If Only..(Part 1 And Part 2 Included)(Under Edit)

Chapter 21- ..as Bait

Call at the most odd hour. It can be no one else. Jacob plunged his shoulders and let out a whine.  It was Mr. Alvarez.

Clearing his throat, he picked up the call, "Jacob Thompson."

"Good morning, Thompson."

"Morning, Mr. Alvarez. How can I help you?"

"Jacob, we want you in the office, right now."

"Now?"

"I am sorry for ruining your day off. But, we have an urgent business to be discussed.

"Not an issue, Sir. I'll be there in an hour."

"Hm!"

Jacob disconnected the call and turned towards Cleo who was staring at him intently. He pressed his lips and passed her an apologetic smile.

Cleo understood. She batted her eyes and passed him and assuring smile, "Good luck!"

"You sure you will be fine?"

"Yeah!" She chuckled, "I am not a kid, honey. Go get ready, you don't want to be late."

He let out a sharp sigh and walked closer to her. Placing a moist kiss on her forehead, he whispered, "I love you."

"Love you more." She replied with twinkling eyes.

Intelligence Bureau;

"It is confirmed, that the alliance has been dissolved long back." Mr. Alvarez shared crossing her hands over the desk, "and the funniest part is, now they are after each other's neck."

"Can this be possible that Hawks has no say in the body trading?" Jacob mused.

"Right now. I am considering this possibility. If we fail to get any connection of the Hawks with the illegal body trading, we may have to cross them out of the list. The best part is, we don't have to start from scratch."

"You mean?" Arching his eyebrow.

"The Wizards."

"Wizards?"

They are the one, who were present the day, Jackson Claros was shot. Seven years ago, these people started off as a small gang, involved in small crimes. Back then, the Hawks were already a well organised gang, who witnessed growth in comparatively less time. These people went into an alliance with them, and together they were invincible. Well that's what the records speak. But, the alliance did not really work out well and they separated their ways. A couple of months later, they took over a significant place in the underworld, naming themselves as Wizards. 

"But, how can you be so sure, it's them, this.....is so....random."

"No. It's not. Not after this. The cartel formed right a couple of months after the alliance. At that time, things were out of any form of control. As, the alliance broke, the trafficking activities were at a standstill, till now. Again, there was a clear relation between Hawks and the Racket when the alliance was still on, but things are going a different way this time. This can't be just a coincidence."

"So we clear off all kind of vigilance from the Hawks?"

Mr. Alvarez shook his head in denial.

"Are you having second thoughts."

"Second thoughts on our chain of actions. Yes. Claros knows the leader. That is clear to us. He will lead us to the Wizards."

Jacob furrowed, "Why would he do that? Like, why would he help us?"

"He will. But for that we need to get hold of him. Leave the rest on me."

"Arrest him?"

Mr. Alvarez scoffed, "The infamous Jackson Claros, we dont even know, his whereabouts. You think, we can arrest him?"