Trenton Smith played with his daughter for a while. When her biological clock signaled it was time to sleep and she grew tired, he handed her over to the housekeeper and asked for her to be taken upstairs to bed.
Norris Moore was sitting on the couch, eating watermelon while watching the news.
The news was international—covering a political scandal involving the Balance Corporation in the United States from some time back.
As the media continued peeling back the layers and digging deeper, more and more politicians from various countries were being exposed and brought down. Those government officials who used to appear impeccably dressed in interviews were revealed to have frequented Steven Balance's entertainment club on a U.S. island, participating in human trafficking.
More than half a year had passed, and as the matter continued unfolding, its impact grew larger.
