Her Final Payment: A Noose
After a moment of silence, he said, "Let's go pay a visit to Mrs. Jackman this evening."
After that, he appeared to remember something. Uncertainty flickered in his eyes as he carefully handed me a card. "There's a million on it. Use it to buy Mrs. Jackman some new clothes. Just think of it as a…"
I stared at the card and didn't take it. Money could never make up for what he owed us. Panic flashed in his eyes. Just as he was about to speak again, his phone rang.
He glanced at his phone, hesitated for a moment, and then walked away.