Chapter 73
Author: MK20
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After selling off some of her jewelry, Shelly and Michael finally managed to find a cheap motel to finally relax their tired legs. For the first time in their lives, they slept on the streets like dogs.

Michael felt disgusted with himself; he felt like a failure. He had been so comfortable in life that he never made plans for unforeseen circumstances like what had just happened to them.

He had no hidden accounts, no hidden safe deposit boxes, nothing, and with the frozen accounts, whose money was probably going to go to the legal fees, he had nothing to his name.

He had been crushed financially, emotionally, and physically. And the worst part of it all was that he had no idea how to get himself out of the tangled web, especially freeing his father from the stupid sewer rat.

Shelly looked to have a plan, but he did not like the plan. Josh Hamilton was never a fan of his father. He had no idea about their history, but the two always seemed to avoid each other, which never made sense con
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