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I’d struggled to give Ethan what he wanted when he’d asked et justice had outweighed ether I’d already made the decision to have someone else take Eric out if there was even a hint that he was going to follow through on his threat not to let Ethan go, but that wasn’t so I’d shared with Ethan

But surprisingly, Vincent’s threat seeone completely silent, but he had been careful about what he’d said about Ethan when things went public a few days after the encounter in the farmhouse Once we’d reached Seattle, Ronan had worked with a team of lawyers to determine how Ethan and I would turn ourselves in There’d been no way either of us were going to let Ethan be taken back to DC since that would have put him in contact with the cops orked with Eric We’d been talking about going to the Feds when they’d ended up co to us after Vincent had called Ronan to tell him he’d sent them our way

But there’d been no arrests

There had been soone after Eric Most had been about Ethan and his relationship with Eric Ethan had told thely detail He’d shared what he’d known about the death of Eric’s partner in the home invasion as well The PI Patricia Pal Eric to Ethan, but we’d caught a break when Daisy had found the original files Ethan had transferred fro the computers at his work While he’d deleted the files fro them each time, he hadn’t realized the files went into a different folder to await final deletion Daisy had made copies for us and then left the files there so the Feds could find them for themselves Between the video of Patricia Palmer’s death and the evidence of the torture Ethan had endured, the Feds had pro away from any of it He’d been arrested while in the hospital recovering froroin, an injury that had resulted in pere that meant the man would have a close relationship with a catheter for the rest of his life I’d fully expected Vincent to be arrested at some point, but we’d heard neither hide nor hair froht-lipped about his whereabouts and had only shared that “Mr St James isn’t currently a suspect or person of interest in any crime”

Eric had ended up pleading no contest to his wife’s reed to the plea after the prosecutor had offered him a reduced sentence While neither Ethan or I had been thrilled at the lighter sentence, it had gone a long way in re-establishing Ethan’s reputation More importantly, it had meant Lucy hadn’t had to testify But it had also spurred Ethan on to pursue justice for the crireed to a plea deal in the ainst him, but he hadn’t testified in court either Not after Ethan had held his ground when he’d been cross-exas had been played in court

It hadn’t been easy for Ethan to have parts of his past go public like that, but he’d stayed strong as he’d fought for justice for hio and just in the past week he’d been sentenced to another thirty years in prison, which was on top of the twenty he’d gotten for his wife’s death With parole, there was a chance he’d get out early, but that was a ways off And the likelihood was high that he’d be brought up on charges for his partner’s death soon since the Feds had found proof Eric’s car had been in the neighborhood the night of the murders

All in all, it would be a long time before Eric saw the outside of prison walls And that was assuh to convince a parole board that he was a changed man

While Ethan had been coh journey as he’d had to relive the past and have every part of his private life exposed for the entire world to see, but luckily, he’d recognized early on that both he and Lucy would need to seek psychological help to deal with the trau to a professional about my own past, but I hadn’t completely dismissed the idea and Ethan hadn’t pressed me one way or the other