chapter 13

CHAPTER 13

THE SYNDICATE MEET

Charlie P king was sat in his office behind his mahogany desk with a glass of whisky and water in his hand talking to Huw Vincent who was visiting P on business when the telephone rang.

"Ring, Ring"

"Hello Charlie king speaking how may I help" P replied

"Hello P it’s the boss here we need to arrange a meeting of the syndicate after e-mail you sent me" the boss replied

"Yes Boss about that it came from my contact in the Police DC Joe Murray and he assures me it is legit" P replied to the boss with some concern in his voice!

"Yes P well done on getting that contact, but we need to meet up the whole syndicate, that is Myself, You, Curtis, Vinnie, Teza, Immie, Al and Chou" the Boss replied with an abrupt manner in his voice

"Why is that boss, or need I ask" P replied

"JUST LISTEN P YOU DO AS YOU ARE TOLD, YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH EACH AND EVERYONE OF THE SYNDICATE AND TELL THEM WE ARE MEETING AT MY SPANISH VILLA THE DAY AFTER TOMMOROW I WILL PAY ALL EXPENSES, THE SITUATION HAS NOW BECOME VERY CRITICAL AND IF WE DON’T SORT IT NOW WE ARE ALL DONE FOR" The Boss shouted down the phone at P

"OK boss I will do it straight away" P replied

"And P don’t mention anything to anyone as to why we are meeting I will e-mail you straight away with the details and then get on to the rest and get them there so please do not let me down on this, but first wait till you get the e-mail" replied the boss and then put the phone down.

Charlie put the phone down and looked straight at Huw Vincent who asked "What did he want it sounded a bit heated"

"Yes it was, I need to get in touch with the rest of the syndicate as we have to meet up the day after tomorrow at his Spanish Villa" P replied

"Why" asked Vinnie

"I have no idea mate, I think you need to go, I have got things I have to do and will see you tomorrow go and book the flights, I phone you tomorrow" P replied

"OK P" Huw Vincent replied and got out of his seat and went out of the office to go to his hotel to sort his bags out and book the flights to Spain.

P then sat down at his desk and checked his e-mails and he found the following:-

Dear Charlie

A situation has arisen that The Syndicate need to make a very big decision on a way forward.

Your E-mail to me earlier today gave me these names that you had been given by your contact within the force:-

　

　

The Boss

Charlie P King

Imran Iqbal

Curtis James-Rowe

Terry Wilson

Allen Anderson

Huw Vincent

Chou Huo Yang

This list has got me very worried, these names have been circulated and are in the in the hands of the police.

Your first thing is to get that book off Georgia Thompson, but the Syndicate will need to meet first to discuss a ways and means of doing this, even if it means we have to Kill her, not what we had in mind but the situation is now critical and we now need to do it, but as we have stated right from the start of the syndicate if this situation should arise then we would have a vote on it and the majority would rule, so this is the reason for the meeting and all the secrecy and this moment in time but I would like you to put Handy Andy on standby should he be needed.

That’s about all for now see you in Spain and make sure you delete this e-mail as we do not want any evidence should things go wrong.

The Boss

Charlie P King read and studied this e-mail very well before deleting it from his e-mails but not before he printed off a copy for himself as insurance should the worst happen and things go wrong and the syndicate get caught and end up being arrested.

P then poured himself another whiskey and water before he started to make the calls that he needed to, first on the list was Imran Iqbal, Charlie started to dial the number for his mobile

"Hi Immie it’s P here got a message from The Boss we are meeting at his Spanish Villa the day after tomorrow, so book your flight tonight and be there" P said to Imran

"Why, what has happened, for the urgency" Imran asked with shock in his voice

"To be honest with you Immie I have no idea, but we all have to be there, I am just the messenger" P replied

"OK P my man I will be there will get my secretary to book my tickets as soon as I get off the phone to you and I can’t wait to meet up with my old friend P it has been awhile" Imran replied

"It sure has been my old mate will see you the day after tomorrow bye" P replied

"Bye mate until the day after tomorrow, let angels sleep my man, let the angels sleep, so long" Imran replied with some joy in his voice at the thought of meeting his old friend.

