Worth Every Million
Victor’s hand shakes so violently that scotch sloshes over the rim of his glass, dripping onto his leather shoes.
“I saved that girl from her own incompetence!” Victor shouts, his composure shattering completely as he screams into the storm. “She was going to drag the family firm into bankruptcy with her foolish ideas! I did what your father didn't have the stomach to do, Damien! I protected the empire!”
“You didn't protect the empire,” Damien says, his voice quiet, steady, and filled with a profound, unshakeable disgust. “You stole from a sick girl, you locked her in the dark, and you used her pain to feed your own pathetic greed.”