Chapter 6: The Shadow of Vance
Grant’s blood ran cold. Vance wasn't a bank. He was a local loan shark known for breaking kneecaps and ruining lives. Lydia owed him nearly two hundred thousand dollars. The wedding wasn’t a union of love; it was a deadline extension.
Grant felt sick to his stomach. Every kiss, every whispered promise, every late-night conversation about their future had been a calculated manipulation. He printed the emails, his hands shaking with a volatile mixture of grief and rage. He needed to protect his mother's assets, but more importantly, he needed to trap Lydia in her own web.
