Chapter 58

I slapped the chain against my leg and looked at Mr. Weasel, who was cowering in his chair.

"What was your issue?" I asked while swinging the chain lightly back and forth across my leg.

"I ... he ... he was working territory that belongs to me."

"Working territory?"

"Yes. My humans own those blocks."

"You're talking about prostitution?"

"Yeah," Mr. Weasel said.

I turned my back to him, confident that he would be too afraid to try anything. I sat in my chair and placed the chain on the desk.

"Is this legal?" I thought to my Council.

"Unfortunately, yes," Mara answered.

"Mostly prostitution is consensual," Karen thought. "And mutually beneficial. Mostly."

I opened the folder and scanned the notes Paul had made. It was pretty much what Paul had said.

"Since ... Terrence is no longer with us, you win the case."

"Kim, we now have a new issue," Mara thought. "Terrence now leaves property and possessions."