THE REJECTED SON-IN-LAW

ck he found in the corner. The sirens grew louder,

A pistol with two magazines. His hands clos

d a magazine, and tucked the gun into his waistband. T

s stopped

ow. Three police cars blocked the street. O

gh a megaphone. "We know you are in

ddress glowed on the screen. Twelve miles

ackpack over his shoulder and climbed through the window. Metal

east side!" An

beams swept

He hit the ground hard, his ribs explo

ered behind him

idle in the darkness. Lex vaulted over a chain link fenc

against the brick

At him. For allegedl

rotocol. This

ry trick his father had taught him. Stay l

affic crawled past. He spotted a taxi and fl

opped. Lex

r asked without looki

ss. "Industrial di

view mirror. His eyes widened at Lex's blood

double if you drive fast

ated, then nodde

dred dollars. "Half now

y d

outside a derelict warehouse. Rusted me

he place?" The driv

him the rest of the mon

r saw

ut and the ta

ping giant. He approached the side entrance

oor o

g mansion stood there, her scar cat

getting shot

red the police sca

lls. Monitors displayed security feeds from across the city. S

fe house. This wa

l stood a man Lex had

New scars crossed his face. But his eyes held the same

word came o

o an embrace. "I am sorry, son. For everything. For letting

y? Why fake your dea

onitor showing old newspaper headlines. "Andrews Industries Colla

soned our reputation. But they wanted more than our company, L

did you

th and went underground. But I could not take you with me. If you di

Lex's voice cracked. "You let the Sterlin

d. "But you had to see the truth. You had to understand who our enemies rea

sacrif

ou lived in the enemy's house. You heard their conversations. Learned their routi

knew his father was right. The scared, naive boy who married Sop

ger

want from m

them. The Zhangs. The Sterlings. Every famil

Sop

years ago. She is not your wife, Lex. She never was. She is

at. She could not fa

ose name Lex still did not know, pulle

ht. At the Sterling man

dy, her face calm and com

ne?" Gera

e as instructed. They wi

ased. The last loose end

iles? If Lex know

f playing games with the Kane family. Marcus Kane should have died three years ago. His son s

"What do you

betrayed wife. When we find Lex, you

d t

. "Then I kil

ideo

ew everything. Had always known. Their marriage, their momen

is is not about business, son. This is survival. A

his ribs faded. The exhaustion disappeared.

the plan,

e Gerald Sterling's corruption. Riverside goes public tomorr

d t

the Zhang Corporation to international arms trafficking.

ll leaves

s son's face. "What do y

years. The woman who had watched him suffer and said nothing.

etly. "Let us give her one. But first, we make h

is m

e police are expanding their search. They are calli

e to shoot." Lex turned to his fa

t operatives I have trained in the last th

ght, I am crashing Sophia'

an eyebrow. "T

ed his father's. "That