Charlie King then put the phone down and started to ring another number this time the number of Chou Huo Yang

"Ring, Ring"

"Hello Yang speaking"

"Hay Chou, my man how are things going in Hong Kong mate, are the papers still being printed and sold" Charlie King replied

"Hay P my old mate how you doing, the paper is selling well my mate what you after this time man" replied Chou

"The boss has been on the phone and we have got a situation developing and he needs us to meet up at his Villa in Spain the day after tomorrow" P replied to Chou

"What the day after tomorrow, I can’t I have got an important meeting" Chou said with a bit of concern in his voice

"Well I am afraid Chou, you are going to have to cancel it, the Boss is very insistent and it is very important, the very existence of the syndicate is on the line" P replied with a bit of anger in his voice

"OK P I will have to see what I can do" Chou replied

"LISTEN CHOU JUST GET THE TICKETS BOOKED AND GET TO SPAIN, NO IF’S OR BUT’S, AND BELIEVE ME YOUR LIFE COULD DEPEND ON IT" p shouted down the phone at Chou

"OK P I will be there I will get Suki to book them this afternoon and I will see you there, now fuck off as I am in the middle of a poker game bye" Chou replied to P and then put the phone down

Charlie King then put the receiver down and had a look of shock on his face at who had just walked into his office it was a dark haired man in black trousers, white trainers, a dark blue shirt and a black leather jacket, it was James Radford and he was holding a pistol.

The look of shock on Charlie King’s face was because he thought James Radford was dead and this threw another cat out of the bag, all Charlie could do was sit behind his desk ashen face and with his mouth open, he looked at him and said

"I thought you were dead"

"Well surprise I am not and never have been, the syndicate fell for the hoax didn’t they, the hoax that myself, Chelsea and Georgia came up with I have been living in hiding in South Africa until the time was right to show myself and I have waited many years to do this" with a smirk on his face

James Radford then held the pistol up and fired a shot at Charlie King, a noise of a gun shot rang out and a man’s scream was heard shouting "NO" then there was a thud and a smile beamed all over James Radford’s face and a laugh could be heard as he started to laugh at what he had just done.

"Right Charles now you have got my attention, you are going to listen to what I have to say and you WILL do exactly what I tell you to do" lifting the pistol up and pointing it straight at Charlie King

"Yes James you have my attention, what is it you want and why are you here" Charlie King replied

"Well now Charles I am here to make sure the syndicate meet but not in Spain but in Scotland, in 2 days’ time, come to think of it, it would be better for you to meet in Spain first so you can get the syndicate to meet in Scotland a few days later" James replied

"But how did you find us and how did you stay dead for so long" Charlie King asked

"Well when you have friends in high places and people who really care for you, you can do all most anything and with the help of Chelsea and Georgia and ah and you will love this your so called mate Anthony Collins, that is exactly what I did, hide away until the time was right and that time is now, because if you think I will let you little scum bags get your dirty little rotten hands on my son and corrupt him like you tried to me them you have got another thing coming, you see Charles for all these years Tony has been keeping me up to date with what you and that bastard the boss have been doing and what he and you have done to my sister Cresandra, well I will and take my word for this I will get my revenge on you both

But for now you will stay alive and do what I ask you to do" James Radford replied to the question asked of him by Charlie King

"You won’t kill me or the boss you haven’t got the guts, any way you wouldn’t get away with it, the syndicate will hunt you and your family down and as for that bastard Tony I will take care of him" Charlie King replied to James Radford as he did so the door of the office swung open and in walked Anthony Collins, "Is that right Charlie my boy, is that right" Anthony Collins asked

"Hang on a minute, you just said that Cresandra was your sister Radford, so if she is your sister then he must be, oh fuck, you’re his step-brother" Charlie King replied as his jaw dropped to the floor in shock

"That’s right Charlie you have been done and you never suspected a thing"

"But your surname is Collins, he is Radford and Cresandra’s is Drake, your joking me"

"Well you see Charles my mother’s maiden name was Radford before she met Tony boys’ father and they married and she became a Collin’s and as for Cresandra she still uses he married name" James Radford replied

A look of confusion came over Charlie Kings face at the answer he had just been given.

