“You think this is a negotiation.
You think there is a universe where your family name survives this night.”
I turned to Director Miller.
“Process them,” I ordered.
“Marcus, Julian, and Gabriel will be tried for gang assault, attempted murder, and criminal conspiracy.
They will serve their sentences in Maximum Security Federal Facility ADX Florence.
No parole.
No visitors.
No contact with the outside world.”
“No!
Please!
God, no!”
Julian screamed, pulling wildly at his chair.
“Lucas will be tried for international child trafficking and bribery,” I continued, ignoring the screams.
“He will spend the rest of his natural life in a supermax medical facility.”
“And Arthur?”
Director Miller asked.
I stopped near the door and looked back at the old tyrant who had terrorized my wife for thirty years.
“Arthur Montgomery will be stripped of every penny he has ever made,” I said quietly.
“His name will be scrubbed from every public building, every foundation, every historic ledger in this state.
