Chapter 143

Chapter 143



"Really?" Clyde took a sip of his coffee, his expression unreadable.

Lisa's face grew solemn. "Absolutely. My brother's a gambling addict. He's running the company but also skimming money off the top. My dad would never have involved me in the business if it weren't for the cash crunch."

"You can check it out. It's common knowledge in Ironvale. He owes Vegas millions, and right now, he's laying low abroad."

"As for my dad, he's nothing but a sanctimonious hypocrite."

"He's made plenty of enemies with his ruthless ways. When the chips are down, I'm the only one who can carry on the Crawford legacy."

In that moment, I realized I didn't know Lisa as well as I thought.

I had pegged her as a bit of an airhead, but it looks like both Clyde and I were fooled.

the table in a steady beat,

simply smiled at

Melanie's family is troubling. Her mom had cancer. You wouldn't want a child with those risks, would

made my

my family's history, or if she was

"Doesn't matter. With today's medical

indifferent, which left Lisa

hung up on her,

Neither did I.

fingers

time?

face fell. "Impossible. I told you, he wouldn't

when Melanie's grandfather passed, he left a nice

pot of gold into a fund for her. If I had to guess,

news

did my family

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