Silence settled. Outside, a delivery truck reversed with the slow mechanical sigh of a heartbeat.
Maeve laughed, humorless. “Speak for yourself. But yeah. We fix this—together. What do you need?” rhyse richards sisters share everything rea fix
The prosecutor, when finally approached, hedged. Charges would require proof of malicious intent. “We need to demonstrate that transfers were made to enrich specific actors,” he said. Public sympathy weighed against prosecutorial appetite. Rhyse’s misdemeanor—if it came to that—would be a political headache for the city. The case teetered somewhere between scandal and statute. Silence settled
“And?” Maeve asked.