The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven) novel Chapter 485

Eric continued, "Mr. Winslow's company was in dire straits to begin with. It barely had enough business funds, and he only managed to scrape together the money after Mr. Weston and Mr. Huxham returned him the contractual funds from before.

"But before he could put the money to good use, his precious son decided to stir up a mountain of debts. The only funds Mr. Winslow has can't cover Shane's dues at all! He'd go bankrupt if he were to side with Shane!"

All this had happened just moments ago, and Eric had been dying to share the news with somebody since learning about it. Thankfully, he didn't have to bottle it up for too long, for he caught Sasha and Annalise gossiping among themselves.

Sasha was bewildered. "Is Shane the proverbial prodigal son?" She had believed she was a prodigal daughter for not contributing to the family, but Shane took that concept to a whole new level. Next to him, she was practically golden.

Eric sighed. "He probably is."

I was more concerned with what happened after that. "So, what did Mr. Winslow do?"

Eric looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping. He spoke in hushed tones. "Mr. Winslow was so furious that he pointed at Shane's debtors and snapped at them, saying, 'I've already made it clear that I won't be paying his debts! Now stop bothering me!'"

Having quoted Carlisle verbatim, Eric continued excitedly, "And these people were so worried that Shane wouldn't pay them back that they gathered outside his house to demand he cough up the money!

"Now, he wouldn't be so stupid as to give the money back after he was cut off. Guess what he did to make Mr. Winslow pay instead."

Sasha's gut told her Shane had done something stupid. She pressed eagerly, "What did he do?"