"You what Cresandra was married, you having a laugh aren’t you, she sleeps with any tom, dick and harry" Charlie King replied laughing

"Wouldn’t be laughing if I was you Charles because, you could be next if you don’t play ball with us" Antony Collins replied

"Next for what may I ask" asked Charlie King

　

　

"Well how can I put this Charles, You will be next for the concrete boots, you know the one’s the boss put on Cresandra’s husbands feet before the threw him in the River Themes because he turned his back on the Boss and believe me Charles yours will be ten time worse as we will put you in the mud at low tide and watch as the tide comes in and you beg and scream for your life, but guess what no one will hear you just like they did with Damon Drake and he was only twenty two and had so much left to live for, so you see Charles it is your choice play ball with us or you face the consequences if you do not, your choice Charles your Choice" Anthony Collins replied

"So if that is the worst what is the alternative and answer me this Tony why are you with him and why did you help us out" Charlie King asked

"Well Charles, when money talks even the Angels listen and you offered me the money and a way to get in your inner circle and get close to the syndicate, it has taken us nineteen years to get here and all your fixer old and new have been, well how can I say this been put in our Black book because every conversation you have had with them has been recorded and documented isn’t that right, Oliver" Anthony Collins replied

Oliver Kennedy was the same Oliver Kennedy who had been romancing Clinton’s mother Chelsea and had been the master mind behind the money that helped James Radford live his life of the last nineteen years in South Africa, Charlie Kings face went white as Oliver Kennedy walk into the office in a black Shirt open at the chest, a Brown leather flying jacket, Black jeans and black cowboy boots, he walked over to Charlie King and Said "Hello Charlie or should that be P do you remember me, you know the one you tried to fucking run over a few years ago for dating you sister, come to think of it how is Mandy, is she still wiping your fat ass for you, you slob"

"You are all going to pay for this, you hear me all going to pay" Charlie King replied laughing

"Well Charles that won’t be happening now will it" Oliver Kennedy replied and with that there was a loud bang as James Radford fired a shot at Charlie King this time hitting him in the left shoulder, Charlie King Let out a scream and started to shout YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS YOU BASTARDS, YOU WILL PAY HEAR ME"

James Radford replied "Charles shut up or next time I won’t miss your fucking skull, so shush and listen"

"Right Charlie you will now phone each and every member of the syndicate bar the ones you have already phoned and make sure they go to Spain once you have finished, we will get you sorted, but one wrong move and well as you can see your brains will be splattered all over the wall and leave a mess and we don’t want that do we Charles" said James Radford

Charlie King looked and nodded his head at James Radford who had the pistol pointing at his head

"Very Good Charlie now get on with it" Oliver Kennedy replied

Charlie King then proceeded to phone the remaining members of the syndicate. One by one, Terry Wilson and Allen Anderson.

"Right well one Charles now we will get you sorted, Go on Tony sort his shoulder out for him" Oliver Kennedy said looking at Anthony Collins

Charlie King looked straight at Oliver Kennedy and said "You are joking me, he is a Doctor" with a look of shock on his face

"Yes Charles did you not know, our Tony here is a top notch surgeon and he will sort you out now and Charles listen and listen carefully, should you ever mention any of this to anyone, it will not be a bullet you get in the shoulder, it will be a bullet to the head and dumped with concrete boots in the river so don’t cross us" Oliver Kennedy replied

With that Anthony Collins got his bag and treated Charlie King, but with no anaesthetic, as they wanted P to feel the pain to remind him not to cross them and give him a taste of his own medicine, the pain he had caused so many innocent people over the years.

"AOW, SHIT THAT IS HURTING" SHOUTED Charlie King

"Is it really well let’s see if this hurts then" Asked James Radford as he gave Charlie King a punch to the ribs, it let out a loud thud as it landed and it winded Charlie King who could not speak.

With his shoulder patched up and after he had caught his breath back "Charlie King looked at Oliver Kennedy, Anthony Collins and James Radford and said " You know what boys, there is no way I am going to do this, not on my life, you will have to kill me before I turn on the Syndicate"

"Well then Charles if that’s want you want it can be arranged, Tony get him out of the chair" Oliver Kennedy replied with a look of glee on his face

Anthony Collins then went to Charlie King grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and marched him towards the large window in the office and pretended to throw him through the window, Charlie King nearly fainted and a wet patch could be seen on the front of his trousers, Oliver, Anthony and James then started to laugh at Charlie King saying "Look the King has pissed himself" all Charlie King could do was stand there a stare with a look of shock on his face.

