I pressed my lips together, the note’s message replaying in my mind: *drop the lawsuit and settle*. After a pause, I spoke into the phone. “A life for a life. If you break the law, you face the consequences. It seems these dirty tricks are all Lu Ke'er can come up with to save her own skin. But it’s not going to work out the way she hopes. That jail time is one thing she’s definitely earned.” The