A Pawn's Guide to Success
Jarrold stared, utterly thrown.
He hadn't expected me to take the bag. In the past, I'd always refused his gifts, terrified he'd think I was some cheap gold digger.
When he finally found his voice, he said, "As long as you like it."
I looked down at the purse in my hands—a five-figure masterpiece that screamed old money. The longer I stared, the more I liked it.
My father was a degenerate gambler. My mother was rotting away in a hospital bed. We were drowning in a sea of debt they didn't know I knew about.