-Chapter Nine-With Wealth comes Greed
With America recovering from the throes of a financial free-fall and with billions of dollars wiped off the stock market, the financial sector tried desperately to stabilise the US economy.
Steve Valentine felt worried. Not only was he losing money with his property development business; the DEA and coastguard had seized a $16 million d**g shipment from his other business. Now in his mid-forties, his gelled backed blonde hair and suntanned toned body, made him appear more of a beach bum than a successful businessman.
Steve Valentine had inherited his family’s property development company after his father died several years ago. He had spent his youth as a spoilt rich kid, taking drugs, travelling to different countries, and avoiding work.
Valentine
