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“Are you alright, Mr. Young?” | asked. “You should get to the hospital immediately.”
Frowning, | continued giving instructions to a staff member “Send Mr. Young to the hospital.”
Jamie stood up, his concern clear as he looked at me. “Can you handle this? | heard she’s your stepmother, so |
didn’t dare call the police.”
“It’s fine, I'll call the police. You should go get your wound treated,” | replied, already grabbing my phone to
make the call.
But Cameron lunged at me, grabbing my arm desperately. “You can’t call the police, Taylor! Miles ran over
someone and is in jail-who’s going to ball him out if | get thrown in too?”
Without missing a beat, | said, “What does his mess have to do with me?”
“He’s your brother! You can’t just cut that tie so easily. Call lawyer!” she demanded.
Cameron, for once, was smart, trying to use the law against me.
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“How am | supposed to get him out when I'm not a lawyer?
“You can do it you've got the money! I'm not asking for much. The victim's family only wants 6,500 dollars in
compensation, and they're willing to settle.”
6,500 dollars, huh? That meant Miles’ case wasn't that serious. He likely hadn't taken a life.
I knew what | had to do next.
Calmly, | pulled out a chair and sat down. “That’s not a lot of money, I'll admit. But if | help you now, there will
be a next tand a lot more after that. | can’t just let you blackmailafter all the havoc you've caused.”
Cameron glared at me. “You think | want to do this? You're the one who sold all your shares to Lola and made us
lose our income!”
| stood up immediately, not wanting to entertain any more of her pompous attitude. “If you're going to talk to
| turned to walk away, but Cameron chased after me.
Her attitude changed-she had no choice but to soften, stifling whatever grief she felt, since she needed my help.
“Taylor, L.. | promise this is the only tI'll ask you for money, | know that 6,500 dollars isn’t much to you,” she
said
1 frowned slightly as | looked at her. She appeared older than | remembered, though not much thad passed
since we last met. Life must have been hard on her.
Still, | felt no urge to offer sympathy. If anything, | was excited-perhaps even a little thrilled.
At that moment, it hit me: karma really was a bitch.
“I'll give you the money, but not for free.” | already had a plan to keep her from blackmailingin the future.
For a moment, Cameron was at a loss for words.
“I don’t have any money to pay you back,” she said.
“You may not have money, but you're perfectly capable of working, aren't you?” | asked. “You can work forto
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pay off your debt.”
Cameron looked shocked, her defensiveness rising. “What kind of work would that be?”
| adjusted my posture and calmly replied, “Each floor in my company has three janitors, but I'm willing to create
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmanother position for you so you can earn your keep.
“You'll be working downstairs for 520 dollars a month. Food is provided, but there’s no accommodation.
“I won't charge you any interest, so you can pay off your debt in two years, at most. Of course, you could have
Miles join you, and the two of you could repay the debt in a year, no problem.
“Once you've paidback, you can choose to stay here and keep working with a salary, or you can leave. |
don’t
care.”
my terms.
Cameron's face twitched, barely holding back her anger as laid out my
After a long pause, she gritted her teeth and snapped, “This is an insult! Can’t you givea real position in your
huge company? Why does it have to be that of a janitor?!”
“Why should | do that? What's to stop you from sabotaging me?” | shot back. “You seem to forget-I'm offering
you this position because you're desperate, not because | need you to work for me.”
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