Chapter 49: Into the Nest of Vipers Part II
Seeing as how his older brother Christoph had seen through his intentions, Bruno could only sigh and sip on the drink that he had ordered at the restaurant while waiting for the man to arrive. After which his gaze seemed more determined as he asked the favor which he had in mind when he initially set up this meeting.
"I see you already have some suspicions as to why I have called you here. Fine, I'll come right out and say it, since that is what you desire. I want you to use your influence in the family to make sure those little shits behave themselves around my wife and kids.
You know the ones I am talking about. Those brothers of mine, and their little brats who just love making things difficult for my family for no reason other than because of their petty jealousy."
Christoph couldn't help but chuckle when he heard Bruno's words. Despite being the youngest of the brothers, Bruno had always been oddly mature, more than the rest of them. In fact, Christoph himself was over ten years older than Bruno.
But that was not all that surprising since their mother had married their father when she was a teenager, and had begun having kids almost immediately. By the time the woman gave birth to Bruno, who was the last of her kids, she was already roughly thirty.
Despite this massive age gap, Christoph suspected Bruno was still the most mature of the siblings. And because of that, the baby brother commonly talked down to several of his elder brothers as if they were mere children compared to himself.
It was something which Christoph had always found curious and amusing. And besides, he too thought that several of his brothers were being childish by picking on Bruno and his family, simply because they were jealous of the young man's achievements.
Even so, despite the friendliness between the two brothers, Christoph would not make a move to shield Heidi and her kids from criticism. Not only from Bruno's brothers, but his cousins as well. At least not without certain benefits. And with this in mind, he wore a mischievous smirk while making an equally snarky comment.
"So the Wolf of Prussia still fears the pack? How amusing, well little brother, I can certainly keep our siblings and those little cousins of ours in check. But why should I? You know the rules of our family as well as anyone else. We are all men now, and any business we might have must be settled as such. You are no longer mother's little baby boy, who she can favor above all the rest.
Still, I suppose coming to me and using my influence over the others to shield that bastard wife of yours, and your children from needless insults is in a way of handling your business. But as a matter of business, I should at least gain something in return for my effort, should I not?"