Obey me, Dean (Short Story )
“Wait! Wait!”
“I have things to do, Mr. Sebastian,” he stated, all business. “You either have the money, or you don’t.”
My mind spiraled. *Two million.* The number was insane. And for what? For a woman who might have already given her heart and her body to another man? The urge to put a bullet in this extortionist’s head was a palpable, sweet temptation.
I swallowed my pride, the taste of it bitter.
“That’s… a lot of fucking money,” I finally spat out, my tone shifting from a threat to a desperate plea, an attempt to find a crack in his resolve.