The price of betrayal (Jack and Ashley) novel Chapter 218

"Let's do this for Dad and the family, Lincoln. He'll understand it one day," Shaun said.

Lincoln fell silent.

Meanwhile, Archie looked at Shaun angrily. "What a speech! Why have I never noticed how good you are at talking?"

Then, Archie turned to Lincoln. "Lincoln, you know me the best. Now, I'm going to make myself clear. I would rather die than live in shame.

"You can either join me as we fight through this together, or you can betray me now. If so, let's not see each other again, and we'll have nothing to do with each other. Make your choice!"

At that moment, Lincoln was met with the hardest decision of his life. If he chose to go with Shaun, Archie and the Baxter family would be safe. However, he would lose Archie's friendship and trust. From then on, he would be lucky if they didn't become enemies.

If he chose Archie instead, then the consequences were clear.

In the end, Lincoln sighed and smiled wryly at Archie. "Mr. Baxter, we went through a lot when we were young. I always supported you, even if I knew what you did would get us killed. I never had any regrets.

"However, with age comes many considerations. All I want is to see you live. So, even if you hate me for it, I'm willing to accept it. Besides, maybe this will be the best choice to make, right?"

When Archie heard that, he immediately knew what Lincoln's decision was, and his body started shaking in anger.

Lincoln approached him and wanted to support him, but Archie turned him down.

Archie looked at both of them and scoffed. "Do you think you can snatch my position like this? I'm telling you now, no one can be the head of the family without my permission!

Archie laughed loudly and mockingly "Is this what you get for calling our enemy your godfather? His men don't even care about you! Is this what you want? Lincoln, is this what you want too?

"Can the Baxter family even live proudly from now on? You two have doomed us all, and you'll destroy the whole family eventually!"

Lincoln seemed angry as well. He looked at the arrogant Ironhead and said furiously, "I don't care who you are or if you're Mr. Lynch's man, Ironhead. You're in Bellington now, and this is the Baxter residence. If anything happens to Mr. Baxter, I promise you won't be able to make it out of Bellington alive!"

Then, he yelled, "Boys!"

Suddenly, a group of men surrounded them, more than the men Ironhead brought.

In Bellington, Lincoln was the one who could call the shots in the underworld!