“I will draft the formal restitution demands first thing tomorrow,” she said.

“They will have to sell Linda’s house to pay you back.”

“Let them,” I said.

“They brought this on themselves.”

“Yes, they did,” Sarah said.

She shook my hand.

“Get some rest, Captain. You have your life back.”

After she left, the apartment was completely silent.

I sat down on my sofa and looked at my hands.

They were steady.

For the first time in my life, I didn’t have to worry about the next threat.

I didn’t have to worry about my mother’s guilt trips or my sister’s demands.

The law had put a wall between us that they could not cross.

I stood up and went to my bedroom to pack my flight bag.

I had a flight to London scheduled for tomorrow evening.

The sky was waiting, and this time, I was flying into the clear.