Detective James Morrison had been on the police force for twenty-three years, and in that time, he had learned that most cases were not as complicated as they seemed. They were usually about money, power, or revenge. Sometimes they were about all three.
When Frederick walked into his office with Ivy and Sandra, carrying with him evidence of organized crime, corporate theft, and attempted murder, Detective Morrison understood that this case was going to be one of the complicated ones.
"We have documentation of Adrian Ashford's criminal organization," Frederick said, spreading papers across the detective's desk. "We have bank records, phone records, email communications. We have proof that he's been running drugs, weapons, and human trafficking operations from his base of operations in the
