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.

pushed the door open, his eyes immediately drawn to the leather armchair facing his desk. It wasn't

as if he owned 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 the country's most

mind raced through a dozen scenarios, none of them good. How had Shaw

gravelly voice cut through the tension. "Good evening, Mr. Attorney General. Please close the door. We

button concealed beneath his jacket lapel, but Shaw's next words stopped

do that if I were you," Rat said, his tone calm but laced with steel. "Not when I have information that could bring down the President

up, his finger pausing. "What

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

very fact that Ray Shaw was here, in this

Marcus asked as his brow rose. You're a known criminal. Anything from you cannot be trusted." Marcus hated

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Shaw's face. "Because, Mr. Attorney General, you and the President aren't exactly on the best of terms these days, are

are we," Marcus said,

not well known that he and the president had a bad history, but it was not a

We both know that's not true. The president's been blocking your investigations, stonewalling your requests for additional funding. He's been undermining you

carefully, "why should I believe anything you have

my

Ray Shaw. You're not

waste my time on small matters, Mr. Attorney General. When I move,

Marcus found himself torn between his hatred for the Mafia and the Shaw family and the burning curiosity Ray had ignited. If there was even a

claim to

the chair behind the desk. "Are you sure you won't

tell me what you have, Shaw," Marcus snapped,

serious, all traces of amusement vanishing. "Very well. The President of the

Twelve Guns were a shadowy criminal organization that had been terrorizing

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