Someone in the crowd shouted in agreement, "Our salaries haven’t changed, but our workload sure has increased!"
"Andre made us do the businesses our last boss didn’t permit, and that earned him a lot of money. But we received no extra compensation for our hard labor!"
"None of us got a pay raise, but Andre's income in the past few months has risen sharply. He's even driving a Rolls Royce now!"
These statements aroused dissatisfaction i n the entire group.
Everyone unanimously agreed that Andre wasn't qualified to be a leader, so he must b e dethroned at once.
Charlie then asked them, "What would you think if Gopher becomes your boss from now on?"
For a moment there, everyone went quiet and exchanged glances.
Even if they were displeased with Andre, having an Oskian like Gopher lead them all of a sudden was hard to digest.
After all, this was an Italian organization. Perhaps not all of them hailed from Sicily, but they still had Italian blood in their veins.
An Oskian leading an Italian organization would make them a laughing stock to the public.
Despite that, no one was brave enough to voice their opinions. They firmly believed that Gopher had gained Charlie's full support.
Everyone had assumed that Claudia's father died in an unfortunate fire. They never thought that Gopher would be the actual culprit!
Gopher panicked instantly. Sweating, he tried to defend himself. "Mr. Wade, don’t listen to his nonsense! Our last boss died in a fire. I had nothing to do with it!”
But Andre wasn’t about to back down. He bellowed through gritted teeth, "Hah!
You're the one spewing nonsense! You drugged the drinks and killed DiNorscio, his wife, and their two sons! Then, you burned all of them to ashes! Hell,
DiNorscio's wife was your blood sister! If she hadn't taken you in, you would've died o n the streets of Vancouver. You ungrateful b *stard!"
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