The Big Times
Chapter 1
As Don Kinsella came to the shipping house his consigliere, Joey, asked him "shall I come in with you boss?" "No, stayed out here with the guar." Replied the Don.The Don opened the door and the shipping house manager greeted him with a hug and a handshake. "How is everything going here?" asked the Don. The manager replied, "Business is regular nothing new happening." The Don noticed a slight shakiness in his voice. "Do you have the shipping logs for me?" asked the Don. He looked don at the shipping log and noticed a flaw. "It says here only 500 skooma was shipped out but as I see here it says 750 were sent here from the lab. Where's the rest?" The manager replied, "sir I have some bad news, we are being strong armed by Orvas Dren." The Don stormed out of the shipping house as mad as a bull. He called for Joey to come with the guars. When Joey arrived the Don told him the problem with Dren. "How many warehouses and shipping houses has he hit?" Asked Joey. "The shipping house manager says that he's hit all of them." The Don said. As they rode on to the Don's villa in Suran neither of them said a word.
When they arrived at the villa the Don began to send out messengers to all of his warehouses and shipping houses. No longer than thirty minutes later his first messenger returned back with news that Dren will quit strong-arming the Don, but only if he gives him a percentage. Don Kinsella knew that he didn't need any help with his business but had to think of a plan to get Dren off his back. "Joey!" called the Don, "ride out to the labs and check whether Dren has found then yet. Joey rode out immediately to the first lab in Vivec. As then guards opened the door Joey explained everything to the manager watching over the lab and found that they had not been hit yet. Joey took that into account and went straight back to the villa. "Boss, where the hell are you?" called out Joey. "In the office" replied the Don. "So what's the news?" Out of breath, Joey replied, " No I think he's to smart to hit the labs before the stuff is made." "Ok then lets get a message to him, get one of your most faithful men and send him to get this message to Dren immediately." The Don handed Joey a sealed scroll and Joey knew just the man to use for this job.