Chapter 18 - What His Father Left BehindSamuel Reed lived alone in a quiet neighborhood outside Atlanta.
When Liam showed him the photograph, Samuel stared at it for a long time.
"Your father wanted to expose them."
"Why didn't he?"
"Because he discovered something worse."
Liam waited.
Samuel opened a safe.
Inside was another ledger.
"This contains names."
"Whose names?"
"Politicians."
"Judges."
"Executives."
"People who helped your family move illegal cargo across the country."
Liam's stomach tightened.
"Why give this to me?"
Samuel looked directly into his eyes.
"Because your father believed his son would finish what he couldn't."
Liam took the ledger.
He looked at Claire.
She squeezed his hand.
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The old Liam might have walked away.
The man he had become couldn't.
