The lead attorney for the Ballard family furrowed his brow. "Ms. Evans, these are our clients, and we've got the right to file for bail."
"Sure you can file," Bella shot back with a cold smile. "But we also reserve the right to refuse a settlement and to bring additional charges — hiring a hitman, instigation, attempted r**e — to be stacked and punished cumulatively.
"I intend to see Miss Song Ran do hard time. As for Mr. Ballard..."
She paused, her eyes brimming with scorn. "He's so stupid, he might as well be a co-conspirator. But since the evidence is thin, we won't wrongly convict him.
"Still, until all the investigations wrap up, I'd advise he stays in jail a bit longer. Maybe it'll knock some sense into his lovestruck head. We don't need him out here causing more grief for Kirst
