PIVOTING AND PROXIMITY
We spent the next six hours rebuilding our entire strategy.
Patterson’s files arrived by evening. Encrypted. Comprehensive. Everything Vincent had hired him for over the past two years. He kept a good work record.
Surveillance operations. Background checks. Intimidation jobs. And most damning a complete list of commission members Patterson had investigated on Vincent’s behalf.
“He has dirt on eleven of them,” I said, scrolling through the files. “Financial crimes. Affairs. Operations that violate commission rules. Everything he’d need to keep them in line.”
“Which means the informal meeting is useless.” Dante was pacing. The way he did when strategizing. “Even if we present evidence, even if it’s irrefutable they’ll vote to suppress. To protect themselves.”
“So
