” So you and your men had my brother in your nets and you let him go?” Said a tone of godliness. It sounded at ease but those who could read through it, knew that someone was about to die.
” He got away. I was attending to a personal problem when he got away. However I have come to assure you that I will get him as soon as possible.” Said the masked figure who wore a black khaki outfit, with heavy jungle boots. The figure with the godly tenor majestically stood on his feet with one hand tuck in the side of his trousers picket while the other balanced the cigarettes in his mouth.
” Is this how you treat a billion dollar deal?” ” Trading it for personal commitments.” Said the Figure as sighed with a smile of woe.
” Sir. We had him alive on your orders. If you wanted his head. I would have hard in a polythene bag. Towing a beast like that can never be an easy tax, yet I said I would get it done.” Said the man with the black khaki. Nothing of his skin could be see but his eyes and the ridge of his nose. He spoke in steady tone of Confidence that had no fear in it.
” I am disappointed in you. I totally am!” Maximus yelled as he painted heavily in rage while Dubois stood by his seat.
” You of all people should know that I don’t necessarily need him alive to have access to my inheritance. The full print of his palms is what I need. All you needed to do was yank it off and get it to me before it gets stiff. How dumb where you not to know that. It seems I may have to get this job done myself. You looser would die poor. Just like all the people around you ever did.” Said Maximus as he gazed at the man in his front with hate and contempt.
” Great kings don’t go to battle. They win it. You have no business risking your head in the woods with that bastard. Patience Maximus. Patience.” Said Dubois.
” Now that the dynamics have changed, it’s going to be easier to get the deal done. However I found out that I’m not the only one the case. The beast of Bea creek is also on it. He may beat me to hands of your brother and what shall happen to my efforts.” The hung man said, gazing straight to the wall before him like it had been taking to him.
” Your efforts shall not be a vain something would definitely come for you when you put in your best to achieve great things” Said Dubois.
” Nothing! The full price goes to the one gang that delivers result. No one who sleeps on a chance to make money would make a dime on me. No one!” Said Maximus and headed back to his seat in Majesty.
” You’ be heard it from the lord of Texas. Do we still have a deal with you? Or do we need to fly in emissaries from other state to take the money off your hands.” Said Dubois as he suited his suit to clear the contrast in his earlier stance. The masked man was quiet for a while and eventually spoke.
” I will bring you the beast Alive.” He said and began to walk away till, he seemed to have faded away in thing air.
” I’m sorry for such a contrasting opinion to yours. Having a second look at it? I now realize that those men would sleep on the hunt and wait for someone to do the job while they take compensation for doing nothing.” Said Dubois and nodded his head accordingly.
” Bull’s-eye. Caixa the president of the bank were my father lodged that cash has given me his total commitment. All he need is the palm print of my brother and that’s all, the whole two billion is mine. I give him his cut, take , mine give you yours and settle of those bounty hunters. I’m not a greedy fellow.” Said Maximus and sat down the governors seat which he made his stool.
” You are generous my good friend. All your friends know that. Why can’t the bank President just give you damn money.” Said Dubois in anticipation.
” Because that’s just going to be heist and no bank manager is going to do that. He will be fired and the bank would be damned for life. Caixa bank is worth trillions of dollars, they won’t stoop so low. However, no one can rat them out if a digital evidence of his palm print had licensed the transfer. Bottom line is that whether my brother comes out alive or whether he lives with a single arm, no justice in the world can help him win the case. I don’t plan on letting the bastard live that long.” Said Maximus and sighed deeply with a smile.
” And Gallagher?” What shall we do with him. I think we should raise his start up pay or perhaps we would have to ask Dakota to stay off his flanks for the main time.” Said The young governor.
” Non. If I have ever seen a manipulative bitch in all my life then it has to be Dakota. She can trick Lucifer to put out the flames of his own hell. We would send her to Gallagher.” Said Maximus and nodded slowly as he pointed the blueprints of his plans in his head.
” And what shall she do? Kill him? He stuttered vaguely.
” Wouldn’t that be a waste. She can kill him after my deal is settled or he kills her it he likes, I don’t give a dime. All i want is my money.” He said and smiled again, leaving Maximus to wonder what tricks he had down his sleeve. He really wanted to learn. Just then the phone of Dubois had rang and he took up and placed it over his ears.
” Are you sure about this. A male and female?” ” Okay I will be there now.” Said Dubois and hung the phone.
” There has been a macabre killing at the park. A male and female. A greater parts of their body was churned away. The cops think it may have been done by wolves from the near bushes. You and I both know what it might really be.” Said Dubois as he hold on to his chin with his thumb and first second finger.
” Those beast have returned no doubt. You humans keep acting dumb doing all sorts of lazy stuffs. We may have to let them get feasted on so that they come back to their senses.” He said without much regard about the topic.
” I have a fear that Gallagher might know something about this. Ever since I gave him the chief vigilante of the southern territory, where there used to be so much macabre and it all stopped once I made him the protector of that province.” Said DuBois.
” Did he send his resignation badge yet? ” Maximus asked with a chuckle.
” Not yet. The Peanuts he makes from his brothel and tavern can’t carter for the needs of his gangs. He can’t survive without the taxes. It’s why he can’t stand the presence of Dakota in his territory. He stands to loose a lot it’s all taken from him.
” Gallagher makes a good servant. However his overzealousness cannot be taken for granted.” Said Maximus and brought his burning cigarettes to his mouth.
” He has been a loyal friend since my youth days. Yes he may be overzealous, but he manages his space just well. I find it insulting that he would ever think he made Governor of Texas. We need his service perhaps this last time and I shall show that ingrate who the bosses really are.” Said Dubois.
” Well oh well. I may have a large say In this state cause I have you here but my heart is in Cincinnati. I’m here because I was cut out from adequate funds and I need you to bail me out so we can make those money and retire from all this Bullshit. It’s safer on your part if the peace in Texas is upheld even when you leave the seat for someone else. You would have kept a good record. He however has to understand he has limits and that’s why he Dakota can have his flanks. He would learn that the sub lords of a system must have a paramount lord. He has failed to be schooled the easy way. He would be schooled the hard way.” Said Maximus and beamed a grin of dubiousness.