Trey jolted as if struck by electricity.He suddenly remembered. When their entire family had fled the country in disgrace, he had, through personal connections, borrowed a large sum of money from an underground institution. The collateral had been the frozen fund under his grandmother, Lauren.At the time, Trey had already believed there was no hope of turning things around. Afterward, he simply cut ties with that organization, blacklisted them completely, and took his mother and Alicia abroad, relocating to Yustonia.Later still, with Ariana's protection, he cared even less about some underground lender. He never expected they would come looking for him at a time like this. Even more unexpected—now that he had Ariana backing him—those people still dared to lay hands on his family."Money? Just money alone probably won't be enough to calm our anger. Besides, Trey, you've never been a man of your word. As citizens of Goldmont City, we trust Nick Hunt more."Only then did Trey full
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