Mr Turner was more confused than frightened. What could make Mr Kane this angry at him? He had not recalled doing anything to provoke him, why would the man cut him off so harshly?Mr Turner was a billionaire but Mr Kane was an emissary to a zillionaire! His anger was something Mr Turner would worry about."You must be out of your mind to go after a company partnering with us. What nerve!" Mr. Kane said angrily. From his voice, if one had never seen Mr. Kane before, they might assume him to be a human lion; he wasn't ranting, he was almost roaring.Mr Turner was lost in confusion; the Pentads had several business partners in the city and he could not remember doing anything to offend any of them. He was not aware that, Mr Doe’s Resonant Audios had just partnered with Innovative Technologies yesterday.“Your partners?” Mr Turner startled. “Believe me, Mr Kane, there must be a misunderstanding somewhere. I would not dare mess with a company affiliated with yours,” Mr Turner said quickly
****Back in the courtroom, Mr. Doe, his daughter, and August were the only figures remaining. Even the ceramic-tiled floor had lost count of how many times Mr. Doe paced back and forth.August was the only calm person in the room. Tina, like her father, was equally troubled, her whole face was covered in sweat. She had just checked her phone for the thousandth time in the last ten minutes.“You should all relax now, I believe Mr Kane is handling the matter,” August assured.“Don’t tell me to relax, August. Mr Kane assured to call me back immediately after contacting his master, its been over ten minutes and still he hasn’t called,” Tina snapped.“Don’t be so naïve, Tina. Just because Mr Kane have not called you back doesn’t mean he have not done anything about the matter. Just relax!”“Why should she be calm, who knows, the new Gibson’s heir might be friends with pentads. I don’t think he will help us out,” Mr Doe retorted angrily.August frowned; all he felt towards the Pentad was
Seeing the scene was attracting more onlookers and the pentad billionaires were looking humiliated being filmed groveling before Mr Doe, a less in class, August decided to add more heat to the fire.“What did you say, Mr Turner? I think Mr Doe didn’t quite hear you clearly. Could you come again?” August asked slyly.He knew how embarrassed and angry Mr Turner felt saying those words, he wanted him to repeat it again so that he would feel even more embarrassed. Mr Turner clenched his fist very tight like he was about to throw a cricket ball, he felt like getting to his feet and punching the hell out of August before going back to the apology he did not want to offer in the first place. But he knew Mr Kane would not take it lightly if he learns he punched someone he assumed to be nothing more than a driver or PA to Mr Doe.His misconception saved him his life, Mr Kane would have skinned him and his entire family alive; if he had punched the Gibson heir!After hesitating for a few seco
“Mr Kane is calling,” Tina exclaimed out. Hearing Tina say the call was from Mr Kane, the four men on the ground panicked terribly; their entire lives depended on that phone call and they knew it.“No, please don’t answer,” Mr Turner said quickly crawling on his kneels to intercept Tina just in time before she could answer the call. “Please don’t answer the call, Tina,” he pleaded desperately. Tina and Mr Doe were puzzled; why would he not want her to answer the call?“He is calling to ask whether we have apologized to you or not. If you tell him you’ve not forgiven us, then we are as good as dead,” he explained quickly.It now made sense to Mr Doe and her daughter: the pentad billionaires were groveling on the ground pleading for their forgiveness because Mr Kane had instructed them to come do so or face his wrath. No wonder they were pleading like their lives depended on it, it actually depended on it!“Please forgive us before answering the call,” his voice trembling. Mr Doe and da
****Back at the Turners mansion, Mr Turner was seated in the living room fuming with anger as he watched himself on the news for the most humiliating reasons. “No! No way! I can’t take this,” he growled angrily kicking his leg against a couch.“Calm down, dad,” Tom said as he hurriedly strode into the living room. In his hand he held his phone playing the viral video of his dad and the other pentad billionaires. “Mr Philip told me everything that had happened, you had no other choice. Everyone knows how powerful the Gibson’s are. It was just an apology people will soon forget it ever happened,” Tom consoled.“But I will never forget!” Mr Turned yelled angrily. “I control the streets and underbellies of Aurora Bay, more than have of the population of this city wet their pants by just the mention of my name. But I can’t brag about that anymore: the most dreaded man in the city was recorded kissing the ground in front of Mr Doe and his daughter. The Does, for Christ sake!”Mr Turner see
The next day, August set out for the cemetery where his parents were buried. Today marked the eighth anniversary of their passing.As he had done for the past years, he purchased flowers and candles to honor their memory and paid a remembrance visit at their gravesite.He usually bought cheap roses worth less than $10. Gone are those years, he was extremely rich now; he almost emptied the floral store. In fact, a pickup truck was full with all the different expensive flowers he bought.At the time his parents passed away, he was merely a mid-teenager and could not afford to pay for a standard cemetery, so they were buried at a local municipal cemetery in the outskirts of the city. Not a place for a Gibson to be buried, the thought of this caused him to feel a sudden surge in anger towards his grandfather.The thought of removing their remains from the graveyard and reburying them at a more standard modern cemetery crossed his mind, but he quickly waved it off out of respect for his pa
“What?” August startled jumping to his feet. “Why would he do that? Don’t he know this cemetery houses over five hundred graves?” August asked exasperated.“Of course he does, but he insist that the cemetery is the only suitable land he wants to build his production site on, since it is close to his company,” the man explained dejectedly.“What nonsense! This is illegal, why haven’t you informed the police of his wicked plans?” August asked with furrowed brows. “I did, but they did not want to get involve when they learnt it was Mr Clark. In fact, I went to the city council but they refused to attend to me when I mentioned his name. Even the Mayor is afraid of him,” Mr Hayes disclosed.Popularly known as ‘The Kingpin of Eastern Aurora’, Mr Clark controlled a significant portion of the Eastern part of the city. Even the politicians and government officials feared crossing paths with him. Once you did, your only exit from the city’s east would be as a corpse!Not only was he a wealthy
Mr Hayes was too old to even stand straight, how can this feeble take on five young agile men by himself?Casper and his men stared at the man with contempt. “Come on old man, even if I had one arm and one leg, you will still be no match against me. I am the most feared henchman in this Eastern city, it’ll be an insult to my legacy to throw punches at you. So leave from here before I change my mind against you,” Casper spat with disdain.But the latter was not backing off, “most feared henchman?” Mr Hayes scoffed. “How can you be the most feared henchman when you are afraid to go punch-for-punch with an old man? To me, you are nothing but Mr Clark’s dog!” he mocked.Casper was exasperated, his brows furrowed and his face darkened immediately, this has to be the most insulting thing someone have ever said to him. Other henchmen tremble in his presence but this old man was confident enough to call him a dog!Casper’s eyes were scarlet red, he bit his lip tight for a minute almost like h