America 1919

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Harry Sinclair, facing Donnie's refusal, was once again burning with rage. He had personally come to Atlantic City, yet Donnie was still so relentless.

Thinking about the events of today only added fuel to the fire, overwhelming Harry Sinclair's reason.

"Very well, I'd like to see what kind of tactics you, the rising star of Atlantic City, can actually use!"

Donnie knew that the negotiation had broken down, but the abruptness of the collapse surprised him. However, it saved him the trouble of having to feign politeness with Harry Sinclair anymore.

With that thought, what John had done seemed to be a blessing in disguise.

Since the negotiation had failed, there was no reason for Donnie to linger.

He turned and left immediately.

However, Donnie did not leave the Ritz Hotel but instead went to see William Mellon.

"Donnie, you must tell me that it wasn't you who had John do that thing!"

Upon seeing Donnie, William Mellon immediately grabbed Donnie's arm, his expression a mix of three parts worry and seven parts excitement as he looked at Donnie.

"Did you meet with Harry?"

Donnie did not answer William Mellon's question but instead asked him.

William Mellon laughed and shook his head, "Of course not, otherwise Harry would certainly have thought about the loan you got from Mellon Bank!"

Only then did Donnie breathe a sigh of relief. That was precisely why he had come: to ensure that William Mellon didn't meet with Harry Sinclair.

"Come on, tell me, was it really you who had John do that thing?"

William Mellon was obviously more concerned about this matter.

Donnie shook his head, "Of course not, I found out about it afterwards too!"

William Mellon also breathed a sigh of relief, "I knew it, I couldn't believe you would do something that stupid!"

Reaching this point, William Mellon posed a soul-searching question similar to Nucky's.

"Donnie, is John really your older brother? It's not possible that he is..."

Donnie gave William Mellon a look and said, "Rest assured, he's definitely my older brother."

"That's not necessarily true!" William Mellon muttered under his breath.

Donnie didn't want to get into this topic with William Mellon and said, "I think Harry Sinclair will leave tomorrow, but to be safe, you shouldn't stay here. I've prepared a villa for you."

William Mellon said indifferently, "I have no objections!"

After that, Donnie left the Ritz Hotel with William Mellon and went to attend to his own affairs.

Since what John had done didn't affect him much, Donnie didn't bother to talk to John about it. After arranging for William Mellon's accommodation, he started taking care of his own matters.

John sat in the Block Tavern in the West District, staring at the phone on the table with an unpleasant look on his face.

"This doesn't make sense. I helped Donnie teach Harry Sinclair a good lesson. Why hasn't Donnie called to praise me by now?"

As John's assistant, Dwight already knew about the incident and said, "Maybe the boss is busy with something right now. You know he's been very busy recently. The newspapers say that if this short selling war continues, it will involve millions of US dollars in cash!"

"That's true!"

John immediately beamed and said, "Donnie's business is getting bigger and bigger. I didn't expect it to make such waves on Wall Street!"

Dwight couldn't help but ask John, "Do you know what Wall Street does?"

"Of course, I do!" John immediately replied, "Isn't it where you buy stocks?"

Dwight was sure that John didn't really know what Wall Street was all about.

"That's right, it's where you buy stocks!"

"Still, I can't help feeling that just beating him up feels somewhat unsatisfying!"

John rubbed his chin, his words tinged with a hint of regret.

Dwight tried to console him by saying, "I think that's enough. After all, the guy is a multimillionaire with a deep network."

John immediately showed an unhappy expression and said, "Don't we have connections too? That bastard dared to offend Donnie. If it weren't for the risk of bringing Donnie bad influence, I'd have killed him!"

With that, John looked at Dwight with a grin, "Dwight, look, it's been a day and Donnie hasn't called me. That means Donnie actually supports what we did!"

Well, it seems you understand all that!

Yet Dwight was somewhat swayed by John's words. Since Harry Sinclair was Donnie's enemy and Donnie hadn't objected to John beating him up, it indicated Donnie's support for the action.

Yes, he must support it!

With this thought, Dwight suddenly had an idea and whispered to John, "I have a plan..."

The next day!

Harry Sinclair woke up and, feeling the pain in his body, couldn't help cursing, "Damn Atlantic City!"

After venting his emotions, Harry Sinclair began to freshen up. Once he was ready, he called Nucky.

Instead of Nucky answering the phone, it was Joe who told Harry Sinclair that Nucky had some personal business in Philadelphia and would not be back until tomorrow. If Harry Sinclair had any matters, he could relay the message on his behalf.

Harry Sinclair just wanted to urge Nucky to hurry up and find those who had ambushed him. But now, hearing that Nucky had left Atlantic City, he only could relay his request to Joe, also instructing Joe to tell Nucky to send those men to New York after finding them.