The Billionaires Desires novel Chapter 2

It is quite hilarious, you know. These thugs that Travis keeps using against me are supposed to be working for me, there Schwartz brothers are one of the organizations that work for the Trent's, but for some unknown reason, they seem to be hell-bent on taking me down. When the elders invited the other leaders of the cartels and gang leaders, they all honored the invitation and when they were informed of the change in power, they fell in line and swore their allegiance to me. They all came to me, except for the leader of the Schwartz brothers, Robert Schwartz. He did not show up, he only sent a representative that came with a message telling me to kiss his ass. He made it clear to me that he would never swear his allegiance to me and he will not stop until he completes the job he could not complete on that mystery Island. I don’t know if he is doing this because of his bruised ego, it is rumored that nobody has ever escaped the Schwartz brothers because they are so mean and ruthless. But I got away unscathed, I survived for months on that island and I escaped. That must have been a huge slap to his face because he said that he would never stop until he takes me down. I don’t know how much he gets paid by Travis, but the guy is certainly not ready to give up on this cause, he is hell-bent on taking me down and he is getting more resources to aid his cause. I tried letting him know that we can still work together despite what transpired between us on the island, but he made it pretty clear to me that he ain’t ready to let go of the shame I caused him when I ran away from right under his nose. I extended a hand of friendship to him and he swatted it away, so right now, aside from Travis and my stupid uncle, I have to watch out for Robert Schwartz, not to mention that sneaky bitch Ariel.

Costello created a secure connection between me and my spies in the company, Ray checked it out to make sure it cannot be hacked, then I started communicating with Rosie and Fred, and they told me everything that has been happening in my absence. When I heard everything that Travis has been doing, I was moved to tears because he has successfully destroyed our family's business. He has been selling off our shares to the highest bidder, selling off the company in bits and pieces. Now I know why the Schwartz brothers called off their attacks for the last two weeks. From the information I got from Costello and Fred, it turns out that Travis has been putting together his own business in Paris, he owns his own marketing and construction firm in Paris. That is where he keeps siphoning the family's wealth, he is using the family’s money to establish himself and his business. Apart from his thriving business, he also has a huge estate in Paris, not to mention his offshore accounts that he thinks I wouldn’t find out about. Fred was able to trace all the funds he stole and now I know exactly where he is hiding all the family's money. Costello has been sending some of his pals to buy off the shares so it doesn’t fall into the hands of complete strangers whose ambitious attitude would never let them sell it back to me. I wonder why he had been buying off our shares when he had no idea that I was still alive. I guess he must have known that I am alive, he must have heard something from one of his numerous sources, I mean, he is a Mafia Lord, after all, nothing goes past his watchful eyes. 

The reason he has come to me this time is because he doesn’t have the funds to purchase what Travis is selling off this time. He got the information from Rosie that Travis is selling off the entire company in two weeks, that is the news on the street, and that is his next course of action seeing as he could not get rid of me. He must have been told that my trip to the Caribbean ends in three weeks, that is why the sale is taking place in two weeks, he wants to sell it off and leave the country before I return to claim it back from him. I wonder if he would have done the same thing if he knew about the other companies in other countries, would he have sold off all the families business and run away with the money, or would he have abandoned my parents to fend for themselves while he takes off to have a much better life with his father and his numerous lovers?

I can’t believe that my grandfather had chosen this guy over me, I can’t believe that he would let all these things go unpunished simply because he want to keep his secrets. How selfish can he be, can't he see that this would have affected our family's name, or was he trying to get Travis and his father to leave with that one company so that the family would survive with the other companies. It would have been a good plan, except for the fact that it doesn’t sit well with me, I can’t sit by and let him ruin all the hard work that my father and grandfather have put into that company, they worked so hard to make this company so successful. I know we have other companies and subsidiaries around the world, but its nothing compared to our base in New York City and that is why I can’t let that happen, I can’t let him succeed in selling off the company and I refuse to but back my company from him or anyone else. What I’m going to do is to stop that sale from taking please and that means getting back to New York City before he sells it off. I have to find a way to finish whatever in doing here in one week, I can’t let him succeed in selling off the company, that would be a slap to my face, and that would mean that my sacrifice all these years had been in vain. I can’t let that happen, I won’t let him win. If he didn’t succeed in killing me all these years, then he won’t succeed in selling off my inheritance.

I called the elders together and told them what I just discovered. They were all shocked to realize that our major source of income is about to be taken away from us. My grandfather was not surprised by this news and so were some of the elders. It was safe to assume that they are the ones that know all about Travis's plan, that is why they aren’t moved by it.  I need my plans to be kept a secret and I can’t trust these few elders and my grandfather to keep my plans a secret so I did what I had to do, even if it seems like an insult to the. I called them out on their treachery and I gave them a chance to defend themselves and when they couldn’t deny it, I had them locked away in an apartment with no phone or computers, there is no way they are getting any information to Travis, I placed some guards at the door to make sure they don’t try anything funny. After getting them out of the way, I asked the others to round up my training in one week because I’m getting back to New York in one week, I’ve got a business deal to disrupt.