"I will," Brenda promised. "Through my attorney; watch for it."She made two more calls, to other business rivals, to journalists who had covered corporate crime, to anyone who might be interested in the story of Chui Chung's conspiracy and downfall; by the time she was done, she had created a network of people who would ensure Chui's destruction even if the legal system somehow failed.

That night, Brenda wrote a letter to Claire, her handwriting sharp and angry:

"You betrayed me. We were ...