Chapter 87 : This Might Not Be Pleasant

Jaxon

"I’m not sure where else to dig, but she has to be getting more support from somewhere," I shouted, banging my hands on the table.

"Maybe you're looking in the wrong places," James offered. I glanced at him sideways.

"Pray tell, what are the right places?"

"Well, you’ve looked at the company. Clearly, you’ve hired a lot of gossiping slimeballs, but none that would go so far as to help Cynthia. The only ones who are hanging around are a singular girlfriend and your mother. That leaves one other factor. Who were the crime lords she had connections with?"

"You think she’d resort to organized crime? I mean she was comfortable in that world but to do it without me, against me?"

"There’s a lot of people who want to see you out of power, Jaxon. Don’t be too surprised. But if we can prove ties to organized crime, you have a winning ticket."

I stood hunched over my desk staring at him, waiting for him to reach the punchline. All I wanted was Cynthia out of our lives. I