When Harvey returned, Maxwell hurried over, pleading. "Mr. Stone, I didn't mean for this to happen. Eric blackmailed me with evidence of my embezzlement and forced me to turn you down."
Harvey asked, puzzled, "How did Eric get that evidence so quickly?"
Harvey knew he could get the evidence because the Stone family controlled a global intelligence network. Eric, a spoiled trust fund kid, couldn't have pulled it off.
Maxwell, desperate, explained. "Mr. Stone, please help me. My wife has leukemia, and I ended up using public funds to gamble, trying to cover her medical bills. If I get caught, she won't survive."
Tears streamed down his face as he pleaded. "Just let me pay for her surgery first. I'll accept any punishment after that. My wife doesn't deserve this."
Harvey replied calmly,
