Stephanie looked at the screen for a moment. She didn't know quite how she felt about it being secret- she understood why of course, but feelings did not always subordinate themselves to logic. She shoved them aside, though, because there was work to be done.
"I ..." There was a part of her that wanted him dead. But she knew that was the part of her that was from him, dark violent urges that only came out every once in awhile. Just enough to make her doubt herself.
"Yes. It's better to take everything away from him than to kill him. Though he'll seek revenge." She looked at the screens for a moment. "Most of the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle are chomping at the bit to dethrone him. Weaken him in any appreciable way and they'll turn against him decisively, whether it's with us or parallel to it.
Shaw Industries's biggest manufacturing plant is in Pittsburgh. It's by far the largest industrial employer in Pennsylvania. And I don't even know how many senators and congressmen he has under his thumb in DC. Until his web of political contacts is destroyed, he'll always be able to bounce back to his place in society."
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"I ..." There was a part of her that wanted him dead. But she knew that was the part of her that was from him, dark violent urges that only came out every once in awhile. Just enough to make her doubt herself.
"Yes. It's better to take everything away from him than to kill him. Though he'll seek revenge." She looked at the screens for a moment. "Most of the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle are chomping at the bit to dethrone him. Weaken him in any appreciable way and they'll turn against him decisively, whether it's with us or parallel to it.
Shaw Industries's biggest manufacturing plant is in Pittsburgh. It's by far the largest industrial employer in Pennsylvania. And I don't even know how many senators and congressmen he has under his thumb in DC. Until his web of political contacts is destroyed, he'll always be able to bounce back to his place in society."