“What’s your plan?” Nathan asked McDonald.
McDonald opened his palms wide. “I want you to speak to the Italian mafia lord.”
Nathan arched a brow. “You want me to speak with the man who is trying to steal my company?”
“Listen Alex. I’ve come to realize that Hose Luis is the major contender in this game. He helped the Tysons deliver their share of the bargain and if you want to turn things around, only he can help you.”
“It makes no sense to me,” Nathan said and shook his head.
“Hose Luis is a businessman and when money is involved, he can switch sides any day. I dug up some things about him and I realized that he can do anything for money. He’s greedy. Get him on board. Speak to him and trust him, he’ll turn against us all in no time.” McDonald explained.
Nathan was about to speak when Jackson leaned toward him and began to whisp
“I thought we agreed that your phones are going to be off when we are asleep.” Mrs. Tyson groaned while shaking off her husband on the left thigh.The incessant phone calls had interrupted her sleep.“Sorry!” He mumbled and opened his drowsy eyes wondering who had been blowing up his phone at 6 am. He sat up.Fredrick arched a brow after noticing that he got six missed calls from his assistant. He was about to respond to the incoming call when his other phone began to ring.He stared at both phones in confusion wondering whether to respond to his assistant or William, his brother. “Why are you blowing up my phone? Didn’t I tell you to only call me from 8 am?” Fredrick barked at his assistant after responding to his call.His wife sighed and tossed to the right. She began to rub her drowsy eyes with the edge of her palms.“I’m sorry boss. T
“Those papers are mine!” Dory blurted. Nathan wanted to tell her that Alex Alcantara sent him to get the documents but he felt that it might complicate things and ruin his plan. He had come to demand for the papers to find out if they were still with Dory and to also detect her reaction and now that he had seen things himself, he resolved to completely believe McDonald. Indeed, Dory was the mastermind behind the plan. “Listen to me, Nathan. You have no right to barge into my office and demand certain documents that do not concern you. As you can see, I’m in a terrible mood right now.”“I’m sorry ma. I just wanted to have a glance at…“Get the fuck out of my office.” She shooed him, pointing at the door. Nathan sighed and left. “Damn it!” She lamented and picked up her phone. She continued calling Fredrick. When Nathan got back to his office, he summoned Elaine to review their targets for the month. He had promised that he wasn’t going to allow the situation with Dory to distrac
Mike passed the third piece of the suit to Nathan. Nathan took it and Mike went for the face mask. He selected the one made of gold material and handed it over to Nathan. Nathan wore the mask. “Are you ready?” Mike demanded. Nathan exhaled and turned to stare at his reflection in the mirror. “I am ready.”Mike gave him several pats on the back. “You’ve got this, Young master. You are an Alcantara and Alcantara always find their way.”Nathan smiled and stepped out right after Mike. ***”Hurry up, I need to check up those supplies before 10 am.” Hose Luis told his assistant who has neatly arranged some files inside his briefcase. He was dressed in an immaculate white suit and seemed to be in a hurry.One of the guards came running inside the mansion. “Good morning, boss. You have a visitor.”Hose Luis raised an eyebrow. “A visitor?” he wasn’t expecting anyone that morning. “It’s Alex Alcantara.” The physically built bodyguard revealed before Hose could demand who the visitor wa
Nathan ran his hands through his hair. It was a few minutes past 8 am and he was ready for his first lecture after the summer break. He went for his backpack and hung it around his left arm. He sighed. The bag felt heavy so he couldn’t wait to arrive at school and empty its content inside his locker. He then traced his way outside where Larry was waiting for him by the Rolls Royce. It was a new school session and he was looking forward to it. “I’ll help you with that,” Larry said and quickly took charge of Nathan’s bag. “Thanks.”Nathan sat right next to Larry in front. “Are you ready for a new session?” Larry demanded with his hands on the speedometer. Nathan smiled and put on his seat belt. “Ready as hell.”“Let’s hit the University then. I miss seeing those beautiful girls on your campus.” Larry said and stepped on the wheels. Larry drove Nathan to the school premises and offered to take his bag to the locker room but Nathan objected and Larry left. While he was tracing hi
Mrs. Tyson abruptly stood up from the edge of the bed the moment her husband walked in. Lately, he had been working around the house like a ball of fire and had only said a thing or two. It was two days since the video of Kelvin’s violence video went viral and to date, the Tysons are still trying to stop the matter from escalating.“Where is your son?” Fredrick threw the question at his wife. She sighed. “He’s in his room. He didn’t have breakfast and when I sent Lara to deliver breakfast to his room, he didn’t open his door.”“I don’t fucking care!” Fredrick barked. “Go and fetch him right now.” He commanded and took off his tie. Mrs Tyson hurried to Kelvin’s room and after several pleas, he opened the door for her. She walked into a stuffy room filled with the stench of alcohol. She turned on the lights and was greeted by several bottles of beer on the rug. She sighed and sat beside Kelvin who was lying on the bed, face-down. “Stop acting like a loser Kelvin. Get freshened up an
