Adrian waited to speak until he was certain everyone was there. Miles and Owen had arrived just after Alexander, Cash and Val sliding in just seconds before Higgs. The Scarfed Vaisey was fashionably late as usual. And Flint wasn't there.
Adrian was glad for that. He didn't want his friend to risk losing his job.
At Will's prompting, Adrian cleared his throat. "We're here because one of our own has done something completely unforgivable, and has to be taken care of." He didn't want to say the words; it would make it too real, and felt a bit like he was disrespecting Lizzy besides. "Yaxley...let's just leave it at the fact that what he did to Will was child's play compared what he's done to Lizzy."
Others may argue with that assessment, but Adrian didn't really give a fuck.