We can make all of this go away, quietly, like reasonable men.”

Damian looked at him with a contempt so cold it did not need to raise its voice.

“You didn’t put a hole in a wall that can be patched over with cash, Flynn,” he said.

“You stole a mother’s name.

You took away her ability to feed her child.

And then you watched, for four years, comfortable, while a toddler went without, so that you would not have to face the people you owed money to.