Dear Jason, It's your turn to cry!
I opened my mouth to speak, to scream, to demand an explanation, but before I could, he added, “If it's money you want, I'll give it to you.”
The room tilted as his words repeated in my head. I stared at him, the tears I had been holding back streaming freely down my cheeks.
“Money?” I whispered, the word foreign and bitter on my tongue.
He nodded, his expression impassive. “Yes. I'll make sure you're taken care of. You don't have to worry about anything.”
Stumbling back a step, I gripped the counter for support as I felt so weak in the knees as if I could crash down to the floor anytime soon. I searched his face, hoping to find a shred of the man I thought I knew, the man I had sacrificed e
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