Chapter 241: Pressure

The director of investigations, Simon Finn, sat at his desk, his brow furrowed in concentration as he pored over the files laid out before him. The morning had brought with it a direct order from his superiors – an order that carried the weight of the highest authority in the land. He was to investigate the politicians implicated in the explosive recording that had been leaked to the public, and he was to do so swiftly and decisively. In Simon's line of work, the phrase "investigate quickly and end quickly" held a particular significance – it was a thinly veiled directive to find a suitable scapegoat, someone to take the fall and absolve the true culprits of their misdeeds. And as Simon's gaze drifted over the names and faces in the dossiers before him, one name stood out like a beacon in the darkness: the Grey family. Simon had long been aware of the immense power and influence wielded by the Grey dynasty, but he couldn't help but see them as the perfect sacrificial lambs in this hi