Chapter 213 - Trouble at the Syndicate

“Okay, thank you for letting me know.” Amelia nodded with her phone pressed to her ear.

"Anytime,” Reuben said from the other end of the call.

Amelia hung up and let out a deep sigh as she scraped her hands through her hair. “I can’t believe this; they denied him bail.”

As Amelia sat in her office with dozens of papers in front of her desks and calls from the press about the night before, There was a lot of damage control to do, but all she could worry about at that moment was Jason.

Three knocks on her office door jolted her out of her thoughts. “Come in,” she said.

The door creaked open, and Victoria walked in. The clinking sound of her heels on the tile floor seemed amplified due to the radio silence in the offices.

“Good morning,” Victoria said under her breath as she sat in the chair facing Amelia.

Amelia cleared her throat. "Morning,” she replied.

“I know everything that happened last night must’ve not been easy." Victoria started, and under the table, she began to fiddle with t