Chapter 31:

“Damn it! How could it be like this?” Anthony cursed as he walked, feeling as if he had a burning oil drum inside him. Clearly, the company had hidden the fake drug bust carefully, so how could someone as ordinary as Joseph know about it?

“Or does Joseph know someone high in Anderson?” Anthony thought to himself. “No, no, that’s too absurd!” Anthony quickly dismissed the hypothesis. Even if Joseph did not know someone high up, they wouldn’t be foolish enough to reveal the impending bankruptcy of Anderson to him. It would be incredibly stupid. Anthony believed that no one would be foolish enough to jeopardize their own economic interests like that.

Anthony paced back and forth in the room, his hands tightly clenched together, sweat dampening his palms. He couldn’t figure out where Anderson’s vulnerability lay, how someone like Joseph, who spent all his time in the kitchen, could know such a shocking secret. Anthony’s guts churned hotter with each passing moment. He couldn’t sit still an