It sounds like she was lucky to have you. Not— not a lot of people get that. A second chance. I know it doesn't make it any easier, though.

[He'd be able to hear her sucking in a sharp little breath at that next bit. She knew what corruption looked like as well; her department had been more than happy to sweep a man's wrongdoings under the rug, after all. She'd staked her entire career on trying to prove him for what he was. Hearing such blatant injustice brings a coil of tension to her stomach. And maybe a little rage, too.]

To have that kind of power and take advantage of it... all of the people involved in that decision— that's unforgivable. Your friend deserved a hell of a lot better than that.