CHAPTER 4

Jonathan got into his car with his assistant, Sergeant Brown, and he sighed, frustrated. 

Brown looked at him and asked, "What do you plan on doing to help your lover? You know the T-Group is very dangerous and we have been looking for evidence all this time and found none. They are very smart and vigilant. Why would your girlfriend's father get himself entangled in a business dealing with Damian Tucker? I am sorry to say this, but I see no help coming their way."

"Don't say that nonsense, Brown. Damian is getting on our nerves and as officers of the law, we must apprehend him and hand him over to the government," Jonathan replied.

"I know... but how do you intend to do that? Your father tried to get Damian's father arrested and behind bars but failed, and now you want to risk your life to fight with the devil? He has the higher-ups backing him. So I'm suggesting you wash your hands off this case and help your girlfriend raise the money. That's if Damian doesn't come for her, as I can see she is beautiful and his kind of woman that he messes with." 

"Don't you dare say that crap to me!" Jonathan growled as he grasped Brown's shirt.

"I will kill Damian before he gets his hands on my woman. Start the car, we're heading back to the station to report the case," Jonathan insisted and Brown sighed.

"Alright." Brown started the car and drove off to the police station branch in North Wind Town.

*****

In a luxury white estate, several black cars arrived and parked on the estate grounds.

"Bring Mr. Dawson out and take him to the cell," Damian ordered his men as he left them and went to his mansion.

On his way home, Damian got a phone call from his father stating that it was an urgent matter and he was wanted in his home.

Damian walked ahead to his mansion; the men in black working for him and guarding around the mansion bowed and welcomed him. "Welcome, Boss," they escorted Mr. Max to the cell they built to lock up their own prisoners.

It was a small room, and was built like a boys' quarters apartment at the back of the exquisite mansion. It was built away from the mansion, so the men in black bundled Mr. Max away like he was a criminal, and took him into the room. They locked up the door and left him.

*****

Damian entered the living room and went upstairs to his bedroom. He ignored responding to his father's call, thinking that his father was calling him about business or why he went ahead and got Mr. Max apprehended.

Damian recalled the sight of Alicia Dawson. He had seen her before, during his visit at the town's hospital. He wanted her and knew about the relationship she was in. He decided to use her father as a tool to get her.

"There's no way that the Dawson family will be able to raise such a huge amount of money within a month," Damian said, smiling as he went to take his bath. He stripped off his black gloves, taking off his shirt and trousers and he prepared for his bath.

After he was done, Damian came out of the bathroom and dressed up in sleepwear. His phone rang and he took it from the shelf to see who was calling him.

"Boss, should I arrange for some ladies for you tonight?" Jeff Brody asked. 

Damian was in no mood for any woman. "No. Contact the Dawson family and let them know about my offer," he said.

"What offer is that, boss? We just left their mansion not too long ago," Jeff replied confusedly.

"I know. Let them know that I offer to have Alicia Dawson as my bride in exchange for her father's release. Failure to show up tomorrow will get her father punished."

"Oh!" Jeff gasped. "Is that all, boss?" he asked.

"Yes. Send the proposal to Mrs. Dawson tonight. I expect to see Alicia first thing tomorrow morning," Damian replied.

"Alright, boss. I am on it," Jeff ended the call and proceeded to contact Mrs. Dawson's number.

Damian smirked; as he awaited to see Alicia's reaction the following day. He went back to his home office to get himself busy with some other deals that needed his attention.

*****

In Alicia's home, her mother came out of the room after her failed attempt to reach her elder brother on the call.

"Mom, what are we going to do to get Dad out of the T-Group's clutch? We cannot wait for Dad's brother to help us and I don't know if Jonathan will be able to help us," Alicia spoke to her mother, standing in the living room.

Mrs. Jennifer sighed and took a seat on the couch. "I don't know, Alicia. But you shouldn't tell your boyfriend much about your father. We cannot trust those policemen to help us, even if he is your boyfriend. They shouldn't publicize us on the news and tell him you don't know anything about your father's job."

"But Mom, Jonathan is only trying to help us. Why not tell him what you know about my father?" Alicia said, but her mother's eyes narrowed at her.

"No! You shouldn't dare to trade love over your family. Your father's life is in danger and you think giving your police boyfriend every detail of your father's business will help us? What will happen after your father gets his release and they find something off? The government will come after him for fraud or anything else they want to use to hold him under arrest. So no!" Mrs. Jennifer looked serious and Alicia swallowed hard.

"So Mom, what do you plan to do now?" Alicia asked, while Samantha sighed and said, "Mom, I don't know who to turn to for such a huge amount of money. I can only be able to pay up 1 million dollars. The remaining 9 million dollars is off my limit. Why not ask Damian Tucker if he can accept another offer?"

"Another offer like what?" Mrs. Jennifer, Caden, and Alicia asked.

Samantha shrugged, blushed, and told her mother, "To become Damian's woman."

"What?" Their eyes widened in shock.

"You're crazy, Samantha! How dare you think of offering your body to that lunatic!" Caden stood up from the couch and charged towards his younger sister to smack her, but his mother interrupted him.

"Caden, don't you dare hit your sister. What can you do to help your father? You are a lawyer, yet you couldn't do anything to challenge Damian! Only one kick of his boot sent you flying away and now, you dare raise your hands on Samantha! Forgetting that your father's life is in danger."

"But Mom..." Caden tried to speak, but his mother cut him off. "I don't want to hear it. Samantha is right and we should think of how to contact Damian and offer the proposal to him. Samantha is a beautiful model here in the country, so Damian will consider her proposal."

"And what if Damian rejects Samantha? You know his record with multiple women. What if he is a carrier of any disease? Haven't you thought about the dangers in having Samantha become his woman—a man who engages with multiple women and is a Mafia kingpin?" Caden showed his disgust, his expression stern.

Lady Jennifer sighed, shook her head and replied, "I cannot sit back and watch your father get killed. The government wouldn't be able to do anything to help him. Damian is a feared lord in this part of the state, and the best we can do is make our proposal and try our luck so that he doesn't kill your father over his debt. Besides, you benefited from it. You went to the highest law school because of your father."

"But I never asked Dad to engage with Damian," Caden replied and his mother frowned and commented, "You are only an ingrate and I wish I had another son who is smarter than you."

Caden frowned, unable to rebel against his mother. Just then, her phone rang and she took it up to see who the caller was.

"Who's calling you, Mom?" they asked her in unison.

"I don't know. Let me find out," Lady Jennifer replied and then answered the call. "Hello, who am I speaking with?"