Gilbert didn't waste the opening. "Alex and Layla. The accident that killed them. I want to know exactly how much of it was yours."
"None of it, if you're asking whether I was there myself." Edmund's tone didn't change, easy in a way that made the words land harder. "I've never needed to be present for the outcomes I arrange. That's what staff is for."
"That's not a denial."
"No." Something in Edmund's face settled, a man finally reaching the part of the conversation he'd been waiting for. "It's a fact you're welcome to sit with however you like. I didn't touch either of them. I also didn't lift a finger to stop what was coming for them, once I understood what your brother-in-law had found."
"What did he find?" Arianne kept her voice even, though the question cost her more than the last several had combined.
