Shadowed Past.

Book:BEYOND THE CONTRACT Published:2025-2-18

Marcus’s POV
Haaaaa, am developing a headache for her loud cries in my eardrums,
“Okay but you have to give up that movie ”
“How could I do that, I like it”
“Then you shouldn’t have messed it up them, I don’t have time for this”
“Okay then”
“This is the last favour and doing for you, I will buy you another movie by same director”
“Okay, thank you a lot”
“No problem, learn how to respect and curry favour well, just pray that Xavier McCartney won’t come after you still”
“But I didn’t offend him”
“Fool you slapped his wife”
” Wait , that….. that woman is the wife of McCartney?”
“Bingo, since you figured it out, bye then”
I ended the call and sat back into my chair, I had a lot on my plate and that pwinkie isn’t among the top 100 of it, my father hasn’t let me rest for long now, he is always on my case these days, things are falling apart after the party, he viewed his room CCTV and said someone entered there, I know I was the only but he said no that it was jammed or to record videos correctly.
Am tired of investigating something that doesn’t have any promise of being found out, things has been really hectic and I don’t even has time for the plan I had with the assassin I hired for Xavier’s wife, I already sent him a text to conceal the operation seeing that she is still alive and well means he saw it.
I still haven’t forgotten the embarrassment I received at the party we were both invited to but one thing makes me happy, the auction.
I have a lot of money which I can’t use now because it hasn’t been laundered so this auction is what I need to raise my spirit, for now I will keep everything at the back of my mind and focus on the auction though it’s ours but we are keeping it anonymous.
Many rich and wealthy people that are involved in it think it’s just a place they pay to get their money laundered but its much more, we kept top secrets there, every family involved has their weakness inside there held by my father, grandfather doesn’t know about the inner workings there and I plan to keep it that way.
I stood up from my chair and turned towards Xavier’s company,
“Too bad we aren’t compatible if not I would have loved to have him involved but I just hate you so much ”
I know my father wants the . wtro company to be involved in it but as long as concerned Xavier won’t agree and am not begging, my father just have to give up.
Mike’s POV
I sat down with my legs on the table skimming through the files in my hand, Marcus family dirty secrets run deeper than I thought, they are involved with many illegal activities which is more than enough to get them inside bars but there are many people involved in this and I wouldn’t want any of them to escape, they will all suffer this together because they killed my uncle together, my office door opened and I know two people who treat this place as if they own it and am sure of one of them.
“What is it Blac?”
“What is it Mister Mike?”
“Thought you have school today?”
“Yes but I am already ahead of the lectures so I don’t want someone to teach me what I know better than them”
“Narcissistic brat, so what are you doing here and I have told you to always knoc…”
My door opened again and without thinking I blurted out,
“Is my office a field for kids”
“Are you talking to me Mike?”
The person who just came in was none other than Laura, she is still very angry with me, hasn’t let me inside the room for a week now,
“I wouldn’t try that, never ever”
“He is actually talking to you pretty aunty”
The loud mouth Blac chipped in,
“Hey Blac how are you? ”
“Am fine aunty”
“I have told you to stop calling me aunty, call me Laura I prefer that”
“Okay then, what are you doing here, came to see me”
I scoffed at him, Laura has been giving that brat more attention than me her fiance and it isn’t nice,
“Haa, you wish”
“Well dear I came to see Mike”
“Okay, then let me get some food to eat ”
“Blac get me some pizza”
“No way”
“I will pay for everything ”
“Yes boss, is there anything else you want”
“Nothing just go, here take me card”
“Thank you, your majesty ”
He literally hopped away, I just hope he doesn’t buy anything other than food with it, that boy is too smart for his own good,
“I need you to sign this and this”
I signed the papers she gave me, I was staring at her face to know her expression but it was blank, after am done she made to leave but I was faster.
“Babe, am sorry, please stop being upset ”
“Okay, now tell me what did you do?”
“Babe, I don’t know but am sorry, huh?”
“And that’s the problem, you don’t know but you are sorry, Mike it was my parents memorial but you didn’t show up, our wedding is almost near”
Okay, I admit I fucked up real bad, I for the love of me didn’t remember at all, all these cases I have here made me forget everything about it,
“Babe I admit I messed up big time, am sorry really sorry, just give me one more chance ”
“No Mike, tell me what are you so occupied with that you forgot about something so important?”
“Laura”
“No, don’t Laura me, tell me , what’s wrong babe”
Honestly I really want to tell her everything but things might get dangerous, for people who had committed two murders, another four wouldn’t be a thing to them, so am scared yes am scared.