“I’m sorry, Harvey,” Arlet said quietly. “The situation’s pretty tense right now, but I still went on to have a meal with the Islanders…”

Harvey shook his head.

“You’re not to blame for this. They were planning to come at you, anyway. You didn’t know that they were plotting against you either.

“If they couldn’t take advantage of you, they’d do it to someone else.

“From a certain perspective, it’s good that everything played out this way. At least we’ve made sure that the Johns and the Isla