188|Path Of No Return—Part 2

"We'll need funding," said Angelo. He'd clearly decided to join Austin on his new venture.

"We'll need a shit ton of funding!" he repeated, puffing hard on his cigarette.

"I'm working on it," Austin replied. "But in the meantime, I need you to assemble a crew of share traders. Get me the best in the business."

"It will cost you," Angelo warned him.

"I know, and I'm prepared to give them my inheritance if necessary."

"This is crazy!" said Tim as he began pacing. "This is insane. Uncle Lukas raised me. He took me in when I didn't have anyone."

Austin had figured Tim would be much harder to convince than Angelo. Not only because they were blood relatives. But his cousin also felt profound gratitude towards Lukas for raising him like his own when his parents were killed. So going against the Hawthorne patriarch was the ultimate betrayal in Tim's eyes.

Austin finished his cigarette and addressed his right-hand man, "I'm not asking you to come with me. But when I'm done with my father, there