Chapter 17“Most of these are filled with lies,” Warner stated, tossing the last of papers Orsino had given Lyle onto the pile on his desk. “I can’t prove it, when it comes to my using magic to influence wealthy investors, but they are.”
It was Wednesday, the evening after his run-in with Orsino. Lyle had decided to bring everything with him, and called his father to let him know he was going to pay him a visit as soon as he left work—and why.
While his father went through them, Lyle had watched him closely, seeing expressions of disbelief, dismay, and anger warring with each other. As far as he could tell, and he’d always been fairly good at reading people, his father wasn’t lying.
“I thought they were. Damien told me he knew the ones about what went on at your business meetings and con
