The streets were getting dry, midnight was coming. Shops were closing up and cops were hurdling drunks off the roadsides and into their patrol cars. Under the neon lights of an old diner, Alex sat with a bottle of vodka in hand, staring into emptiness still wearing his suit from yesterday morning.By some hand of the devil, he lost his job, his house and his car. He was robbed of his cellphone and his little sister shut him out, reminding him of how helpful he was to the family and how she intended to offer him the exact same treatment.He had been wandering the streets since then and somehow he found enough change in his pocket to buy this bottle. Finishing it was pretty much his only actual plan right now.He sighed, standing with a stagger and slowly making his way into the night. This road led to Government Arch estates. Where his ex-wife lived squatting with a few friends who gardened in the estate. If there was one person that would at least give him a place to sleep, it was her.

CHAPTER 24ROCKPORT9AMThe plane landed at San Anton airport. Nicholas got off with Nora. A hummer jeep was parked outside that airport, the ex-con driver leaning against it and playing with his phone while he waited for them.They came to him less than thirty minutes after they got down from the plane. He had them on the road, in seconds. Nicholas had his muscular arms folded around his chest while he stared out the window but he couldn’t see the passing cars or the flashing lights. He was lost in reverie.Nora noticed. Before she could remark, he looked at her all of a sudden and he mouthed. “We need to stop at a police station. I have a friend that needs visiting.”“Someone you know, Sir, is he locked up?” Nora calmly asked.“Quite the opposite. My friend is a cop or a Jailor, better put. I’ve been thinking, which force has the greatest power and biggest guns in this world.”“The Mafia.” Nora answered without realizing that his question was rhetorical.“There was no need for that

“Do you think he will accept that offer, young master?” Nora asked, breaking into the silence they had been lingering in the jeep since they left the library.“Mhmm, Jean is a wise man. He won’t turn it down. Anyways the universe is behind me, I have no fear.”“The universe?” Nora almost let out a mocking laugh. “I didn’t picture you to be a believer of the supernatural, young master.” She rubbed the side of her nose, trying not to shake off the urgency to make the way she felt obvious.“I came back from the dead Nora, there is no way I’m going to abandon all the stuff about it. Anyways I’m just saying that I have no intention to make that tower as messed up and illegal as it is now. The universe knows I’m a good guy, it will work in my favor.”A half smile tugged on Nora’s lips . She definitely looked like she was finding everything he said ridiculous.“What do we do now, Young Master?”“We wait. Our plan cannot proceed without his help, so what we have to do now is wait, patiently.”

MID AFTERNOON,KULACROSS TOWER“Someone blew up my shipment and you came back here to tell me!!” The man behind the office desk decorated with Arabian colors sprung from his seat. He grabbed anything he could and flung it at the big hefty guy standing in front of him .“You moron. You imbecile, you chalk-brained fool. You should be chasing after him. Hunting him down. Why are you here when you don't have that man’s head on a platter!!!!” He roared. The big guy cringed in fear, unable to raise his head and look at his boss. The boss, on the other hand, was holding a golf club in the air, his hands vibrating with the intense desire to break it on the guy's head but he knew killing him would not help his situation.“Oh fuck!!!”he flung the gold club aside, transferring aggression to the table. He kicked it over and over and over again, in rage, raining curses in every language he knew. Then after what seemed like forever, he began to calm down a little. The man stepped back and darted

He retched, throwing up blood and falling on Despero. Despero shrieked, hitting Nicholas on his back.“Get off me you . disgusting sick son of a bitch. Get off me, Get off me!” He sholved Nicholas, pushing his body up and slamming it against the door. Nicholas looked at him and smiled.Before Despero could make sense out of that look Nicholas forced him back and drove a dagger into his stomach.Despero’s eyes widened.Nicholas drove out of the knife and drove it back in. A struggle sparked in the car. Despero tried to get away, defending himself from Nicholas with his hands. Nicholas thrust the dagger at him, cutting anywhere and everywhere he could. Blood spattered everywhere in the backseat. Nicholas drenched in blood.The stupid driver did not realize what was going on until Nicholas put that knife on his throat. The idiot froze up immediately, Nicholas helped him take off the ear pods..He whispered to him. “at the count of three, park the car, jump out and run.’The driver nodd