Chapter 68:
"His son," Agent Ramirez says. "Marcus Sterling."
Kael doesn't move.
He's standing in the hallway of the county courthouse with his hands at his sides and his face gray and his eyes on Agent Ramirez.
"Say that again," he says.
"Richard Sterling ordered the hit on Jamie Vance. And then he said, 'Make sure my son gets a cut.'" Agent Ramirez's voice is steady. "The tape's from sixteen years ago. Beaumont recorded it in Richard Sterling's office. It's clear. It's authenticated. It's going to be evidence in the federal case."
Kael's quiet.
"Marcus was there?" he says.
"Marcus was in the room. He was twenty-two years old. He was in the room when his father ordered the hit on your brother."
Kael turns around.
He walks down the hallway. Not fast. Not slow. Just walks.
"Kael—
