Not This Time, Scammer

thick with the smell of cheap beer

party, but it felt mo

age, his car salesman smile plastered on hi

through the old microphone. "For our future. A down payment

ly and friends er

than I' d seen him in years. He has a bad heart, and mo

second chance. I had lived this day

s. Lester, let out a gasp. She clutched her chest, her fa

pt throug

face a perfect picture of te

ide and pleading. I' m a param

assive heart attack! The doctor said sh

n' t have it. I just spent everything on the down payment, on your ring.

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st time, I handed over the mo

looked him de

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in the air,

ect mask of worry cracking f

my phone. I opened my social media

steady as I aimed the camera at his

started ticking up. Ten

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calmly, making sure the phone captured his mother, still the

ion on the live

? Her future mother

ick. She' s

his face a mask of desperation. He and E

welling in his eyes. "I' m begging you. Don' t

"I spent my life savings on this ring, on that down payment

eating it up, calling

linch. I kn