Guaranteeing that he absolutely hadn't done this, and promising that he would quickly find the people who had actually carried out these plans, and get their missing liquor back.
That was how things were supposed to go, the normal process, the way things had always happened whenever they ran into trouble over the years.
Definitely not what happened this time—shaking off responsibility right from the start and telling them that without Lance's approval, even liquor belonging to the Perez family was not allowed to enter Likalai State!
His hardline attitude enraged Bob, so the two sides ended up in a direct confrontation and finally parted on bad terms.
They had wanted an explanation, a promise, and a bow of the head from Lance, but what they got instead was a punch from Lance!
Bob didn't like Lance's attitude; he couldn't feel any respect for himself in it.
But in fact they all knew this, including Fran—he just didn't say anything.
