When Huge Fortune Calls

t, dumped on the side of a road

movement, ribs definitely

ion, the long ride back to Philadelphia

apartment, the em

ng, it was a new l

' d failed, that I was in even deeper troub

ice, I knew

men in cheap suits, the

f them grunted, not

, "We're here about the

n' t owe any Mr.

sound, "Oh, you do, a hundred

my chest, loan documents, with

is... this is fraud,

the first one said, "And no

sie, during that week she was "sick." She' d

etrayal, it was a ca

ind of money," I stam

pulling out a tablet, "But m

een, a live feed

ents'

r porch, one idly swinging a baseball bat, the ot

rough the window, her

chest, his face contorting

ing for the tablet, but

oid of emotion, "If you cooperate, sign

red coffee table, a predatory repayment

n my face, my fath

Jessie' s ultimate cruelty,

roken,

reached for the pen, w

p plastic, the apartment door burst

, it wasn

, dark suits, moving with a q

etrov' s goons in seconds,

orway, tall, impeccably dressed, an aura of i

is silver hair perfectly styled, his e

asked, his voice

only nod

his gaze softening slightly, "

never spoken of his parents,

ind, the tech mogul, founder of Finch C

impos

a dismissive wave of his hand towards the now-cuffed

s

this time not from pain,