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Her family's concerns over Wendell's plight were not for her well-being, but for their own.

After laying out the grim prospects, Stan pressed on, "You need to find a way out of this, Aimee. Even if Wendell did commit a crime, given his position in the Gibson family, they won't let him suffer the consequences alone, will they?”

Without uttering a word, Aimee regarded her brother with an icy stare.

Stan, met with her silence, felt a twinge of doubt and turned to their father. “Dad, we need a strategy, and fast. This project is crucial. If it collapses, it'll be a public fiasco."

Aimee's family upheld the tenets of a time-honored aristocratic lineage. Despite its dwindling prominence, the family's adherence to tradition persisted.