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Wayne shook his head, meaning. ‘Now’s not the time to start trouble.

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Frank got to his feet, all business. “I’ve got a pile of work waiting for me this afternoon, so I’m heading out.”

As soon as Frank walked out, the others‘ faces instantly darkened.

Ken looked at Wayne, worry written all over his face. “Wayne, are we really just going to sit on our hands?”

Wayne’s eyes turned dark and dangerous, a sinister smirk curling on his lips. “We’ll make a move, but not by ourselves. If I recall, Frank’s nephew is a total loser–he’s twenty–one now, right? Wasn’t it Frank who swept things under the rug for him when he killed someone in a car accident?”

Ken’s eyes sparked in recognition. Yeah, that had really rattled Frank back then, since the kid was his sister’s only son–turned out rotten, though. Frank had bent over backward trying to help his nephew, lined up job after job, but the dude could never get his act together and just kept dragging Frank into trouble.

He hadn’t been seen around Frank’s company these last few years, and nobody had a clue what he was doing

now.

Wayne whipped out his phone and made a call, telling someone to dig up Frank’s useless nephew.

Eric had just left the red–light district when a few guys suddenly stepped in and blocked his way.

He shifted sideways, but the man dressed in black simply beckoned toward a luxury car worth six hundred grand parked just a stone’s throw away. Eric’s eyes flashed with greed as soon as he saw it–that was serious money. Without a second thought, he strode over.

The tinted window slid down, but the man’s face inside was masked in darkness. He slipped Eric a check for

60 thousand.

hundred grand for a woman’s life. I’ll tell you exactly where to find her. Grab her, make her suffer— humiliate her good–and then finish her off. Record it, send me the video. You’ve done worse before, haven’t you, Eric? Grady always gets you

for him to take care of. Just two months after his wife’s death, Eric’s dad couldn’t wait to get hitched again and tossed Eric out like yesterday’s trash. That was when Eric started slipping fast, turning into a total delinquent, always running wild with street punks and breaking all

to bail Eric out more times than he could count, but in the end, figured it was easier to just wire him some cash every month. As long as Eric didn’t get mixed up in any real illegal stuff, Frank was fine with

didn’t say a word. Wayne Ford–the guy in the car–just kept digging, his tone ice cold. “Tell me, Eric, don’t you hate Frank Doyle? If it weren’t for him, your mom wouldn’t have died, your family wouldn’t have fallen to pieces. If your mom had lived, your dad wouldn’t have dumped you for

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look at you now–he’s flying high, you’re stuck down here. Look behind you: in this strip,

cousin? He’s living it up with foreign chicks. Bet you’ve never

to others sucks–especially when it’s this kind

cousin used to be on the same level as you, and now he’s out there living like a king

anyone topped Eric’s hate list, it was

check in front of Eric. “If 600 thousand isn’t enough for you, make it 1.2 million.

begged Frank

Frank was forced to deal with because

voice came again, cold and impatient. “So, have

the check. “Just tell me

clenched in his hand, Eric walked

Ken’s lips curled into a

a live–streaming studio these days. Eric only started working with Mark two years back. Mark was his uncle, and he’d ridden the highs and crashed down plenty of times. Used to be rolling in cash, then lost it all, but lately he’d jumped on the live–streaming gold rush and was killing it–pulling in tens of millions a year. Eric just latched onto

he saw Eric. “Well? Did you spot any fresh

raked in serious cash. The trick was making sure those ladies weren’t shy

had to hunt in those kinds of places. Once they’d scouted the right girls, the company would give them a full makeover, spin a story about them being sweet, innocent college cuties, and send them online. The big spenders

Mark Long’s errand boy for two years now. Mark was stingy as they come–even when Eric landed