The Love Of Money - Episode 78 - Storie by Shary Epic Reads

The Love Of Money - Episode 78
27-07-25 (16:28)

Emily met Daniel not long after turning twenty-four. He was a relatively successful broker on Wall Street in his mid-thirties who just so happened to be attending one of her performances when they first met. It was love at first sight, and they were inseparable for the next two years, getting engaged near the end of their relationship. Unfortunately, he made one bad investment and lost everything. Emily was the one who came home to find the mess he'd left in the bathroom after eating a bullet. It took six months for Emily to recover, then she decided she needed a change of pace. She moved to California to try a life out there, and the next two years passed with barely a word from her. Then one day she showed up at my apartment door looking thin, soaking wet, and desperate for a place to stay. She had fifty dollars in her pocket, the clothes on her back, and a broken spirit. Emily and I had always been close, so I took her in without hesitation and let her live with me in Brooklyn for the next four months. She filled me in a little about her time in LA, but never the whole story. I leamed she never found her big break in acting like she wanted and had fallen on desperate times while in Los Angeles. Desperate times called for desperate measures, and that led Emily to addiction among other things that I only suspected. My sister came back to me with a whole host of serious issues. Neither of us could afford the rehab, but Emily was insistent that our parents not find out about her problems, so I managed to convince my mom and dad to give me a loan to buy into a start-up. I used the money to put my sister through rehab. Ashamed that I was taking such a hit for her, Emily promised she would take it seriously, and as far as knew, she hadn't touched alcohol or stimulants since they released her. When she finally reunited with our parents, Emily was completely clean, and I came to be known as someone with a shitty business sense. I paid back the money I'd borrowed, but unfortunately, the reputation was there to stay. "Do Mom and Dad know about this?" Emily asked. "Nope," I said, "and I don't want them to either. They would just freak out and try to do something." "Maybe they can do something," she pushed back. "Em, I have an army of lawyers. My assistant hired a private investigator to look into it, and the cops are doing everything they can. I think I have it covered. Please don't say anything to them." "Of course," Emily said. "If that's what you really want." "Thanks" She let me go and started to do a circult around the apartment. Her fingers traced the drywall as she said, "I'm gonna miss this place." "Really? That's surprising." "Why?" "Because you barely come here anymore." "I know," Emily replied, and I detected a faint note of shame in her voice "I didn't mean it as an accusation. I know you're busy." Trying to build back up what she'd left behind in New York wasn't an easy process, and nearly two years later, she was still struggling to get back what she left behind. She was working hard, and I was proud of her even though I did miss having her around. We had always been close, and when she returned, we fell back into our friendship as if two years hadn't just passed us by. "Thanks, Marcus. It's been a lot." She tumed and leaned against the wall. "Anyway, part of me didn't want to come back because I didn't want to chance running into the Lucases." "What? Why?" "Jim always made me feel weird," she said, "and I seemed like Phoebe was always judging me. It felt weird between us in the hallway just now." "Ah. That wasn't you. It was because of me. Jim was pretty rude to me on the way in," I said, deciding not to share the part of the story where' Phoebe had kissed me. "Want me to kill him?" Emily asked, throwing a mock glare toward the doorway. "Nah." I said. "I have an assassin on retainer now. He's scheduled to take care of him on Sunday. What are you doing here anyway?" "I just wanted to check on you," Emily said. "You sounded like you could use a friend when we talked the other day. Mom is still a little hurt that she had to find out about the whole money thing on the news." "I hope she knows how it feels." I retorted. "I got the whole story from my lawyer."
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