“The Turners?!” August snorted, causing the man to frown. “Haven’t you quite learnt your lesson being an errand dog to the Turners? You should try to consider finding yourself another job, a decent one for that matter,” August added firmly.Damien’s lips tightened, “look here fool! My men and I haven’t forgotten what you did to us at Mr Doe’s office, so you better remained quiet and don’t provoke us more… Or else we will beat the hell out of you,” he threatened angrily, but in a lower tone.August scoffed, he knew Damien did not want anyone else to hear about what happened at Mr Doe’s office, where he and his men were beaten to a pulp. That would be embarrassing to his reputation, he and his men have always carried their shoulders high to the skies, claiming they are untouchable in the city.“Listen here, everyone,” August called out, attracting the trembling eyes in the room towards him. “There is something I would want to tell you about these men. Just few days ago at Mr Doe’s offic
Just as the men were about to carry out the instructions, August yelled, “Stop!” The men halted in their tracks and turned their gazes toward him. “Don’t you want to know who the new restaurant owner is before breaking into his cash room? You might get into a lot of trouble later that could be avoided if you listen to me,” August warned.“What do you mean?” Damien frowned. “I don’t care who the new owner of the restaurant is. As long as the restaurant is in this city, he would have to pay protection money to the Turners,” he spat.“Believe me, you would care if you know who it is,” August chuckled slightly.Damien’s face loosened a bit, “okay fine. Which fool owns this restaurant?” he asked ignorantly.“The Gibsons. The Gibson’s bought this restaurant from the Bensons and it now belongs to them,” August disclosed.The news sent shivers down Damien’s spine. His heart almost divided into two and he quickly let loose of his grip on Ava’s hair. “The—the Gibson’s?” He startled in disbelief
“Why won’t you afford the bills? You are the Turners henchman. You collect protection money from half of the stores in the city, the money should be a meager amount to you,” August scoffed.Damien clenched his teeth, he wanted to pick August from the ground and slam him hard against the wall, but he would not want to worsen the situation, so he swallowed the urge. “Look here, jerk, Mr Turner doesn’t play with a penny of his. He knows how much his money is supposed to be, he will cut my head off if he suspects the money is short by a dollar. There is no way I can afford to pay all these bills!” Damien objected beginning to lose his cool at August.August then turned to Ava, “very well then, since he doesn’t want to pay for the bills, I suggest you call Mr Kane and inform him about all he and his men have done here,” August said slyly.Ava reached for her phone and was about to dial a contact when Damien interjected: “Stop, please don’t call him. I’ll pay for the bills,” he said dejecte
A volcano was about to erupt inside of Damien, his hands were itching to connect with August’s face.“What nonsense! Do my men and I look like cleaners to you? You must have a lot of nerves saying that. I might have agreed to pay for the bills, but my men and I will never stoop that low to do all these things!” Damien made it clear.August chuckled, “you might want to take back your statement,” he said indifferently.Damien was exasperated, “look here, big mouth, the only reason why you are still alive is because you are under this roof. I don’t want to drop a dead body in the Gibsons restaurant, but once you are out of here, you won’t last a minute. I’ll kill you and feed your corpse to the vultures,” he said coldly his eyes narrowing in anger.Ava pitied Damien, he would’ve been on his knees trembling in fear and begging for his life, if he knew who he was talking to. He dared threatened to kill the Gibson’s heir? He must be begging to be killed. She wanted to tell Damien to stop s
Damien's frown deepened; of all the chores, washing dishes was the most demeaning, and August had assigned him just that. “No way!” Damien protested, his voice thick with disdain. “I refuse to take orders from this lowlife. It’s ridiculous!” “I’m sorry, but you’ll have to do as he said,” Ava interjected calmly. Damien and his men’s faces became pale, this has to be the worst day of their lives as henchmen! Who would believe that the almighty Damien and his men would one day be compared to fi chores in a restaurant they had been collecting protection money from?“Please leave your weapons here,” August said with a mocking tone. “It’s unsanitary to bring all these bats and metal pipes—used for violence—into the kitchen and dining area.”Damien and his men scowled. The chores were grueling, but following August’s taunts was even more infuriating. Their only solace was their already made up minds to kill him later.The men reluctantly began their chores. Two of them started sweeping and
The call was from his boss, Mr Turner. Damien’s heart ran a mile as the phone continued to ring in his hand. He was quite aware of why his boss was calling. He quickly glanced at his wrist and the time made him to shake the more.It was already past 1:00PM, he was supposed to deliver the protection money to Mr Turner before 12:00PM, he was already an hour late. Being late was not the reason for his freight, the protection money he was supposed to take to him was the one he used in settling all the bills for the customers in the restaurant.He knew that Mr. Turner would not take kindly to any discrepancies, especially if a single penny was missing. But if Mr. Turner discovered that $215,000 was short, the consequences would be severe. If there were a punishment worse than death, Damien would surely face it.Damien stood there shaking like a leave while the phone rang in his hand. It rang for the first time and went unanswered as he could not find the courage to answer it. But he was al
Damien and his men were bold enough to not even wear masks. Why would they when even the police dared not say a word. They were Mr Turner’s men after all, even if the police did arrest them, they will be released with just a phone call.In the van, the men forcibly tied August’s hands behind his back, his struggle was not enough to overcome the four thugs. They overpowered him pressing him against the vans floor as it drove on.“Look who we have here,” Damien said sarcastically a sneer curled on his lips. “Let me go, you scoundrels,” August protested, struggling to free himself from the men’s grip, but he couldn’t they were too strong.“You disappoint me,” Damien snorted. “It’s so unfortunate you don’t have the strength to match your mouth. You talk so much but can’t free yourselves from my men’s grip. Maybe you should have thought of this before asking us to do all those things,” Damien said slowly, his voice dripping with malice.“Look here Damien, you and your men should let me go
There was no way August could look at his wristwatch since his hands were tied behind the chair. “What says your time,” he asked ignorantly, gesturing at the men.“Why are you asking for time now? Just a matter of minutes before you are dead, they don’t use Time in the land of the death,” one of them ridiculed and they elicited into laughter. “It’s wrong to turn down a denying man’s request, so I’ll tell you what the time is,” one of the men said mockingly before staring at his wrist. “It is some minutes to 3:00PM”.August’s countenance changed, putting on a more serious face he said slowly: “Enough of the play boys. You should untie me now, I have a meeting to attend and I’m already running late”.The men exchanged glances and burst into an an unending laughter, they laughed disdainfully till their guts almost came out through their mouths. “Did you hear this delusional fool? He said he has a meeting to attend,” Scarface mocked amidst the laughter. “Maybe it’s true he has a meeting