Chapter 172

Four days and there had been no word from either Xavier or Mann, no newspapers to tell him what was going on outside, and they were running out of food. And he still haven't received a cheque from the weekly profit as usual.

Marcus was totally losing it.

He paced from one end of the house to another.

“That fucker!” He said through his teeth, imagining Xavier amassing all the money to himself.

He reasoned that Xavier had probably withdrawn himself from situation and had left him and Jane there to die of starvation. And probably enjoying all the money and profit from their illegal business. The thought of that sickened him.

Xavier had probably come to his wits end and had decided to keep his slate clean.

But Marcus was not one known to easily let go.

He knew he was eventually going to go down, and he would stop at nothing to bring others involved down with him.

“You'll be a dead man if you step out of that door,” Jane said weakly as she