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His unsuccessful personal life—the innuendo to Missy and Tamara—was so Walter Until the past

“I knew better, having been down that road before One gaher stakes When I won, I won big When I lost, I used co from a charitable fund I’d set up to offer a one-tiiveness to top executives who made a bad investment I’d win, I’d fill the account I’d lose, I’d drain it And drain it And drain it It was only a matter of time before I was called to pay the piper One of my top men applied for buyback funds that didn’t exist And instead of ad what I’d done, I used a piece of dirt I had on him to blackmail him into silence”

The croas so quiet Liam could hear his own breath like a roar in his ears In Out In Out

“The second thing” Walter paused All eyes were on him From half a block away Liam could feel their pressure “I’m even less proud of”

Here it goes He wasn’t seeing the crowd anymore Just the cement at his feet The shine of metal off the cars on the road a few yards away And, as he turned, the black of Gabi’s hair In Out In Out His breath roared

He was going to be fine He knew that now No matter what, he’d be fine He just needed to know that Gabi would be, too

“About three o, I stumbled on some documents that troubled me As I looked into themade by a member of my staff I won’t bore you with the technical details, but while I very quickly figured out as behind the criminal activity, I didn’t have any way to prove it”

Lia forward to taking the next steps Energy filled him with every word his father spoke

“I confronted the man”

Liarab his ar her up He turned to look at her The shock on her face mirrored what he knew must be on his own

His father had never confronted hi the truth He was spinning the tale that would lead to Liam’s arrest

His heart should be pounding with panic

He wasn’t feeling it, though

Wasn’t feeling anything at all

“I was told at that ti out over the crowd—as though searching for sohtened Had his father seen hilad He didn’t want the oldthis