"Now the pee pants are you going to play ball, now you know we are serious, next time it will be just a thirty second or less fall and splat, no more pee pants and poor old Charles is eating the pavement" Oliver King said with joy in his voice and on his face

"Yes ok I will play ball just don’t hurt me anymore, I have had enough, you are all bullies do you know that" Charlie King replied

"Charles it takes a bully to know a bully and all bullies are cowards and guess what Charles we are not Cowards, you are, you pick on old women and threaten pregnant women, you my man are scum of the earth, so don’t get all holier than riotous with us. Do as you are told and you will not get hurt again" replied Oliver Kennedy looking straight at a very shook up and frightened Charlie King

Charlie King then looked up at Oliver Kennedy with such a frightened look on his face that there was a tear in his eye "You Oliver Kennedy are a sad, sad man and you know how to get to a man, but do you know what you will all pay for this each and every one of you and you James Radford you will pay the most, faking your own death and then letting everyone even your own son think you are dead and what do you think he will say when he finds out that you have deceived everyone and what about Reginald I’m sure he will not be happy about what has happened, oh and one more thing we have Clinton on the payroll now, so what have you got to say about that Radford hay" Charlie King ranted

James Radford stood stared at Charlie King with the gun pointing at him and Said "Charlie you have nothing my friend nothing because guess what Clinton knows where is bread is buttered yes he has taken the money, but don’t think for one minute he will be giving the correct information to you and your friends, because he knows better and I won’t be long before Chelsea tell him the truth as to what happened to me and as for Reginald well he will know the truth to, he will know that me and his grandson brought down a syndicate that for over twenty years has been trying to buy the best sports stars for them to either play bad or not play at all and he will also find out who it was that threatened his grandmother, so Charlie I have got it all covered" he then pulled the trigger on the gun and a click could heard and a loud "NO" came from Charlie King, but James Radford had taken all the bullets out of the barrel.

"now Charles this time we are taking pity on you as we need you to go to this meeting of the rest of the syndicate and you will tell them the following, that Clinton Radford is on board and will give the information required for the one day international next Friday, you will also inform the boss that the information that the police have was given to them by Georgia Thompson which I am sure he already knows, you will also arrange for Curtis James-Rowe to go after her, as you see Charles he is first on our list and if you breath any of this to any other member of the syndicate we will shoot you on the spot as you see Tony there will be in the room and will have you in his sights so play ball and you don’t get hurt got it" Oliver King said to Charlie King as Charlie looked up and nodded his head

"good glad to see you have seen sense, my old friend and if you want it to stay that way you will do as your told won’t you or guess what Charlie boy, bang your dead" replied James Radford as he looked at a now very frightened Charlie King who was increasingly getting more and more nervy at what was happening to him, he had sweat pouring down his face and his eyes were very blood shot from the tears that had been coming from them and his shoulder was now starting to become very painful and it could be seen in his face that he was in pain so much that he nearly passed out, "Hurting are we" asked Oliver Kennedy Charlie King looked at him an nodded, "Good" Oliver Kennedy replied with a smile on his face.

"Just one question Oliver" Charlie King asked

"And what would that be then Charles, I will see if I can answer it for you" Oliver Kennedy replied with a chuckle

"Answer me this Oliver what are you doing sleeping with James there’s woman, you know Chelsea, must be a bit awkward for old dead man walking James over there" Charlie asked Oliver Kennedy

　

　

　

　

"Now Charles do you really want me to answer such a ridicules question, well there is nothing what so ever going on with me and Chelsea, you see my old friend, we set this whole thing up so the Boss would think there was something going on, Chelsea’s idea in fact and James there thought it would be good to go along with it, make the boss think that Chelsea and myself are an Item, it keeps him well thinking as he has always had a thing for Chelsea and it also keeps Clinton thinking his mother is happy, until we get the chance to tell him the truth and make my words Charles we will tell him the truth, the truth about his dad and the boss, the person he looks up to at the moment but it won’t be us that exposes him it will be Clinton and it will be explosive, but first we need to get you to Spain, now no more questions and let’s make a move shall we" replied Oliver Kennedy.

"So James you went along with this whole hoax, but why" asked Charlie King as he stared straight at James Radford

"listen here Charles keep your mouth shut or I will put this gun right down it an bang there goes your brains, why the hell do you think I went along with it, do you know what the boss was going to do to Chelsea do you" James Radford answered looking at Charlie King

"No I have no Idea go on tell me you shit, you tell me" replied Charlie King smiling as James Radford walked over to him a landed a right hook to the left side of his jaw.

