Chapter 79: The Transfer

Chapter 79: Chapter 79: The Transfer

The silence in the booth of The Sapphire Cask was no longer just heavy; it was clinical. The ambient jazz of the lounge seemed to fade into a dull hum, leaving only the sound of three men breathing and the distant, rhythmic clink of ice against glass at the bar.

Darius reached into his coat and placed a thick, cream-colored manila envelope on the polished wood. He slid it toward Ryan, but his father didn’t move. Ryan stared at the paper for a long minute, his hands resting on his lap, refusing to even touch the document. It was as if the envelope represented the very thing he had spent twenty years trying to outrun.

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