Lust Contracts

Thankfully, I didn’t have high expectations from them anyways and so I wasn’t really disappointed. Avoiding their gazes, I sat down on the sofa while I waited for Lawrence to arrive.

“So? What really happened?” my mother asked.

“I don’t know either, mum. Our lawyer is on the way. You remember Lawrence, right? He’ll be here in less than half an hour. So please, save whatever questions that you may have for him…” I said emotionlessly.

I felt cold and lost inside. If I could choose, I would choose to simply disintegrate and disappear from here. Their questions made me feel sick. Their lack of sympathy or feelings made me feel disgusted. It was obvious that all they were worried about was how much money I would walk away with from George’s death.

…

Lawrence was true to his word and arrived before the half hour mark. After politely reintroducing himself to my parents, he got down to business immediately. For his line of work, I knew that time was money. George paid Lawrence a lot and they’ve worked together for a long time. If someone knew the truth about George and his business, then it was Lawrence.

“Let me start out by explaining the current situation to all of you so that we are aligned. Then we can decide on how to proceed further,” Lawrence said, getting right to the point.

“Ok…” I mumbled softly.

“Mr. Westford has been having financial difficulties for the past year or so. As a result of poor financial performance in the hedge funds that he manages along with investments in real estate, he started misinforming his investors and committed some fraudulent activities. The investors have sued for compensation while the banks are also suing to get the money that they loaned to him back. The court has ruled recently that Mr. Westford has to pay back quite a large sum of money…” Lawrence explained grimly.

“How much? George has a lot of money so…” my mother jumped in immediately.

he did have a lot of money but in the past year

his spending…” I quickly corrected.

his death, Mr. Westford’s wealth is in the negative zone. In other words, even after accounting for his

dollars

Are you being serious?” I cried out in shock.

of his assets. Impossible. George has so many

to fund his adventures. There isn’t much left at the time of his death and when we take into account his debt, we land at around 700

be happening to us!” my mother yelled loudly before she burst

my mother’s outburst. My entire face felt numb, and the numbness was slowly spreading to the rest of my body. Am

his debt?” my father asked in

that, sir,” Lawrence replied

is dead?” my father asked

George is dead,

Mr. Westford has passed away, his debt burden will be directly transfer to his living wife. Madame, that

have to repay the debt in his place? That’s crazy…” I said

the banks and investors. They just won’t get their money back; it should have nothing to do with my daughter…” my father countered.

the case, Sir. However, in this case, it