Jake remained tight-lipped about the details of his meeting with Boris. He didn’t want to ruffle the feathers of his existing security allies and he also didn’t want anyone to know of his business dealings with the Russian mafia boss.
“The more you seek protection, the more you get involved with people of questionable characters,” Meg complained when he returned home.
“What would you have me do? Call his bluff and put our family in danger? It’s better to have these people on our side than against us.”
“You’re right, of course. I just hope that when the authorities clamp down on them, they won’t drag you along.”
“Don’t worry about that. I’m very careful.”
Life as Jake knew it went back to normal – nobody was threatening to kill him or steal his empire, business was booming again and his family was flourishing.
He threw a lowkey dinner party to cele
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