"you want to know well here we go, the boss was going to kidnap Chelsea when she was about seven months pregnant was going to slice her stomach open and leave her and my unborn baby to die, so when I found out what was going to happen I went straight to Oliver here and told him what I had heard his advice was to tell Chelsea so I did and also Georgia, you see what you don’t know my friend Oliver here was in school with the boss and well let just say, the boss screwed him over, stole his woman and Oliver swore he would get revenge when the time was right and you see Charles that time is coming, as soon you lot started to put pressure on my son to join you it was the last straw for me and for Oliver who if you don’t I will tell you now is my half-brother and as they say blood is thinker than water and family stick together and when Oliver rang me last week to say Clinton was going to take the money, but not go along with the deal it was time to put wheels in motion and that started by getting Georgia to give the book of names to the police all except for the boss, he will have to wait once we have the rest of you out of the way we can then go for the boss, he won’t expect it to happen and it won’t be me, Tony or Oliver that will expose him in front of his family it will be my son Clinton and then when that is done Clinton will be told the truth as to why we have had to do this, to protect him and his mother, so you see Charles that is why I went along with it and disappeared for all these years and to be honest I don’t care what you think because in a few days you will be rotting away in Jail" James Radford replied to Charlie King looking at him and smiling, his gleaming white teeth sparkling in the moon light.

Charlie King asked James Radford "How do you figure I will be in jail in a few days dead man"

"Well you see Charlie, our contact in the Police you know J has not only got the book with all the names in he has got, your accounts book, you know the one you fill in when you make payments to people" James Radford replied

"Don’t give me that Radford you have jack shite on me or you would not be doing this, that book is safe in that safe over there" Charlie King replied laughing

"You are so god damn sure about that are you, do you want to check" replied James Radford

Charlie King got up out of his chair and walked to a painting of the tower of London and took it off the wall, put in the combination of the safe and opened it and his face turned white as there was nothing there he sat back down in his chair and looked at James Radford and said "It’s not there how the hell, It’s not there"

"Charlie you should never have left me alone in your office my friend, you remember when don’t you two days ago, then it was so easy to hack into your combination should have chosen something different than your date of birth my old friend" Anthony Collins replied Laughing

"You deceiving bastard you, do you know what you have done, you have taken on the wrong man in the boss, he will find you no matter where you go" a shocked Charlie King replied to Anthony Collins

"Listen guys we have come here to do what we wanted to do, so grab Charles there and let’s get to Spain, well you and Charles that’s is Anthony, James and myself will make our way to Scotland and we will meet you and Charles there when we will hand him over to the Police" Oliver King said as he started to walk out of the door of Charlie Kings office.

"I am not going anywhere" Charlie King replied

"Anthony just hurt him and make him play ball" Oliver Kennedy said to Anthony Collins

Anthony Collins walked over to Charlie King grabbed him by his injured shoulder and Charlie King let out a Loud "OK I’M COMING"

"WELL CHARLIE MOVE YOUR FAT ASS AND GET THROUGH THAT DOOR AND BELIEVE ME IF YOU MAKE ONE FALSE MOVE I WILL STICK A BULLET IN THE BACK OF YOU SKULL AND DON’T THINK I WON’T DO IT" James Radford shouted at Charlie King

Oliver Kennedy, James Radford, Anthony Collins and Charlie King, then left Charlie King’s office and headed for the elevator.

Oliver Kennedy then said "Not the elevators guys use the fire stairs we don’t want to bring any attention now do we and the car is in the underground car park, so let’s head there should be quiet tonight hay Charles" looking at Charlie King and chuckling

All Charlie King could do was look straight at Oliver Kennedy and nod and bow his head , as he now knew there was nothing if anything he could do to stop this happening so had to go along with it, but his days with the syndicate were numbered anyway as the boss had plans for Charlie King

　

　

　

As the three of them got to the underground car park Oliver Kennedy turned and looked at Anthony Collins and said "Tony here are the keys you go and get the car while we stay he out of site don’t want to raise suspicion as to what we are doing, so bring the car as close as you can and we will put Charles here in the back and we will go"

"If you ask me it would be better to put Charlie in the boot, that way no one will know we have him, we should gag him as well so he makes no noise, then as soon as we get to your compound we can take him out, the tickets for the flights are booked, Charlie and Myself to Madrid and Yourself and James to Scotland, we fly at seven in the morning, I won’t be long wait here" Anthony Collins replied to Oliver Kennedy looking straight into his eyes.

