After the Defense Bureau officers arrived and took Wilson Lee away, Thomas Lee and his wife had no face left to stay. They slunk out of the conference room without another word.
Before she left, Faye Troy shot Cliff one last venomous glare, her eyes brimming with a hatred cold enough to chill the bone. It went without saying that this grudge-nursing couple would come after him with everything they had.
Cliff couldn't have cared less. A dragon doesn't spare thought for ants.
"Now that the distraction is gone, let's get back to the actual agenda." Autumn Lee rapped twice on the table and spoke in her usual cool, clipped tone. "I've received confirmed intelligence. Judge Cole's Cure-All Pill launches on the River City market in two days."
The room went silent, then erupted.
The squabble
