Capítulo 48: Chapter 48

Bane stared at his phone confused. He had no clue who had decided to randomly call him and then hang up. No type of apology or answer whatsoever to indicate that it was a mistaken call.

He didn't think much of the fact that the call was from a unfamiliar number. He didn't have many of the numbers of his packmates memorized unless there was an important reason to. With everything going on, it wouldn't be odd to get a random call to update him on something. He sighed and shook his head. He muted his phone before putting it away and turned around to reenter the room he had just come from.

There was something about it thought that made it stick in the back of his head even though there was no way for him to have clearly identified who was calling. Even Divo seemed to think that there was something of interest about it. The alpha knew though that he couldn't focus on it too much however as there were other things going on that needed his immediate attention.

"I apologize for that. It seems to be a mistaken call." he informed them as he came back over to take his seat at the table. The man sitting across from his head nodded his head slightly.

"It happens to all of us." he replied a gravely tone of voice as he took a puff from the cigar in his mouth before releasing it slowly. Even though he seemed rather polite and indifferent, Bane knew the man before him didn't like being put off by those he thought were below him.

Rodolpho Giannini was a pompous somewhat bulky older man who had been in power for one year too long as one of he head mafia bosses as far as Bane was concerned. He was one who was good at playing all the right hands to get himself to the top of the food chain and it was one of the only reasons he managed to stay in power for as long as he had. He was always one step ahead of his friends and two ahead of his enemies. He was a cruel as he was calculating.

Where the alpha stood at the current moment was in the middle of the chess board. He knew that Rodolpho found him interesting but hadn't yet decided if he would be a valuable asset or something dangerous that was better off being disposed of before he became a problem. It was up to bane to convince the other of the former rather than the later. He needed the information that the cocky older man had and he would do what he had to get it.

"You were just in the middle of tell me your good fortunes before the interruption occurred." Bane reminded the other to get him back on track. Time was precious and he knew the other didn't have much to spare. The alpha waved the waiter over and requested another bottle of wine. Their meal had been finished some time ago, but Rodolpho wasn't one to reject a decent bottle of wine if it was presented to him. Enough of it was also an effective tool to loosen the other's lips in order to let the right things fall out of them.

"Ah yes yes." the other replied with a wave of his hand as he was brought back to his previous comments.

"The host club, right. It was one of my odd investments that a friend suggest would be worth snatching up before it took off too far on it's own. Seems for once he was right about it." He stopped talking when the waiter began to fill his glass. He was too fixated on the stream of red liquid that was filling his glass to continue talking. Once it was completely filled, he took a sip before finishing what he was saying.

"I have actually made a decent turnover from it. Took a while to get it tuned and fixed up to cater to the right kind of customers. Now that it has been done however, it's quite lucrative." He continued on, wetting his lips before he put the cigar back into his mouth again.

"Something that might be worth putting some money into myself?" Bane questioned, humor the with a polite smile as he took a sip from his own glass. It was hard to remind himself that he needed to play all of these politics if he wanted to get anywhere. He couldn't care less about what the other was saying, but he had to keep up the interested act for the time being.

"I don't think investing money into it would exactly be the right choice. You could take part in it however if you had a couple of young men looking for some extra work." Rodolpho explained before coughing harshly. The fit made him put out his cigar so that he could finish the conversation with the other.

"Jeremey is a decently reliable kid who knows how to train the others right " The older man carried on as Bane sat and listened to him quietly.

"He's got an eye for giving the clients what they want and runs such a tight ship that no one even knows that drugs are being brought through that club to the customers." He laughed as though he was proud of himself for coming up with the idea. There was a little bit of that important information slipping out of his mouth that Bane needed to know.

"How many slots do you think that you have open? I have a few people in mind I think might be a good fit of they're still looking to hire." Bane inquired. Taking out a piece of paper, he wrote the name of four young men down. They were some of the few he could feel like he could part ways with if he absolutely needed to. Rodolpho didn't take the list however and ended up shaking his head at the other.

"That isn't the way it works around here. I might be able to talk about these things with you, but if you're interested in investing then you need to do it right."

"You want me to meet with them." Of course, there was always some kind of catch he thought to himself irritated as he withdrew his hand that had the list in it.

"Not just meet them. I want you to stop by the club yourself and see what you think about the place. Maybe even test out some of the merchandise so you can see exactly how everything works." He said the last part with a wink which caused a wave of disgust to travel through Bane. His manners were as atrocious as ever it seemed.

"I'd be happy to do that but I would need to make it an appointment." Bane agreed. It needed to be an appointment because he didn't want to get stuck for hours on end in a place he wasn't going to find enjoyable.

"Tell me the date and time and I'll make it work. I might even bring a little surprise of my own."

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