Total pages in book: 83
Estimated words: 75891 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 379(@200wpm)___ 304(@250wpm)___ 253(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 75891 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 379(@200wpm)___ 304(@250wpm)___ 253(@300wpm)
I didn’t go back home. What am I, stupid? These people were in cahoots. I can’t leave town because I still have Dale and his side bitch to deal with, dammit. If I wasn’t the type to want to see my handiwork up close, I could fly to some out-of-the-way place and lie back as I destroyed their world. Everything was computerized after all.
But I need to watch them suffer up close and personal. I tapped the steering wheel when I was a safe distance away, my thoughts going around in circles until a wicked thought entered my head. “Heheheheh!” A sinister grin crossed my face, and I floored it to the seaside a few hours away.
I blasted the music and sang along with my whole heart. Nothing gives me pleasure like foiling my enemies. I didn’t think about the things he had said. I’ll save that for later when I’m all alone in my new villa. There was much to ponder after all, and something like this needs my full attention.
I pulled into the sales office of the new development that had just gone on the market not long ago, but had yet to sell half as much as they had anticipated because the market was crap right now and no one was buying their overpriced shit.
I looked down at the card Julius had given me with a sly grin on my face. He owes me this and so much more. I’d called ahead, and the harassed young lady on the other end had promised to wait here after hours if I was sure I wanted to buy.
I assured her that there would be a sale tonight and that I wanted the best. There was nothing wrong with this place. I heard about it from Dad, who was planning to buy one of the villas for the twins and baby bro as a weekend getaway.
Knowing my Dad, he wouldn’t invest in anything that wasn’t up to speed, so I felt safe in making that promise to the girl. Upon seeing the sprawling, fully furnished villa in an eighteenth-century Italian style, with marble floors and huge windows offering absolutely astonishing views of the ocean, I knew I had made the right choice.
“Let’s do it, but I have a condition.” The light that had just flared in her eyes dimmed.
“What condition, ma’am?” She grew nervous.
“It’s nothing to worry about; I just don’t want anyone knowing I bought this place. Is there a way to keep this location hidden?”
I wasn’t sure how that would work, but I know money can solve anything these days, so why not give it a shot? The sale was bound to show up on Julius’ radar at some point, but this should give me a few days at the very least. If there were a way to keep the location private, then that would be best.
She readily agreed, that smile finally reaching her eyes, especially when the name on the card matched my ID. She probably saw me as some rich heir trying to hide from the world, which worked for me. “I’ll handle all the paperwork. The only way anyone would find out is if they go searching.”
That’s what I’m afraid of. I thought, but didn’t voice my concerns outright. Knowing Julius, as soon as the sale shows up, he’d more than likely dig three feet into the earth to find me, damn nut. It didn’t take as long as I anticipated to get things done, and Chrissy was more than helpful once she learned that I planned to pay in full.
“Are you serious?” Her hands fumbled the papers as she stared at me wide-eyed. No doubt she was thinking about her commission, as she should. Only fools work for free. I’m not sure how things were back in the day. But from everything I know about business, warm smiles and genuine care are all bullshit. People care about one thing and one thing only: money.
That gentlemanly business bullshit is just another lie the rich tell to the poor to keep them docile. I learned that from grandpa and the uncles. They’d taught us those things to keep us kids from falling into people’s traps. That’s why all our friends were mere acquaintances until they proved that they were genuine.
Now this one thinks he can just get away with his harsh treatment of me with a few words of excuse, hah. Once Chrissy was gone, I stood in the center of the spacious living room with its floor-to-ceiling windows and looked out at the darkening sky.
Food, I’m starving. I rushed back out to the car and headed into the little beach town feeling giddy. I’d put a dent in his finances, spending a cool five million in less than ten minutes to buy the house, and that made me feel five percent better.