"Julian is raising my son," Leo whispered, a twisted pride glinting in his eyes. "He’s spending his heart and his money on a child that belongs to the man he exiled. Imagine the scandal, Richard. Imagine what happens to the 'Moretti-Blackwood' reputation for honesty when the world finds out Julian hijacked another man’s child to secure a legacy."
"And what do you want for this... information?" Richard asked.
"Immunity," Leo said, his voice trembling. "The audit into the Munich accounts—make it go away. Give me a seat on the board of the subsidiary. And I want my son back. Not for Elena—she’s a shark—but for the Moretti name."
Richard Vance looked at the paper, then at the broken man in front of him. He thought of Julian, working his hands raw at the mill. He thought of the "Sanctuar
