“Camellia has her whole future in front of her,” Luke said, in the reasonable voice he used to use on difficult clients.

“We are not going to destroy a young woman’s life over a terrible accident.

What good would it do anyone?

I’ve already transferred forty thousand dollars into your private account.

I need you to sign this, Clover, and then we can grieve, as a family, and put it behind us.

Consider the matter closed.”