"Ok Tony be quick and make sure no one see’s you" Oliver Kennedy replied

Anthony Collins then walked off into the dark shadows of the car park, he was always looking around as if he felt he was being followed or watched but that was not the case as the only four people left in the building were Oliver Kennedy, Anthony Collins, James Radford and Charlie King yet they still had a feeling that someone was there.

A dark blue Mercedes sports car pulled up where Oliver Kennedy, James Radford and Charlie King were stood, "Right James tie his arms for me and gag him he is going in the boot once we get to where we need to be, we will take him out and sort things before leaving tomorrow" Oliver Kennedy said to James Radford

"Don’t you dare do that Kennedy, I have been shot don’t you care" Charlie King replied

"Well Charles whose fault is it you have been shot, your own you idiot and does the boss care who he hurts, Georgia was given a going over by Handy Andy wasn’t she, so don’t give me that, James just tie him up, gag him and put him in the boot no more being nice to him, he is an animal and needs to be treated like such" Oliver Kennedy replied

James Radford then grabbed Charlie King and pulled both of his arms around to his back Charlie King lets out aloud yelp, but this did not deter James Radford from carrying on what was asked of him, he applied the gag and bundled Charlie King into the boot of the car and slammed the boot shut, looked at Oliver Kennedy and said "At least we will have some peace now, no more listening to that bumbling fat idiot for a while any chance we can keep the gag on when we get to your place at least it will be quiet and no more moaning, what are you plans for him then Ollie"

"Yes good idea to keep the gag on when we get to mine, come on get in and I will tell you what I have got planned" Oliver Kennedy replied

Both Oliver Kennedy and James Radford got in the car and joined Anthony Collins who sped off from the underground car park, as they left a figure appeared from behind a bollard in the car park it was that of a male, he was 6 foot 6 inches tall and had dark hair and dark skin, he was private detective Johan Reese who had been hired by the boss to keep an eye on Charlie King as the boss had a feeling that Charlie was not keeping to his side of the bargain he had signed up to do.

The phone rang in the boss’s office.

"Ring, ring"

"Hello" a broad voice said

"Boss it is Johan, just seen Charlie leave with three other guys on recognised the one Anthony Collins, did not recognise the other two though" Johan Reese said to the boss

"Do you have any idea where they were going and what they were talking about" asked the boss

"I have no idea but they did dump Charlie in the back of a car, tied up and gagged and they sped off like they had to be somewhere" replied Johan Reese

"Ok thank you Johan, take care thank you for the information, I know exactly where they are going, to Spain, I will be there waiting for them and I will sort out Charlie King and your money will be in your bank ASAP" The boss replied

"Thank you boss if you need anything else just call me" replied Johan Reese

"Thank you Johan will do" replied the boss and the phone went dead

As Oliver Kennedy, James Radford and Anthony Collins were approaching Oliver Kennedy’s compound, which was surrounded by a twelve foot wall with two foot of barb wire along with CCTV cameras it was a well-fortified complex, the car pulled up and Oliver Kennedy, James Radford and Anthony Collins got out of the car James Radford going to the boot and removing Charlie King from the boot and walking him to the main door which was opened by Dudley Ward, head of Oliver Kennedy’s security, they walked into the main room where they sat Charlie King down untied him and un gagged him.

Charlie King looked at the three of them and said "See you three you are going to get it, especially you Kennedy" with that Dudley Ward came over and slapped Charlie King across the face and said "Charles you are the one who will get it if you carry on, and believe me it will give me great pleasure"

"Now, Now Dudley there is no need to be like that to our guest is there now, he doesn’t mean it, it is all mouth and no action my old friend" Oliver Kennedy said looking at Dudley Ward and smiling

"OK Oliver but if, you to decide to do anything to him I want to be first in line" Dudley Ward replied

"You sure will Dudley, that won’t be a problem I know how you like to torture people, what will you start with first the figure nails, yes I remember that’s what you did with the last one pulled his figure nails out with a pair of pliers" Oliver Kennedy replied chuckling

Charlie King sat there with a look of fright on his face at what had just been talked about, thinking to himself they are joking or were they, but Charlie was not going to find out as the boss had plans for him of his own.

　

　

　

The following day Charlie King and Anthony Collins made their way to Spain to meet up with the rest of the syndicate, for the important meeting.

