Chapter 5

3rd April 1988.

Steve came through very well for the job. He made two tomes of the manual for the job.

"So two manuals?", I asked him.

"Yes, You didn't specify whether you wanted to target the lower side of income or higher side. So I researched them both for you. I have made recommendations for places in Brockton bay and other major cities around the country in those reports too. I also guessed that you might want to start laundering your money. The amount of money you have lying around... IRS is going to be all over it. I guess that they have already started smelling your blood. But a club is not a good place for laundering. May I suggest getting some other businesses? A hardware store, a laundromat, the works.", Steve replied.

To be honest, giving anyone Perfect Mind was always a risk. Especially when you do not have access to the same. I would have to call in Matt for this one.

"Very good, Steve. I would like to check on this manual for a day. You go home and start working on that Money laundering idea of yours. Something tells me one or two small businesses are not going to be enough for our purposes.", I said.

I called Matt. We had been discussing expanding our business to other cities and I wanted to discuss details for the same today. Before he came in I prepared all the questions I wanted to ask to figure out the true intentions of Steve. I had yet to tell any of them that I also got a copy of the power I gave out to them. I wanted to keep that part of my powers completely secret. For them, all I could do was give out powers.

As soon as Matt entered my home I gave him True or False.

"Hi, Matt. How is your planning for the trip going? I hope you were able to convince Jenny to let you go on this trip?", I asked.

Is Steve planning something? *Yes*. Damn it.

"Yes. She is getting suspicious about my job. I think she fears that we might end up in jail or worse in this line of work", He replied.

Is Steve planning something that will be detrimental to me?*error* Uh. How was that a question about the future?

"Well. You have True or False. You can ask your superpower the best way to solve the problem.", I replied.

Is Steve thinking of betraying me?*Yes*

Fuck!

"Before we start our meeting. I want to ask The Power some questions. Has Steve betrayed us?", I asked again. Keeping the part of my power copying was paramount.

"No", He uttered. He had a shocked look on his face.

"Have all of the others in our group betrayed us?"

"Yes"

"Is it a rival gang?"

"No"

"Is it Law Enforcement?"

"Yes"

"Are they coming for us now?"

"Yes"

I ran towards my bedroom and opened the loose floorboard that had the whole stash of my money and photos. I picked it up and ran back to Matt and threw a photo I had of Boston and said, "Go there. Get a safe house, Dump this stash there, and come back. Find me a good lawyer when you come back. They most probably do not have any proof of our wrongdoing. I have taken Steve's powers back. Once we get out of this I'm going to fuck him real bad for this."

He nodded and popped away to do the job. Matt had proven trustworthy. Now I wait for the police.