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The equalizers
The Equalizers had not held an emergency meeting in years since its founding.Until today.Tonight, they were all gathered in an exclusive penthouse suite. Every last one of them.“I'm finished,” a European banker snarled, his face flushed. “My personal accounts are frozen. My offshore funds have vanished. Even my gold reserves were SEIZED!”“It's the same for me,” an oil mogul barked. “My creditors stormed my home! They’re demanding repayment by midnight! How does a man go from billionaire to beggar in a single day?!”“My company—” another whispered hollowly. “Someone bought it out from under me. IN ONE HOUR. Who the hell has that kind of power?!”“My board voted me out,” someone else groaned. “Thirty years, and I was escorted out like a criminal.”The room pulsed with dread.Each man took turns lamenting about their sudden financial crisis. To their surprise, their stories were identical to one another.It was a massacre. And they didn’t know who was behind it.As the uproar rose ag
Veronica's power
Mark felt the room tightening around him like a noose on his neck. He had been caught red-handed. “How did you know about the hour glass of destiny?” he repeated in a croaked voice. Barry’s gamble had paid off far more than he had hoped. Mark’s reaction confirms everything about his nightmare.The Equalizers were in possession of the Hourglass of Destiny.Barry’s gaze sharpened. “Do not think for once that you can hide anything from me. There is nothing in this world I cannot uncover.”Mark’s throat bobbed. His mind spun violently.How? How did Barry know? The Hourglass was supposed to be a myth to outsiders. Mark's heart pounded painfully against his ribs. Only the Equalizers knew about the hour glass of destiny's existence. Barry was not supposed to have caught a whisper of it.“If you knew about the Hourglass,” Mark stammered, grasping for logic, “then why host this meeting? Why did you try to sell Sullivan Group?”It was Veronica who answered. “We never intended to sell anyth
The Equalizers
Mark Newton didn’t speak at first. He just stared at Barry and at Veronica as if weighing whether to deny it again.Then slowly, a grin crawled across his face. A low chuckle slipped out.“Well,” he said, spreading his hands, “I’ve gotta hand it to you two. You got me.” He leaned back with an amused sigh.“Yes. I’m their top sponsor. So what?”Veronica’s expression didn’t change one bit. Barry’s jaw set like concrete.“You still haven’t answered my earlier question," he said, his eyes narrowed. “Why did you betray me?”Mark relaxed fully now, draping one arm over the back of his chair like he owned the room.“Before I answer that,” he said casually, “let me ask you something instead. Do you know what the Equalizers stand for? Their real goals and motivations?”Veronica responded immediately with a clipped tone. “They’re a secret society who claim their ideology is about ‘restoring balance to the world.’ And lately, they seem very happy that Sullivan Group went bankrupt.”Mark let out
The trap
Mark was stunned speechless when Veronica declined the offer. For a full two seconds, he stared at her like she had grown horns.Then he scoffed loudly.“You two can’t be serious,” he said, throwing his pen down. “You’re rejecting an offer this good because of your greed? This is the only life raft you’re getting.”Veronica placed the contract down slowly. “We’re rejecting your offer because it’s a scam,” she said, her tone sharp and cold. “Have you forgotten what I do? I’ve structured and managed deals ten times more complex than this for the last decade."She leaned forward, her eyes locked on him. "Even after my husband's early retirement, I still managed Sullivan Group with my sister-in-law. We are not amateurs, Mark. We can smell a rigged deal from a continent away. We’re not taking your offer. It’s not happening.”Mark’s irritation snapped like a whip.He leaned forward, both hands planted on the table. “Aren’t you two desperate? Don’t pretend. I know you’re as broke as a churc
The deal
Two days after, Mark Newton stepped out of a black SUV in front of a cheap city hotel.Barry had hand-picked this specific hotel for their meeting.Mark paused at the entrance, his nose wrinkling at the peeling signboard, the flickering lights, and the damp smell that seeped from the cracked walls.“This is where Barry Sullivan holds a negotiation?” he muttered with a smirk. “Pathetic.”He walked inside with a team of four lawyers, two financial strategists, and a security guard carrying a metal case. They looked wildly out of place in the rundown lobby.The shabby conference room they entered was the final insult.Mark's disgust deepened as he glanced around the room.The walls were stained, the fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, and a wobbly air-conditioner choked loudly in the corner.But what unsettled him most was the table.Only two people sat there. Barry Sullivan. And Veronica. There were no lawyers. No assistants. No guards. No accountants.Just them.Mark instinctively sen
Mark Newton
Hours slid by, like a breeze. The scent of charcoal and searing meat filled the air as Dexter, finished preparing the barbecue. Barry was just accepting a plate when Veronica approached him. She wore a serious expression on her face that set off an alarm inside Barry. She took him aside, away from Dexter. "I found something. You wouldn't believe what I just found."Before Barry could respond, Sebastian materialized out of nowhere as if he’d been standing in the shadow of the palm tree all along. "What did you find, Madam?""I went over the two hundred contacts on the list," she said, pulling up her tablet. The screen lit her stern face. "And one of them has direct, unambiguous ties to The Equalizers. He's been a primary sponsor of their activities for at least three years."Barry's eyes narrowed, shadows gathering under his eyes. "Who?"Veronica exhaled slowly, then dropped the name like a stone into still water. "Mark Newton."Barry stiffened. Every muscle in his body locked at o
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