Sweet Subterfuge

Lewis helped Kevan pull out a chair, addressing him politely as “Mr. Rogers.”

Kevan thanked him with a smile.

Once they were both seated, Gary spoke. “Our ship will arrive at port tomorrow.”

The ship he spoke of was the one that helped Cody transport contraband things–the one that they had called back at the last minute. Gary had used a lot of effort to catch the mole. He did not subject him to private justice nor did he hand the guy over to the police. He even absolved any form of punishment that could have occurred.

He only had one request–to continue working with Cody and pretend that nothing had happened.

They changed the cargo that was meant to be smuggled into Caldor as flour–smuggling four was not considered a major crime, Besides. they had even declared the flour and other cargo to customs. Although Cody could not be sentenced with just this, he had paid in full for that batch of cargo. With this happening, tens of millions of dollars were gone to waste. If this deficiency could not be made up for, the public funds he moved out could not be covered up in time, so Cody getting sent to prison was going to happen sooner or later.

hint of worry in his face. Even if he did not think Kevan would do something like spooking

gave Gary

because

news was in headlines not long ago, inciting debate among hundreds of millions of people, and it even sparked a wave of criticism of the current laws that were implemented. Gary was probably not paying attention to Caldorian

widened with shock as if

they were second to none to Cody in this. He had always let them be regardless of what he heard about them. After all one could

meant nothing to them.

just never expected them to have no bottom

Kevan’s voice became deeper.

they really do that sort of thing, or did you Gary studied

answered truthfully. But he definitely helped to get it exposed, All this happened due to a