Three days after Reeves's arrest, Margaret Chen died.
Peacefully, according to the hospice nurse. In her sleep, surrounded by the daughter she'd estranged decades ago but who'd come back during her final months.
I learned about it from Morrison, who called with both the news of Margaret's death and something far more urgent.
"Before she died, Margaret left something. A final statement. Recorded testimony, properly witnessed and notarized, detailing everything she knew about Il Consiglio's current operations beyond what she'd already provided."
"What did she find?"
"There's a fourth person. Someone we hadn't identified. Someone Margaret described as 'the architect' the person who actually redesigned Il Consiglio after the original structure began facing exposure risks in the early 2000s."
"Do we have a name?"
