The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 56
Alexander
I opted not to use any of my Crescent Ventures contacts or resources as I searched for information, not wanting word to get back to Fiona that I had been digging into Scarlet’s company. I needed to help her in her war against my stepmother, but it would be tricky to let her in on my plans without revealing the ways in which I was already involved with everything.
A private investigator I’d worked with years ago was happy to help me out, hardly asking for any information once I gave him the name of that odd, seemingly imaginary company that I had seen on Fiona’s copies of the competitor’s expense reports.
already.
my car.
place?” I asked, approaching him.
bers nailed over the peepholes. And there was graffiti on everything, including the filthy, reeking dumpsters located in the center of the parking lot.
l staircase on my left. “She can explain. Number twenty seven.”
ssed to her lips, saying “SHH!!!” She waved us in frantically, then closed the door behind us quickly once we were inside.
hat you were expecting us.”
om was a twin-size bed, a small bedside table, and a narrow bookcase packed with piles of folded clothing. The PI sat in one of the chairs.
re I could keep my body facing the door.
n. “Alpha Alexander, it is a great honor to meet you.”
hare with me?”
wed heavily and cleared her throa
o put you out on the street?” I
raid I really have no legal recourse. The only way I can tell you what you want to know, and survive, is if you promise you will n
you don’t want to sit down?” she asked, looking me up and down. “It’s a long story.”
Fiona
hold all my calls.”
sites.
there’s something you should see on the news, Sir.”
ng it forward into the room.
was saying, “about this shocking scandal and how it all started. If you’re just joining us, we’re sharing breaking news about a property management company that allegedly bribed code enforcement officials to certify buildings with outdated electrical wir
the TV, watching. I went over and stood beside him.
claims that the property owners have failed to provide adequate housing for those who were displaced after the tragedy…”
as a statue, eyes glued to the TV.
ight…”
’d reconvene the next morning. He was on the phone with someone and yelling at them already before I
midated by the property managers into signing the exploitative NDAs.
for safety.
eements were given to the residents with the promise that if they signed, they would be set up with free housing the next five years. But when it came time to hold up their end of the bargain, they moved the residents into cheap motel rooms in an unsafe part of the city instead of proper, permanent homes.
on catching up with the details of this story. But now I started thinking about the timing of it being revealed just as I was up agains
out the fire had
he news.
for me indeed.
s not yet privy to.