Alpha Contracts (The Revelations Cycle Book 10) by Chris Kennedy & Mark Wandrey

Author:Chris Kennedy & Mark Wandrey [Kennedy, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Seventh Seal Press
Published: 2018-01-15T22:00:00+00:00

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The office building was located in the ultra-modern business center of Warsaw. Standing by the window, Lawrence could see the small area of the ancient Jewish ghetto which had been preserved, even as the prices of real estate around it skyrocketed. The Jews still had enormous political power in Poland. He knew many of his fellow Poles resented the Jews, but Lawrence didn’t care one way or another. He’d gone to school with several, and they seemed no different from the other kids.

“Where is the damned lawyer?” Lech asked with a growl. The office held all the members of the Kosmalskis named in Edward Kosmalski’s will. Lawrence could see most of them reflected in the lawyer’s office window. The last time he’d seen that many of his family in one place was a reunion when he was 12 years old. That was now 15 years in the past, and he could see many in the room would rather not have been there. Typical dysfunctional Polish family—lacking the unifying figure of their grandfather, self-destruction was well under way.

Unlike Lech, the others were content to wait. The dissection of the Kosmalski dynasty was worth waiting for. Even with the downturns of the recent decades, Edward Kosmalski had still died with a net worth over a billion euros. Lawrence did his best to ignore Lech. He knew his grandfather had favored him over Lech and wasn’t worried about what would happen. In a short time, his obnoxious cousin would be working for him. He smiled a little, thinking of how he might just fire the other man. Problem solved!

The office door opened, and a bevy of lawyers entered. The oldest among them sat behind the desk and, after unlocking the desk, removed an official looking folder. Everyone waited while he examined the paperwork. Two of his assistants, or maybe junior partners, were women. Lawrence caught one’s attention and winked. She narrowed her eyes in response, and he smiled.

“Gentlemen and ladies,” the older lawyer said, “we have permission from the court to proceed with the accelerated disposition of the estate of the late Mr. Edward Fran Kosmalski. This is contingent on the fact that all of you signed the advance agreement not to contest the will.” He removed a sheaf of papers. They’d all signed without knowing what was in the will, knowing if they contested, there was a clause where they would get nothing.

He read more details while Lawrence sat remembering his childhood in Gdynia. Grandfather’s estate overlooked the Gulf of Danzig, and they’d often sat and watched the ships go by. “See that ship,” his grandfather had said one day, pointing at a freighter going slowly by the headland, making way for the Baltic Sea, “that will be yours one day. It and many more like it!”

The lawyer had continued to ramble on about legalities as Lawrence wandered through his memories, finally coming to the point.

“And thus, we have the last will and testament of Edward Fran Kosmalski.”

“About time,” Lech grumbled.

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