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Chapter 625: After scanning several more pages, Richard looked up with growing pleasure. "This record needs some enhancement to be truly effective. Mr. Hayes, would you be willing to assist with certain... adjustments?" Shiloh's smile broadened. "Absolutely. Just tell me what changes you need, and I'll handle everything personally. You'll have the revised version in your hands." "Excellent!" Richard declared, gesturing with renewed energy. After days of setbacks, he felt that familiar rush of excitement from his younger years in the business world.

Despite his silver hair, he could almost believe that he was twenty-five again, ready to crush his opponents. In the interrogation room, the air was thick with tension as inmates crowded the space. When Richard entered, the crowd immediately caught his attention. He frowned at Shiloh. "So many people? Are they all trustworthy?" Shiloh chuckled. "This is only a small portion. If we brought everyone who had dealings with Maia, we'd need a much larger room." He wasn't exaggerating. Maia's prison records revealed how she'd clashed with nearly every inmate in the facility after her arrival.

The conflicts had been relentless. Richard let out a harsh laugh. "She managed to make enemies of this many people? The woman really is trouble wherever she goes." With that authority only money could buy, Richard stepped forward to command his assembled audience. "You all know Maia quite well, I imagine?" His voice carried the expectation of immediate compliance. The moment her name left his lips, something shifted in the room's atmosphere. Faces hardened, shoulders stiffened, and a palpable unease settled over the crowd like fog.

Silence stretched uncomfortably until every pair of eyes turned toward Shiloh, seeking direction before daring to speak. Richard's gaze followed theirs, settling on Shiloh. Endless adventures await on gαℓησνs․com Shiloh shifted uncomfortably, reading the room's volatile energy. "Perhaps we should streamline this process. Five carefully selected testimonies will serve our purposes better than this chaos." His finger swept across the crowd, singling out five inmates before gesturing toward a smaller, more controlled space.

Once sequestered in the separate room, Richard laid out his proposition with businesslike efficiency. The offer proved irresistible: a month's reprieve from back-breaking labor and premium cigarettes for simply sharing their "honest experiences" with Maia. Their enthusiasm was immediate and fierce. Learning that Maia now enjoyed freedom and comfort outside these walls only stoked their burning resentment higher. "You don't need to worry about us, sir," one woman declared, her words laced with years of accumulated bitterness. "I've despised that snake since day one.

Even without your generous incentives, I'd happily expose her rotten nature to every reporter in the city. I witnessed her violent outburst on her very first day. I saw it with my own eyes!" Another inmate leaned forward eagerly. "Maia's nothing but a common thief! Prison couldn't cure her sticky fingers. Forget any script because when those cameras roll, I'll describe in vivid detail how she robbed her own cellmates blind!" . . .