Chapter 169

“For one, you don’t have to give those greedy people what you had promised them to turn against me. Second, I cleaned the business of the rats and snakes in the grass that would turn against you. Third, I gave you the position you wanted in the first place.” Blake said.

Jake sat back down. He was unable to dispute what Blake said.

“How did you get the others to relinquish their shares?” Jake asked.

“Well, I gave an ultimatum, prison or sell. Do you think those crafty old foxes were clean? Not one of them didn’t have something shady going on in the background. So, I used their own imagination to convince them to sell.”

Jake looked at his cousin for the first time and realized he was a genius. He used only a few words and had them think the worst.

“What are you going to do now? You know that grandfather wanted you to take over the business.” Jake said.

“I did what any good business owner would do, and I distributed the work to the best candidate, namely you,” Blake said, smiling. “As fo