A Desperate Plea

RONIN

After Preston Hayes left, I pulled up his file. Valerie had asked this of me, and Valerie was everything to Roman, which meant she mattered to me by extension. I did not take such requests lightly. I owed Roman more than I could ever repay, and if the woman he loved cared about this Preston fellow, then I would dig until I found every buried bone in his family's closet.

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