Mike sat right next to Nathan and passed him a glass of water. “You got the number?” Nathan demanded after taking the glass from Mike. “Just a second!”Mike dropped his glass on the stool beside him. He slipped his hand inside his breast pocket and pulled out a card. “I got it from one of my contacts.” He said and passed the card to Nathan. “It’s his official phone number.”Nathan took the card. “Thank you, Uncle Mike.”He brought out his official phone and imputed the digits on the card. He then placed a call to the number. The call was instantly responded to. Nathan cleared his throat loudly and sat up. “Good afternoon. This is Alex Alcantara.”Nathan heard Hose Luis chuckle over the phone. “I see!” Hose Luis said. “I trust you are doing good, Mr. Hose.”Mike rested his back against the couch and went for his glass. “How may I help you, Alex?” Hose Luis asked ignoring Nathan’s pleasantries. Nathan gave a half smile. “I think it’s the other way round Mr. Hose. How may I hel
Nathan dismissed the waitresses after they scribbled down the orders on their manuals. Mike turned to Hose Luis. “Let no one know about this meeting or the agreement you had with Alex and by no one, I guess you know that I’m referring to Dory here.”Hose Luis threw his back against the sofa. “You don’t have to lecture me about discretion.”Mike chuckled. “It’s not a lecture Mr. Hose. I just want us all to be on the same page. Carry along with your plans with Dory and on the day of the switchover, Alex will step in.”Nathan confirmed with repeated nods. “I’ve said it earlier and I’ll still maintain my stance. We have a deal.” Hose Luis maintained. “Good.” ***Dory shifted her gaze from one paper to the other with a bright smile plastered across her face. “Perfect!” she muttered under her breath and collected the papers into a single file. The expert she hired to forge the Alcantara signature carried out the task efficiently. He had been rehearsing the signature for about three d
Dory made her way into the private lounge with a Hermes Birkin bag tugged under her left arm. She got to room 15 where the group had agreed to meet. It was a few minutes past 8 pm. When she walked into the private lounge, she discovered that all the men were settled around the glass table. She stared at the watch on her left wrist, heaved a sigh, and aimed for the vacant chair opposite McDonald’s. “You’re not even the president of Phoenix yet and you’re already keeping us waiting,” Fredrick remarked after Dory sat. She dropped her bag on the table and flipped her hair. “I was just a few minutes late.” She replied to Fredrick, looking directly onto his eyes. He smirked. “We would have gotten over this meeting if you didn’t take three days off to play a good daddy to your violent son.” She added. Frederick clenched his jaw and pointed a finger at her. “You will not talk about my son that way. Don’t you dare?”She pouted her lips and fell back on the chair. “Next time, keep your
Steve pulled the car to a halt in front of the airport building. Nathan turned to Avery with a smile. “You still want to do this?” He asked with his hand stretched out toward her. She took his hand into hers. “More than anything in the world. I’ve been running around for years and I never told you this but the main reason why I came back to Rockville was to make peace with your soul and then build my brand from scratch now that you’re here, I just want to spend as much time with you as possible, away from the whole chaos and drama. Just the two of us.” Nathan planted a kiss on her forehead. “Thank you so much, Avery.”She smiled. “I’m excited. It’s going to be my first time in Russia and I just can’t wait to explore the city with the love of my life.”Steve cleared his throat loudly. “Looks like I also need to find the love of my life and take her to Russia.”They laughed.Suddenly, Nathan’s phone began to ring. He heaved a deep sigh and turned to Avery. “It’s Charles.”“It’s over.”
Morgan turned to his bodyguards who had been inside the lounge with him all this while. “Call for reinforcements. We’ve been tricked.”Derrick darted Morgan’s attention toward the chip on the table. “It’s a camouflage. It’s all programming shit.” He said and began to take off his jacket. Morgan was already sweating profusely. “I must find the real Alex. I need to kill that bastard today.”“Are you even serious?” Derrick cried out. “We are in a mess. That chip proved that this whole session was recorded.” He took his head into his hands. “I should have listened to Kelvin. This was a bad idea and now, we’re doomed. I’m not even sure if we’re the only ones in this building right now.”“I reserved the whole damn building and apart from the staff, there’s no damn customer here.” Morgan retorted and threw his gun on the floor. “My backup team will be here any moment from now and we’ll get the hell out of here. As for that recording chip, I don’t care about what’s in it or who had access t
“Now that your girlfriend is safe and out of the picture, let’s talk business,” Morgan said to Nathan’s camouflage who was sitting before him and Derrick. Both men had no idea that the man sitting in front of them was a product of science programmed to function like Alexander Alcantara with a chip buried in his head. The camouflage was programmed to follow Cole’s instructions and ever since he walked into the longue, his words and actions were being directed by Coke from outside. “Why did you kill my parents?” The camouflage asked Morgan. Morgan broke into a laugh. “Seriously? Do you think I have time for this? Do you want me to respond to your stupid questions? You’re doing this to buy time right?”“Isn’t it obvious that you have me under your mercy? If you are going to take me out then at least I deserve the chance to know why you killed everyone in my family.” Nathan replied. “For my brother’s sake.” Morgan quickly replied. “You killed Corrigan, the only person in the world wh
