Chapter 513
Chapter 513:
“Go on p>
“Franklin Vance is dead. He committed suicide in prison p>
I stood. “Brief me on the way. Dom, call the pilot. Prep the plane. File the flight plan. Let me know the moment it’s approved p>
Dominic was already on his phone. “Got it, boss. Destination p>
“Paris p>
“You’re going to Paris?” Lea asked.
I nodded. “Franklin Vance was Mira’s father. The news of his death will be a shock. I need to be there p>
“I’ll walk you down.” She matched my stride as I headed for the executive lift.
“What did he do to end up in prison p>
“Embezzlement, fraud, forgery, tax evasion, the works. When I asked him to make a will leaving everything to Mira, he tried to forge one to shift his assets abroad p>
“Huh. So you had him locked up p>
“He did that to himself. I just sped up the process p>
“Huh,” she said again.
“What?” I glanced at her. The lift was already descending.
“Does your wife know p>
“Of course. I told her p>
“So she knows you’re the reason her father went to prison p>
“There was no love lost between them, if that’s what you’re getting at p>
“Like my parents and yours. Got it.” Lea nodded. “Still, I wonder p>
“What p>
“How she’ll react when she hears he’s dead. What was the cause again?” Dominic, who was in the lift with us, said, “Suicide. My sources say he was being bullied in prison. Gangs and the usual. Franklin had a pampered life. He wasn’t built for the rougher side of prison and refused to pay bribes, so they made things hell for him p>
gⱯ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝗰𝗈n – 𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖛𝓲𝖊𝖗𝓽
“So, if he hadn’t gone to prison, he probably wouldn’t have killed himself. He wasn’t suicidal by nature,” Lea said.
“He wasn’t,” I agreed.
Franklin was a selfish, greedy bastard. The kind who’d sell out his own mother for a bit of extra cash.
I did wonder if my efforts to block his early parole had helped push him over the edge, but I shoved the thought aside.
So what if they had? I didn’t make him commit those crimes.
Lea looked at me again.
The lift doors opened into the garage. I stepped out.
“What p>
“Are you sure seeing your wife right now is a good idea p>
“Why wouldn’t it be p>
“She might blame you for his death p>
I stopped and turned back. “How do you mean p>
“Like you said, he wouldn’t have killed himself if he hadn’t gone to prison. And he wouldn’t have gone to prison if you hadn’t pushed things along p>