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The Love Of Money - Episode 58
27-07-25 (06:18)

"Fine. Where have you been?" Any pretense of toughness evaporated, replaced entirely by a look of confusion, "At my desk. I've been there all morning." "Since I last saw you, stupid!" "I told you!" she said with a tinge of panic in her voice, "I think the pill made me sick, so I stayed with my friend!" "Who did you talk to?" "I didn't talk to-" I stood up and rounded the desk, approaching her. I probably looked ready to punch a hole in the drywall. I certainly felt that way. "Don't you dare fucking lie to me, I growled as I halted just inside her personal space. "..." she glanced at Helen, her eyes seeking solidarity from the only other woman in the office space. "I spoke to my sister! I told her what happened!" "What did you tell her, exactly?" Helen asked as she stood up from her seat and joined me. The pair of us had her cornered against the door she'd just walked through. She glanced between the two of us, looking genuinely scared now. It was almost shocking how helpless she looked after giving me so much grief. Why had I allowed her to walk over me so often over the past year? "I just told her I was feeling bad. My friend too." "Mr. Upton," Helen said, "You might want to go ahead and press charges against Miss Nanford immediately. She's clearly saying things she shouldn't." I glanced at Helen, unsure of what her game was. Catching a gleam in her eye, I picked up on what she was trying to do and Immediately played along, "Alright, Mrs. VanCamp." I turned and reached for the phone on my desk. "I told then I'd been kicked out of my house, alright!?" Bobbi was near hysterical at this point. "I blamed it on my roommates! I also told my sister that was robbed by an ex and asked if she could loan me some money! She wouldn't!" Bobbi Immediately buried her face in her hands and slid to the floor, sobbing. After a few moments of the two of us standing over her huddled frame, Bobbi peered at us through her fingers, "I didn't give any names! I didn't say anything! I know better! Please Marcus. I didn't say anything to anyone. Please don't call the policel I'll do anything! My family can't find out what did! They already think I'm a fuck-up! Please!" I just stared at the pitiful creature crumpled in the corner of my office. Her mascara liberally stained her fingers and cheeks; her hair hung like a wild curtain around her face. She looked distressed and lost... I couldn't continue to torment this woman, could I?" I felt Helen's hand on my shoulder and glanced at her. She leaned close so her lips brushed my ear, "I know what you're thinking. Marcus, but I've known too many women like her. She's an entitled, vicious brat. If you don't get her under control, she will be a liability." Moments passed and Bobbi's sobbing began to calm as I watched her try to pull herself together, wondering what to do. I had no real reason to show Bobbi sympathy, but seeing those liquid grey eyes peering out from a tear-streaked face full of genuine panic... a small part of me wanted to put a blanket around her and tell her everything would be alright. "Marcus," Helen said, "This is a defining moment for you. Don't let this woman set a precedent that will be your downfall. Especially not this one." A good man would have simply called the cops and prosecuted her. Or perhaps he would have forgiven her and tried to help her get her life back on track. I wasn't a good man. I was just a regular guy who had been given an opportunity any other man would have killed for. I could have everything and anything... surely no one could blame me for continuing to take advantage of a situation... to find my own way of righting a wrong.
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