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339. Storm in a Steel Cup
It had started with Dustin Hoffman getting off the hook, and now the Taxicab Commission was investigating the cab drivers operating in Cobalt Cove. Angelo realized this wasn’t a mere coincidence.Someone was pulling the strings from above, and only one person came to his mind.“It’s Alex…Alex freaking Verlaine!” he muttered. “Listen up, Oleg! Stash all the moonshine away. Do whatever it takes to get rid of the damn bottles. If they get their hands on the moonshine, you won’t be able to wriggle free from this one.”“Most of the crates are stashed away in our garages outside the city limits. But…”“But what?”“A few drivers were scheduled to make deliveries tonight. They are carrying a couple of bottles at least.”“Call them up and tell them to dump the bottles at once!” Angelo yelled back sharply. “Alex knows about us. I don’t know how he figured it out, but he knows that you have my backing. He is going after your drivers to dry up my funds. And we cannot let him get the upper hand. D
338. Miracles of the Magic Lamp
Dustin punched the street lamp in front of him and cursed aloud.“Screw it. Screw it all, damn it!”His knuckles reddened as the impact bruised his skin, but he clenched his teeth to supressed his groan.“Damn you, Angelo!”The manager came running to his assistance.“Mr. Hoffman, you look hurt. Let me call you an ambulance!”But Dustin stared daggers at him and grabbed him by his collar. “Shut the hell up and give me your damn phone!”The pale-faced man quickly pulled out his phone and handed it to Dustin without question.Dustin snorted hard and dialed Angelo’s number from memory.“Who is this?”“It’s me, your friend, Dustin Hoffman.”“Dustin? What’s the matter? You sound flustered. Is everything okay?”Dustin suppressed a sardonic chuckle and replied, “You know what’s wrong. You set the department dogs on me. Call them off, Angelo. This is too much.”“What are you talking about?” Angelo continued with his pretense of ignorance. “I don’t understand anything.”“They shut down all my
337. The Fruits of Labor
Now that Angelo had successfully swayed the public against the current Governor of Valestra, he focused on cleaning out the weeds in his own backyard.On their way back to his residence, he asked Josiah about the whole incident at the steel plant, and soon learned why Alex had gone there in the first place.Dustin Hoffman’s name was now right on his radar.That same evening, Dustin received a call from Tracy Torres, informing him that the mayor wanted to meet him for tea.Dustin knew this wasn’t a simple courtesy call, but an order. And he wasn’t brave or stupid enough to reject Angelo’s invitation.As Dustin Hoffman came over to the mayor’s residence for the evening tea, Angelo welcomed him personally.“We haven’t talked in quite some time. I am glad you could make it, Dustin.”He escorted Dustin to the front parlor and poured tea into two porcelain cups.As Dustin Hoffman took his seat, Angelo reached for the flask.“With or without milk?”“You know I am lactose intolerant. No milk
336. Opportunistic
Alex got up at once and picked up the newspaper, which had already been slipped under his door by the guards posted outside.He didn’t even need to flip through the pages. His face was right there on the front page, right under a bold headline that covered the top half of the paper.‘Battleground Cobalt Cove: Billionaire’s Brazen Display of Power in the Heart of the City.’The lengthy news report that followed described the fight between him and Josiah in exaggerated detail, portraying him as an absolute tyrant.Meanwhile, Josiah was put on a pedestal, glorifying him as the true Champion of the Factory Workers and their rights.As Alex glanced through the article, he realized why the Governor was so pissed off.“That is quite the scandal. Journalists these days only want to sensationalize everything,” he sighed, folding the paper back and tossing it onto the coffee table.“But how did it even get to that?” Governor Du Monte snapped from the other end of the line. “You got involved in
335. The Hero and the Villain
Alex tossed the steel rebar away and gave in without any resistance, allowing the cops to cuff him effortlessly.But Josiah wasn’t having any of it.“Get your hands off me!”He continued resisting even as the cops kept yelling at him to comply.“Drop the weapon!”“On your knees!”“Don’t force us to use force, or we will.”“I’m not submitting to you pigs without a fight!” Josiah yelled, waving the wrench threateningly.“Put him down!” the Sergeant ordered.Two cops immediately fired their tasers.The shock finally brought Josiah to his knees, and the wrench clattered to the ground.The other cops quickly rushed in and cuffed his hands behind his back before hoisting him up and dragging him away.“Josiah Warrington is innocent!” Gary yelled from behind. “Alex Verlaine started this fight. He was just defending himself!”The Sergeant turned to his left and gave Gary a distasteful side-eye.“Word of advice, don’t get involved in this mess. If you do, I promise you’ll never see daylight aga
334. The Worst of Friends
Unified shouts resounded from the factory floor as the workers raised slogans and hurled accusations at the management.“Down with the tyrants!”“Dustin Hoffman, get out!”“To hell with the supervisor!”“To hell with the steel mill!”“Justice for Bob!”As the agitated screams of the angry workers reached Dustin’s ears, he understood there was no turning a blind eye to this mess.Riled up by Josiah Warrington and Gary Sawyer, the workers had stopped working and gathered on the factory floor, demanding answers from the management itself.Dustin finally got up and headed to the open corridor outside to confront the workers yelling down below.Alex followed in Dustin’s footsteps, joining him near the steel railings.Seeing the owner of the steel mill step outside fueled the workers with more courage, and their voices roared higher.“Justice for our brother! Justice for Bob Bozeman!”“Dustin Hoffman, leave the chair!”“No more cruelty! No more oppression!”Dustin’s face darkened as he look
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