Pretending to Be an Untouchable Crime Boss

Finn himself, even though just an organizer, knew exactly how to handle people, that is his profession and he already did some… well, cutting, if that's how people call it.

He cut off some people who didn't do the work they were supposed to, especially those who thought from the beginning that the family is just for quick money and dip the fuck out… no, no, James didn't even know about the "hunters" they have.

Basically, it's a unit that Finn himself organized with Hector. Those hunters only job is to literally hunt down those who dip from the family or stole from the family as quickly as possible, and believe me, when they find a person, they not just kill him but make their life well bad... they torture, they cut, they chop.

Finn made it to actually be an Intimidationtool to let people know it's not a joke to work for the family, that even the fucking driver or the warehouse workers are criminal organization members. They matter as much as the work matters, and if they don't do it how they're supposed to, they will die.

"I want to build a solid foundation for the family, the House of Bellinis. I want something that lasts and doesn't just build around me, but builds around all of you." James said, and their eyes immediately looked up at him, because it meant he had faith in all of them, most importantly in Finn, Dani, and the man himself who was in silence.

Ramirez knew very well that James saw something in him, and now as he said it, it became real.

"So all of you have roles in the family. You are all in high positions, and make sure you use the authority you have. Build bonds, build relationships and connections with your people. Let them know the family is intact, the family is one and if they want to leave, they can. But if not," he looked at Hector, "then they have the chance of dying by the family, if they fuck up."

They all nodded with a little satisfaction because James himself said that they are valuable to the family, something that he never said before.

"Okay, now Sophia, what information do you have for us?" James asked as he looked at her, and she immediately put some documents before James, and he just already felt tired by looking at it.

Like hundreds of pages, literally, he didn't even want to open it, so he just looked back at her like waiting for an explanation, and she did.

"I have names, addresses, warehouses, routes, basically everything about Marco, Isabella, even Victor and Silas, everything that they've done, everyone they worked and wanted to work with." She said as she put more documents before James.

"Nice." He said and looked at Finn. "Since you are the wheel that moves the family forward, I want you to work with Sophia to get everything in order, what is the most important and what we can work with. Also, Ramirez." He looked at him, and he was just still in silence, "I want you to choose some people for Sophia's protection and also help Sophia's men to get better. I'm sure you have guys who can teach them some good things."

"I have. I will do it as fast as I can."

"Good. Also, I somehow feel that some agents will side with us, but I can't really trust them. They are our enemies if there isn't this bullshit. So, if anybody wants to join the family, screen him as deeply as you can. We can't let spies in, and even if we let some of them in, keep an eye on them."

Yeah, he felt it too, that Linda and Thomas, that some of the agents were opening toward him, but accepting them into the family would be a dumb move, especially now when it's the best time for planting spies and rats.

Even though he wanted to believe that Linda and the others wouldn't do something like that, the possibility was still high that others will act by on their own. Like in this period and in the future, if he just lets in everybody, it can quickly spiral out of hand, and then they will be fucked.

"There is another thing, James." Hector said as he pulled out his phone. "One of the members of the IF sent me this, they found it at Marco's house." He showed a picture, and it was the document that Marco sold to Emmanuel. "It's a bit worrying." He added as James went through it, and shit, it was really worrying.

The address, everything was in there, about the family, about every member of it, all the routes, the warehouses, everything that they had.

"Fuck…" He sighed.

"Good thing that fucker died because if they would get that, we would be fucked." Hector said.

"We can still be." Ramirez suddenly spoke. "I mean, that guy was a top member and he died, so I think they would do everything to take revenge, and I hundred percent sure that somebody is out there who for good money would sell the same information that Marco had."

Another good point for Ramirez, because first of all, Marco had to get all that information from somewhere and it's certain he got it from someone else. But who was that person, and how did they know all of that about James?

"Actually, I know it, and it's complicated a bit." Sophia spoke up. "All the information came from Carter and Takoi who really wanted to kill you, and after Takoi died, somehow Marco got his hands on the information… I think he bought it from someone that was close to Takoi but I also questioned them." She smiled a bit and looked down like she was embarrassed or something, who knows what she felt that moment.

"Questioned them?" James asked.

"Well, they are in a barrel deep underwater… so they aren't a problem now." She smiled at James and everybody just turned and looked at her… yeah, the gossip and stories about her were all real.

"So you killed them? How many were there?" James asked again because what the actual fuck, she killed those who held all the information about him while he himself wasn't even thinking about the possibility that somebody knew this much outside of the family.

"Only four, but they gave me everything they had, so no problem. I also have those in one of the pendrives." She smiled again and now felt proud of herself, based on James's expression, she could see she surprised him, moreover went overboard and just blew his mind away.

Sophia had really been working for him from the beginning of all this bullshit… and he realized he needed to reward her… with something.