CHAPTER TWELVEI stared at Jinx, wanting to say, “Yes, I’ll do anything to help her.” However, part of me wondered if it really included blackmailing and/or publicly humiliating someone. Including myself.
After taking a moment to consider my words, I said, “Assuming, I’m interested—and that’s a big assumption—what kind of help could you offer? And, more to the point, how can I trust you to deliver?”
“My family has old ties around here. I can probably help pull some strings.”
I sighed. “That’s nice, but we’ve already got a local lawyer who doesn’t need any help pulling strings. So unless your family is even more influential than our own politically connected lawyer, I doubt there’s much you could do for me.”
We shared a moment of silence as this sank in.
“Look, Jinx, this has been reall
