Chapter 184Richard black had always believed the world would eventually bend back in his favor.Even after the arrest, even after the charges stacked high enough to bury most men—conspiracy, witness intimidation, obstruction, the long list of financial crimes and threats that had finally caught up with him—he had sat in the holding cell with the same faint, dismissive smile he once used in boardrooms. Lawyers would find angles. Money would find cracks. Victor, for all his cold ambition, still needed the Langford name intact enough to be useful. Richard had told himself these things the way other men told themselves prayers.The sentence, when it came, was heavier than he expected. Consecutive terms that added up to a number no clever appeal would easily shrink. The judge’s voice had been flat, almost bored, as the years were read out. Richard had only adjusted his cuffs and looked past the prosecution table as if the entire proceeding were a minor inconvenience.They transferred him
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