Monarchy
Philip sat in a chair his white shirt on, but forgotten. He was too preoccupied to be bothered to button it. He took a puff on the Cuban in his left hand. When his father passed away last night, the Kiriakis Empire became his. With Bo being on the straight and narrow, being a cop and all, Philip was left to run his father's mob empire.
It now fell to the arduous task of figuring out who could be trusted. If Philip had learned anything, it was that you could trust no one. Victor's own son had almost been his downfall. Bo was ready to bring Victor down, but when his wife's life was threatened, it was Victor that Bo turned too. Bo dropped the case in exchange for a hit to be put out on Larry Welch. The law couldn't touch Larry, and he was slowly driving Hope insane. Bo finally put his ethic's aside and turned to the dark side of his family.
Philip blew smoke rings and peered into the haze, as if the solution to his problem would suddenly appear in the white smoke.
Philip knew that Shawn was not to be trusted. He was his father's son in every way. It would have been nice to have an insider in the Salem P.D., but it turns out that Shawn's ethic's are as strong as his father's. Funny, considering that his wife has ties to the second largest organized crime family in Salem.
The Dimera's. Belle's father was connected to the Dimera's and in turn that connected her as well. And since her brother was the second in charge, that put her right in the middle of things. But Shawn swears his wife has nothing to do with that part of her family.
Lucas, of course, was first-rate. He had been working with Victor for years. He had started working with Victor far before Philip came into the picture. In all fairness, Lucas should have been the one to step into Victor's place, but Philip was blood. He had the Greek, Kiriakis blood thrumming through his veins and that made him more than acceptable to be the head of the family. Lucas played his role as the VP of Titan, their front company, and he handled the money coming in and out of the family business. His wife, Sami, stayed at home and took care of their son, Will, and played the part of a mob wife.
Philip stubbed out his cigar, and crossed to the curtained windows. He stared out on the grounds of the Kiriakis estate while idly buttoning his shirt. Philip thought of his old friend, Jason Masters. Jason had once been a break-out star of the hockey scene for the Seattle Chinooks. After many incidents that had to do with his famous anger, and an opposing player in a coma, Jason was kicked out of the league and it cost him all the teams in the NHL. Philip smiled at the memory of his old friend. Yes, he would be a nice addition to the Kiriakis family.