Chapter 1: Aftermath

It had been a week since Ferick's death, a week spent obsessing over the hard drives Erica had recovered. She had poured over accounting files, notes, contact bios, and line of business documents. The obsession, the drive to devour as much information pertaining to Ferick's small criminal empire had no tangible origin; yet Erica had spent night after night laying in bed with her laptop while Lauren slept.