Unpayable Debt Novels & Stories

Alex Cohen chuckled. "Didn't someone just say that when it comes to lending money, we must be as prudent as making friends? Is there a problem with your snobbish eyes or something? I'm a mere poor man who lives on PayPal referral rewards. How could I afford to pay back a 50,000 debt? Your money should not be loaned out. You should just keep it for your own eye treatment...or perhaps mending your brain." The crowd was red-faced from humiliation. No one said a word and they all wanted to vanish into thin air.

Alexander handed her a document, "is their admission for the mess they've made." 7.5 billion dollars?! Amber's eyes widened in shock, but then a thought struck her, and she spoke up. "It's pointless. Even with signatures and seals, when it's time to collect, they'll claim they're broke and just stall." She had seen that kind of runaround before, but somehow, the debtors always ended up not paying. "Just hold on to it. It's just a piece of paper. It won't take up any room." Alexander kept the details vague, intending to fill in his wife once everything was in place.

"Yes. But the debt is yours. The universe is trying to collect the time you owe." Elion stared at him. "So I'm living on borrowed time. Literally." "Yes." "And the interest is your memory." "Yes." "That's a terrible deal, Cale." "It was the only deal available." Elion looked at his hands. "So how do we pay it off?" Elion asked. "Without you disappearing?" "We can't," Cale said. "The debt is absolute. One life for three years." "So one of us has to die?" "Eventually." "No," Elion said. "I reject that. I reject that ending."

Sadly, almost all failed to escape it. "Next month is my final deadline. If I don't pay, my mom will be out on the street," Eleanor choked out, crying again. I forced myself to stay calm. "How much do you owe them now?" "500 thousand dollars." I cursed under my breath. Those vultures had nearly doubled the debt. I tapped her gently on the head and said, "Alright. I'll help you pay it off, but just promise me you won't try anything like this again."

“Mei, what’s wrong? Who was that?” Aira’s brows furrowed as she studied her friend’s pale face. “The debt collector just called. They said I have… nine hundred and eighty-seven million in unpaid loans,” Meira’s voice cracked, hoarse, her eyes staring blankly at nothing. “What? That much?!” Aira leaned forward in shock, as though she’d misheard. Meira dragged her palms down her face, harsh and trembling. “I never applied for a loan, Aira. Not a single rupiah.”

“As Scott's only living relative, this $900 million debt will fall to you after his death.” “This is the Court's leaflet, the tenure period to repay the $900 million debt will be a year. Mr. Mayo, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I will answer all your queries. ” Boom! All the Hills were dumbfounded. Flashes of electricity shot through their brains. Repay $900 million in a year? Was this a joke? For a penniless man like Thomas who did not even have a stable job, this was an impossible mission.

Grace- “I can pay your debt if that’s what you’re worried about…” He was unbothered, and I really wanted to know how rich one has to be to say words like this? I could never think how my mother ended up taking this much money and from who? And why am I paying for it? Our house was ceased right before my eyes and still I was left with a million-dollar loan hanging on my head. If he ends up paying it for me, I’d be indebted to him and for how long would I have to stay with this charlatan then?

"Um, because she's in a fix or two. One of them is that she lent money to the bank for someone else, and they haven't wanted to pay her back. It's about ten thousand euros, and the second is... no, they're similar. She always wants to be the good Samaritan that people take advantage of." "No, she's got me all tangled up. Wait... She lent money to the bank, money she didn't spend, and the person who got the money doesn't want to pay, meaning she has serious problems with the bank, leaving her desperate to find a way to pay off that debt that isn't hers." "There's nothing more to explain, you just said everything it is. She's working to pay off a debt that isn't hers, the problem in all of thi

"I already can't pay this months debt, I can't take more!" "You misunderstand. The debt is frozen for now. This money will be added on. The debt will stay freezed where it is Mrs Olson. No interest will be added. You have six months, six months in which to sort everything out. Find out a way to work the business around being a parent." "No interest?" She is looking at me like it is a trick.

"I don't know if we can. The debt is real. It exists as a fundamental fact of the universe. Trying to escape it would be like trying to escape gravity or time." "People have done both of those things." "People have temporarily delayed those things. No one has ever escaped them permanently." "Then we find a way to delay this long enough to figure something else out." I started walking again, my stride purposeful. "We have forty-six hours until the Maw opens fully. That's forty-six hours to find an alternative. To find a way to pay this debt that doesn't involve sacrificing anyone." "And if there isn't one?" I didn't answer. Because deep down, in the part of me that had learned to survive the