Chapter 423

Nelson had brought in a good number of his own men, and the Fields family wasn't slacking off either. Jadewick was basically the Coopers' stronghold, he had more manpower to call in than he could ever need. Plus, Rosemary Peak was a project financed by the Cooper family. Back then, Michael had tried to keep it under wraps, but a lot of people in town had already caught wind of it. Eventually, things went downhill, the whole deal fell apart before it even started—construction halted, and everyone moved on. What they thought would be a goldmine ended up dead before the market even opened. The site was abandoned before it had a chance. Nelson had known about the whole thing from the start but never put much stock in it. A resort up on a mountain over 1,000 meters high? Sure, cool idea, but they didn't even fix the roads. Anyone going up there would be relying on the sketchy path carved out by Michael and his bags of cement. Not exactly the kind of trail wealthy folks would risk their live