For a long, heavy moment, there was a profound silence between the two men. It was the kind of silence that spoke volumes, confirming the weight of the question that had been asked. Ramon watched Max closely, his eyes sharp as he began to piece together an answer for himself.
"I looked into him," Max said finally, his voice echoing slightly in the sterile, high-tech prison room. "Or at least, I tried to. You're aware, of course, that I am a member of the Stern Family. That's the entire reason I got involved with two of your targets in the first place; I knew about them through my own connections. It was quite clear after how easily you extracted money from Chad that you were going after the rest of the heirs."
Max leaned back, his expression unreadable. "It was the same for me. I was never intentionally trying to get in your way or dismantle your operations. We were just two predators hunting the same targets."
