After Murphy finished speaking, there was silence on the other end of the line.
Leo held the phone.
An unprecedented rage surged through him. It burned in his chest, on the verge of searing away his reason.
Compromise.
Compromise again.
For the sake of the so-called greater good, to protect the jobs of a few key people, they were sacrificing Pittsburgh and every promise they had made.
These were the rules of their game.
"Leo?" Murphy asked tentatively. "Are you listening?"
"I'm listening."
Leo's voice was terrifyingly calm.
"So, what's your decision?"
"Am I pulling out?"
Murphy was silent for a moment.
"I... I don't know." Murphy's voice was filled with anguish. "I don't want to drop out. I can't accept this. But what else can I do? Without Sanders's support, I'm like a naked man in a blizzard."
