"You do not speak to me that way." Marcus said as he took a step closer to them showing his dominance in a place that wasn't even his but it did nothing to put the men in their place even for a while. They belted out another laugh and waved him away like he was a fly. That was what you get with rich people and Marcus was tired of it. "Get out of here. Just because luck happened to shine on you for a while you choose to make a mockery of yourself. Go back to your place and let the people of a higher station speak." Grayson shouted out, his eyes shooting daggers at Marcus. Marcus moved forward ready to land a punch on both men's faces. Judging by both their builds they would be too slow to stop him before he landed a hit. A good enough punch before security would get him out of the building. Fair enough. His palms had already balled up, getting ready for the beat down ahead of him when a soft hand rested on him, halting him.Marcus turned around and on seeing Rachel's calm but assured

Marcus' eyes opened. He could see a sliver of bright light around him through the slits in his eyes which caused him to shut his eyes again as a sharp pain went up his shoulder. The light was giving him a slight headache. His wrists felt sore and his face ached. He tried to turn his body a bit, feeling very uncomfortable but a sharp pain shot up his spine and into his head eliciting a pained groan from his lips. Marcus slowly opened his eyes, wincing as the harsh light that flooded the hospital room. Blinking away the fuzziness, he found himself in the sterile environment, hooked up to various machines that beeped and whirred, monitoring his vitals. Pain coursed through his body, a constant reminder of the attack that had brought him here. The attack that almost got him killed. The attack that killed someone else. As he tried to push himself up, a nurse who he hadn't noticed was in the room earlier, rushed over, gently urging him to lie back down, her hands soft and her face full of

Marcus felt tension coil in his stomach. He hadn't expected them to find him here, though he should have known better. If Davon was involved in his accident then it only made sense that Scarlett would get involved as well. But he didn’t think that she would show up at the hospital of all places. "How did you get past security?" Marcus asked, though he didn't really care about the answer since they were in the room already. Scarlett's lips curled into a humorless smile. "Money opens all doors, Marcus. You should know that by now."She moved closer to the bed, her gaze sweeping over his bruised body, a small frown of concern glancing over her features. Kane remained by the door, his posture alert, eyes scanning the room for potential threats."Who was the woman?" Scarlett asked, her tone casual but her eyes sharp."A friend," Marcus replied simply. "She's leaving town tonight."Scarlett nodded, seemingly satisfied with his answer as she touched his arm."Good. You don't need distract

It didn't take much to convince Marcus as he was sure that the man was the one that they were looking for. He raised his hand and pointed to the man at the corner who looked like he would rather be anywhere than in police custody."That's him.""Are you sure?" Ramirez asked, squinting at Marcus. "I'm positive." Marcus replied. Ramirez rubbed his hands together."Then we have our second man. We'll separate him from the rest and investigate him and his partner and get the information on who sent them. Thank you for your time. And Wei, you can go back now."Marcus made no move to leave. He gave Ramirez a steely look."I'm staying. I want to be in the interrogation room with you when you question them.""Sir, that's against protocol. We can't… ""I don't care what your protocol is. I will sit down in that room and ask the questions that I am entitled to."The officers felt like they had to say something but with the way that Marcus stared at them and how his security loomed in the backg

About two weeks had gone by with Marcus still sticking to his normal routine of work, family and his personal time. He had heard back from Kane about the little job that he had the man do. And so far it had gone exactly to plan Eleanor was caught with a very suspicious pouch of coke and a shank. She obviously denied even seeing either of them before and claimed that it belonged to someone else but when she couldn’t point out who, she became the main target. So much so that she was thrown into solitary for her to have some time to reflect on her actions. Some time being a few months. All in all, it was a good lesson. The only thing that remained now was to go back to work and keep Scarlett at bay until the appropriate time for them to strike came. He was about to get right on the former and attend to some documents that needed his attention but then someone came barging through his office door with a worried look on her face. Marcus looked up at a worried and frantic Rachel wondering