Nathan stretched his hand toward Avery and held her hand tightly. “You’ll be fine.” He mumbled to her lovingly. She nodded repeatedly.Derrick clenched his jaw and looked away while his bowels continued to heat up with rage. “You’re lying,” Morgan replied. “I gave you ten minutes to come here and according to my guards, you came alone so how did you get to rally troops and station them here?”Nathan chuckled. “I didn’t bring any troops from home. If you and your partner were smart enough, you’d know that this is the Grandiose Hotel and the Grandiose Hotel belongs to the Alcantaras.”Derrick and Morgan exchanged glances. “Shit!” Derrick cussed and rubbed his hair repeatedly. “It didn’t cross my mind.”Morgan frowned. “All I had to was give the manager a phone call before coming in. I told him that if four minutes pass by and Avery does not come walking through the door, he should tell the restaurant security squad to start firing.” Nathan said. Suddenly, Derrick snatched Morgan’s g
The waitresses returned carrying food trays. They graciously placed it on the table. Morgan reached for the plate of steak and began to devour it like a hungry lion. Avery kept staring at her plate of pasta and meatballs. “Are you okay?” Derrick demanded. “Yeah.” She replied and looked up. “Don’t eat that.” Nathan’s voice came through the chip. She heaved a deep sigh because that was exactly what was on her mind. What if the food was poisoned? She kept thinking. Nathan continued speaking to her. “Leave your bag there and get up. Act normal and tell them you need to use the restroom then you head out.”“I think I need to pee,” Avery announced. Morgan stopped eating and dropped his plate immediately. “But you just got here?”“Yeah.” Derrick agreed with a nod. Avery faked a smile and quickly stood up. “I think I had a lot of water earlier and now, I need to pee. I’ll be back soon.” She said. She was about to turn around when Morgan spoke. “Excuse me?” Avery turned around lookin
“You look as gorgeous as ever,” Nathan commented while Avery was tracing her way down the staircase. It was time to meet Derrick. He had already dropped the location and had called a while ago to say that he was on his way. Avery was wearing a short black floral dress with black sandals to match. Nathan had insisted that she apply makeup so that Derrick doesn’t sense her insecurity. “Are you sure about this?” Avery asked when she reached Nathan. Nathan took her face into his hands. “You’ll be fine. I promise you with my life.”She smiled. “If you say so.”“Remember, act normal and do as he says. Okay?”“Got it,” Avery replied and walked away. By the time she arrived at the restaurant, Derrick was already inside because he had texted her about three minutes ago that he had arrived. On her part, Avery had convinced him that their meeting was a secret because Nathan was not going to approve. She had taken a cab to get there. When Avery walked into the building, she was stunned by i
“Welcome, bro. What can I offer you?” Nathan demanded the moment Kelvin walked into his living room. Kelvin marched in and didn’t even look at the couch Nathan was presenting to him. “I don’t think I can sit.”“You look restless. What’s the matter?”Kelvin sighed and faced Nathan. “It’s Derrick. He had been in my place for the past three days and he’s been looking like shit.”“Did you ask you to come here and convince Avery to go back to me?” Nathan asked. He then raised an index finger. “Listen, tell Derrick that if I see him close to my woman, I’ll kill him so he should leave her alone.”“That’s not why I’m here.” Kelvin sharply replied. “Last night, he went on a rampage and drank several bottles of my wine and when I walked into him in my living room, he was half conscious and he said some things.”Nathan abruptly stood up. “What did he say?”“You and I both know that it’ll be difficult for a man like Derrick to change.” Said Kelvin. “It’s not like I’m condemning him.” He quickly
“He’s coming out shortly,” Daniel reported and sat with the rest of the team. That morning, Morgan’s allies stormed his mansion to talk about the tragic events that were unfolding. It was no news that his biggest warehouse was burnt to ashes. That evening, another one was looted and by midnight, Morgan got information that his security guards were attacked on their way back from the club and 6 perished while two were in a coma. Morgan made his way down the staircase, carrying the weight of his problems. However, he was sober and didn’t display any angry reaction. Perhaps, he was too beaten by the incidents that he had lost his will to react. His Allies looked upon him as he made his way toward them. The group consisted of his friends and partners who had helped him execute shady deals in the past. After he sat, Daniel stood up and cleared his throat loudly. “There is no denying that we all know who is behind the constant attacks. Without mincing words, I’d like to inform you all t
It was Saturday morning and during the weekends, Morgan plays tennis with Daniel, his assistant. Daniel is no fan of table tennis and barely knows how to hold the bat but every Saturday and Sunday morning, he shows up dressed in shorts with his gears just to impress Morgan. Also, Morgan knew that his assistant was bad in the sport so it gave him an edge to defeat him completely all the time. This morning, Daniel was already seated by the court in Morgan’s house and was waiting for his boss to show up. Morgan had just stepped out of his room and was on his way toward the living room before heading out to your court when his phone began to ring. He frowned and didn’t pick up the call. Even though he was a workaholic, he had made it clear to his workers that none of them would disturb him with work matters except if it was an emergency. The call persisted and the warning bells in Morgan’s head began to ring. What if this particular call was a case of emergency?The call was coming fr