Chapter 4
Champagne bubbles fizzed in my glass like tiny fireworks.
The plane hummed steadily, cutting me off from everything below.
I sank into the plush first-class seat, watching clouds drift past.
Back home, sunlight was hitting our bedroom right about now, lighting up Jake’s empty side of the bed.
Jake shuffled downstairs in his slippers like always. Dead silence.
He frowned, pissed.
‘Where’d that idiot go now?”
Then he saw my note on the nightstand.
You got your wish. I went to make money.]
He stared at it, then smirked.
Crumpled it up and tossed it in the trash.
Soon enough, he was driving that flashy Porsche with Tommy and Rachel to the new Michelin-starred restaurant.
Jake, maybe order less? The three of us can’t eat that much.”
Jut Tommy waved her off.
Don’t worry, Aunt Rachel. Dad’s loaded. His card has no limit.”
tachel’s eyes lit up and she even scooted closer to Jake.
fter stuffing themselves, Jake casually pulled out his unlimited black card and handed it to the waiter.
A few minutes later, the waiter came back with a professional smile, leaning in slightly.
Sir, I’m sorry, but your card was declined.”
ake’s face immediately scrunched up.
Are you kidding me? This is a Swiss Bank limited edition black card. How can it not work?”
If you don’t know how to run it, get someone who does. This is ridiculous!”
The restaurant manager rushed over immediately.
He tried several times. Still nothing.
“Try this one.” Jake irritably pulled out another card from his wallet.
“Sorry sir, this one’s declined too.”
The air got thick and uncomfortable.
Other diners started staring. Each look felt like a needle stabbing his pride.
Jake’s face went red as he tried every single card in his wallet.
“Sorry sir” over and over again.
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Chapter 4
Tommy saw things going south and pulled out his kids’ smartwatch.
“Mom linked a card to this! I can spend like ten thousand a day. Use mine!”
But the watch beeped with a failure sound. Tommy and Jake just stared in shock.
Rachel sat across from them, totally embarrassed.
Finally, Jake pretended not to see Rachel’s expression.
He stammered, “Maybe the bank’s having issues. Rachel, could you cover it for now?”
Rachel’s face went sour as she pulled out her credit card.
But it got handed right back.
‘Ma’am, this card only has three thousand left on it…”
With people around them starting to whisper, Rachel’s face turned bright red. She dumped like ten credit cards from her purse, finally scraping ogether enough to pay.
The second they got outside, Rachel flagged down a taxi and bolted.
ake tried desperately to stop her, but she didn’t even look back.
Watching that cab disappear, Jake panicked.
He whipped out his phone and called me.
But all he got was voicemail.
Tommy was also losing it next to him.
It’s Mom! That evil woman did this!”
Dad, I don’t wanna go home! Let’s go find Aunt Rachel!”
At the same time, I knocked back my drink in one gulp.
The flight attendant came over smiling and topped me off.
nodded thanks and went back to the papers in my lap.
CloudTech Group European Division Buyout Proposal.
This was our company’s biggest overseas win, and Jake’s last step to running the whole show.
But real soon, none of this was gonna be his problem anymore.
