Chapter 48
Drew swallowed hard, the sound audible in the tense silence. He looked at Katherine, whose face was buried in the baby’s blanket, and then back to Lina. The legal weight of her words pressed down on him.
“A deal?” Drew rasped, his voice cracking. “You’d actually… you’d negotiate?”
“I’m not offering a handout, Drew. I’m offering a way for you to avoid a total life-alteration,” Lina replied, her voice as sharp and clinical as a surgeon’s blade. “But that window is closing with every second you spend weighing your options. If I have to walk out that door and serve a subpoena to get the truth, the deal is completely off the table. You’ll be facing a multi-million dollar suit for breach of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress multiplied by two. I will make sure
