Chapter 104 This Vortex of Drama

(Thomas)

“What are you talking about?!” I exclaimed when Jack had finished. My head was spinning. This was too much information for my brain to handle all at once.

Axiom had been one of Lombardi’s core partners right from the very beginning.

“They were father’s friends!” I yelled.

Jack let out a deep sigh. “I know,” he said.

“How do we know that this Matthew guy isn’t lying?” I said.

***

Greg and Matthew stood before Jack and I. I peered at them, eyes hard and narrow, a cigar dangling from my fingers.

“Do either of you have any proof,” I said, “for anything that you’re saying?”

Greg nodded. He put his hand in his inside coat pocket, extracted a small bottle and placed it on the table.

“It’s poison,” he said to me, “I was told to give it to Mrs. Lombardi.”

I banged a fist on the table, furious.

“Don’t say my wife’s name!” I yelled.

Jack stood up, put a hand on my shoulder, and said, “I’ll handle this.”

“It’s Greg, is it?” he said, turning towards the small man in front of me.

Greg nodd