"MY GIRL! OH MY GOD WHY?!"
"Please Miss Howler. I know you're upset but compose yourself, would you?"
"HOW DARE YOU SAY SUCH A THING! DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED!"
"Miss Howler. I assure you. I do. Tiffany was such a sweet girl, she would have been an excellent heir for your seat. But now is not the time to lose ourselves to grief and mourning. That can be saved for when the culprit or culprits are lying flat in a ditch with the ravens picking at their eyes as their family watches."
"What do you want me to do?"
"I will make a call, you understand though this will cost you. And cost you quite dearly my good little puppet."
"I understand Master. Will my seat at the table stay?"
"We shall see, after all, what good are you now without my darling Tiffany."
"MASTER PLE-"
Jack leaned back in his chair and gave a quiet sigh as he handed the phone off. It was always fun tormenting his adherents. Now though, it was down to business. Tiffany had been a significant investment in his conglomerate, and now someone had to go and muddle with his hard work.
He lit a cigar and lazily shook out the match as he stared out at nothing in particular before an idea graced him with its presence.
Who better to hunt a hunter, than another hunter?
He waved over his current maid, another bitch vying for the now questionable seat of Miss Howler, and picked up the phone again as he went through the dull process of a trunk call.
He had not lied when he said this would cost Miss Howler. And for Tiffany, he would gladly move a small mountain aside for her. This would be his one last gift to her.
"Hello, this is the Federal Bureau of Investigation how may I direct your call?"
Jack put on a friendly smile that didn't quite reach his eyes as he set the cigar into the waiting ashtray his maid provided. If she kept this up, he may just let her have the coveted seat and cast Miss Howler back on the floor to be reminded of her place and manners.
Mentally shaking that aside he spoke kindly to the male voice on the other end of the phone.
"Yes, could you please connect me with Special Agent Gideon of the BAU? I'll wait."