The Poorest Rich Girl
My boyfriend's childhood friend had set her sights on the one keepsake my mother left me. She wheedled and needled at me for weeks, but I never gave in.
A few months later, my boyfriend came to me again, saying his business had failed and left him buried in loan-shark debt. He said that if he couldn't pay it back, the collectors would cut off his limbs.
To help him settle it, I handed over every cent I'd saved, even my mother's bracelet.
That same night, while I was working at the club, I overheard a conversation in one of the private booths.
"Eric, if it weren't for Donna's idea to have the rest of us play loan sharks and put on this whole act with you, there's no way your girlfriend