Lilith was worried about Hudson. Every additional day he spent in prison was a torment for her.

She didn’t want to have too much involvement with the Zane family.

If Brody ended up in jail, his parents would undoubtedly cause a scene.

The back-and-forth could drag on indefinitely, so she preferred to settle things with a trade.

But the Zane family turned out to be more difficult than she had anticipated.

“We lost a life, ...