Chapter 272

As soon as Claude and the others left, Zachariah and several of the Ballards’ elders fell silent in the room.

After some time had pa*sed, a middle-aged woman said to Zachariah, “Sir, I think Claude has a point. We need to be wary of Draco Hall!”

Zachariah nodded. “Indeed, we do, but I’m afraid that we shouldn’t mess with Draco Hall. If Brookbourn Mansion joins hands with underground forces like the Emerald Cloud Gang in dealing with Draco Hall, our reputation and image would be tarnished if word gets out! Moreover, Draco Hall did not commence any further action after absorbing the Cedar Gang.”

middle-aged woman thought over Zachariah’s words and said, “Sir, the upper-cla*s families hand over ten percent of their income to us every year, don’t they? How about we raise that by double? The councils in other cities mostly request a twenty percent contribution from the upper-cla*s families, and this makes us seem a little

surpa*s us if they take over the Emerald Cloud Gang. Even if that doesn’t happen, we are now barely on par with each other. The way I see it, we should

main stumbling block is the difficulty with which those upper-cla*s families earn money. There’s been a recession in the economy the past two years, and it’s not ideal for

us three prearranged spots in Liberty City, and the locations that were given are quite good too. I believe it’ll bring us a lot of profits, so we’ll leave it at that for now. I

their reactions seems like a step in the right direction.” Edith, the middle-aged woman,

had just

late at night?” Sheila felt elated after she got Severin’s number, and since she knew where Severin lived, she could always hang out with him if she had

motioned for the

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