The Richest Man in Metropolis is My Backer by Dream Searcher

Chapter 51

Chapter 51

After having my head examined, I told the doctor to wrap my injury—just a scrape–with extra white linen. I even got a medical capl

Then I showed up at the station with my slightly exaggerated injury.

The police had finished questioning Cameron by that point,

The footage from my surveillance camera had made it clear who was in the wrong, too. In the end, charged.

Cameron

Her legal punishment was ten days in a detainment facility a 2,000–dollar fine, and an apology to my face. She was much more subdued by then, glaring at me while gritting her teeth.

“Well? Are you going to apologize now, or do you want a few more days in your cell?” a police officer asked. Cameron was visibly nervous. “No, I can’t stay in there for too long. My daughter has cancer. I need to be with her as long as possible. She could be gone at any time!”

“Then why did you spend your time beating someone else up? That’s time you could have spent keeping her company!” the police officer retorted.

Cameron looked despondent.

she

the attitude of a forgiving saint. “It’s alright. I’ve always prided

shot daggers into my eyes. I was so pleased

keep my heartless dad’s company,” I said.

the cap.

and Cameron- them in a detainment center–somehow made me feel so

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was sure my mother would have felt the same way if she were alive to see

I hadn’t taken the time to doll myself up. But tonight was my dinner with Soren, so

around my waist.

the same pattern as the scarf. I

neared the time to leave work, I applied mild makeup

fair, healthy skin, a great figure, height,

I had the look of a 1940s or 1950s movie star and that I would have been popular if I’d chosen to

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but I also understood it was a double–edged sword. If I couldn’t. wield it carefully, my beauty could be my undoing

why I chose to rely on my talent and

p.m., but I arrived 15 minutes early

my seat in the Pride Room when Jean sent me