Away from the busy parts of Slough, out in the sticks where there were more open fields and greenery, stood a large house placed behind a gated driveway. Inside that luxury home, not too long ago, Mayor Clove had been informed about the sudden absence of his daughter.
“What the hell do I even pay you for, huh?! You've not only failed to properly protect her, NOW YOU'VE ALLOWED HER TO GET ABDUCTED?!” The Mayor shouted and banged his hands on the table in front of him like a toddler throwing a tantrum.
He was breathing heavily due to all the shouting he had done. Ben Clove reached into the side of the suit that he wore that barely fit him these days. The middle-aged man had been gaining a lot of weight ever since he had taken on this job. Bringing out some pills, he took three of them at once and waited for them to do their job.
“Sir, please understand that we are doing the best we can, you blaming us is not helping the situation.” The man dressed in black replied. One would expect some worry when being shouted at by the mayor, but the man with the dragon tattoo crawling up his neck was taking things nonchalantly.
The one sitting opposite the mayor wasn't just anybody, D was the head of the Rising Dragon gang, one of Slough's five small-time gangs. Ever since the mayor's election, they had been cooperating with Ben Clove. In fact, it was mostly due to them that the mayor was able to keep his promise of protecting the high street of Slough, as it was part of their territory.
“One, it was a school day, we were waiting to pick her up at her usual time, the time that she should have been leaving. In fact, we always come an hour early to search the area, and make sure nothing suspicious is seen during that time.
“Yet, this happened little after lunch, and in school of all things. We aren't allowed to bring guards inside, and we thought that perhaps the school would be adequate to at least stop gang members from attacking. Not that we ever imagined that somebody would ever do this. I admit this was a fault on my part.” D replied, not bowing nor sounding apologetic in his voice.
“I don't want to keep hearing your excuses!” Ben shouted. “I want solutions to the problem. Why have you not acted yet? It doesn't take a genius to know that it could only have been the red colour gang who took her, so just get in there and pull her out!”
Chapter end
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