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I put my phone back in my pocket. The tensions are rising between this Nico guy and Xander and Lane now and I’m worried things might spill over between my crew and the men who have come with Nico.
This isn’t fun at all.
I want my Daddy to come and sort everything out before things get truly out of hand…
* * *
‘Daddy! You’re here!’ I call out, seeing Harrison spring up out of his car near the entrance to the site.
I watch as Harrison strides down toward Nico and his assortment of lawyers, associates, and mean looking men. My Daddy might be outnumbered, but it doesn’t look like he gives a crap about the numerical disadvantage he’s at.
‘Nico, what the fuck do you think you’re doing?’ Harrison says, pushing through the other men and confronting Nico.
‘Long time no see,’ Nico replies, clearly suggesting that him and Harrison have some kind of history.
I don’t like the sound of this.
I can see that there’s clearly another layer of animosity between Nico and Harrison, and that makes me worried.
‘So you really are the one who’s been behind all of this shit?’ Harrison shouts, a look of pure anger on his face. ‘Maybe I should have known sooner. But you do know that I did everything by the book on this deal and the project in general. I don’t care who your clients are, the Las Malvinas site is mine and the buildwillcontinue as planned.’
I feel my heart lift as I watch and listen to Harrison being so forthright and commanding with this slimeball Nico.
But it doesn’t look as if Nico is going to give in without a fight.
‘My clients have more money than you, Harrison,’ Nico says, a cruel tone in his voice. ‘And they don’t take no for an answer. You might just need to prepare yourself for years and years of extremely expensive litigation, all the while this site will remain shut and a crumbling mess. You could of course accept the offer to sell…’
I look over and see that Harrison is standing, a solemn look on his face.
My Daddy isn’t considering the offer, is he?
‘You know that you can’t compete with big city money,’ Nico sneers. ‘So why not just give up now and step aside. My clients have got huge plans for Los Torros. We’re going to transform this place into something unrecognizable. And you can either make a quick profit now, or you can try to fight the inevitable and end up bankrupt. It’s your choice, Harrison.’
I hate the position that Nico is putting my Daddy in, and I can tell from the looks of concern on Xander and Lane’s faces that they’re taking this seriously too.
Right now, I don’t know what Harrison is going to say in response to Nico. All I can do is hope that he makes the right choice – not just for him, but for the Blue Collar Boys and for Los Torros too…
Chapter14
Harrison
‘Hey guys, it’s me,’ I say, driving down from my house and the hills and trying my best to stay calm. ‘We’re going to need to bring forward our plans. Yup. That piece of dirt Nico has shown up at the site. This isn’t good.’
I end the call and refocus my energy on driving.
The winding hills that take me to and from my home are a thing of beauty – but in an emergency like this, they’re not exactly ideal.
As soon as I hit the straight road that will take me to the Las Malvinas site, I know that I’ll be flooring the accelerator and pushing my Maserati to its limits.
It was only fifteen minutes ago that I was working away on some new designs for a free to use skatepark over on the other side of town. That, along with my Las Malvinas project, is a huge part of my plan to spend the next two or three years focusing almost exclusively on community driven projects for Los Torros.
But then my peace was interrupted by an irate message from Xander. Xander’s message was quickly followed up by one from Taylor too - this message not irate, but certainly concerned in the extreme about what was happening on the site.
Apparently Nico and a whole team of lawyers, investors, and security had arrived on the site and were acting like they were judge, jury, and executioner.
There’s no way I’m letting this fly. It’s one thing being challenged in the courts, by fair means or foul, but when people come onto my site and try to physically stop my projects… that’s a real no-no.
I have to take action, and that’s precisely what I’m doing.
