THE BILLIONAIRE'S BARGAIN

CHAPTER 13

AT 8:00PM

“ Boss, it's done”, Dan reported walking into their underground lair.

Vinnie looks up his hands busy looking at his gun, a hint of smile on his face.

“ And?”

“ We delivered the package to the Harrington's. I'm sure they got your message loud and clear”, Dan said, his hands behind his back standing upright.

Vinnie chuckles, his eyes gleaming with amusement.

“ I bet they did. Her right hand man's head in front of her, that a pretty clear message”.

Dan smiled looking pleased with himself.

“ We took care of the witness too boss. Just like you ordered”.

Vinnie put the gun behind his trousers and began applauding Dan for a job well done. He then walks up to where Dan is standing and places his hands on his shoulders.

“ Good job Dan, good job. But let not get too cocky here. We still need to be careful. We can't afford to make any mistake”. Vinnie said his expression turning serious.

Dan nods, his smile faltering.

“ We'll make sure to be careful and safe”.

Vinnie releases his hands from his shoulders, his eyes narrowing.

“ See that you are. Want we just did was to declare war, I don't expect any screw-ups and loose ends. We're playing with fire here and I don't want to get burn”.

Dan swallowed hard, looking nervous.

“ Yes boss”.

Vinnie headed to his chair and leans back on it, a cold smile spreading across his face.

“ Good. How about the task I got you to handle regarding them, did you find out anything”.

“ Not much, but our men are spreaded everywhere as disguise. Although, one of our men reported that Harrison and Carmilla got married because the both families arranged for it”.

Dan replied, his head looking towards Vinnie.

“ An arranged marriage? That unlike Margaret… find out why she agreed to it”, Vinnie orders.

“ Yes boss. I'll get right on it”, Dan responded, turning to leave.

Vinnie's smile began to fade away on hearing the report. He was one step closer to what he wanted at the same time feeling like there is more to the Harrington's family. He was determined nevertheless that nothing was going to stand in his way.

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“ Margaret, do you know who might send something like this to our house?” Arthur questions, facing his wife, his face red and filled with anger on recognizing the familiar face on the ground.

Margaret became surprised by her husband's question knowing fully well that he had recognize the face. Or was he trying to ditch her? She still choose to remain silent and pretended like he was talking to her.

“ Seriously dad, what kind of silly question is that, how do you expect mom to know this…” Crystal said pointing at the head in the floor with her other hand now covering her nose.

“ We should call the police and inform them about this” Carmilla said nervously as she tries to reach out to her phone, but she was suddenly stopped by her mother-in-law.

“ No!.... The police shouldn't be involved in this. Let try to find out who delivered this first”.

“ Carmilla head to your room first, we'll take care of this. Crystal you too”, Margaret orders.

Carmilla being confuse on why her mother-in-law suddenly orders her to return to her room, nodded slowly and headed with Crystal upstairs.

“ Get the guards now, to dispose this..!” Harrison orders the servant with eyes staring at the package, his jaw clench in anger.

“ Just call the security team. Tell them their presence is needed here to review our CCTV footage” Margaret said stepping forward, watching how the guards carefully carries the package to dispose.

“ You're right”, Harrison concurs, dailing the security teams number.

“ Hello, this is Harrison Harrington. I need to request that you send someone over to the Harrington's mansion to review our CCTV footage. We've had a…disturbing delivery and I want to know who might have sent it”

MINUTES AFTER

The security team arrived promptly, and the three of them watched as they worked to retrieve the footage. However as the footage was played, it became clear that something was off.

“ What's going on?”, Arthur ask, frowning at the screen.

“ The footage is skipping. We're missing the important part” he argues.

The security guard witnessing the same thing, nodded apologetically.

“ I'm sorry sir. It looks like the system was tampered with. Someone must have hacked into the CCTV feed and have it deleted or corrupted part of the footage”.

Margaret walks up to her son, placing her hands on his arms .

“ I don't want anyone to find out about this especially the police” she whispers.

Harrison nods as if he's agreeing with his mother.

“ Thank you for your time. I'll see to it personally this time”, Harrison said shaking their hands.

“ Please the servant will see you all out” He added, signaling the servant presence.

“ We're sorry again”, the security apologizes, as the followed the servant to the exit.

“ who do you plan to deliver the footage too?, his dad ask with curiosity all over his face.

“ Alex. He's a genius when it comes to things like this. I'll hand it over to him”. Harrison answers.

Margaret nodded, a look of determination on her face.

“ Do it, Harrison. It best if we know who's behind this inorder to put an end to it before it goes out of hand”.