“Such was the nature of dealing with power.”

The elaborate security measures, the secrecy—it was all leading to one conclusion. This meeting was about money, and a lot of it. But Max also knew there would be a price—a treacherous, ethical dilemma waiting for him to confront. Such was the nature of dealing with power. At the bottom, morality wasn’t much of a concern, but at the top, in the spotlight of public opinion, where fortunes and reputations were at stake, ethics became an incessant problem.