MISTAKE 137

Chapter 137: Threatening the Attorney General

The moment Justin ended the call with Daniel, lie swiftly dialed the office of a prestigious law firm he invested in. If he needed to mobilize legal aid as efficiently as the Mafia, they were the ones to call.

After a couple rings, an associate picked up. "Louis & Associates, how may I assist you?"

"Linda, it's Justin. I need you to assemble a team of your best. We have a situation," Justin instructed.

"Right away, sir. May I have some details on the matter so I can brief the team properly?" Linda asked.

"Family matters. It is an extraction. Agents are coming for Daniel's wife. If you can't extract her, you must not let be moved alone." Justin said.

"illegal warrants?" Linda asked.

"Very likely. They want her alone. No matter the means, don't let them take her," Justin ordered.

Linda's input on the other end indicated she understood the coded language. "I'll have Peter, Jessica, and the rest of the team ready to mobilize immediately." "Alright!"

"Understood, sir. If we can't get to her, how far should we go?" Linda asked.

"There is no limit," Justin said.

Chapratening the Attorney General

Attorney General Marcus Russo strode down the marble-floored hallway of the Justice Department, his polished shoes echoing across the room. It had been a long day of meetings. and political gatherings, and all he wanted now was a stiff drink and the solitude of his office.

As he approached the heavy oak door with his name and title boldly written on it, he loosened his tie slightly.

door open, his eyes immediately drawn

the place, was a figure Marcus had only ever seen in grainy surveillance photos and hushed briefings. Ray Shaw, the aging but still formidable head of one of

his hand still on the doorknob. His mind raced through a dozen scenarios, none of them good. How had Shaw gotten past security? Was this an assassination? A

he could call for his guards, Shaw's gravelly voice cut through the tension. "Good evening, Mr. Attorney General. Please close the door. We have

panic button concealed beneath his jacket lapel,

but laced with steel. "Not when

finger pausing. "What did you

heard me, Mr. Russo. I have something you're going to want to see. Something that changes everything." Chacer U17

This had to be a bluff. And yet... the very fact that Ray Shaw was here, in this office, said

rose. You're a known criminal.

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and the President aren't

Marcus said, his tone

well known that he and the president had a

The president's been blocking your investigations, stonewalling your requests for additional funding. He's been undermining you at every turn." Marcus's jaw clenched. The old man was right; damn him. The last few months had been a constant battle with the president.

is so," Marcus said carefully, "why

my

You're Ray Shaw. You're not exactly

eyes glittered dangerously. "Precisely because I am Ray Shaw. I don't waste my time on small matters, Mr. Attorney General. When I move, it's for something big.

found himself torn between his hatred for the Mafia and the Shaw family and the burning curiosity Ray

to have?" Marcus asked, his

you sure you won't sit down?

Shaw,"

traces of amusement vanishing. "Very well. The President of the country is

organization that had been terrorizing the country for years. The Justice Department had been trying to crack

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