Chapter 17 - Visiting a defeated mother in law behind prison glass to deliver the final blow regarding the total destruction of her corrupt political allies.
Ethan drove downtown to the federal holding facility, requesting a mandatory prisoner visitation slot with Eleanor Montgomery.
Guards escorted Eleanor into the glass booth; she looked visibly older, her plum velvet clothes replaced by coarse orange cotton.
"What do you want, Ethan? Have you come to gloat over my temporary inconvenience?" Eleanor sneered through the intercom speaker.
"I came to tell you that Councilman Vance was arrested this morning; your entire municipal bribery network is completely destroyed," Ethan said.
Eleanor's eyes widened in sheer disbelief, her mouth dropping open as she realized her political safety net was gone forever.
"You... you exposed the council? You destroyed thirty years of political alliances I built for this family?" she gasped in horror.
"You built an empire on crime and extortion, Mother; I am merely cleaning up the trash," Ethan replied without blinking.
He stood up, adjusting his navy blue button-down shirt and turning his back on the woman who had lost everything to her own greed.
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Eleanor hammered her fists against the glass partition, screaming obscenities that were muffled by the thick acoustic panels.
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