Alex always believed everyone deserved a second chance. Another opportunity to leave the past behind and start afresh. But over the last few days, he had learned the hard way that trusting old snakes never ended well.Still, the fact that Jakob had called Enrico to bail him out of trouble moved him, making him ponder Jakob’s request.However, it felt a little too strange to discuss a position in Femme Fatale when Jakob’s sister and mother had just recently died in a tragic car crash. It was almost as if he was barely affected by his great loss and only wanted to get back on his feet.Seeing Alex standing there, lost in thought, Jakob spoke again to clear the air.“I know what you must be thinking. Felicia and my mother just died, and here I am begging you to take me back into the fold. It’s not like I don’t feel their loss. But if I walk away from the family business permanently, it will mean I have abandoned everything that my father built. I only want to carry his legacy forward, ev

Jakob didn’t like where this was going. He could feel that he was going to get tangled up in a terrible mess by interfering with the investigation.However, the thought of returning to Femme Fatale once again made him toss all concerns out the window.“We need to prove that Alex had no part to play in this accident. I’ll get you inside the police impound. Just allow me an hour,” Jakob said to Cynthia before getting busy on his phone.While the cab drove around aimlessly down Lexington Boulevard, steering clear of patrol cars and traffic stops, Jakob set things up by using his contacts around Nexus City.Cynthia, however, had no idea about his plans.An hour later, Jakob finished talking to someone on his phone and then instructed the cab driver to take them to a new location, far removed from the residential areas.The cab drove through the underpass and eventually glided to a stop outside a new chemical factory, which was still under construction.“Drop us off over here. And please k