While Magnet was busy tracking Alina's phone with various advanced instruments, Barter got back to work. ''It's Snake eyes, boss!'' Barter told Mr. Ban when he was asked about the incident of the sporadic shooting that happened at the Governor's estate. Mr. Ban raised his head in shock to look at Barter. ''Say God?'' He asked Barter. Barter nodded. ''God!'' he said. Slowly, a faint smile appeared on Mr. Ban's face. Finally, an ally. A worthy ally. If Don Black and Bane thought that they had something going on with Greg Chase in terms of a coalition, then they were wrong because Mr. Ban was about to hit them where it hurts. ''Quick, arrange a meeting with him. For once we are fighting for the same reason. I have always looked forward to a coalition such as this. A very strong one,'' Mr. Ban said with excitement. Barter knew he had to do as Mr. Ban had said, but he was reluctant. Snake Eyes was a very unpredictable and ruthless man. Everyone had heard all sorts of
''I thought you were afraid. How did it go when you got there? How come he accepted the meeting so quickly?'' Mr. Ban asked Barter on their way to Snake Eyes' establishment.''I was also surprised, boss. I was expecting the worse, but as soon as I got there, I was treated like a special visitor. It was so surprising,'' Barter replied.Mr. Ban scoffed. ''Maybe he had been looking for an ally as well. I will be so happy to join forces with someone like Snake Eyes. Not those pussies called Don Black and Bane. Worthless cunts!'' Mr. Ban said with vile. At Snake Eyes' office.Mr. Ban was led into Snake Eyes' office as soon as he was sighted.Snake Eyes was a very unpredictable man. He sat at the far end of his desk, with both hands under his chin, staring at the door of his office, waiting for it to open.Eventually, it swung open and Mr. Ban's graceful and handsome face appeared at the door. Even though, of late, he had lost some of his looks to anger at the way things were turning.
''I bet you, I do not want a war to erupt in the city. They cannot stand my artillery,'' Greg said to Don Black and Bane on one occasion when they met to talk about the situation of things. Greg had the most frontal army, and the city knew it. Mr. Ban was like a patient gentleman, but deep inside him, he was a wolf waiting for its prey to be helpless before he struck. As pretty much relevant as Mr. Ban still was, he was slowly losing it to Greg. Greg was smart. Apart from coming out of jail, and knowing how to deal with the street, he was a former CEO already, so his brain had been flourishing with ideas before this time. That was why he was excelling so much above his supposed elders in the game. Greg became an elder after three months of joining the commodity exchange business, and it pained a couple of people including Mr. Ban and Snake Eyes. At public functions, Greg would bask like the first citizen of the city. In the same space as Mr. Ban, Greg was excelling greatly
Barter's eyes widened.He was out on an errand for Mr. Ban, but he could not help but want to visit Alina's house.''Where is the house?'' Barter asked Magnet.Already, he knew that there was no way Alina was there, if not Magnet would have said so. ''Do you know the popular small cottage that sits at the boundary between this city and the next?'' Magnet asked Barter.Barter frowned slightly.Everyone in the city must have passed by that house on their way out of the city.Literally, everyone in the city knew that house. ''Yes? Why?'' Barter replied, wondering where Magnet was going with his question.''That is Alina's house, my dear friend. I am standing inside it as we speak,'' Magnet said to Barter. There was silence between the men for a while, as Barter took a while before he processed what he had just heard. Did Magnet just say that the house that the whole city knew of was Alina's house, yet she said she was hiding?She was hiding in plain sight?Barter could not believe it
Barter tried to psyche himself that his fears were not true, but it seemed that the more he tried to lie to himself, the more he believed that in fact, what he was afraid of was exactly what had happened.He was suspecting that Alina was dead, even though he prayed that he was just being overly sensitive. Luckily, he met up with Mr. Ban's errands as if nothing had delayed him before, then he went to meet Mr. Ban. Mr. Ban knew at once that something was wrong with Barter. ''Are you okay? Why are you walking around as if you saw the grim reaper and only managed to escape narrowly?'' Mr. Ban asked as he looked at Barter with worry. ''I'm just indisposed, boss,'' Barter replied.''Indisposed?'' Mr. Ban asked, looking at Barter, expressing that he was shocked at what Barter said. Barter nodded. Barter was sweating on his forehead. The thought of the fact that Alina might be dead was heavy on him. The more he tried to ignore the fact, the more it weighed in on him. He could not wait
''This house costs 3000 USD a month,'' the real estate manager named Collins told Laura.''Okay, I will take it,'' Laura replied instantly as she stepped out of her car, which was Alina's former car that had been pimped to look different, and given a facelift. ''Okay, madam,'' the manager said to Laura and went in to document her details so that he could give her the keys to the house.''Paying in cash or cheque ma'am?'' he asked Laura. ''Cash!'' Laura replied impatiently. ''Sure!'' the manager replied and continued to write documents for Laura.In the next ten minutes, Laura had paid for the house and had been handed the key to the house which she entered immediately and locked herself inside. At Alina's former house, Magnet was still trying to find clues as to who had been in that house of late.''I only have the option of doing a fingerprint scan to find out because there is nothing else here that can lead us,'' Magnet informed Barter when he called Barter to give the situation
In the gangsta world, respect, and yielding to a superior party could save one a lot of damage, and that was the case with Bane. When Bane heard that Mr. Ban was teaming up with Snake Eyes, he yielded. Bane visited Snake Eye's establishment in the dead of the night two days ago, to declare himself independent of Don Black, whom he heard was a major target in the war that Mr. Ban and Snake Eyes were brewing against Don Black. Snake Eyes laughed in Bane's face. ''What sort of gangsta are you?'' Snake Eyes asked Bane after Bane had explained to him why he was visiting. ''The proper gangsta. One that follows the books and the rules,'' Bane replied to Snake Eye's question. Snake Eyes lit up with excitement. ''And what does the book say this time?'' He asked Bane, flashing a hidden sneer at him. Bane had adjusted uncomfortably because of the questioning he was undergoing from Snake Eyes. Snake Eyes was humiliating him, and a gangsta of Bane's caliber could not stomach the disrespec
Bane, as proud as he was, was getting tossed around by Snake Eyes as if he was a common beginner gangsta working at the bottom of the ladder. He was gazing at Snake Eyes as Snake Eyes made it clear to him that the only way he was going to allow him to be free of the war was to hit Don Black. Of course, it was a difficult task for Bane who didn't have any grievance against Don Black, other than the fact that he was not going to fight side by side with Don Black again for this particular war at hand. But right there where Bane sat, staring at Snake Eyes, something crossed his mind. Since Snake Eyes was such an arrogant man, maybe he deserved to be double-crossed by Bane instead of Don Black getting double-crossed, right? Bane heaved a dramatic sigh in front of Snake Eyes. "What do you want me to do then?" He asked Snake Eyes with a tired aura. Snake Eyes smiled. "Bane! Bane! Mr. Bane. I thought you were a tough skull, look at how easy it is for you to bend and break at the