Sir Alistair’s office had fallen quiet after Liam Hayes’s tearful confession, but the silence wasn’t peaceful, it was thick and heavy. What Liam admitted, and the proof Leo and Maya brought in, felt like poison seeping through the walls of the club. The perfect image Manchester United City had built was cracking.

Maya felt a kind of justice, finally, but it didn’t last long. Her stomach was still tight with worry. The truth was out, yes but the real fight was just starting. Scarlett ...