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Chapter 55: Breaking Free
Charlotte didn't have the heart to tell Floyd what she had come to say, so she sat with him while he made a few calls and talked about the financial decisions he had made that led him to trust the bank that had just gone bust. He calmed down after a while, but he was still clearly upset.
She was concerned about the situation too since she also had money in that bank, but now it'd be pointless to try to get answers. Thankfully, most of her assets were insured. After what happened with her father's business when he passed away, Charlotte had vowed to make sure to have something to fall back on in case things like these happened. That also allowed her to understand exactly what Floyd was surely going through.
"They will be calling clients tomorrow and said that the press is blowing this off proportion," Floyd said after his call had finally gone through to one of the bank agents. He let out a long sigh and really looked at Charlotte for the first time.&nb
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