THE RISE OF JEREMY COLLINS

he bar and head straight to the re

thought, but he had a feeling it

'd transferred fifty thousand

sappear with the money. After all, fifty thousand dollars was more than eno

or you to pass up." He ignored the words of hi

little too good, which brought numerous ques

n. None of it made sense to him, but he wasn't going to question a m

car in the parking lot of the hospital his

paid for the me

ed her as soon as

ng?" He asked, pul

yesterday." His sister,

handed their mom a glass of

ked, her voice soft a

are you and M

doctor in the hallway. Said y

hair. She was still a bit weak, but th

d you manage that on

really

t thirty-five thousand dollars

ring any further questions from his sister. He

There was a time that her voice was all he needed to functio

ivilly as he could in fron

greet the love of your life

ry, how

short on cash, could you maybe send me $500?" She said

forgetting about the presence of both his mother

aking to me like that?" The more s

hink to dignify her with a re

ght corner he was in, especially with his mother's hosp

plained to him what had been going on with her he

n looking after their mom almost twice as much as he was. He had been too busy trying to

t telling the complete truth and he wanted to comfort her, but the look in her eyes told him she neede

oing to get his family out of the slum life, he had to lat

had anythi

s from the vending

ood, bro!" He

ll, I'm n

tired of having to be

like it wasn'

dramatic, I jus

How did you even forget to eat? You know what? Don't answer that. I

left. He was about to get in his car when he saw

faster towards him. He waited patiently until

ps, but he didn't move.

u doing here

d come collect the

t mo

llars I told you abo

don't have any mon

hell am I supp

y boss, you know. The man you've bee

widened