JESSIE“If you refuse to give me the money, then I will make sure Mrs Moore gives me double,” she screamed over the phone before it beeped dead. “Angela,” I screamed over and over again. I yanked the phone from my ear and dialled the number again, but was met with the automated voice. I could feel Stephen’s eyes still steady on my body. I turned to him slowly with my blank screen. I laugh nervously, feeling my stomach walls tighten, and the study feels smaller than normal. “I can handle this.” The words slipped out of my mouth before he could even speak. “It’s just my adoptive parents, and it’s a few million; I can handle it. I won’t let them ruin the Moore or Harrington name…” “It’s not about the money, Jessie,” he cut my ramble off. His voice is far more composed than the panic in his eyes. “They aren’t bad people; they are just broke,” I continued, making excuses for them because I am ashamed to show this part of me to him. “They are trying to break you, Jessie. This is not n
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