“You already know about the case of Mason Parker and Luther van Gowen, so I won’t go into great detail about what happened,” Gregory began. “I was one of their major investors, but I was not quite satisfied with the way that they did things. A stubborn fool he was, that Parker boy. He was the charitable type who never thought of doing things for pure profit in the long run. A waste of his intelligence, I’d say.”

“Just another fool who thinks that everything will be fine and dandy as long as he gives back to others,” Christian sneered.

“Exactly. Hence the reason why I went to Luther van...