Maya POV
The tea arrived and we talked. Not warmly. Not easily. But honestly, it was more valuable than either of those things and considerably rarer in my experience with Briar Whitmore.
She told me what she knew about Park's relationship with Adrian's father. The history went back further than even Lucas had found, two men who had built something together in the early years and then spent the decade since quietly positioning themselves to benefit from each other's vulnerabilities. She told me about conversations she had overheard at Blake family dinners, at charity events, in hallways outside rooms she was not supposed to be near. Small pieces she had collected over years without fully understanding what they added up to.
I listened to all of it without interrupting.
By the time she
