Luther had just finished dealing with the banks. His assets were unfrozen, and he regained everything the tribunal hadn't sentenced to be used as compensation for his crimes.
He could pay for his expenses, finally. He didn't need to depend on anyone else. He was happy to visit Melanie, but he first wanted to move a step forward in his revenge.
He had had twenty years to plan it out, but he hadn't devised a perfect idea. In the end, the safest path was to create a new company which would have competed with Clayton Enterprises and, eventually, pushed them off the market.
But that required years of preparation and a mountain of patience. He didn't have that. He wanted some perks before that. A small vengeance, nothing big.
He wanted to talk with a journalist and let them know about some of their secrets. But that plan had a lot of possible flaws.