Life at the Top

Once he returned from Suesville, Jasper immediately called Old Master Law and told him of the entire conversation he had with Gale.

“I think Gale wants to make me into his weapon, Old Master Law,” Jasper stated as he sat in the car, rubbing his temples.

Old Master Law’s bright laughter echoed through the speakers. “Don’t think too much about it. There’s a duality to everything. While it does seem like he intends to use you, this may also be an opportunity for you.”

Jasper frowned slightly. “What do you mean, Old Master Law?”

Old Master Law chuckled but did not explain further. Instead, he spoke deeply, “People as old as us don’t make decisions with our own gains in mind anymore. We make decisions for the people after us.

“I, for example, make decisions with the Law family in mind. Gale doesn’t have any family left, he’s all alone. So the most important thing to him now is who to pass the Haddock Chamber of Commerce to.

“That’s why he’s doing everything he can to pave the rest of the way for the chamber. He might be using you in the process, but he could also use anyone else as well. His main goal is to lead the chamber to develop in the direction he wishes. He couldn’t care less who sits atop it.

“The businesspeople from Haddock are a business organization. If the Hull family and Gale can use them as they wish, then why can’t you?”

did not reply as

time to digest and think it through, so he spoke gently, “Whether you think of this as a big

your time to think clearly about it and plan well. Go for it if

using you, think of this as a transaction. As to how much you can gain from this, well, that will

Law then hung up

watched the highway flit by through the

memory of his past life had given Jasper a huge advantage, and he was well aware that the current success he

was more certain of the future

Chamber of

was that there was a chamber of commerce in

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him to dig up more