Austin felt on top of the world, he was getting a good share from the dealings of Simon's spark business.
He was feeling smug at the turn of events.
Almost overconfident that he had Simon and Chris in his nest of blackmail.
Simon however decided to teach him and he pulled up all the right strings
Austin was set up on a certain day, drugs were placed in his car offices, and home.
Chris handled all aspects of the plan with his particular finesse way of doing things.
Leaving no exhibits and no witnesses.
Simon as usual was able to find a link to the destruction of Austin.
A bitter ex of his called Mary.
Mary used to be Austin's co-worker before it all began.
Their tale of fondness began soon afterward.
Both fell head over heels for each other at first sight.
Or so they thought.
While it lasted, it was a swell journey filled with great memories for Mary.
But Austin had other plans.
He made a corrupt deal with a despicable businessman whom people referred to as The Don.
Don wanted a mole in the police law enforcement force.
Plus he was ready to pay well.
Austin could not resist the offer and he began working undercover for The Don.
This led him into committing several atrocities to cover his tracks.
He had to kill his partner Joe, whose overly inquisitive personality started to make him uncomfortable.
Joe began to observe some strange turn of events as Austin withdrew more and more from him.
He knew something was up but could not pinpoint what.
This made him keep an eye on his partner.
And this was what led to his untimely death some years ago.
Tragically he knew the truth but he could not live to tell it.
After stumbling upon one of Austin's meetings with The Don.
He was knocked out by Don's men, and severely tortured.
His body parts were being taken off bit by bit till he begged for his death.
Austin felt compassion but his partner already knew too much.
When Austin could not bear his partner being severely tortured anymore.
He shot him in the head twice to fast-track the process of his death.
Joe's body was severely butchered and ground by a meat grinder.
Afterward, acid was poured on what was left of him to ensure he disappeared fully from the surface of the earth.
Joe was well-loved in the force and serious measures were taken to ensure he was found.
But that was it, all presumed witnesses connected to the case disappeared.
The Don is not one to leave exhibits behind as Austin came later realize.
He is an expert at making people disappear.
No one knows his real name, not even his men.
He lived alone in his mansion with no family or children.
If he had children or a family, the knowledge was completely underhand.
The Don operates in precise stealth and secrecy and thus is hard to track.
Even his closest men do not know his next move.
And whoever crosses him just simply disappears and the case is killed.
As he is a man with so much influence in the political segment.
His right-hand man is a skillful assassin called HK.
Fast like lightning and hits with a smackdown blow.
Everyone referred to him as the Hidden hand.
As he is that man no one sees coming.
So it happened that Joe was made to disappear and his case extirpated.
Austin and Mary continued their lovey-dovey affair.
Both dwell on the affection of one another and bask in the realm of each other's intimacy.
Austin however had other plans, Mary was the daughter of a multi-millionaire insurance business owner.
And the only child at that, he decided to make a deal with The Don with his master plan.
During this period Mary caught the love bug.
Austin convinced her to will all of her father's properties to him.
Her father, Roland Seth had willed everything he had to his only daughter.
And Mary already had this knowledge.
After he had accomplished his first mission of getting her properties.
He went ahead to connive with The Don and HK was given the job of executing Ronald Seth.
Ronald Seth was murdered within the blink of an eye on his way to meet a business partner.
The business partner was The Don who had cloned his phone and had been tailing him months before his murder.
Don nurtured the closeness for three months so he could build some trust and it worked.
Then he introduced himself as a client and everything clicked from there.
Ronald was murdered and made to disappear.
'Gone like the wind' was the way Don always liked to say it.
Ronald disappeared and he was also declared missing.
His car was found by the seaside, engulfed in the sea.
Mary however would not let the case die.
And this was when the problem began.
Resiliently she pursued the case.
It was a tedious process at first due to so many questions.
She wanted to know the motive behind it all.
Mary got deep into the investigation, even going digging up cases of everyone her father had been involved in a squabble with.
Austin realized this and he told Don, having accomplished their aim they had another plan.
Knowing that in the heat of the moment, Mary's death and disappearance would rouse suspicion.
So with his political influence, he got the force to instruct Mary to drop the case.
Ronald's case was swept under the carpet just like Joe's but Mary was not having it.
Austin who was keeping close tabs on Mary at this point was still playing the loyal lover script.
He knew leaving her at this point will get her bitter and suspicious.
And it's best to keep your enemies close so you can decipher their next move.
He also understood the fact that Mary can be like a dog on a bone when she sets her mind to something.
So he kept a close watch on her to be aware of her movements.
Upon realizing she would not give up the case and knowing she was just a step away from figuring out the truth.
Austin told Don about this development, and Don became more furious as he can't kill her at the moment.
He therefore just pulled the strings and within a few days, Mary lost her job.
Now fully convinced there is foul play and cabal in play.
Mary decides to go undercover to solve this case.
All these were happening at the same time Austin discovered the Spark deal.
Simon had found the perfect link and gan to work with Mary.
At this point, Austin had dumped her without any reason, leaving her high and dry.
Having gone with all her father's inheritance.
Mary was downcast at this betrayal and began to put the dots together.
Through Mary, Simon was able to know a great deal about Austin.
He decided to pay a visit to Don himself to spite him.
It was difficult but with Chris's finesse skills, a meeting was arranged with Don being represented by HK.
Simon offered a bigger deal of his business to Don and told him he could become a shareholder in the Spark project.
Don was pleased at the outcome of the first meeting he met up with Simon himself.
In the company of his men, Simon was startled the day he came across him.
Don disguised as a client, before going ahead to introduce himself after the business had been made.
He was a 6, 3 feet tall white male with jet black short hair.
One of the peculiar things about him was his sparkling dark obsidian eyes which started directly into one's soul whenever he spoke.
The deal was made, and business was arranged.
Austin was thus set up with the huge bag of hard drugs on his way to California.
The day was so gay that he never saw it coming.
He wanted to go pay for an estate in the suburbs for himself and his new girl.
A striking ample beauty called Eva whom he just met.
He had a lot of money from his several illicit businesses and he decided to acquire some property.
He was set up on his way by Don, who with his influence got him arrested and linked to the murder of Ronald Seth.
But that was not all, Austin already had a messenger of doom waiting for him at the cell.
The night he got arrested for having high-grade hard drugs he did not know how it got to his vehicle.
Eva was arrested with him because she was in the car with him when he got busted.
Austin however suspecting a foul play would not go down alone.
He was ready to tell, on everyone he had ever had dealings with.
And Don saw this coming, even Simon too.
They began to understand Austin needed to be out of the way.
But they will have to be tactical about it, as he is a very cunning one.