Chapter 8

• Callisto Point of View
• "You look happy?"
• I turned to my right where Theois was seated and smiled brightly at him. I didn't know I had it in me to actually smile toothily but I gave him a full blown toothy smile.
• Of course I am happy. Why wouldn't I?
• "Is it because of the call you got from someone right now?" My lips detoured itself from smiling to sneering.
• "I'm actually happy because I am far far away from the person in question. Now, she can only call me and talk for not more than a minute due to roaming charges." I laughed out loud when an unimaginable excitement coursed through my body. "Let's get settled here, Theois" I proposed to which he gave a mischievous smile.
• Good Riddance! I wish the period of this one week never comes to an end.
• "And let the society of Ireland to get a whiff of a God born on this land too?" He mocked. "You think your devotee cannot cross the oceans and find you? She was capable enough to trespass your building without getting caught by the security you take pride in, and found you. You think she will let her God suffer without her?" He taunted me but I hate to agree to it that he has a point.
• He is right!
• I already saw another White crossing all the borders to find the person she liked and definitely Cuckoo is no different. She genuinely and blindly believes I'm a real God and if necessary, she even has a power to find me and reach me without a damn VISA.
• "Great way to deflate my joy." I grimaced at him and he, being a great Theois, laughed at my situation.
• "Also, I warned Caleb already. He will not distribute your pictures to any of your men." He said making me sigh in relief. Well, at least out of all the bad news, this is one good thing I guess. "Although, I did ask them to put them aside so I can distribute them in my oldies club of friends." 
• "THEOIS!" I cried out. Why is everyone having fun with my life?
• This is life and life is meant to be enjoyed, not made fun of. What sin have I done to get to this point of life? There is no torture more torturous then being vulnerable and with Cuckoo, I am speechless, vulnerable, helpless, action-less; heck sometimes even man-less!
• "But then son, that dear girl is a like a fresh air that came into your life with some excitement. With the life you had, your childhood, you had become a rock without any enthusiasm. Rae dear has power to pull out the invincible mask of yours and is making you feel the vulnerability which is sometimes good." I would've considered his warm heartfelt words if it was about someone else.
• But Cuckoo is not a fresh air; she is fine dust which is not good for health.
• "Mr. Mancini, our assistant manager is leading your guests to you table. They will be here in a moment." The manager of the restaurant we are currently in said.
• Soon enough an old couple dressed in elegant outfits walked to us with a group of guards. I and Theois bowed lightly to them in respect and sat opposite to them. I had already ordered good wine and some snacks to be brought so we can directly jump into business discussions.
• "It's pleasure to meet you, Your highness." I bowed curtly to the King of Ireland and turned towards his smiling wife. Taking his gloved hand in mine, I sneaked a kiss on her hand, "And glad to see you in person, Your highness" The queen fanned her face with her hand feeling flattered by my kiss.
• "Mr. Mancini, Nice to finally meet you." His highness replied with a smile and shook my hands, proceeding to shake hands with Theois. Theois too greeted them politely and we all sat comfortably in our seats now that the introduction is over.
• "I knew you are the right person to conduct underhand business, Mr. Mancini. Getting to the point, I want to hear out your answer for the proposal we had sent." I smirked at him and leaned forward to make my points short and clear.
• "I want an entry into your country." I revealed making him frown at me in confusion. Theois smirked at me and continued to explain my plans.
• "Your country has mostly local companies and you take pride in your local products. It is pretty difficult to stand a foreign business in certain parts of your kingdom. So we ask for an easy and lenient access to our legal business into your country for setting up a business with your scammed funds." Theois explained. The king nodded his head slowly, evaluating the offer we put forth while the Queen seems to have something in her mind as she is looking at me with eyes of interest.
• "And you would set up a business for us anywhere with the illegal money we have, how?" She questioned.
• Indeed she is the heart of the kingdom looking at how reasonable she is being with her inquiry.
• Impressive!
• "Simple. I will make this happen by setting it up under the name of a fictitious person who will have an identity card and necessary documents but the person in question has no existence." I explained her.
• Interesting!
• How much of dirty money does the couple have to be able to think of a whole large business!
• Certainly, I will gain a lot by this deal and I should crack it at any cost.
• Two days away from Cuckoo and I'm actually getting lucky!
• "It's all thanks to Rae dear's prayers that you are getting lucky" Theois whispered to me as if he heard my internal statement.
• Goodness, can't he see me happy? He spoiled the moment now!
• "What about the law and government?" The king asked me with a calculative look taking over his shrewd eyes.
• He is impressed with me idea!
• "The business will be legal and law abiding, Your highness. But the law cannot reach the real owner of the business as it is set up under a fictitious name and there will be records of this person in government records as well. I have connections that can sneak in a record of new person into their systems and no one will be able to notice it." Both the royals nodded their head in understanding my plans.
• "As for the money you earn from the business, you are already giving us the leeway into your country so obviously the royals hold a percentage of our business. We will transfer your money through fair dealing you will have with our company. It will cover up well." Theois completed.
• "That sounds like a soundproof plan." The king agreed snapping his fingers asking his assistant to give us the documents he has prepared for the deal.
• The points we discussed were already included in the contract and so are the terms from their side. He passed on the file to me to read and sign the document. I read the document twice and nodded my head and Theois read it as well.
• Just as I was about to sign it, the Queen stopped me with a determined glance. "Yes, Your Highness?" I asked politely.
• "There is something we are forgetting here, Mr. Mancini. Though the country is run by the King mostly, I have more experience in the economy matters than him. So, let me tell you something that there is nothing that can be hid permanently." I narrowed my eyes at her and looked at Theois to see the same confusion on his face as well.
• "I did not quite understand your point, Your highness." I answered. She smiled witchly but in a classy way and raised an eyebrow at us.
• "With my experience, I tell you that there is nothing that you can hide from the eye of the public or from the law forever. Every hidden thing has a certain time of revelation sooner or later. We should also think about the possibilities of being caught." The Queen enunciated looking wise and smart.
• True. There should always be a Plan B. We need to think about both the sides of the coin.
• "As we will be having a legal based business although with illegal funds, you Mafia side will put up a good cover on it, I trust you. But to avoid people to notice the dark side of the business deal, we have to present them with much more transparency in basic things so that their attention wouldn't go the other way." I nodded my head at her point but did not understand what she is trying to say.
• "So, I suggest you gain a lot of popularity and a very good name through your legal businesses. No one knows about Callisto Mancini, the great businessman, as a mafia. Use it and create such fame and a good name that people can never believe you to be a Mafia even if it revealed. Even the government should brush it off as mere rumors if at all the news about this collaboration comes out." The crafty Queen concocted a great trap but not suitable for me.
• I am known as a ruthless, cruel and a playboy businessman. How can I change people's mind suddenly?
• I agree with what she said and so does Theois, but blinding the country with my goodness is nearly impossible. Where will I get all the integrity from? And why will people believe it?
• There is no way or no one who can do that for me. Nothing or no one can make me so good and kind; people won't believe it.
• Is it really possible for me to maintain such an uprightness fame? Heck, how will I achieve it in the first place? There is no PR executive who is capable enough to blind people forever with so-called integrity.
• But if I really achieve such name, it will be a great plus point for both my legal and illegal businesses.
• But the question is, who is capable enough to showcase me a great human being on this planet?
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