𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢'𝙨 𝙋𝙊𝙑:
Hannah woke up after nine hours. She looked around the room groggily. " Where am I?" she asked blankly.
" You are with me now, sweetheart. Take rest."
I was so angry with that son of a bitch Keith. I thought he was a decent guy and I never anticipated that he would drug her like this. He could have overdosed her.
It's bad enough that he is trying to sabotage my
Drug Empire. Over this, he has mistreated Hannah. Once I get this bastard, I'm going to show him what is hell.
I made Hannah lie down again. I gently kissed her forehead and went to my desk. I sat on the chair and opened the drawer. I still had a hard time believing that Craig MaCadie is the mastermind behind this. It's just impossible.
I heard that he is a strict Christian and he is not someone who would sell drugs and indulge in violence. Someone is using him as a puppet. But who is that?
That's why I am reading my Uncle's journal for any kind of details. So far I didn't get anything useful. It was just about the wild flings he had with various girls and some business dealings he made with Mexicans.
I started reading his latest journal in the hope of finding his recent encounters. But nothing seemed suspicious to me. I took out the journal which was dated 1997.
I'm not going to find anything in this. Still, I wanted to give it a try. As I opened the journal, shivers went down my spine as I saw my mother's name, Lianna Romano.
' Lianna is a wonderful girl for my brother. But she is very straightforward and not suited for this lifestyle.'
I turned over the page immediately. I can't read this anymore. I just wanted to know how she died. Strange! There was no mention of her death.
I took out the year 1998's journal. Even in that, there was nothing about my mother. I closed my eyes for a while and started to think.
My uncle has mentioned all the important events that have happened so far in life. He even mentioned the birthdays of his favorite hooker.
So it can mean only one thing. My mother is still alive! If she is alive, why did she leave my dad? Why did she leave me?
I'm just going crazy now. It can't be possible that she is alive. What kind of mother would abandon her son? She would have never left me or Chris.
I really need to take a break from these journals. They are driving me insane. I went down straight to the basement where the con artist was imprisoned. I built a room that looked like a jail cell just for these kinds of circumstances.
He noticed me arriving and got up. " What brings you here, Eaton? Are you here to finish me off?"
" Sit down. Now I agree that you are a great actor and you have concealed some crucial facts from me. You may have fooled me so for but I'm not buying it anymore."
" I've already told you everything, Eaton."
I stepped a little closer to him. " No, you didn't. You gave me the identifications of Craig MaCadie. But he can't be the mastermind and he has no vengeance with Eatons. He is just a puppet."
" I'm so sorry that he isn't your ' mastermind '. But he was one who hired me to play as Erickson Eaton when I was roaming in the streets of LA without any job."
Damn it! He is just not giving up. How can I make him spill out?
" Listen. If you don't tell me the name of the mastermind, then I'll kill your daughter. She is a model in IMG, isn't she?"
" Leave her out of this, Eaton. She has no connection with the underworld. And how did you even find her?"
Finally, I found his kryptonite. I got this information from an unknown source. It was the same source that gave information about Hannah's true identity.
I am more intrigued by the unknown source. Whenever I am in a deep mess, that unknown source comes to my aid and sends me the crucial information which I need the most to turn around the situation.
But who is the person behind this? That's another mystery I need to solve. The con artist was speechless. Well, he didn't expect this.
" Please don't hurt my daughter, Eaton. I'm begging. I'll confess everything to you."
" That's the spirit. Go on."
" You got it right, Eaton. Craig Macadie is not the mastermind. It's Znakomstvo."
" I'm sorry, Zan what?" I asked.
" Znakomstvo. It means acquaintance in the Russian language. He was given this nickname by the Russian Mafia. "
" Okay, Znakomo… whatever is just a nickname. Then what is his real name?"
" I'm sorry Eaton. I don't know that for sure. I'm just assuming it. Because he always hides his face with a mask in front of everyone. I spoke with him for just twenty minutes. But I sense his deep hostility to you. He said that his only goal is to tear you apart."
What? Who is this coward? He is currently hibernating in Russia and he is too scared to face me and fight with me like a man.
" It's fine. Go ahead and give me the name of whom you are suspecting."
He hesitated for a while before saying the name. " It must be Keith MaCadie."
" I think you don't love your daughter. That's why you are lying again."
" As I said before, it's just my assumption that Keith MaCadie is Znakomstvo. I have never seen Znakomstvo face either. Nevertheless, your prominent rival is Znakomstvo. And if you capture him, you win this war."
I didn't know anymore if he was lying or telling me the truth. But I have no other option. " Keith has no motive to go against Eatons."
" You don't know about him. He is not ethical like his father. He is very ambitious. I think he is trying to replace Eaton's and establish his own drug network in LA."
That made sense. So money is the only motive here. I heard that his production company was at loss and he was about to sell out. But the deal with the Russians must have saved his ass.
So Keith MaCadie could be the mastermind. And he is doing this dirty work without his father's knowledge. That's why he must be using this pseudonym Znakomstvo because his father would never allow him to do this stuff.
Everything finally makes now!