am here to discus

and then back at this man. "He is unab

sation with him," Dean said. "I

't have anything t

e room and stopped. "Your father owes forty-six thousand dollars. Thr

a hospi

n see

r this is i

The debt transfers to you. Your father cannot carry

I don't have tha

bout your

w. That he walked in here with information about me before I e

w I can't pay

long enough that I started understanding it before he put it into words. "Your father made an

collat

price Jessica. You always wer

g in me w

e my father used

debt is yours now and

choose to

e. He stayed quiet and there was no need for him to

laced a card on the table beside t

ess. The card was sitting right there on the table. My fat

put me up as collateral and never said a word and I had been

e he

so w

ness name. No heading. Merely a figure. As

d my mom. It rang twice before she answered, and I co

ed? "I have been trying to rea

breath pause. He fell down. He's stable, ye

medical facilit

ved here." He mentioned that Dad had borrowed money from him. A substantial amount of m

the oppos

the

he handed you at this moment." "If there is

the card I

before dawn, aware of my name and precisely what I made. A man suc

d wouldn't remov

t I couldn't

y the type of error he was anticipating me to co