"Firstly, you will have you call off your forces in Syracuse and handover my things to ," the authority in his voice was astounding. The way he held his demands showed the true identity of Anthony Murray, the man who ran the mob. This subtle jab at Darcy had been to inform him that we had cracked his codes, picked up all the clues his sloppy employees had left behind and were prepared to raid the place if we needed to. It was an extrely well-calculated move. The voice from the other side waited patiently for the list of demands to finish.
"Secondly, you will stop selling products in my markets-" Anthony was cut off by Darcy, whose silence I had been comnding for the past few minutes. As it seed, Anthony's demand had made him uneasy.
"Those were my markets, to begin with. You were the one who weaselled into the areas and started selling your stupid shit." Yes, that sounded extrely mature coming from a middle-aged man.
"I didn't steal from you, I won those territories from you fair and square, and you wouldn't even have known if you hadn't checked the records yourself. Your little gangsters are extrely easy to buy. Their prices are low, as well. You should think before choosing the company you keep." Anthony feigned a sigh and then cut down on the dramatics. "If you're quite done with your sentintal bullshit about how who crossed the line first, could we talk about the problem at hand?"
"This doesn't sound like a negotiation," ca Darcy's gruff voice.
"It's not supposed to. You're old and senile; you keep forgetting how this world works. I don't negotiate with people, who I know do not respect the word of others, I demand it of them."
"You expect to go with this unattainable series of demands?" Incredulity laced his tone.
"Yes." That was all he said. I was impressed. He sounded like the bad cop that he had wanted to co off as. I wondered who else had helped him go through the process. Scott? I was pretty sure that he ca nowhere near the conversation.
"You're up against the wrong forces, Anthony. You know that I'll never say yes, what are you playing at?" And there he had it. He already knew. He might have been old and senile and whatever else Anthony thought of him, but he probably knew every nook in the book. Anthony was banking on it.
"Are you sure you know very well? I'm just giving you the offer of your life. This will ruin you. Don't make do it, Luke." The teasing lilt to his voice made snicker, silently. He winked and then waited for Luke to reply.
"I dare you to try. You know you'll never succeed in your stupid plot."
"THAT, my dear Luke is where you are wrong. I've done a considerably good job in taking away fifty percent of your clients in the past three years. Are you sure that I can't break you apart in this year?"
"As I said, you can try. You will never succeed."
"Always so cocky, Luke. You know what happened last ti!" My eyes snapped but at that. Last ti? What does that an? Anthony didn't even look at as he stared intently at the cell phone.
"I didn't lose, rember? It ca close, but nothing happened."
"Cain Vincent ca close; you know that I won't fail." My breath stopped. Nothing filtered through. My eyes were fixed on the man who seed to be gaining imnse pleasure from this conversation. I gulped a lump in my throat and
"Cain Vincent was killed in an accident." The boom of his voice snapped out of my trance.
"Now, now, Luke. We all know that Cain didn't due to that accident. You'd be the first person to know, wouldn't you?" Frozen on my spot I waited patiently for this conversation to play out.
"I do not want to talk about this," Luke sneered. I could imagine him curling his lips over his teeth and glaring at his hand as he spoke.
"Then, do you want to talk about how I'm going to ruin you?" Anthony goaded.
"You could try. I'd like to watch you try... so hard. I'll be waiting for you. Do you worst." We heard the click of the phone then. With thoughts stuck on the ntion of Cain Vincent, I turned to Anthony. He had a huge grin on his face and he stared back at with an amused glare.
"What do you say, Mia? That was a success." I nodded, mutely and then gathered up the courage to ask him the one question that will make or break my conception of him.
"Who's he?" My voice sounded rough to my ears. His eyes turned calculating then. It was as if he had picked up on my thoughts instantly. He scrutinized for a mont before opening his mouth to answer. His lips didn't move, they just slipped upwards as he smiled. I waited for them... the words, but they took too long to co. I was going to walk out when he started speaking.
"He used to work for this anti-cri organization that calls itself 'The Organization.' Yes, they were as unoriginal as that. He was one of the founding mbers of the group and a brilliant man at that. He made Luke and my lives difficult for quite so ti. All these years he's been a tough as fuck dude who won't budge. It is rumoured that he died in an accident, but I have my doubts."
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