They left the airport and made their way to The Boss’ Villa on the coast, as the Villa came closer and closer, Charlie King’s heart started to beat faster and faster, it felt as if it was going to jump out of his chest, the sense of anticipation as to what the meeting was really about was getting to him, Anthony Collins was calmness personified, breathing slowly and looking very calm with what was happening, knowing it was the doing of James Radford and Oliver Kennedy, knowing the plan that was in place from this day forward and that The Boss was soon to get his comeuppance and his true identity would soon be coming out, but first Clinton Radford, James’ son was to do his side of the bargain and start giving the information that was needed.

Clinton Radford was at The Rose Bowl the home of Hampshire, getting ready for a net session with his new international team mate’s, but little did he know that David Miller and Terry Franklin were also on The Syndicate payroll, Anthony Collins took his mobile phone from his pocket and decided it was time to telephone, Clinton to get a bit of information he wanted.

"Ring, ring"

"Hello Clinton Radford speaking"

"Hello Clinton my young man, my name is Tony and I have phoned to ask what the pitch conditions are today and more importantly what they are going to be like tomorrow for the game if you can shed some light on it for me" Anthony Collins asked in a deep husky voice.

"Ah Tony been waiting for you to call, thank The Syndicate for me the money will come in very useful with a baby on the way, sorry less of the chit chat, if we were playing today, then we would bat first, but if the conditions are the are what they say they will be tomorrow I think we will bowl first tomorrow, the overhead conditions are likely to be cloudy and humid tomorrow, so it is conditions conducive to swing bowling so I am sure we will bat first, anything else I can do for you" Clinton Radford replied, with a cheeky grin on his face as he did so.

"No that will fine for now and thank you for the information" Anthony Collins replied before ending the call

Anthony Collins then turned to Charlie King and said "Put money on England batting first tomorrow if they win the toss, a flat wicket with plenty of runs to be had and put a few quid on Radford to score a few runs as well"

"What the hell are you on about Tony, Terry and David ensured that they would bowl first and that there would be a couple of wide’s in the first over of the game" replied Charlie King

"Well Charlie that is not what I have been told by our new addition Clinton Radford, he assures me they will bat first and that the wicket is a flat one with a stack of runs in it, so if I was you Charlie I would put a couple of grand on, no if I was you I would put a couple of hundred Grand on it" Replied Anthony Collins

"You sure Tony, really sure, ok I will do it then" replied Charlie King

Charlie King then got on his mobile phone and phoned his bookmaker Omar in Saudi Arabia.

"Ring, Ring"

"Hello Omar here" a voice said on the other end of the phone

"Omar my old mate, P here got a bet for you to lay on for me for tomorrow, what are the odds on England batting tomorrow in the one day international" Charlie King asked Omar

"Hey P you fat git, I’ll give you Ten to One, what information do you have mate, those two top dogs with the side have been in touch with you have they" Omar replied laughing as he did

"No, no information Mate and less of the fat, um I’ll have three hundred grand on that then please, no make that six hundred grad, I’ll clear it with the boss in about fifteen minutes as we have a meeting" Charlie King replied

"No problem P as long as you are sure you are happy with the amount then the bet is on, see you soon old mate bye" Omar replied to Charlie King

While Charlie King was 0n the phone to Omar, Anthony Collins was thinking to himself how gullible P was and what a stick there will be when England win the toss and bowl first, all he could do was chuckle to himself and look forward to the look the boss would have on his face when he find out what p had done.

As they got to the boss’ villa they could see that there was a few security personnel on the perimeter of the villa, as they went through the gates they could see an array of expensive cars, a Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW and a Rolls Royce.

Anthony Collins and Charlie King got out of their taxi and entered the Villa via a side entrance and were met by the boss.

"Tony, P how was your journey"

"Not too bad thank you, were are the rest of the guys" replied Charlie King

"Through their P, so go on in and me and Tony will be in, in a few minutes" replied the boss

The Boss and Anthony Collins went to a side room and the boss was not happy with what had happened the day before.

"Right the Tony, you won’t be in the meeting today you are going to stay here and when the meeting is over I will take you up there to the top of the mountain and I will end your life, no one fucks with the boss, I know what happened yesterday and you have rubbed the wrong person up the wrong way and when I get back I will hunt the other two down and sort them too" the boss said to Anthony Collins pointing a gun at him.

