No Mercy For The Betrayer

o my new narrative like a drowning man to a life raft. H

filled with a dawning, idiotic

. You need to prove your love, show her that you'll provide for her and her family, no matter what." I made sure to add t

. I didn't need to see it to know he was texting Sabrina, swallowing the bait whole. He put

s of apologies. "I'm so sorry, baby... I should h

at me with a new k

ut she says I need to make it right. She needs $40,000. For her ne

ney, Matthew," I sa

nt most of the insurance money on the house down payment and... other things." He looked at me, the

sigh of a put-upon younger sister. I held up my

the real one Dad gave me. Mom and Dad's funeral, the ho

my savings were untouched, nestl

his face. "But... w

had prepared. "I've heard guys at work talk about a guy... a lo

s. "Give me the number, Elys

sguided sense of purpose, I picked up my phone

a, it

wrong? You so

I need your family's firm to be the anonymous backer f

er end. Maria knew my family

d, her voice devoid of ques

n the time comes for collection, I want

yse

it, Maria

olute. "I'll handle it. The money

a strange feeling, spending $40,000 to rui