Chapter 175

"I need him gone. Bruce is too nosy, too close to the truth. Detective Bruce, you know him, don't you?"

Tommy said to a gang leader. His face burned with rage as he sat across from the gang leader and his eyes blazed with intensity.

The gang leader, a burly man with a scar above his left eyebrow, raised an eyebrow. "You want me to take out a detective? That's a whole different level of trouble, Tommy. I don't want no issue with the police. Detective Bruce is trouble. We all know this,"

Tommy's hands clenched into fists. "I'll make it worth your while. I'll pay you $50,000 to make him disappear."

The gang leader snorted. "You think I'm stupid? I can't take out a cop for chump change."

Tommy's eyes narrowed. "Fine. $100,000 then. That's my final offer."

The gang leader leaned back in his chair, a calculating look in his eyes. "I'll do it for $200,000. And that's only because I like the way you negotiate."

"Fine. We have a deal." Tommy's face twisted in a mixture of anger and desperati