　

　

　

"is that right, you see boss if anything happens to me here today, then the book that Georgia Thompson has will and I repeat will not only be given to the police but to the papers to and it will expose you, so think hard before you do anything to me as it could lead to your down fall and that of the syndicate and anyway you don’t know who the other two people are and I will die before I tell you so it is over to you what do you want to do, keep me alive and keep yourself out of the papers and away from the police or as I said everything gets exposed even you and your name" Anthony Collins replied to the boss’ threats

"Ok then Tony if you are telling the truth, I shoot you now and take my chances or I let you live and take a chance you are right, a very big dilemma, I tell you what Tony I will let you live and you can come in to the meeting and then I let you have your life on one condition and that you never set foot in the UK again" the boss replied

"Ok you have got a deal, but you have to do something for me" Anthony Collins replied

"And what might that be, as if I don’t know" replied the boss

"I want you to get rid of Charlie King for me and my friends, if you do what we spoke about here today goes no further and the book never comes to light and I will personally make sure of that" asked Anthony Collins

"I knew you would ask that, I have plans for Charlie and a bullet to the back of the head comes to mind, so you keep to yours and I will keep to mine" the boss replied

Anthony Collins and the boss then walked to each other and shook hands on the deal that they had just done, the boss left the room to go to the meeting and left Anthony Collins to have a wash before joining them in the dining room, he took his mobile phone from his trouser pocket and sent a text message to Oliver Kennedy and it read.

Oliver

Plan in place the boss will, bump P off, been told I have to stay away from the UK, get me a passport and disguise and I will meet up with you in Scotland, give it two hours before you text me back.

Take Care

Tony

　

　

　

　

Anthony Collins then went to join the rest of the syndicate in the meeting about the details that had been given to the Police in the UK, what they did not know was that the details the police had were just the names of the syndicate and not the names of the people they were paying to fix sporting fixtures for them, Anthony Collins knew this as he, Oliver Kennedy, James Radford, Cresandra and Georgia had put the plans in place for this and should things go wrong or something happens to him the book will be given to the police and a whole host of top named sports stars would be named and shamed.

This would be done not only by giving the book to the police but to the press as well, Anthony Collins sat there and listened intently as the syndicate were putting their plan of attack to each other.

The meeting ended and the boss turned to Charlie King and said

"P can I have a word with you before you go in private please, we will go out on the hill"

"Ok" Charlie King replied

The Boss looked at Anthony Collins as said "thank you my friend and remember what I said"

Anthony Collins looked at the boss and nodded and left the villa to go to the airport to go to France where the boss thought he was going into exile, as he was leaving in a taxi he received a text message

Hi Tony

All in place meet François in Paris he will have a new passport for you.

Make your way to Dover and then get the train to Glasgow, I will meet you there.

Ollie

Charlie King and the Boss took a walk up the hill and as they got to the top the boss could see that Charlie was starting to get breathless and the sweat was pouring down his face, he turned looked at him and said

"Charlie. Charlie, Charlie, who has been a naughty boy then" the boss asked

"Pardon me" replied Charlie King

"yes Charlie you, you have been a very naughty boy, you were the one who was put in charge of frightening Georgia Thompson and the order was to not hurt her in any way, wasn’t it" the boss said to Charlie King with a serious look on his face

"That is exactly what I did, I asked Curtis not to hurt her" replied Charlie King

"But Charlie I asked you not Curtis and you can now not be trusted and this has now become a serious matter" the boss replied

"You what serious, well you know what you can do can’t you, go fuck yourself, I have done nothing wrong if Curtis can’t take orders then that is not my fault" replied Charlie King

As Charlie King said this he turned to face the boss who was holding a pistol straight at him.

Charlie King said "So what do you suppose you are going to do with that, shoot me, you haven’t got the balls"

With that the boss pulled the trigger and before Charlie King had time to move the bullet hit him just above the eyes and he fell backwards to the floor the boss walked over to his lifeless body and fired another three shots into him just to make sure he was dead and then spoke "Charlie I do really have the balls and sorry mate but can’t be having you disobeying orders"

The boss then kicked the body over the edge of the hill and down the canyon to the bottom where it was unlikely to be found for some time, time for the boss to get out of the country and never return.

The boss walked down the hill back to the villa and then on to the airport for his flight to the UK, but before he left he made sure the villa was set alight and burned to the ground and no trace of any meeting was left

As the boss was doing this Anthony Collins was making his way to Paris and double crossing the boss who was soon to have a very big surprise when he got back home.