All Chapters of The Useless Son-In-law is a God of War: Chapter 141
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Chapter 141
Zen got back to his mansion at two in the morning. The place was quiet, security doing their rounds outside, but inside it felt empty. It always felt empty.He climbed the stairs to the second floor, past his own bedroom, and stopped at the door he rarely opened. Tom's room. He'd kept it exactly the way it was when his brother died, like some kind of shrine to a life cut short.The room smelled like dust and old cologne. Tom's clothes still hung in the closet. His books were still stacked on the nightstand. Everything waiting for someone who would never come home.Zen sat on the bed and pulled out the necklace box. In the dim light from the hallway, the emeralds looked black."Sorry, brother," he said to the empty room. "This got a lot more complicated."He'd come here to think, but seeing Felicia's photo had stirred up memories he'd tried to bury. Tom talking about some girl from college. Tom crying in his room after phone calls. Tom getting drunk and rambling about love and family a
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The Botanical Gardens were crowded at noon. Families with kids, elderly couples on benches, tourists taking photos of the flowers. Perfect cover for a secret meeting.Zen arrived early and positioned himself near the rose garden where he could see all the entrances. Old habits from the military – never walk into a situation without knowing your exits.Felicia showed up exactly on time, wearing dark sunglasses and a baseball cap like she was trying to be inconspicuous. It wasn't working. Even dressed down, she looked like money."You came," she said, sitting on the bench next to him."You said you wanted to help.""I do." She pulled off her sunglasses and he could see her eyes were red. "I read Tom's letter. The one you sent me.""And?""And I think I know what he found."Zen turned to face her. "Talk.""My family's pharmaceutical company. We do a lot of international business. Some of it..." she paused, looking around to make sure no one was listening, "some of it isn't exactly legal.
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Zen's private conference room was on the top floor of Mega Tower, with floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the entire city. He'd chosen this room specifically because it reminded him that he now had the high ground.By seven o'clock, his inner circle was assembled around the glass table. Keisha with her laptop and files. Sinclair with his security reports. Williams from legal, Brooks from intelligence, and Martinez from finance. The people who really ran Mega while Zen played the public role."Thank you all for coming on short notice," Zen said, taking his seat at the head of the table. "What I'm about to tell you doesn't leave this room. Anyone who has a problem with that can leave now."No one moved."Good." He activated the room's privacy systems – white noise generators, signal jammers, the works. "We have a problem. Several problems, actually."He gestured to Keisha, who pulled up a presentation on the wall screen."Three days ago, we uncovered evidence that my brother's dea
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Three days after the team meeting, Felicia called Zen with news."I found something," she said, her voice tight with excitement and fear. "Can you meet me tonight?""Where?""My penthouse. Twenty-third floor of the Meridian Building. Come alone, and make sure you're not followed.""Paranoid much?""My father's been asking questions about my recent computer activity. I think he knows I've been digging through his files."Zen looked at his watch. Eight PM. "I'll be there in an hour."The Meridian Building was old money elegant – marble lobby, uniformed doorman, the kind of place where silence was bought and paid for. Zen rode the elevator to the twenty-third floor, noting the security cameras and wondering how many of them fed directly to Ashworth family surveillance.Felicia's penthouse was enormous, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the harbor. But what caught Zen's attention wasn't the view or the expensive furniture – it was the mess. Papers scattered across every surface, l
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The next morning, Zen was in his office reviewing Felicia's evidence files.His phone buzzed. A text from Felicia: "Emergency. My father knows. Need to meet now."Zen grabbed his jacket and headed for the door. If Felicia's cover was blown, they might be out of time.Twenty minutes later, he was back at her penthouse. She opened the door before he could knock, looking terrified."He knows," she said immediately. "My father knows I've been accessing his files.""How do you know?""Because he confronted me this morning. Asked me directly if I'd been going through his private documents.""What did you tell him?""I lied. Said I was just curious about some old business deals. But he didn't believe me."She led him into the living room, where all her research materials had been hastily shoved into boxes."I've been packing everything up. If he decides to search my apartment...""Where are you going to take it?""I don't know. Somewhere safe."Zen thought quickly. "My place. I have secure s
