The Price of Silence

Though Briggs wasn't a native of Oakhaven, digging up his background was no challenge for someone with Giles's resources.

Briggs lost his father at age ten and later followed his mother into a remarriage. A lazy, greedy gambler by nature, he was the neighborhood's notorious asshole.

For someone who'd always been an idle good-for-nothing, it was suspicious when Briggs suddenly struck it rich over f