CHAPTER 497: NEW ALLIANCES

Stanley phoned his friend about the case. Lauretta had called him frantically, complaining about Russo's threat and her fear that he would do something drastic. “I think he’s going to join forces with Alexander and if they do so it’ll be really bad for the company and for the family at large.” Lauretta looked out her window like she was expecting a missile to fire through the window at any minute. "Even if he joins forces with Alexander, we still have to keep trying hard to overcome him. It's not like we can just sit back and accept defeat." Stanley remarked. He threw a chamomile tea bag in a cup of hot water and added a few drops of honey. “I’m so stressed, I just can’t keep calm and I’m just really tired. I’m so scared that all our plans are going to fail and then we would lose the company, our family would get scattered and we would be the talk of the towns and I mean bad talk.” She collapsed on an armchair and rubbed her temple. "You're going to get really sick if you worry so