Lucas
Gary finally let Samson go and he sat opposite me on a sofa, "I was with Mr. Smith first long before your father... before your company became what it is today. I was his right hand but he has an envy that eats him from the inside out. When your father Black started making waves, it felt like a threat to him, he saw your dad as a rival and he became obsessed."
Samson paused, licking his dry lips. "He told me he wanted to work with the Black family. He framed it as an alliance, a merger of power but it was never about business, Lucas. It was about competition and annihilation. He saw your father's empire and decided it was the right time to take everything for himself."
"How did he get close?"
"He manufactured opportunities," Samson said, "Charity circuits, industry conferences.
