The Texas Heiress: A Reckoning

y friend and acquaintance I could think of, begging for a loan. The rejections

was in finance now, always flashing his wealth on socia

lyn, of course. Anything for you. Le

in Dallas, the kind of place Ma

P lounge in the back. Mark was there, a predatory smile on his face.

ring two glasses of whiskey. "Mat

ran cold.

e making trouble. He said you wou

r. "He doesn't want you, Jocelyn. He said y

ess. I shoved him, hard, but he was stronger. He laugh

ment, the lounge

l fury. Beside him, clinging to his arm, was Sabr

. The whole th

staurant to hear. "I leave for a week and you're selling yourself

ssive diamond glittered on her finger. "I'm di

he turned his back on me and walked away.

out of the restaurant and into the night, the laugh

r, my phone rang.

. If payment for the treatment isn't received in the next 2

nst my car, gasping for air. Th

known number. I almost ignored i

ller?" a calm, prof

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t as of 5 p.m. today, the 20-year lease agreement between Maria Fuller and Scot

t process

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for a nominal fee. And per the terms of her living trust, upon the expiration of that lease, the