit. Obviously, it had been a decent meeting, judging from the light heartedness that Don Black came out of Jin Shen's office with. "The kid is feisty but he's not uncontrollable," Don Black said as soon as he entered the car. "Did he show any signs, boss?" Don Black's guard asked. "If he did, it will be entirely up to him. I don't care about what he thinks, and even if I did care, I will certainly not want him to know that, would I?" Don Black replied. "I suggested that we continued the cooperation between the two families and he agreed," Don Black added. "Oh? He's still open to admit us, that's fantastic to hear. This one is a real gangsta, unlike his uncle," Don Black's guard said. "Yes, indeed. This one appears to be more serious with what he wants out of life, unlike his so-called uncle," Don Black said.
Marcus was attending to an errand for Jin one day when he was cornered by someone wearing a mask. From the sound of the person's voice, he could swear that it was Axe, but as the saying goes, ''no face, no case,'' so Marcus could not hold it against Axe later on.That night, Marcus had attended a meeting on behalf of Jin who had traveled out of the country for a family commitment.Marcus was asked to handle every single business in the city, as far as Jin Shen was not around.It pained Axe to his marrow that instead of him, Jin Shen had chosen Marcus.And to think that Jin Shen was not even supposedly remorseful for the fact that he demoted Axe, pained Axe the most.No courtesy. According to Axe, Jin Shen should have done him the honor of at least informign him that he was going to give Marcus his place because Marcus knew more about the already standing Shen family business more than anyone, even more than Jin Shen himself. It was understandable, but it was rude, and Axe felt insu