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Over there." She gestured vaguely toward the other side of the restaurant. "I couldn't help but notice you were here with... a friend."The pause before "friend" was deliberate and cutting."Rosalia, this is Felicia," Zen said. "Felicia, Rosalia Albrecht.""Oh, the pharmaceutical heiress," Rosalia said, her smile getting sharper. "How fascinating. I had no idea you two knew each other.""We met recently," Felicia replied calmly. "We have some mutual business interests.""Business interests. How... practical." Rosalia turned back to Zen. "Tom, I had no idea you were branching out into pharmaceuticals. Though I suppose after your remarkable success with Mega, anything is possible.""People change," Zen said simply."Indeed they do. You've certainly changed quite dramatically since your divorce. New clothes, new attitude, new... companions." Her eyes flicked to Felicia again. "It's almost like you're a completely different person."There was something in her tone that made Zen look at he
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The next morning, Zen was in his office at Mega reviewing security arrangements for the gala when his assistant buzzed in."Mr. Diel, your ex-wife is here to see you. She says it's urgent."Zen looked up from his papers. Malia showing up unannounced was never a good sign, especially not three days before he was planning to destroy her mother."Send her in."Malia walked into his office like she owned the place, wearing a designer suit that probably cost more than most people's monthly salary. But there was something different about her demeanor – less confident, more desperate."Hello, Tom.""Malia. To what do I owe the pleasure?"She sat down without being invited, crossing her legs and fixing him with a stare he remembered from their marriage. The look she used when she was trying to figure out if he was lying to her."We need to talk.""About what?""About your sudden transformation into a billionaire tech mogul. About your new girlfriend. About the questions you've been asking aro
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Marcus paced his penthouse office like a caged animal, phone pressed to his ear as he barked orders to his security chief."I don't care what it costs. I want Tom Diel eliminated tonight. Before tomorrow's gala.""Sir, with respect, this isn't some street corner dealer. This is one of the city's most prominent businessmen. If something happens to him—""If something doesn't happen to him, we're all going to prison!" Marcus slammed his fist on his desk, sending papers flying. "He knows everything. The shipping schedules, the client lists, the money trails. Everything.""How do you know he knows?""Because Evelyn Rossi called me an hour ago in a panic. Her daughter confronted Diel this morning, and he basically admitted he's been investigating our operations."Marcus walked to his floor-to-ceiling windows, looking out at the harbor where his legitimate shipping business operated alongside his very illegitimate human cargo business."Sir, maybe we should consider other options. Relocate
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The mansion went completely dark as Zen activated the blackout protocol. Emergency lighting shut down, security cameras switched to infrared mode, and the building became a labyrinth of shadows and silence.Six professional killers moved through the grounds like ghosts, their thermal goggles cutting through the darkness. They'd done this before. Wealthy targets, high-security homes, quick in-and-out jobs that looked like random break-ins.But they'd never hunted the Monarch of Death in his own territory.Zen watched them from the second floor, his night vision giving him perfect clarity while they stumbled through unfamiliar terrain. The team leader was directing the others with hand signals. Two to the front entrance, two to the back, one to the service entrance.And one hanging back near the garden gate.Marcus Chen.So the bastard had come personally. Good. That would make things simpler.The first pair reached the front door and began working on the electronic locks. High-end equi
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The police finished their investigation at dawn. Six professional assassins, all unconscious, all with non-fatal but precisely administered injuries. Marcus Chen in handcuffs, sitting in the back of a police cruiser. And Zen, giving his statement for the third time to increasingly skeptical detectives."Let me make sure I understand this correctly," Detective Morrison said, flipping through her notes. "Six armed intruders plus their employer broke into your home with intent to kill you. And you, alone, subdued all seven of them without sustaining any significant injuries yourself.""That's correct," Zen replied calmly."And you did this using hand-to-hand combat techniques learned during your time in the military.""Yes.""Which branch of the military?""That information is classified."Detective Morrison exchanged a look with her partner, Detective Williams. He was older, more experienced, and looked like he'd seen enough in his career to know when someone was only telling half the t