These funds could have allowed him to obtain many more times the pleasure than gaining Shaina did, which also reduced his entanglement with Shaina.
And now, he saw this as a local challenge to them, uncle and nephew, with no possibility of retreat in the face of it, for he represented not only himself but also his uncle!
After hanging up the phone, he returned to the living room, inhabited by quite a few young people who had obviously drunk too much.
These people had all arrived from "back home" in the past couple of days, their parents had once been good partners with the Mayor, some of them knew Eric from before, but there were also some new friends.
Challenging the locals was not an easy feat, and Director Dale's joining was just the Mayor's ticket to challenge the local order.
While qualification might be a sign of strength, one couldn't just let Director Dale bring his special agents to act as the Mayor's thugs, right?
