Chapter 53: Chapter 53

Chapter 53 Hanging up, Harry turned to Joseph and said smugly, “Director Harrison told me that Nathan Cross has no other backer other than Thomas Dunn. Luckily, I know for a fact that Dunn’s father has recently passed away. This means that he’s gone back home to handle the funeral. He won’t be coming back anytime soon.”

Joseph’s eyes narrowed as he smirked widely. “That means that Nathan Cross will be alone and unprotected. Perfect! Mr. Leigh, looks like you can go all out when you teach those two wretches a lesson.”

Laughing boisterously, Harry replied, “Don’t worry, Mr. Myers. I’ll definitely make them regret ever crossing you.”

“Make sure to let them know that I’m the one behind their suffering. I want Penny Smith to come crawling as she begs me for mercy.”

“Got it!”

With that, Joseph promised Harry that he would reward him thirty million upon getting the job done.

Incentivized, Harry called his right-hand man, Carl, over the next day.

Listening closely as his boss instructed him Carl nodded. “Okay, boss, I understand. I’ll get it done.”

Today was a weekend, so the Cross family had decided to take a hike up Mount Blanc. Other than Nathan, Penny, and Queenie, his in-laws were coming along as well.

The family was having fun in the park near Mount Blanc when Penny received a call from Bob Hoffman, the head of the construction team.

The man’s voice was panicked as he cried out, “President Smith, something’s happened!”

“Bob, calm down! Tell me, what’s happened?”

“When our demolition team was transporting the waste materials from the construction site, we were stopped by a group of people. Not only that, but the rest of our trucks were also forcefully detained by them. When the drivers tried to reason with them, they got beaten up for their troubles.”

Penny frowned. “Who are these people and why are they blocking our trucks? Who gave them the right to detain our trucks and hit our people?”

“They say that they’re residents on that street and they’ve accused us of destroying their road with our heavy trucks. They also blamed us for dropping a lot of trash and other waste materials as we’ve gone past. That’s why they’re forbidding us from using it. They say that if we dare to use their road again, they’ll damage our trucks and beat up our men.”

Bewildered, she asked, “Were our trucks going against regulations? Did they overload or not put a tarp on?”

“Most definitely not! I’m very strict about enforcing these workplace regulations. Besides, I don’t think these men look like residents of the street. They actually look more like thugs looking to cause some trouble. Boss, what do we do?”

“Is there any way that we can avoid that road in the future? As for the injured drivers and the detained trucks, maybe I could go negotiate with these people?”

Bob sighed as he replied, “Nope. We definitely have to go past that area if we want to reach our construction site; there’s no way to avoid it.”

Penny furrowed her delicate eyebrows. “Have you called the police?”

“We did, but they don’t seem to be coming anytime soon. This is some tricky business, boss. If we don’t settle this soon, we’ll not be able to continue with the demolition and the trucks won’t be able to transport them away.”

“Alright, I’ll head over there immediately.”

Noting the troubled look on Penny’s face as she hung up, Nathan asked gently, “Did something happen at the construction site?”

She answered with a bitter tone in her voice, “Yeah. Some thugs are causing trouble. They’ve detained several of our trucks and have beaten up some of the drivers. They’re also refusing our trucks future passage. If we don’t resolve this quickly, the project will have to be put on hold.”

A calm expression on his face, he offered, “I’ll go with you!”

She nodded.

Leaving their daughter in the care of her grandparents, the two of them hurried to their car.

As they neared the road leading to the construction site, they saw a convoy of trucks parked at the intersection. Around thirty thugs were standing nearby with arrogant smirks on their faces. Bob was currently trying to reason with their leader, a man with curly hair.

Carl gave Bob a hard slap across the face, shouting, “Who the hell do you think you are? I’ve already said that none of your trucks are allowed to go past here in the future; otherwise, I’ll trash every truck and beat up every man I see.”