The evidence showed the permit was valid.
The cash had been taken without authorization.
The complaint records had been manipulated.
The network had targeted people who were unlikely to fight back.
When the verdicts were announced, Frank felt no satisfaction.
Only exhaustion.
Afterward, Shaw approached him.
"We couldn't have done this without you."
Frank shook his head.
"Daniel started it."
She nodded.
"Then maybe this is how we finish it."
Frank looked toward the courthouse doors.
"For him."
"For everyone.
Chapter 10 — The Road Home
Months later, Frank drove the same highway again.
This time there were no patrol lights behind him.
The fields looked exactly as they had before.
Flat.
Quiet.
Endless.
He pulled onto the shoulder and turned off the engine.
For a moment, he remembered the day Mason Cole had taken his wallet.