“You think a camera scares me?” Marcus blustered, his voice rising, trying to regain control of the room. “I own half this town! I own the building this restaurant is in! I’ll buy the footage. I’ll buy the restaurant. I’ll burn it down if I have to!”

“You can try,” I said, my voice calm amidst his storm. “But you can’t buy the police chief. I mentored him when he was a rookie. And you certainly can’t buy the District