The Royal Contract

He turned the shower off to check if he heard him right. He was not expecting any visitors tonight. Usually, if someone came to meet with him, he received a call or a message from his lawyer or the officer in charge of his case.

If he remembered correctly, nobody notified him about a visitor. Maybe it was something urgent, and they had forgotten to inform him beforehand.

“I will be right out in a few minutes,” Samson shouted back, thinking that the guard might still be waiting outside his door.

Instead of ending up in jail, he was now staying in a safe house provided by the authorities for him. He could not complain since he might seem like a prisoner inside this house, unable to go out.

Still, he believed it was better than a two-by-three cell. In here, he had a room with a bathroom, a comfortable bed, and a steady supply of edible food.

“Hurry up!” The man behind the door shouted back.

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He had planned to take his time in the shower, but it had to wait for later. He quickly rinsed the suds off his body and wrapped himself in a towel.

After a few minutes, he was dressed and ready to meet his unknown visitor. He opened his door and found the hallway empty.

He assumed that the guard must have returned to his post. He moved towards the stairs and down to the first floor, where most guests were received at the living room.

“Good evening. I hope I did not catch you on a bad time.” The man who sat on the couch immediately stood up when he saw him. “I am Mike Carter.” He extended his hand to him when Samson stood just a few feet away from him.

He was told that Samson was a big man. But he did not expect his height and the bulk of his body. He could easily have been a football player, playing the field defender.

He still had to tilt his head up to come face to face with him, and he was not a small man. He could see the appeal of having him in the team.

“And who are you?” Samson asked, ignoring his offered hand.

It was the first time he saw this man, and he immediately did not trust him. There was something about him that did not sit right with him. He was just not sure what yet.

Dani had helped him make a plea bargain with the District Attorney. In exchange for a lower sentence or maybe just a slap on the wrist, he had to testify against Nick.

He had no problem attesting to everything he knew about Nick and his operations. In fact, he already had made an initial statement to the investigators, who handled the case.

“We have not met yet, but we have a common denominator. We have the same boss, although we work in a different section within the organization.” The man who introduced himself as Mike told him with a confident smile.

He pulled his hand away, realizing that the big man would not cooperate with him easily. He sat back down on the couch, crossing his legs and spreading his arms on the backrest, feeling comfortable with his situation.

He was here for a reason, and he was not going away without accomplishing what he had set out to do. That was not an option for him when this task was specially assigned to him.

“What are you doing here? How did you get through the guards?” Samson fired a couple of questions and was immediately on high alert.

“What do you want?” He continued when the man did not answer him but continued to lounge as if taking his time.

He realized that this man was not part of the people protecting him. He wondered how he was able to pass through the high-security protocol. Then again, he was not surprised anymore, knowing who had sent him.

The big boss had many connections. He had many people working under him, whether in the criminal underworld, the business sector, or the government.

He had not met the boss personally, but he had talked to him on the phone on some occasions. He knew that the boss was not a man he could mess with.

“You know what I want,” Mike said in his no-nonsense voice, but when the big man frowned at him, he sighed. “I am here for information.” The man had made it clear for him.

He was tasked to question the big man about what information he had already shared with the authorities. His boss was alarmed when he learned that Samson had agreed to be a state witness against Nick.

He had to know if Samson mentioned anything about the organization and the boss in his statements. If the organization was incriminated with the present criminal charges against Nick, it would create a big problem for their boss.

“If you are here to ask me about the big boss, I never once mentioned his name or the organization with the authorities,” Samson informed the emissary of their supreme leader.

Although he had accidentally told Dani about the big boss, he had already arranged with her not to tell anyone else about it. She promised not to mention the big boss yet, not until they had discovered who he was.

Even Alex had agreed to keep his silence about the head of the underground. He could easily claim that he was unaware of his existence since he was drugged most of the time.

“Good.” His guest nodded in approval. “Let us keep it that way.” He continued as he changed his position on the couch. “Now, what about the couple? What do they know?”

He knew the story about this big fellow, helping the captives escape. The boss was pissed about it at first. He considered the big man a traitor and wanted his head in a silver platter.

But the boss quickly realized that they could use this situation to their advantage. He found the outcome of the recent incident as a blessing in disguise.