“Of course, the thing that Mickey didn’t account for,” he says, “Is that if you’re going to use the possibility of scandal to threaten a family that doesn’t have any, you should probably think about why they don’t.” It takes a lot of effort to avoid retreating when he takes another step toward me. “I played my part well enough. I told him I’d do it. I’d get him the money as long as he didn’t release it and ensured there was no paper trail to link us together. He thought it was all about keeping the extortion quiet, but I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t a suspect in his death.”
👀🥴 Well.
