Chapter 104. The Evening They Chose

The judgments had come the previous month. Mario had been convicted of ordering the warehouse fire as well as arranging the attacks in Shanghai and the garage; Vale of knowingly financing those attacks. The men who had set the fire had also been convicted, and the judgment recorded the permanent injury Tomas had suffered.

The researcher had also been convicted for his part in arranging the intimidation. Both had received custodial sentences.

Daphne had not been charged over the attacks. Her agency had ended its arrangement with him, and Valenti’s marketing team had terminated her campaign contract after reviewing the recording and her messages.

Daphne’s apology came through her lawyer. Diana read it once. She asked her own lawyer to confirm that there would be no further direct contact, then filed it with the other papers.

She didn’t need another meeting to decide whether she forgave her.

Diana had read the judgments with her lawyer and asked what could