Chapter 192 Nothing Left

• "No matter what, Bill, it's only one charge. It will be forgotten. No one will care by next year."
• "You're a reader, Austin. I know you've read John D. McDonald, the Travis McGee writer. There's one...I think it's "A Flash of Green", although I might be wrong. You remember that one. It's about a guy who's a big big fish in a little pond and he thinks he can get away with anything. But an enemy manages to publicize a scandal he's involved in.
• "The big fish walks away from the scandal, but he's going to be stuck in that little pond for the rest of his life. A line has been drawn around the Little Pond and as long as he stays in it, he'll be safe. But if he ever steps outside it, the scandal he's been tarred with will be brought up. He'll never win higher political office or move to a higher level in business. Because no one will want to have the scandal tar them.